B. N. Faraj

"United Sates"

@PhysInHistory Zero came to us by way of cipher, along with algebra, algorithm, medicine, and a bunch of other things—but we’re limited to 280 characters! 😉

Who introduced the concept of zero to the modern numeral system? ✍️

@uchenna1220 Congrats! You look excited!

Finally got my degree in Handwriting after 4years🎉

@amjuster @wwnorton @LiverightPub Do you know Barry Spurr at Quadrant? He may be open to reviewing it.

The @wwnorton/@LiverightPub translation of Petrarch's Canzoniere is up on Amazon.Australia, but at a disappointing #206 in their medieval poetry ranking. At a minimum, friends Down Under, go to your local library and politely demand a copy.

@amjuster Quatorzain?

I never met Mona Van Duyn, but she picked my "Moscow Zoo" as the winner of the 1995 Howard Nemerov Award of The Formalist--a huge game-changer for me.

@Math_files Any chance it was suicide?

The mathematician who predicted his own death—Abraham de Moivre. Mathematician Abraham de Moivre was trying to uncover the mysteries of numbers when one day he noticed something strange about himself: he was sleeping exactly 15 minutes longer every day. According to his calculations, on November 27, 1754, he would never wake up. Do you know what’s incredible? He really did die on that exact day. Was this just a coincidence, or did he truly calculate his fate using mathematics? What do you think?

@amjuster @TheEVReview Not only the competition, but the ball too! Didn’t they pause or fold sometime around 2021? 😔

Willis Barnstone was a force of nature & I regret that the @TheEVReview dropped the translation competition in his honor.

@ElaineCox11 Coming through loud and clear as the lawnmowers—if only the neighbors would listen! 😉

Uncut grass keeps the ground at around 19.5°C Grass cut to 10 cm raises the ground temperature to about 24.5°C Bare ground in the middle of summer rises to over 40°C It's important to raise awareness #NoMowMay

@NickKristof @KristofFarms

Happy 94th birthday to Jane Kristof! She taught me that strong women hold up half the sky. So in my world and on @KristofFarms, every day is Mother's Day! Happy birthday, Mom!

@AlexRettie Good wishes and prayers. Hope he recovers quickly. 🙏

Prayers and good thoughts appreciated for my sons' grandfather, Tad (not my dad, who died some time ago), who is 94 and has just been admitted to hospital after a fall.

@amjuster That opportunity might exist outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 😉

Did a snake put up that sign?

@gusholderhaber Let them try that with e-books.

Kitap okumayı seven gencin kitaplarla yaptığı küçük bir şov…

@amjuster @joldmcginn @Yale That must be a ritual @Yale. Last year I witnessed another mess-up—not mentioning the department! 😉

@joldmcginn Our class @Yale messed up finding a speaker and went at the last minute to our chaplain, the once slightly-famous William Sloane Coffin, who gave a drunken rant. We did have B.B. King for Class Day, though.

Vanderbilt's approach is absolutely right. Unlike high school graduations which feature speeches from top students and other honors for scholars, most universities ignore the highest acheivers. That sends the wrong message.

@PhysInHistory Why didn’t you sit under a jackfruit tree and save us from all that headachy physics stuff?

You get an opportunity to ask one question to Sir Isaac Newton, what would you ask him? ✍️

@Airaasayss 22

How many people are still in the room🤔🤔🤔 Solve honestly in 10 seconds..!!!

@ianduhig You must be in NJ today.

Me with my Irish skin looking out on weather like today's

@amjuster Do you think that’s available for free-versers as well? 😉

I already have a group of former editors & copywriters eager to perform this function for me:

@NoContextBrits Well, we’re getting there. 😉

Fuck. How much of history class did I miss?

@DemocritusSr When we’re about to aXe the place, your posts come around and redeem the place. 😉

Dear readers: Your thoughtful, sincere replies, and generous reposts, are greatly appreciated.

@DanielGalef Under the circumstances, going postal is justifiable, I think!

letter to a magazine withdrawing my poem because it has been accepted elsewhere and letter from same magazine rejecting my poem crossing in the mail

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/2…