Not posted until after the Burn so sadly this was no help to you, apologies – ED

“It was desert when we got here, officer.” Larry Harvey, 1991

Who, How, Which Guide 1991
The Burn of 1990


In the absence of humans for the past two years the Black Rock desert has returned to full bloom.  Once upon a time Larry Harvey, Chicken John and other intrepid early Burners left San Francisco to colonize the Greater Gerlach Metropolitan Area (GGMA).  Back in the day it wasn’t a desert but a perfectly preserved Pleistocene era forest complete with Woolly Mammoths.  Beginning their trip in Spring they arrived in Gerlach and started chopping down the forest and hunting the last remaining Mammoths to extinction.  They used the wood to build the first Man and other art structures, the furs and fat from the Mammoth to make warm furry coats decorated with trinkets and to make torches to light the way at night.  Some of these traditions still survive.  But after several Burns the forest did not.  Desertification took hold and the last tree was chopped down in 2007 at Green Man to make the spine of the twice Burned man.  

But now, sadly, its all grown back like a Talking Heads song:

Once there were port-a-potties
Now it’s a peaceful oasis
You’ve got it, you’ve got it

This was a Porn and Eggs
Now it’s all covered with daisies
You got it, you got it

I miss the Jiffy Lubes,
Robot Hearts, and Barbie Death Camp

You got it, you got it  

Bring an axe.  While the Early Arrival crew has been busy chopping down the forest to bring back the desert we all love (thank you!), it won’t be totally cleared. Our location, 8 and E will be about 20% White Spruce.  We’ll cut it down and make cricket bats to gift to our fellow Burners.  There’s nothing quite like the Burner Principles of Immediacy and Radical Self Reliance than clear-cutting the area you will live on with a great team of Bumblers.   

Most wildlife will have fled but some will remain.  Giant Beaver, Musk Ox and Reindeer are sure to be spotted.  Firearms are prohibited so they will need to be hunted with bow and arrow.  
Bikes will be practically useless with all the tree stumps, rotting animal carcasses and other natural detritus creating a bumpy ride – free up some space and leave the bikes at home.  
Bring a jacket. The new ice age is windy, overcast and chilly – it will take several Burns to return the Black Rock to its full platonic version of a desert.  


I look forward to working with you Burners to bring back the natural environs of Black Rock Desert that our Creators and Founders envisioned and made happen with LSD, sweat and chainsaws.

Bumblers,


Bumble!  

Soon an announcement will be made in regards to tickets for this years’ 2022 thing in the desert, AKA Burning Man.  You should be excited.


Bumblepuss and Nectarvillage intend to participate to our fullest and to make it our best year since the Burn of 2003, which will never be topped.


Some of you may have heard of Covid-19.  Still fewer Bumbleers have concerns about Covid-19 and related misanthropic pandemic-ery.  I am here to address those Bumblers with such knowledge and related concerns.  


Rest assured Bumblers.  Bumble Elders have met and we have a plan.


In order that there be not only equality but equity at Bumblepuss and NectarVillage it has been decided that all Bumblers and future Bumblers planning to camp with us in 2022 need to show proof of being infected with Covid-19 at some time within the last five years.


Priority will be given to certain Covid-19 variants.  Those who received the OG ChinaFlu variant in 2019 through November 2020 will be admitted automatically.  Those who were gifted the Delta Tau Delta variant will have points deducted from their application but are likely to get in.  Bumblers blessed with the Alpha and Omega variants may be asked to camp elsewhere.  Those special Bumblers who are granted the Omnikrom virus or any of the variants from January 19th, 2022 forward with the express purpose of camping with Bumblepuss will be made Camp Leads as reward for your special dedication and initiative to all things Bumble.  


If you have any questions, just realize all decisions by Bumble Elders are final.


I can’t wait to Bumble with you this summer!

Bumble!

Bumble Marc

Some people in the universe have claimed the Burn of 2022 was, like, really really hard. I came away inspired. Inspired to spread the gospel of Burning Man into corners not traditionally associated with #BurnerLife

Witness the Missionary Work

Mixed martial arts and boxing fans are an underrepresented community at the Burn. Less so with each passing year despite the best efforts of Death Guild. There are tens of millions fight fans out there and they could really freshen the Burn up a bit. Imagine hundreds of Dagestani fighters wrestling bears on the Esplanade. I bet you haven’t seen that before on the playa.

Yes, the Burn was a bit dusty and at times the winds were challenging but there are so many communities that haven’t yet experienced it. Maybe for you it isn’t mixed martial arts fans but the Wisconsin Lions Club or your local Pipefitters Union. Look around you, unless you live in certain parts of the Bay Area almost every community you see hasn’t experienced the Burn. Maybe they should.

Sounds like they embrace the 12 Principles.

