Noah Brier | March 14, 2026
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 96
Featuring six-second hugs, movie dads, and Captain Sandy Sandilands.
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?
Hair Apparent: Inside the Transplant Capital of the World (The Guardian)
It is estimated that every year more than one million bald people fly to Istanbul. The Guardian went, with a camera.
The Six-Second Hug (Aeon)
From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits.
Our Possums Are a Problem. Could Selena Gomez’s Horchata-Flavored Oreos Be The Solution? (The Spinoff)
How one pop star’s limited edition Oreo flavour became a vital weapon in the war against one of New Zealand’s biggest pests.
The Movie Dad Had a Big Year. We Need to Talk About It. (The New Fatherhood)
If you’ve been paying attention this Oscar season, you’ve noticed something: dads are everywhere. Not the cartoonish deadbeat or the overbearing patriarch—but something more honest and multidimensional than ever before.
The Real Reason So Many NBA Stars Keep Getting Injured (GQ Sports)
In today’s NBA, you can’t simply turn on a game and expect to see your favorite players on the court. The modern NBA is just as much about strategic withdrawals and managing injuries as it is about hitting threes and grabbing rebounds.
How South by Southwest became Austin’s Soft-Power Showpiece (Monocle)
“There is a moment every March when Austin stops being a mid-sized Texan city and becomes, briefly, a kind of secular Davos with better music.”
Taste Test: Encrusting the Tortoise (An Enfant Terrible)
AI gave everyone a generative engine. It also revealed who had nothing to say.