Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles When Is Gifting Not Gifting? April 5, 2024 By Caveat Magister Some of my least favorite experiences as a Burner are when we become victims of our own success. Often this happens when the “default world” culture takes something that we ...Read More
Shenanigans The Art of War (at Burning Man) — Part 1 — Report from the Front Lines September 16, 2019 By Caveat Magister To the extent that people know me on playa, they know me as “Caveat,” of course. But since 2011, the ...Read More
Rhymes with Burning Man, Serious Stuff Decompression Challenge September 16, 2019 By John "Halcyon" Styn Yeah, Decompression is real. But don't stew in upset at how the Default World is not like Black Rock City. ...Read More
Shenanigans Why “Hotmessday” is the Meme We Need — and How it Came to Be September 10, 2019 By Caveat Magister I'd heard this story before, but now it has a sticker, so it's a real thing Years ago, "Hot Damn," ...Read More
Serious Stuff Consider Your Impact: Perspective from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe August 23, 2019 By Will Chase As part of our Consider Your Impact series, we hear directly from people affected by Burners passing through local communities ...Read More
Serious Stuff Oh, No! The Influencers Are Coming! But It’s What Happens if We Win That’s Interesting August 22, 2019 By Caveat Magister As someone with a long interest in the question of “Who’s ruining Burning Man now?”, I’d like to take a ...Read More
Serious Stuff Answering the Million Dollar Question: Where Do I Take My Trash After Burning Man? August 22, 2019 By Will Chase So now it's Monday. Time to leave Black Rock City. And here comes the hard part. I mean, it's been ...Read More
Serious Stuff A Semi-Hyperbolic, Rapid-Fire Crash Course in MOOP August 13, 2019 By Will Chase Here’s kind of a mind-blowing thought: there is a finite amount of matter in the universe. Yep, while things might ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burn the Man, Not Your Camp: Five Tips for Doing Fuel Storage Right! July 31, 2019 By Scirpus Did you know that you can be issued a citation by the Bureau of Land Management if your fuel is ...Read More
Serious Stuff Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Rachel Sadd on Social Contracts and Micro-inclusions July 29, 2019 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley Rachel Sadd has been the Executive Director of the Ace Monster Toys makerspace in Oakland since July 2015. Born into ...Read More