ep | stein

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jeffrey epstein was an intelligent person, with a solid science background. apart from that he, of course, was a criminal. the epstein files, released in january 2026, contain hundreds of photos, most of them depicting high society „jet set“ life. you have to be patiently searching to find images like these: epstein on the massage table, certainly not sleeping.

ghislaine maxwell was his spouse. she frequently travelled with epstein, shot thousands of photos, had access to his houses, helped him find young girls for his sexual desires. she could fly helicopters. the photo on the left was redacted by the → DOJ. the photo on the right is from a series of shots on epstein’s plane.

racist trump coorporation | 1973

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nyt, oct. 1973

in 1973 donald trump was 27 years young and under his father’s thumb: fred c. trump. the kid followed his father’s racism. the new york times article above demostrates this quite well. the son reacted to the injunction:

„They are absolutely ridiculous. […] There have been a number of local actions against us, and we’ve won them all.“

instead of asking what might have been wrong, he went straight into attack mode. just like today.

in 1950 the left wing protest singer woody guthrie („this land is my land“) rented an apartment owned by fred trump. trump had coined the building „beach haven“. to woody guthrie it was „bitch haven“. he wrote:

    Beach Haven ain't my home! 
    I just cain't pay this rent!
    My money's down the drain!
    And my soul is badly bent!
    Beach Haven looks like heaven
    Where no black ones come to roam!
    No, no, no! Old Man Trump!
    Old Beach Haven ain't my home!

two on | 5th

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two on 5th avenue

this Ai image is great. i wanted two people in focus, walking down 5th avenue in new york. i also demanded a photo with very shallow depth of field. well done.

with, luckily, a few flaws. depth of field would keep the legs of the two in focus, and everthing further back out of focus. optically it does not make sense to have two areas of sharpness. another flaw has to do with text. the taxi on the right has nonsense on its roof.

in a further attempt i wanted this image to be animated. this works well. the traffic jam make the cars stand still; one car moves a bit. the closer the two people get to the „camera“ the more puppet-like they look.

two on 5th avenue, animated with Ai

someone commented that the woman somehow lost her handbag. true!

i met her on a | train

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the train to rome

i met her on a train to rome / when the train crossed the alpes / i thought about talking with her / i lost her on a train to rome / i guess she changed the coach / some else was sitting on my lap

the train to rome (GEMA)

reins | traum

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Ai rendering in renaissance style

this instrumental can be used for meditation or clubbing. in fact it contains – apart from several other instrumants – a tuba and a fender stratocaster guitar.

reinstraum (GEMA)

the wind blows | the roof off

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Ai visualisation

Our times are different / Your time is not my time / Sometimes our times do meet

When I’m in the mood for love / And you are in the mood for love / We can make love

The wind blows the roof off / The tea is getting cold

It is the beginning of a settlement / The first settlement in a very long time / When things are settled / We can go on with our lives

Now we walk hand in hand / Down the road / To the other part of town

The wind blows the roof off / The tea is getting cold

the wind blows the roof off (GEMA)

not a | word

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Ai visualisation

We walked along the empty beach
Tree trunks and torn-up grass
Not a word passed our lips
Only the wind, the wind

Not a word passed our lips
Only the sand, the sand

When evening comes
And lies down with us in bed
We say adieu, my friend
We’ll see each other in another land

Not a word passed our lips

Then the sun came out
We looked at each other
We looked around
We had not fallen asleep here
The night had brought us here
Outside, no wind, no sand, no beach

Just you and me

not a word passed our lips (GEMA)

bernhard’s | salzburg 1944

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Ai visualisation

You wandered through the grass
on which snow grew
A unicorn wobbled over the fence
The wren cried “Alarm”
No sun, only the moon

Then Bernhard came round the corner
A fast runner he was
But slow in old age
With heavy books in his sack
Salzburg is not my favourite city

In fact I hate Salzburg
That bloated confectioner’s little town
With the wretched violin teacher
And the beautiful English teacher
Lessons paid for by my grandfather

The teacher, shortly before the English lesson,
Was struck by an aerial bomb
It was the autumn of 1944
Yet everyone thought the confectioner’s town
Was of no interest to the bombers

I owe you nothing

Salzburg, I owe you nothing.

vermögen von | nazis

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amtsblatt höxter, dezember 1945

in der zweiten hälfte 1945 hatten die siegermächte die fast vollständige kontrolle über das ehemalige hitler-deutschland. in vielen landkreisen gab es bekanntmachungen wie hier im kreis höxter. bei nichtbefolgen von anordnungen drohten strafen „mit ausnahme der todesstrafe“, wie es hier heißt. im obigen abschnitt sind NS-angehörige sehr detailliert aufgelistet, deren vermögen eingezogen wurde. position 39 übrigens die funktionäre des reichsrundfunks. der zeitungsauschnitt wird durch anklicken schön groß und gut lesbar.

we call it | quits

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nothing to worry about…

… because they cannot really leave each other.

call it quits

We said we’d call it quits last night / But you’re here again come morning light / Coffee’s cold, the talk runs thin / We start it over where we’ve always been

Your coat’s still hangin’ by the door / My shoes still find your side of the floor / No thunder rollin’, no one to blame / Just two hearts still playin’ their game

So we’ll keep talkin’ half the night / Till silence feels about right / Coffee’s cold, the talk runs thin / We start it over where we’ve always been

Your coat’s still hangin’ by the door

We can’t unwind this line / Can’t draw that border line / We step apart, then fall in place/ Still sharing time and space