Bernd Adameit
@berndadameit.bsky.social
Software engineer, married with two grown-up children. Fascinated by the Latin language and classical cryptography.
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Bernd Adameit
@berndadameit.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Kryptos K4 and the ELYOIE Jigsaw Matrix.pdf
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Hi fellow friends of Kryptos K4, for anyone who‘s interested in the idea of running-key Vigenère, I compiled my own attempts 🧩 into a short doc: Kryptos K4 and the ELYOIE Jigsaw Matrix bit.ly/3346K6J
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Went to an archive for a friend. Did everything by the book. Ended up with 5 digit legal bill. May not be over yet.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Went to an archive for a friend. Did everything by the book. Ended up with 5 digit legal bill. May not be over yet.
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🥁 And the winner is … 🥁
💤 rhonchissator 💤
Das Lateinwort des Jahres 2025 bezeichnet eine schnarchende Person. An der Wahl, die der Thesaurus linguae Latinae organisiert, haben sich 1.374 Lateinfans aus aller Welt beteiligt.
parerga.hypotheses.org/4320
@thesaurosaur.bsky.social
💤 rhonchissator 💤
Das Lateinwort des Jahres 2025 bezeichnet eine schnarchende Person. An der Wahl, die der Thesaurus linguae Latinae organisiert, haben sich 1.374 Lateinfans aus aller Welt beteiligt.
parerga.hypotheses.org/4320
@thesaurosaur.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🥁 And the winner is … 🥁
💤 rhonchissator 💤
Das Lateinwort des Jahres 2025 bezeichnet eine schnarchende Person. An der Wahl, die der Thesaurus linguae Latinae organisiert, haben sich 1.374 Lateinfans aus aller Welt beteiligt.
parerga.hypotheses.org/4320
@thesaurosaur.bsky.social
💤 rhonchissator 💤
Das Lateinwort des Jahres 2025 bezeichnet eine schnarchende Person. An der Wahl, die der Thesaurus linguae Latinae organisiert, haben sich 1.374 Lateinfans aus aller Welt beteiligt.
parerga.hypotheses.org/4320
@thesaurosaur.bsky.social
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I was a guest on Australia's ABC Radio Sunday National with Julian Morrow; we talked about the Kryptos sculpture, the auction and my 35 years of reporting on all of it. I think I sound goofy, but you might like it. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
The answer to Kryptos is not the solution - ABC listen
A coded puzzle embedded in a sculpture outside the CIA headquarters has been stumping cryptologists for more than 30 years until, in the lead-up to the puzzle's solution being sold at auction this yea...
www.abc.net.au
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I was a guest on Australia's ABC Radio Sunday National with Julian Morrow; we talked about the Kryptos sculpture, the auction and my 35 years of reporting on all of it. I think I sound goofy, but you might like it. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Demokrat_innen auf X sind der Sauerstoff, der das Feuer aus Hass, Hetze, Fake News & Verschwörungsschrott auf X lodern lässt. Demokratiefeind_innen brauchen sie als Zielscheibe, um sich dran abzuarbeiten, & zur Legitimierung der Plattform. I said it before, I‘ll say it again: Los, raus da! #eXit
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Demokrat_innen auf X sind der Sauerstoff, der das Feuer aus Hass, Hetze, Fake News & Verschwörungsschrott auf X lodern lässt. Demokratiefeind_innen brauchen sie als Zielscheibe, um sich dran abzuarbeiten, & zur Legitimierung der Plattform. I said it before, I‘ll say it again: Los, raus da! #eXit
It‘s that time of year again: The Thesaurus linguae Latinae community is looking for the Latin Word of the Year 2025! 🎉 Public voting is open until Dec 14 ❤️ parerga.hypotheses.org/4098
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It‘s that time of year again: The Thesaurus linguae Latinae community is looking for the Latin Word of the Year 2025! 🎉 Public voting is open until Dec 14 ❤️ parerga.hypotheses.org/4098
New York Times story on the Kryptos 🧩 auction by the great @jswatz.bsky.social 😀: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
Anonymous Bidder Pays Nearly $1 Million for Secret to Decode C.I.A. Sculpture
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
New York Times story on the Kryptos 🧩 auction by the great @jswatz.bsky.social 😀: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
The auction of Jim Sanborn’s „Complete Secrets of Kryptos“ has closed at $770,000, which is above the originally estimated range. Glad that Jim Sanborn got a decent price! www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
The Complete Secrets of Kryptos: Jim Sanborn's Private Archive | RR
Sold for $770,000 |
Jim Sanborn's original Kryptos archive that reveals the secrets of K4 and the much anticipated K5, plus an afternoon with Sanborn as he p
www.rrauction.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The auction of Jim Sanborn’s „Complete Secrets of Kryptos“ has closed at $770,000, which is above the originally estimated range. Glad that Jim Sanborn got a decent price! www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
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Kryptos auction ending in 10 hours. Already sitting at $325,000. Want to own a piece of crypto history?