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Note: This post is part of a collection of articles, speculative essays, links to podcasts and videos and other media around the subject:

Did Covid-19 Escape from a Lab?

It’s a hobby of mine to watch this subject and to watch the culture and meta-space around the subject. Posts here are not an endorsement beyond finding them interesting. Almost certainly some of these articles and ideas will be false or proven false over time.

Via Taiwan News: Stanford scientist calls for investigation of Wuhan lab leak

David A. Relman, an American microbiologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, published an opinion piece in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in which he called for a complete, international, and transparent investigation into the possibility that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, leaked out of a lab in China.

Recrudescence


noun

en: breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.

fr: Exacerbation des manifestations d’une maladie, des ravages d’une épidémie après une rémission temporaire.

Saint Roch or Rocco is an old school Catholic saint invoked especially against plague times. It’s a wonder he hasn’t grown in popularity recently or popped up as an analyst on CNN after Fauci is interviewed.

Saint Roch. Stained glass window. Combloux. France.

Lil Rock as he would be known today is also the patron saint of dogs, invalids, the falsely accused and bachelors. How long can a Netflix documentary or mini-series be away?

Moreover, most people, assuming they had not altogether abandoned religious observances, or did not continue them naively with a thoroughly immoral way of living, had replaced normal religious practice by more or less extravagant superstitions. Thus they were readier to wear prophylactic medals of St. Roch than go to Mass.

— The Plague, Albert Camus

More on Lil Rock

It’s likely 100 million people will have voted before November 3rd and 150 million will vote in total. But we have to wait till Election night to see any results.

What are the top questions for Election Night as we watch actual results start to come in?

When will Donald Trump declare victory via Twitter or in a speech?

Prediction: Trump will declare victory by 10pm EST via twitter

At what point in the night will a major corporate media outlet declare that we are in the middle of a major Constitutional crisis over the transition of power and use the word ‘We can now report that there is a coup underway tonight in America’ – the media outlet has to be CNN, FOX, MSNBC, NYTimes, WaPo or similar major publication by a news presenter like Anderson Cooper or a journalist – not an explicit opinion writer or someone like Rachel Maddow. Has to be a statement, not a question.

Prediction: CNN and MSNBC news presenters will use the word Coup in a serious fashion as a statement of fact by midnight EST.

If there is an election night blowout and the Blue Wave is real how many times will we hear the phrase ‘Our four year national nightmare appears to be coming to an end’?

Prediction: More times than even Google Trends can keep up with. The Algo will be broken.

Will there be a major problem in Florida with counting the votes?

Prediction: No. Another state or states will pop-up and surprise us.

100,000 Covid19 infections or more on Election Day?

Prediction: Yes

How much cannabis will be consumed by Joe Rogan and guests on his election night special?

Prediction: Beaucoup!

Smoke’em if you got’em – it will be a very long night.

The losing Presidential candidate since the 2000 race has gotten on average 224.6 Electoral Votes and 47.56% of the vote.

The biggest loser was McCain in 2008 who received just 45.7% of the vote and a mere 173 electoral votes. A true blowout – the only candidate to lose with under 200 electoral votes and under 47% of the vote.

Regardless of who wins its an almost certainty that Biden/Harris will win the popular vote as the Democrats did in 2000 and 2016.

If you assume the polls are accurate Trump will do worse then a loser like McCain on vote % but not necessarily on electoral college votes.

Again assume the polls are accurate – does Trump get less than 45% of the vote and more than 200 electoral votes or less?

Only time and 79 days of hell after November 3rd will tell.

Yesterday on October 27th Joe Rogan announced an amazing election night special: Joe Rogan, Kyle Kulinski, comedian Tim Dillon with a special appearance by…Alex Jones!

Massive Questions

I have so many questions after watching this episode and the election night show announcement. I honestly wasn’t going to stay up to watch as I expect the coverage to be horrible and for the legacy media outlets to do everything they can make this election close and spread its coverage and relevance for 79 days of hell between Nov. 3rd and the Inaugeration.

The big question – after a hilarious and entertaining 3 hour show with Jones and Dillon which has attracted 3.7 million views on youtube so far – will it be cancelled or altered in someway?

How big will the blowback be for yesterday’s episode with Jones?

How much internal pressure will Spotify, Youtube and other platforms from their own woke workers to cancel or block the show? Is it possible that Twitter will block posts linking to the show on election night? Will Facebook pull the show from its algo to minimize its spread?

How much pressure will be placed on Kyle Kulinski and other possible guests from the left/liberal side of the tribes to boycott or cancel their appearance with Rogan on election night and going forward?

Will the viewing numbers break Youtube and Spotify? Will the network crash and will they rival the corporate press?

Perhaps the most important question – How much cannabis and alcohol will be consumed on the show?

We’ll know in 6 days!!!