Lift The Veil 1/11 Solutions Show
I went on Lift The Veil’s Solutions Show again, talking about #QAnon, Citizen Activism, Crypto, Trump and other topics with Titus Frost, Last American Vagabond, and Leigh Stewy.
View ArticleFlickering In The Dust
Thanks to Michael Tosner for sharing this new documentary. “The Fires Of Burning Man” (c) 2018 A music-driven documentary about the culture of Fire Performers and the wider Burning Man community....
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2016 Financial Analysis
It’s that time of year again. Burning Man 2016 Annual Report Burning Man 2016 IRS Form 990 Burners.Me Previous Financial Coverage: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Some highlights: revenues up to almost $46.2...
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Bitcoin Boulevard, Ethereum Alley and the Crypto Crackhouse
Image: Jason Henry, New York Times The New York Times has a fascinating article about the new breed of SF tech millionaires, one of whom wears a lucky charm bracelet given to him as part of his Burning...
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Let’s Not Keep Meds From Chronic Pain Patients Because Dr. Nick Keeps Killing...
Via wikimedia. Opinion by Terry Gotham This article goes out directly to the party people & Burners who think they can party like rockstar gods. While the measure of any varsity party person is the...
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Carrie Galbraith enters The Zone for the last time.
A great eulogy for Carrie Galbraith from Burning Man founder John Law “Your art should be your life and your life must be your art.” John Law Carrie at the 1st Atomic Cafe 1989 “Oh Death, where is thy...
View ArticleCryptoBeast #6 – A World of Infinite Love and Abundance
How do we make the world a better place? Is it by paying $1200 for Burning Man tickets, dropping acid and partying for a week half naked on a bicycle? Isn’t going to festivals just another form of...
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Ten Questions with Terry Gotham: Sara Gael, Director of Harm Reduction, Zendo...
(Yes, I’m never going to stop banging on about harm reduction. At least as long as Burners are still smoking ground up ecstasy pills and combining heroic levels of dumb drugs. The people at the Zendo...
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CryptoBeast #7 – Nanotechnology, Liquid Robotics, Augmented Reality and...
Remember when Burning Man was all about the Maker Movement? In 2016 the theme was Da Vinci’s Workshop, and Minister of Propaganda Will Chase left to do PR for Maker Faire. This year they have returned...
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Quinn Michaels: “Burning Man Sits On Top Of A Massive Underground City”
Quinn Michaels is a LARPer playing the #tyler ARG, part of Project MAYHEM (if you don’t know what all that means, see here). By studying satellite heat maps, he claims to have discovered a massive...
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How Much Do Burning Man Execs Get Paid?
For at least the Top 14 employees, year-round salaries are well into 6 figures. CEO Marian Goodell tops the list with an overall package of $267,839 per year – $22,320 per month. This is about average...
View ArticleBurners Building Crypto-Utopia in Puerto Rico
Brock Pierce is perhaps the most famous person in the world of cryptocurrency. He got married at Burning Man, and has much more time for Burners than civilians. He and his friends are living in a...
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Burning Man Unofficial Founder Dies
John Perry Barlow first went to Burning Man in 1994, and has been a key shaker and mover of the event ever since. I spent much of the afternoon in conversation with Larry Harvey, Mayor of #BurningMan...
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CryptoBeast #8: How to Get Started in Bitcoin and Alt-Coins with Special...
I spoke to Anyshare.coop founder Eric Doriean about how to get started in crypto and some of the things to look out for. We also discussed some of the potential of blockchain for new ways to living,...
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CryptoBeast # 9 – Gram H-00047, John Perry Barlow, and Timothy Leary – with...
In the wake of long-time Burner, cyber-pioneer, Grateful Dead lyricist, Electronic Frontier Foundation founder, and cattle rancher John Perry Barlow’s recent passing, we will remember him and Timothy...
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Burners vs Bureaucracy
In the wake of the Santa Rosa fires, many Burners wanted to do whatever they could to help. The shelter situation was dire, with 3000 homes destroyed (5% of the total housing stock) and 100,000 people...
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CryptoBeast #10 – Burning Man, Acid Tests 2.0, and the Technocracy
If you’ve ever wondered what I’m on about, or how this site went from a Burning Man fan site to talking about DARPA and the New World Order, then this is the CryptoBeast episode for you. I realize that...
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“Nothing For Sale On The Playa”: 2017 Burning Man Vendor List
I had to file a FOIA request to get Burning Man’s vendor list, even though I spoke to the BLM’s Winnemucca office some time ago and they initially told me it would be no problem to provide it. Somehow...
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2017 Crime Scorecard
Crime Statistics for previous years: 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Thanks to Anonymous Burner who sent this in on January 1st – not a day I am usually reading much email, so it slipped through the...
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RIP Larry Harvey 1948-2018
Larry Harvey passed away after a stroke on 4/28/2018. His good friend John Perry Barlow, born in the same year as him (1948), died earlier this year on the 22nd anniversary of his Declaration of...
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