www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
The Complete Secrets of Kryptos: Jim Sanborn's Private Archive | RR
Jim Sanborn's original Kryptos archive that reveals the secrets of K4 and the much anticipated K5, plus an afternoon with Sanborn as he p
www.rrauction.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Kryptos auction ending in 10 hours. Already sitting at $325,000. Want to own a piece of crypto history?
www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
Hi fans of Kryptos K4, @elahieh.bsky.social has released a super cool new video: „Kryptos Final Guesses“ 🤗 youtu.be/O11UBt4j8TI?...
Kryptos Final Guesses
YouTube video by Richard Bean
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hi fans of Kryptos K4, @elahieh.bsky.social has released a super cool new video: „Kryptos Final Guesses“ 🤗 youtu.be/O11UBt4j8TI?...
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As the Kryptos K4 auction imbroglio simmers, I answer two key questions: Why did Jarett Kobek and myself turn down money for our silence and refuse to sign NDAs?
Read my STAGE WRITE essay: "Not So Wonderful Things."
stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
Read my STAGE WRITE essay: "Not So Wonderful Things."
stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As the Kryptos K4 auction imbroglio simmers, I answer two key questions: Why did Jarett Kobek and myself turn down money for our silence and refuse to sign NDAs?
Read my STAGE WRITE essay: "Not So Wonderful Things."
stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
Read my STAGE WRITE essay: "Not So Wonderful Things."
stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
Hi friends of Kryptos K4 🧩, I heartily recommend to read Richard Byrne‘s powerful essay: „Not So Wonderful Things“ 😮📜
For the past 10 weeks, I have been at the center of the Kryptos K4 auction imbroglio. But why did Jarett Kobek and myself turn down money for our silence and refuse to sign NDAs?
I explain it all in a new STAGE WRITE essay titled "Not So Wonderful Things."
stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
I explain it all in a new STAGE WRITE essay titled "Not So Wonderful Things."
stage-write.ghost.io/not-so-wonde...
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hi friends of Kryptos K4 🧩, I heartily recommend to read Richard Byrne‘s powerful essay: „Not So Wonderful Things“ 😮📜
The Kryptos sculpture by US artist Jim Sanborn was dedicated on November 3, 1990! So, this enigmatic 🧩 and wonderful 🤗 work of art is now officially 35 years old 🎉 and it‘s been quite in the news of late, I‘d say! What will the auction bring? What will come thereafter 🤔 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos
Kryptos - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Kryptos sculpture by US artist Jim Sanborn was dedicated on November 3, 1990! So, this enigmatic 🧩 and wonderful 🤗 work of art is now officially 35 years old 🎉 and it‘s been quite in the news of late, I‘d say! What will the auction bring? What will come thereafter 🤔 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos
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After 35 years, the secretive CIA sculpture finally gave up its mystery, thanks to a novelist, a playwright, and some misplaced documents. But the chase to decode continues.
Inside the Messy, Accidental Kryptos Reveal
After 35 years, the secretive CIA sculpture finally gave up its mystery, thanks to a novelist, a playwright, and some misplaced documents. But the chase to decode continues.
wrd.cm
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
After 35 years, the secretive CIA sculpture finally gave up its mystery, thanks to a novelist, a playwright, and some misplaced documents. But the chase to decode continues.
Hi friends of Kryptos K4 (and K5!), RR Auction have published an interesting blog entry: content.rrauction.com/kryptos-k4-d...
Kryptos K4: Discovered, Not Solved—Here's What Actually Happened
If you've been following the Kryptos story, you've probably seen headlines claiming the famous CIA sculpture's K4 passage has been "solved."
content.rrauction.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Hi friends of Kryptos K4 (and K5!), RR Auction have published an interesting blog entry: content.rrauction.com/kryptos-k4-d...
