View allAll Photos Tagged Grok
"Vielleicht mache ich ein Cover von All Along the Watchtower." sagt Shashaa. "Der Song ist echt der Hammer. Und je öfter ich ihn anhöre – und er lief ja hier die letzte Zeit in Endlosschleife – desto mehr packt mich der Text. The Joker and the thief – genau das ist es!
In dem Song geht es um zwei Typen, die sind genau wie mein Vater und dieser Ali. Ich mein, die haben harte Zeiten durchgemacht, wer hat das nicht? Sie hatten Träume, Buufis, und sie haben es in ihr Land der Träume, in die USA geschafft.
Dieser Ali musste sogar nicht mal etwas dafür tun! Der wurde ausgelost im Dadaab Camp, man kann also sagen, der hat sein Visum im Lotto gewonnen. Aber die USA sind eben nicht Jannah, das Paradies, nein, da muss man auch arbeiten für sein Geld.
Im Song reden die mit den Leuten, ja, das Leben ist hart, das wissen wir. Aber nicht für uns, damit sind wir fertig. Und dann werden sie zu apokalyptischen Reitern, weil sie was besseres sein wollen als die anderen Leute.
Ich mein, ich bin ja auch anders als die anderen Leute, es ist nun wirklich nicht jeder ein Superstar. Aber ich kann was, ich kann singen. Ich gebe den Menschen was.
Aber solche Typen, die können gar nix. Ja, mei, dann muss man halt im Lager arbeiten oder Uber-Fahrer werden oder Pizza Service. Whatever.
Dieser Ali hatte in Dadaab eine Frau und zwei kleine Kinder, die er versprach nachzuholen. Nee, was macht der? Er wird Gangster. Kommt sich vor wie Al Capone, aber ist nix wie eine miese kleine Ratte, ein kleiner Drogendealer, ein Krimineller. Frau und Kinder hat er sitzen lassen, total vergessen.
Und meinem Vater hat er das Gehirn gewaschen. Es reicht ja nicht, dass er ihn süchtig gemacht hat. Die belügen sich selbst!
Unsere Familie war ja schon da, als dieser Ali aufkreuzte. Mein Vater würde auch niemals meine Mutter verlassen, sie kocht und wäscht für ihn, das ist zu bequem.
So sind auch der Joker und der Dieb in dem Song, stellvertretend für all diese Scheiß-Männer, die ihr Leben nicht auf die Reihe kriegen. Du fragst dich, wie man so pervers sein kann, in den Krieg zu ziehen und Leute abzuschlachten? Was in deren Köpfen vorgeht? Und warum die immer mehr werden? Es sind genau solche! Egal ob IDF, Blackwater oder Escobar.
Der Text ist ja von Bob Dylan. Das ist ein alter Mann, den hab ich mal bei den Grammys gesehen. Die sagten, er hat auch den Nobelpreis bekommen. Also, dem seine Lyrics sind auch absolut genial. Aber ich hab mir seine Original-Version von All Along the Watchtower angehört. Bob Dylan singt nicht gut. Seine Stimme ist markant, aber nicht melodisch.
Was den Song zu diesem Highlight macht, zu einem der besten Songs ever, ist die Gitarre von Jimi Hendrix.
Haa, und da wird's schwierig mit Cover. Eigentlich sollte ich den Gitarrenpart singen, mit dem Text, nee, geht ja nicht… ich hab auch geguckt, es gibt erstaunlich wenig Cover davon. Eins ist nicht schlecht, eine Deephouse-Version, da ist aber Hendrix' Gitarre reingesampelt.
Mal sehen, was Steve dazu sagt, wenn er sich mal wieder einkriegt."
Edited in Prisma app & Grok
(Description by Grok AI):
This vintage church sign is mounted on the exterior side wall of Pub Italia in Ottawa's Little Italy.
It originally belonged to People's Church (also styled Peoples Church) at 2097 Union Ave. in downtown Montreal, Quebec.
The sign prominently features Minister – Rev. B.H. Baskin (full name: Rev. Bertram Hugh "Bert" Baskin, 1927–2012).
A Canadian evangelical pastor and former missionary with the Sudan United Mission in Chad, Africa, Baskin served as minister of this congregation from 1966 to 1981 after health issues brought him and his family back from the mission field (with time spent recovering in the Ottawa area).
People's Church of Montreal was founded in 1938 by Rev. John Linton. A group of believers from various denominations began meeting under the Scripture Testimony League and later occupied the former First Baptist Church building on the corner of Sherbrooke and Union. The congregation joined the Associated Gospel Churches of Canada (AGC) in 1945 and has long emphasized Bible teaching, gospel preaching, and community outreach (including early radio broadcasts like The Peoples Gospel Hour).
The Associated Gospel Churches of Canada traces its roots to the 1890s as a fellowship of independent evangelical churches in Ontario, many with Salvation Army backgrounds. It was formally organized in the 1920s (initially as the Christian Workers’ Church of Canada) and renamed in 1925 to uphold the authority of Scripture in faith and practice. Today it remains a network of evangelical congregations across Canada.
