As long as they have a FrogBat at every detonation … I don’t see a problem.

Wholly Fucking Shit.

Axis Mundi

As in Axis World …

And not one of the fucks in charge figured out the less than subtle link to the last great world war …

I guess if you are watching the new season of Peacemaker this all makes sense …

Comedy at its best. Or is it tragedy

Bump.

Same as original post.

The 2025 L&F is overwhelming again.

Please fix.

Ooooh, I could totally pull off a Gilligan!

Small chin and big ears … check!!

Here’s a ghost from the past making an appearance… Having ideas about showing up in the dust next year… as an old guy now Can I be the bartender? I swear, I won’t drink more than 10% of the stock - scouts honor. Besides, we can probably parallel up like 9 x vintage, turn of the century, EU2000i gen...

BTW, easy way to kill any lead acid battery - put it on the ground on concrete in a damp garage or basement. Even trickle chargers on them if on the ground like that - deadski with enough time. All great info as usual… but this part is a very common myth. The same battery that goes dead on a concre...

At the burn, is it bad to leave the battery connected to a solar panel 24/7? If you have a solar charge controller that supports AGM batteries - yes. Keep it hooked up. Where we at? Couple-few days before the drive to the burn? You got two questions to answer: 1 - Is what you got right now good eno...

Sorry, thought you said you drained them in the original post - yep, still there. How did you drain them or did you mean discharged them?

I can't post a pic of my tester (and I don't see an image above), it's a KONNWEI KW218 6V 12V Car Battery Tester 100-2000 CCA. Not the cheapest nor the most expensive. I do take the results with a grain of salt and rely more on the numbers. I wish I understood what it is that I did wrong so at the ...

I've got two of these monsters bought exclusively for use on playa (swamp cooler, lights, etc.) and despite what I thought were good maintenance habits (and only one having been used once, the other never used) both are messed up (the tester says to replace). I've tried draining them (not too far, ...

Thanks so much! I can pivot to a window unit, I was thinking this one: https://www.midea.com/us/store/cooling-and-heating/window-air-conditioners/5000-btu-mechanical-room-air-conditioner.MAW05M1WWT Midea makes a great inverter window AC. The U shaped units. Smallest one is 8k btu. The one you linke...

LG doesn’t share real specifications like actual current draw, startup draw, locked-rotor draw - bummer. Difficult to tell with sparse data. You are right in the edge with the older EU2000i That generator is 2K VA - Volt Amps - which is not the same as Watts. It’s true Watt rating is ~ 1400 - whole ...

I found the answer to my own question, and leave it here in case someone else needs it. In the city dataset which includes all the precise location and orientation details for every year is the simple statement that BRC True North and South run along the 4:30 - 10:30 axis. And the link to the datas...

In the age of algorithmic feeds and truly minimalistic temporal social media … that neither builds community nor culture … … Having an indexed chronological database in the form of a BBS, with a wealth of history and knowledge is an actual asset to the BORG. I’m kind of disappointed ePlaya is not he...

Uploading photos trick if using a mobile phone: Take photo. Open photo in the phone’s photo app. Screen capture the view of the photo. Upload the screen capture which will be much smaller in size. The OG Aluminet came out of Israel, where every drop of water counts in agriculture. The company that i...

What a nifty website. Lots of long reading.

Thank you SSE!

If you count SRL gear in 96 … well … there you have it.

That is a nice essay SSE.

Immediacy was a fun Larry-isms. One of my faves.

I’m pretty sure it will continue to live in small pockets and random places on the Playa.

I can most definitely state that there was way more bare-ass prior to 2007 and the arrival of the smartphone. Way more!

What specific qualities or contributions should someone highlight in a private message to a camp leader to demonstrate genuine interest and increase their chances of being accepted into an established camp? Chill Guy Clicker Second example: Also me. I’m an engineer that has spent a solid 25 years p...

What specific qualities or contributions should someone highlight in a private message to a camp leader to demonstrate genuine interest and increase their chances of being accepted into an established camp? Chill Guy Clicker That there is an open-ended question. You won’t get many answers. Much bet...

Zero difference. MM’s wet dream to be queen of the court on one of these, quite honest. Here, have a blast from the past circa 2010 … https://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=35099&p=568962&hilit=Glitterati#p568962 They did another one of these at Fly ranch earlier than this but the search...

That is a swell post SSE.

Thank you for bringing the signal.

… The Regionals, Fly Ranch, and Burners Without Burners allow the BORG to keep its tax exempt status, which in turn allows people who itemize deductions to make charitable contributions… Slick slip that one. BTW, this whole “allows them to keep their nonprofit status” … is there a citation for that...

I’m a be honest and offer a heartfelt: “ Fuck NO”! Email title: Burning Man 2025 by Heineken (PBR would have been more on point with the culture ) Friends — apologies for the subject line, but it begs the question: why not? Wouldn’t a cushy co-branding deal solve Burning Man’s money problems in a ho...

Humor? I don't know about the humor part. She is spot-on IMO. Anything other than an experience that has been prepackaged and commodified by interlopers in the Nevada desert. Sums it up rather nice. Mind you, I would have disagreed before ~ 2007 when it all went to shit and hasn't stopped flowing do...

I wouldn’t be so jaded with MM’s shenanigans if they actually opened the books and showed the real data instead of the heavily obfuscated nonsense they post on their 990s. If you look at the two $20M years when no event was held, kind-of points to where the fat really is. 1/3 of gate goes to managem...

The latest and greatest from The Glitterati TL;DR - Paraphrasing Marion with a touch of cynicism : We blew $20 million more than the gate receipts “saving the world” and being a “force for good”. We want you to pay us monthly to cover the balance so I can continue to play the visionary with my presi...

The original Zone trip …

Maybe a half dozen folks left in the BORG that would get it.

John Law would laugh his ass off.

There is an official low income ticket process and application to follow.

When the time is right, this is where the information gets posted:

https://profiles.burningman.org/tickets

I’ll chime in as an old timer that sticks around. I can’t speak of your Zoom meeting and leadership issues. I stopped going after 2011, and we used clipboards and pencils back then in face-to-face settings ;) I will speak about this little spot. Just like its Greek namesake, this is (or we can maybe...