Here‘s a cool new article about Kryptos 😀 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How the CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Gave Up Its Final Secret
Uncovering the CIA’s Kryptos puzzle took three parts math and one part sleuthing
www.scientificamerican.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Here‘s a cool new article about Kryptos 😀 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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"As human beings, we build artifice to have such incredible import.... If you put too much weight on it, it can fall on you." (1:08:00)
Jarett Kobek and myself spoke with the amazing literary website Zona Motel about Kryptos. Excerpt and video interview here:
zonamotel.substack.com/p/interview-...
Jarett Kobek and myself spoke with the amazing literary website Zona Motel about Kryptos. Excerpt and video interview here:
zonamotel.substack.com/p/interview-...
INTERVIEW: Kryptos K4 Uncovered- Jarett Kobek and Richard Byrne on discovering the answer to a decades-long mystery
An answer to a puzzle that cryptologists and CIA agents have failed to solve for 35 years was unexpectedly uncovered by novelist Jarett Kobek and playwright Richard Byrne.
zonamotel.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"As human beings, we build artifice to have such incredible import.... If you put too much weight on it, it can fall on you." (1:08:00)
Jarett Kobek and myself spoke with the amazing literary website Zona Motel about Kryptos. Excerpt and video interview here:
zonamotel.substack.com/p/interview-...
Jarett Kobek and myself spoke with the amazing literary website Zona Motel about Kryptos. Excerpt and video interview here:
zonamotel.substack.com/p/interview-...
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New on STAGE WRITE: Brief thoughts on the recovery of the Kryptos K4 plaintext, and a great interview with myself and Jarett Kobek about it at Zona Motel.
stage-write.ghost.io/k4-and-after/
stage-write.ghost.io/k4-and-after/
K4 and After
In November, I will have been publishing in newspapers and on websites for 40 years. But rarely have I been the subject of news coverage.
That changed last Thursday when the New York Times published ...
stage-write.ghost.io
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New on STAGE WRITE: Brief thoughts on the recovery of the Kryptos K4 plaintext, and a great interview with myself and Jarett Kobek about it at Zona Motel.
stage-write.ghost.io/k4-and-after/
stage-write.ghost.io/k4-and-after/
RR Auction have updated and significantly expanded their info: „Lot#2001: The Complete Secrets of Kryptos: Jim Sanborn's Private Archive“ www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
The Complete Secrets of Kryptos: Jim Sanborn's Private Archive | RR
Jim Sanborn's original Kryptos archive that reveals the secrets of K4 and the much anticipated K5, plus an afternoon with Sanborn as he personall
www.rrauction.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
RR Auction have updated and significantly expanded their info: „Lot#2001: The Complete Secrets of Kryptos: Jim Sanborn's Private Archive“ www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot...
This is a stunner for every fan of Kryptos K4: New York Times article by the great @jswatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is a stunner for every fan of Kryptos K4: New York Times article by the great @jswatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
Only 42 days 😮 till „Kryptos K4: The Solution Auction“ www.rrauction.com/jim-sanborn-...
Auction Title: Decoding History: Kryptos, Enigma, and the Rosetta Stone (#730)
www.rrauction.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Only 42 days 😮 till „Kryptos K4: The Solution Auction“ www.rrauction.com/jim-sanborn-...
Today‘s Daily Mail article about Kryptos K4 is riddled with errors both great and small 😩
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today‘s Daily Mail article about Kryptos K4 is riddled with errors both great and small 😩
Here‘s a delightful thread about the many ways the Latin language offers to talk about money and wealth 😀
Finally watching The Last Kingdom and have encountered one of my historical/fantasy writing pet peeves, which is having just one or two 'old-timey' ways to say something like 'money' and then using them over and over again almost like proper nouns.
In tLK, 'silver' and 'wealth;' like 'coin' Skyrim.
In tLK, 'silver' and 'wealth;' like 'coin' Skyrim.
September 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here‘s a delightful thread about the many ways the Latin language offers to talk about money and wealth 😀
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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
September 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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 🧵
An Initial Bid Must Be Placed By November 20 6:00 PM EDT To Participate After 06:00 PM EDT
www.rrauction.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
„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-...
An Initial Bid Must Be Placed By November 20 6:00 PM EDT To Participate After 06:00 PM EDT
www.rrauction.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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-...