Here‘s a delightful thread about the many ways the Latin language offers to talk about money and wealth 😀

Wild to me that the thing that finally resulted in the anti-vaxxers winning was a deadly pandemic that demonstrated the true magic of vaccines in front of everyone’s eyes

„The original handwritten plaintext of the K4 code, with signed typed letter from cryptographer Ed Scheidt“ at www.rrauction.com/jim-sanborn-... some more thoughts 🧵

Kryptos K4 🧩 lot at RR Auction‘s comprises seven items, first of which is„The original handwritten plaintext of the K4 code, with signed typed letter from cryptographer Ed Scheidt“, interesting that the letter is grouped together with K4 plaintext 🤔 www.rrauction.com/jim-sanborn-...

The Kryptos K4 🧩 lot at RR Auction‘s has one item listed that‘s puzzling me: „Handwritten Kryptos plain texts used for screen cutting, 2 pieces“ I mean, the screens show ciphertext and a Vigenère tableau, so how would anyone have used the plain texts for screen cutting? 🤷

Hi fans of Kryptos K4! 🧩 In case you happen to have funds in the six digits range at hand, here‘s the link to RR Auction: www.rrauction.com/jim-sanborn-... 😮

Jim Sanborn auctioning off the solution to Kryptos K4 🧩 in November, this is super-exciting! New York Times article by none other than the great @jswatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

Hi friends of Kryptos K4! 🧩This is stunning news by Wired: Jim Sanborn is going to auction off the Solution to Kryptos K4! 😮Can‘t wait for November…

Hi friends of Kryptos! 🧩 William Webster, CIA director at the time when Jim Sanborn created Kryptos, passed away on August 8, at the age of 101. With his initials WW, he is forever honored in the plaintext of Kryptos K2: „WHO KNOWS THE EXACT LOCATION ? ONLY WW“ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

#Video - Aus unserer Mediathek: Der Thesaurus linguae Latinae (TLL) ist das maßgebliche #Wörterbuch des antiken Lateins. So wird dort gearbeitet: #Latein #Lexikon #Grundlagenforschung #Akademienprogramm

Gerade findet in der BAdW die internationale TLL Summer School in Latin Lexicography statt, mit Forschenden in verschiedenen Karrierestufen, deren Arbeit sich mit dem lateinischen Wortschatz der #Antike befasst: thesaurus.badw.de/summerschool... Fotos: @wolf-bild.bsky.social / BAdW #Latein

Hi friends of classical cryptography, check out the proceedings of HistoCrypt 2025 🤗 dspace.ut.ee/items/0d1e87...

It's like the Three-Body Problem, but it's the Two-Narcissists Problem

Kritik des HRK-Präsidenten Prof. Dr. Walter Rosenthal an der Entscheidung der US-Regierung, der @harvard.edu die Aufnahme internationaler Studierender zu untersagen und eingeschriebene internationale #Studierende zu zwingen, an andere Hochschulen zu wechseln. ➡️ www.hrk.de/presse/press...

Yeah! 🎉 Meine Alma Mater, die RWTH Aachen, hat vor kurzem begonnen, ihren seit längerem bestehenden Bluesky-Account jetzt auch aktiv zu benutzen! 😀 🎉

Palimpsest 😀

Just wondering what could be his next wish? 🤔 www.projekt-gutenberg.org/grimm/maerch...

Beyond offensive that American officials are trying to boost the AfD and undermine the German constitutional order. It’s a concerted effort now to boost fascism globally.

Wer nun noch Fantasien äußert, man müsste die AfD wie eine normale Partei behandeln, bekennt sich offiziell dazu, Rechtsextremismus als Teil der politischen Landschaft in Deutschland nicht mehr bekämpfen zu wollen.

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.“ #Harvard #USA #Trump

Then all too late I bring this fatal writ, The complot of this timeless tragedy, And wonder greatly that man’s face can fold In pleasing smiles such murderous tyranny.

It is so bizarre being an American living abroad and fielding repeated questions from people I know about whether they will be detained at the border or need a burner phone, or having to counsel my students not to pursue PhDs in the US right now because they might not be safe *from* the government.