The sign lists classic service times from the Baskin era — Bible School at 9:45 AM, Morning Worship at 11:00 AM, Evening Service at 7:00 PM, plus midweek and young people’s meetings — and carries the motto “Holding Forth the Word of Life.”It’s a neat piece of Canadian evangelical history repurposed as pub decor.
Pub Italia; Little Italy; Ottawa, Ontario.
here is grok’s desc of the one building. This is almost certainly the main building of a historic public school (likely a junior high or high school) from the early-to-mid 20th century in the United States.
Architectural Style and Identification
The building shows classic Beaux-Arts or Renaissance Revival features, which were extremely popular for American schools and other institutional buildings between roughly 1900 and 1935. Key matching elements include:
* Strong symmetry with a prominent central section flanked by matching wings.
* A grand central entrance with three arched doorways (a very common school design for student flow).
* Dozens of large, regularly spaced windows — typical for maximizing natural light in classrooms before widespread electric lighting.
* A decorative semi-circular fan or sunburst (radiating rays) motif in the pediment/gable at the very top center — a distinctive ornamental touch seen on some historic schools and institutional buildings of this era.
* Overall grand, imposing scale and classical detailing.
The snowy setting points to a northern U.S. state (Midwest, Northeast, or Pacific Northwest) or possibly Canada. The number 8380 visible near the entrance is almost certainly the street address.
Why It’s Hard to Pinpoint the Exact Building
Many schools from this period were built with very similar designs (architects often used standard plans or popular styles). Without more context — such as the city/state, the approximate year the photo was taken, or any visible school name/signage — an exact match is difficult. It strongly resembles buildings documented in historic registers and local archives across the U.S.
Similar examples exist in places like Seattle (e.g., John Marshall Junior High, built 1927 in Renaissance Revival style with a central arched entrance), various Michigan and Midwest schools, and other northern cities.
(Description by Grok AI):
Stunning Victorian narrative leaded-glass window on display in the decorative arts section of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). Created c.1889 by Castle & Son (Montreal’s top studio, 1881–1920). Depicts the tender pre-tragedy moment between young Acadian lovers Evangeline Bellefontaine and Gabriel Lajeunesse from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie – romantic figures in period dress inside a domestic interior, with ornate arched frame and the poem’s text inscribed below. Classic Victorian style with finely painted details, rich glowing colours, and literary illustration. Themes of unwavering love, fidelity, and the tragic Acadian Deportation. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangeline . Originally made for a private Montreal residence, now a highlight of the museum’s collection celebrating Canadian decorative arts.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Montreal, Quebec.
here is grok’s desc of the one building. This is almost certainly the main building of a historic public school (likely a junior high or high school) from the early-to-mid 20th century in the United States.
Architectural Style and Identification
The building shows classic Beaux-Arts or Renaissance Revival features, which were extremely popular for American schools and other institutional buildings between roughly 1900 and 1935. Key matching elements include:
* Strong symmetry with a prominent central section flanked by matching wings.
* A grand central entrance with three arched doorways (a very common school design for student flow).
* Dozens of large, regularly spaced windows — typical for maximizing natural light in classrooms before widespread electric lighting.
* A decorative semi-circular fan or sunburst (radiating rays) motif in the pediment/gable at the very top center — a distinctive ornamental touch seen on some historic schools and institutional buildings of this era.
* Overall grand, imposing scale and classical detailing.
The snowy setting points to a northern U.S. state (Midwest, Northeast, or Pacific Northwest) or possibly Canada. The number 8380 visible near the entrance is almost certainly the street address.
Why It’s Hard to Pinpoint the Exact Building
Many schools from this period were built with very similar designs (architects often used standard plans or popular styles). Without more context — such as the city/state, the approximate year the photo was taken, or any visible school name/signage — an exact match is difficult. It strongly resembles buildings documented in historic registers and local archives across the U.S.
Similar examples exist in places like Seattle (e.g., John Marshall Junior High, built 1927 in Renaissance Revival style with a central arched entrance), various Michigan and Midwest schools, and other northern cities.
Graduated from role-playing into the hard stuff - card games and minis games. Lots of Wood Elf cavalry died on the tables that used to be housed here.
Grok by X is now available in the Netherlands. I asked it to draw a Disney figure based on me and my tweets.
It knows I drive a motorcycle.
Aroldo Souza-Leite organized the Neanderthal Grok Sprint in Köln. The famous cathedral can be seen in the background.
Photo from our 7th Annual Fujitsu North America Technology Forum 2014: "Powering the Connected World with Innovative Technologies", held at the Computer History Museum on January 22nd, 2014.
For more about us and to view our videos and our past event archives, please visit our site:
www.fujitsu.com/us/about/other/fla/
From Wikipedia:
"Jeffrey Hawkins (born June 1, 1957, in Huntington, New York) is the founder of Palm Computing (where he invented the Palm Pilot)[1] and Handspring (where he invented the Treo).[2] He has since turned to work on neuroscience full-time, founded the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience (formerly the Redwood Neuroscience Institute) in 2002, and published On Intelligence describing his memory-prediction framework theory of the brain. In 2003 he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering "for the creation of the hand-held computing paradigm and the creation of the first commercially successful example of a hand-held computing device."