What I saw on the web on 2025.12.16

[reblogarythm]

1. The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
   by Robert Rooney
   https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-mastermind-box-cover-what-the-hell-were-they-thinking
   this all checks out, yup
   via discord
   
   
2. A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language
   by Simon Akam
   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/08/a-very-big-fight-over-a-very-small-language
   i've long known that Switzerland has four official languages, but knew almost nothing about the fourth. turns out it might actually be five (or more?) languages in a trenchcoat?
   via Jonathan Crowe