Newspeak

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/politics ... corruption

Public art.

Voldemort replaces Deputy Headmistress McGonagall. Should have been Voldemort blamed and resigned. Then they took away his phone. The Independent is left and here they are the primary source. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mobile-phone-natalie-harp-b3079434.html ...

Polling on taxes shows it may not be a good issue for Republicans to run on. The debt has increased significantly under Reagan, Bush, and Trump.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/1 ... s-01122409

Woman arrested for disorderly conduct blocking UBER Eats delivery robot

https://6abc.com/post/woman-arrested-bl ... /19941323/

Black Rock City has a census, some regionals too. The census is a scientific measurement of the participants in Black Rock City. There are several years of archives for your reading pleasure. On playa, Census volunteers volunteers sample the main car gate, the airport gate, and the Burner Express Bu...

I think, but I am not sure this kicked off the cultural course correction. According to this article, the problem persists.

https://thehumanintelligenceledger.subs ... ans-luxury

Witchy? Hogwarts? Spelling bees?

‘Musk’: Alex Gibney Shares His Take on Elon Musk’s “Global Right-Wing Agenda” and the “Almost Existential Fear” of Talking He Encountered: Venice Also at Venice, Ashley St. Clair discussed why she rejected a $40 million NDA and decided to take part in the doc, while tech journalist Zoë Schiffer said...

Burning Man has a principle of decommodification. But off playa money is exchanged for many things.

Regionals often have social media groups for burner commerce. Your local regional(s) social media groups are more likely to make a connection. Maker spaces also can use expert resources too.

https://www.si.com/onsi/athlete-lifestyle/business/jolin-ellison-mystery-deepens-for-billionaire-michigan-wolverines-wife https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/larry-ellison-ai-oracle.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8lA.EK9G.z_X3Abhz2aMi&smid=url-share I saw Ellison at burning man a long time ago...

Build!

8/24/2026 37,000 altitude.
Thanks Mr Greg Ford

There is a fire in the hills North of Reno resulting in evacuations of Northern neighborhoods called the Hawk Fire. If you go to Google maps, you can turn on the fire layer. Google maps also shows traffic and road closures. The evacuations and arriving emergency crews is consuming hotel rooms. Impac...

Robot bartender. Will robots and AI develop their own recreational intoxicants?

This week is the robot show in Beijing. Plenty of news stories. After the Unitree IPO at a ridiculous multiple, many other robot companies are thinking of going public. Cherry, a large EV maker is thinking of spinning out its robot unit. They think they can make a business with police robots. https:...

I believe RV rentals with on-playa delivery goes against the plug and play rules of the Org. Delivery would probably be stonewalled at the gate and renter would be screwed. In the OSS list there are many delivered housing vendors. There are limits on what can be included. I don't believe including ...

https://www.404media.co/mark-zuckerberg ... elligence/

Well there Mr Meta, can we make Marketplace search actually work? Really any search on Meta work?

Consent... "A federal judge in St. Paul on Friday denied an emergency request to block a Minnesota law banning artificial intelligence technology that can depict a person naked without their permission. Judge Donovan Frank rejected X.AI’s call to halt the law before it could take effect on Saturday....

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Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:20 pm

Holy shit I have missed you guys.

Glad to have you and historical ePlayans back!

This article gives some history of how the project came together.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/ ... 00089.html

A technical note on Starlink capacity. BRC is not a low density area.

https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/ ... kets-study

Placement has compiled a list of camps seeking campers in the form of a Google spreadsheet

While Musk’s Neuralink drills into skulls, China’s BrainCo bets the future of brain tech is wearable

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/11/chinas- ... -tech.html

Waymo-google

https://www.fastcompany.com/91570761/a- ... -to-police

Eplaya may be the best archive of BORG2 and maybe there would be links to something in the Internet Wayback Machine. I think the 2025 990 which would come out in December 2026 - January 2027, and the unofficial 2026 population, late in burn week from Playa Info will be interesting. There are some ot...