WITI Editor | June 14, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 58
On Skype, GoldenEye, late-night cereal, and Hampton Inn supremacy.
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.
Why are these interesting?
When the World Connected on Skype (Rest of World)
On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.
FIFA Club World Cup struggling to create excitement in US with one week to go (Flash Score)
“Flashscore visited MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Saturday, the venue for the final and eight other matches, and there was absolutely nothing to do with the competition.”
GoldenEye 007 Pause Music (1 hour) (YouTube)
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the vibes.
American Mid: Hampton Inn’s Good Enough Formula for World Domination (Bloomberg)
Hampton has become the largest US chain, and a global export, by being rigorously OK.
The Simpsons Is Morally Good (The Atlantic)
“What critics of the prime-time cartoon either fundamentally misunderstood (or conveniently overlooked) was its core truths.”