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The Saturday Selection, Vol. 89

2026-01-24 · 18:03 UTC ·Why is this interesting? ·3 min read

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Why Is This Interesting?’s “Saturday Selection, Vol. 89” is a curated link roundup rather than a reported original piece, offering a preview of 11 items selected from the newsletter’s internal group chats for paid readers. The visible portion spans trivia, design, music, sports crime, and estate-transfer themes: Tom Whitwell’s fact-packed annual list, a Christie’s auction of works tied to Rockefeller and Carter, Colin King on why relaxed interiors get more praise than overtly “impressive” ones, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s playlist for Kajitsu, a dramatic Athletic story involving a fake Saudi coaching job and kidnapping, and a Bloomberg piece on inheriting both wealth and clutter. Because the post is largely a teaser with only short summaries and links out to external articles, it contains little original analysis or methodology of its own; its value lies mainly in discovery and taste curation rather than depth.

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Robot fingernails, restaurant playlists, a President Carter auction and more.

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The Saturday Selection, Vol. 89

Louis Cheslaw

Jan 24| | | ∙| | Preview

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Every day, WITI ’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best.

It ’s WITI, on the weekend.

via Christie’s

Why are these interesting?

52 Things I Learned in 25 (_Tom Whitwell_)

Including that nearly 0.7% of US exports, by value, are human blood or blood products, and that robot hands need fingernails.

An Auction of John D. Rockefeller and President Carter’s Art Collections (_Christie ’s_)

Three days left to bid!

If You Want People to Compliment Your Home, Stop Trying to Impress Them (_Colin King_)

Why the rooms people love most are usually the ones that gave up first.

The Kajitsu Playlist (_Spotify_)

Via Brooks Reitz: “One of the best in the “music for restaurants” category is the playlist Ryuchi Sakamoto made for the defunct Zen/vegan restaurant in NYC, Kajitsu.”

The Extraordinary Story of a Soccer Coach, a Kidnapping, and a Job That Didn’t Exist (_The Athletic/paywall_)

An Everton F.C. legend thought he was moving to Saudi. Instead, he ended up held at knifepoint for a six-figure ransom.

Boomers Are Passing Down Fortunes—And Way, Way Too Much Stuff (_Bloomberg_)

The money is welcomed, but the baseball cards and DVD players…...

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