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Tickets 2016: What Really Happened
Image: Dan Rademacher | Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 At first, it seemed like things were going very smoothly this year. I logged on in the Pre-Sale, got straight through, got 2 tickets and a vehicle...
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Burning Man and Me
It’s time to take a slightly different tack here at Burners.Me. Before the new voyage gets fully underway, I want to share with you some of my own journey so far. There are only 3 people who I know...
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Can Radical Inclusion Handle the Truth? Welcome to Shadow History
Part 1 starts here. There is a lot of information, a lot of ground to cover, a lot of foundations to lay. Burning Man is not just a rave. There is much more to it, and when we look at it in its proper...
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W-18: A Novel Opioid The Media Is Getting All Wrong
By Terry Gotham I try not to use Burners.me as a megaphone, but as I read about this substance & how it was being covered in the media, I needed to make an exception. To be clear, we have no...
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Silicon Valley’s Secret Weapon: The Shadow History of Burners Part 2
Part 1 is here and the presentation is here. In part 2, we lay out some of the Where and When of this story. It’s free, amateur content, based on Open Source Intelligence. Please forgive some minor...
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Back to the Further Future
Image: Peter Ruprecht Kestrel returns with a year 2 review of Robot Heart’s tech and music conference. Last year I took a chance on Robot Heart’s festival debut. Now, one year later, that heart remains...
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Burning Man Ranch Permitted to be Permanent
Re-blogged from ThisIsReno.com – also see this story at the Reno Gazette Journal. Permanent Burning Man Staging Area Gets Nod From County May 10, 2016 By Bob Conrad A Burning Man staging area north of...
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Can Burning Man and Transhumanism Change the World?
Science fiction and dick jokes at the Burning Man Global Technology Conference. Nano-tech brain drugs that connect brains together. Jacking the internet directly into the back of your skull. Dosing...
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Two Ominous Side Effects Of Cannabis Legalization
By Terry Gotham A caveat: things are heading in the right direction in places where cannabis has been legalized for recreational use for adults. We can all agree that Colorado, Washington, Alaska...
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You Just Got Afrika Burned
Thanks to Frans for posting this on our Facebook Page. It seems the Quiznos Parody is inspiring Regional Burners too. Can’t wait for the Aussie one (mate). Filed under: Funny Tagged: 2016, africa,...
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Burning Man As A Social Science Laboratory
Burning Man’s founders seem quite fond of telling us that it’s a social experiment, that they’re “social engineers”. What does that actually mean, though? UC Davis Professor Darrell Hamamoto made this...
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Revusky’s Law
This article applies as much to the Burning Man Project with its three decades of Ministers of Propaganda, as it does to the plague of synthetic terror events that have struck the country since...
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Air Charter Consolidated Under Single Primary Vendor
Image: celebratebig Right before Christmas last year, BMOrg put out the call for larger aircraft that could fly in up to 30 passengers at a time. At the start of April they updated us that a decision...
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What’s Up With Low-Income Tickets This Year?
A reader just sent me this. I have no answers, but it’s very well written, and I think they raise some puzzling questions. Hence, a guest post from Anonymous Impecunious. Any ideas, Burners? Just more...
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The Great Public Land Heist Has Begun – Are We Part Of It?
Image: Outside Online “Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.” — Theodore Roosevelt Call me a conspiracy theorist...
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Why We Burn: Kevin Bracken
(As the East Coast begins its preparation to head West for Burning Man, I’m deeply honored to bring you an interview with Kevin Bracken, one of the low-key legends of the Brooklyn & Toronto party...
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Friday the 13th – the Satanists Attack With Forrest Chump [Update]
So far my Shadow History series (Part 1, Part 2) has led to an unprecedented level of ad hominem attacks. When they can’t address the facts, they attack the messenger. This time they have come from...
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BMOrg vs BLM: You Took Too Much
Sally Ho from the Associated Press reports that the Burning Man Project are disputing their $2.8 million bill from the Bureau of Land Management. From the Washington Post: Burning Man organizers are...
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Why We Burn: Miss Sabado
(As the summer rolls on, we’re going to keep it going with great stories from your favorite East Coast Burners. Miss Sabado is one of those amazing DJs you see on playa then can’t find again for the...
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Burning Man Now Starts at 00:01
BMOrg have announced a change to the gate opening time. It’s now 12:01am Sunday August 28. Unfortunately Burners who do manage to beat the traffic and get in before the “official” opening time of 6pm...
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