Reddit‘s r/KryptosK4 has some nice discussions… It‘s fun 😀 www.reddit.com/r/KryptosK4

Berlin Clock, a uniquely beautiful timepiece by Dieter Binninger 🤗 now located in front of Europa-Center, Berlin (photo taken by me)

Haiku/hexameter Vere fugante nives niveus decor additur horto.

Hi friends of Kryptos K4, the NumberWorld 🔢 🌎 blog by cryptography expert Christian Schridde is a great resource for anything Kryptos-related 😀 numberworld.blogspot.com

„Die Regierung legte […] eine Liste mit Forderungen vor, denen sich die [Columbia] Universität unterwerfen solle, wenn sie weiter staatliche Förderung beziehen wolle. Dafür müsste [sie] das Recht abtreten, selbst zu entscheiden, was sie lehrt, woran sie forscht und welche Studierenden sie aufnimmt.“

Hi fans of Kryptos K4: After a hiatus of several years, Gary Phillips — one of the better-known Kryptos aficionados — has quite recently resumed his Kryptos blog at kryptosrevisited.wordpress.com This is exciting news 🤗

I started to put together this list after my students requested we no longer record classroom conversations about changes happening with the Trump administration. They wanted the conversation, but not a record that could be used against them. How quickly this sense of fear became widespread.

Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Digitization Ministry at the cost of about $50 million per year. The ethics of threatening the victim of aggression apart, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable provider we will be forced to look for other suppliers.

Hi friends of Kryptos K4, this Wired article by @stevenlevy.bsky.social is a must-read for every Kryptos aficionado 🤗 Enjoy, and please don‘t fall for AI „solutions“ to K4 🫣

Here‘s a super cool article about Jim Sanborn‘s „Coastline“ wave pool art installation outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Silver Spring, MD campus: www.noaa.gov/heritage/sto...

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Remember that this is the message behind every single Nazi salute. It is unconscionable to downplay or minimise it (as a „mysterious gesture“ or „trolling“). Every Nazi salute carries a murderous message. Fail to call that out, and you are complicit. Don’t think they won’t come for you, too.

Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

The words we heard from the main actors of the AfD rally about “Great Germany” and “the need to forget German guilt for Nazi crimes” sounded all too familiar and ominous. Especially only hours before the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

David Cohen’s book of unique Scrabblegrams is a true delight 😊 I already got my own 📖 copy, and I love it 😀

The reichest man on earth

Hi friends of Kryptos K4! 🧩Check out this podcast episode, with guest star A.J. Jacobs, about Kryptos and its community, the value of curiosity, the U.S. Constitution and lots of other cool stuff! 😊

Somehow "Elon Musk Is a Genius" and "Elon Musk Doesn't Know How Hands Work" are being said by a lot of the same people

Das👇 #eXit jetzt!

Another stretch of the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (nemo-netura, which came out in print in 2022) is now available in our open access version: publikationen.badw.de/de/thesaurus... Highlights include "nemo" and "nempe" by @jschrickx.bsky.social, "neque" by me and "nescio" by Roberta Marchionni.

Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.

This. Wann endlich die Policy, X nur noch im absoluten Notfall als Quelle anzugeben (d.h., wenn der zitierte Content wirklich nirgendwo sonst erschienen ist)? Und: Wann steigt die deutsche Politik ENDLICH bei X aus? Was muss dafür bitte noch passieren? #eXit

… a bit of trivia: 😀 William Webster also has the singular distinction of being referred to by the plaintext of Kryptos K2: „WHO KNOWS THE EXACT LOCATION ? ONLY WW“ (the initials WW stand for William Webster, as confirmed by Jim Sanborn)

Der Mann ist durch und durch ein Faschist: Elon Musk will Wikipedia auf Linie trimmen und, wenn das nicht funktioniert, zerstören.

Hi fans of Kryptos K4! 😀 For those of you who are interested in bitwise XOR as a masking technique / second layer, you might want to check out Michael Hörenberg‘s ideas: kryptos.hoerenberg.com/index.php?ca...

Retotatototato 🎺🎶 it is! Thank you for all the votes. More information about the word on the blog: parerga.hypotheses.org