Burning Man horror: Man found dead in pool of blood as festivalgoers watch effigy torched
(ETimes) Sept. 1, 2025: BLACK ROCK DESERT. A festivalgoer was found dead in a gruesome scene at Burning Man in Nevada, just as the iconic human-shaped effigy was set ablaze on Saturday night. Authorities are investigating the death as a homicide (murder), with deputies, BLM rangers, and Black Rock Rangers securing the area while interviewing attendees. The identity of the deceased has not yet been revealed. Burning Man organizers are cooperating fully, urging festivalgoers not to interfere as the investigation continues in this shocking desert tragedy.
Burning Man 2025 mind-blowing night life
(Breeze Offroad) Sept. 1, 2025: BLACK ROCK CITY. 🔥 Burning Man is a week-long, radically creative gathering held annually in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. It’s not a typical festival—but rather a temporary dust metropolis called Black Rock City, built from scratch by tens of thousands of participants who co-create everything from experiences to massive art installations to themed camps and wild mutant vehicles. The event centers around radical self-expression, community, and self-reliance, with no commercial transactions (except ice and coffee). It culminates in the symbolic burning of a towering wooden effigy known as “The Man,” a ritual that gives the event its name, and the central temple on the closing night. #burningmanfestival#burningman
ABOUT: Etimes is the Times of India's entertainment vertical. Get daily dose of entertainment news from Hollywood, Bollywood, Tollywood, and your neck of the Woods. More with Etimes videos. The entertainment channel of Times of India Group brings news and info about Indian and global cinema. Tune in for all the celebrity news, buzz, grapevine, and latest gossip here. #Etimes #EntertainmentNews #Hollywood #Bollywood #KDrama #KPop #CelebNews #CelebGossip. Join millions reading TOI; download app at http://toi.in/app-yt. Follow on Facebook (etimesofficial), Twitter (etimes), Instagram (etimes).
Nobody goes to the desert to get all voyeuristic, except these people in a long line to get in.
.
What kind of world do we want?
First of all, what is an "Orgy Dome"? That's kind of hard to explain. It's sort of like this dome, a tent, with an orgy inside, and by orgy we mean a consensual communal experience with probably more sand and grit than anyone would ideally want to be present at a time like this. Bring wipes. Maybe Diddly brand coconut oil, too. No, no, no oil, but water-based lube. And be very MINDFUL. There are Ten Principles to follow in general and special safe practices, consenting obligations, and lots of checking in to make sure everyone is all right and enjoying it.
What happed to the Orgy Dome? The wind at the beginning blew it over, scattered, and destroyed it. The site has an Instagram. Orgy Dome 🌈💜✨ (@orgydome) • Instagram. But Billboard's Instagram states: Burning Man’s infamous Orgy Dome won’t be opening this year [2025] after hurricane-force winds tore the structure apart over the opening weekend. 🌪️ Organizers say they’re safe but unable to repair the dome in time, though they still plan to host smaller workshops on the playa. The storm also destroyed major installations like Ukraine’s 50-foot Black Cloud, marking yet another year of extreme weather challenges at the Nevada summer desert festival. More details on the Dome and other installations that were damaged by heavy winds are at the link in bio. More TMZ confirms it.
Day 3: Trapped in the mud at Burning Man 2025 – Daily Vlog
(Escaping Normal Life) Aug. 27, 2025: Day 3 at Burning Man 2025 turned into pure muddy survival. A massive rainstorm hit the playa, flooding everything and turning Black Rock City into deep, sticky clay mud. I was trapped inside my tent for hours, unable to move my bike or even walk through the sludge.
In this daily vlog, I share what it was really like being stuck in the rain and mud, how I managed to stay (somewhat) dry, and the chaos happening all around camp.
This is what Burning Man 2025 looks like when the weather shuts everything down. If you’re preparing for Burning Man or curious about the real, unfiltered experience of surviving the playa during a storm, this vlog shows the raw reality of what happens when the desert turns to mud.
Venmo: venmo.com/u/escaping_normal_life. Found this video helpful? Consider donating. I currently do not have a Patreon or a YouTube Member page because they take a percentage. Also, Super Thanks takes a percentage on YouTube. So I do have a Venmo that is 100% donated to me. These donations go straight to my channel to purchase better camera gear to make better content.
Women's March takes to the streets of downtown Los Angeles
(NBCLA) March 8, 2025: Thousands of protesters, women and allies, gathered at Pershing Square in downtown before marching several blocks to LA City Hall for a march on International Women's March. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 6:00 pm on March 7, 2025.
Imagine a gender equal world: a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination, a world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive, a world where difference is valued and celebrated.
International Women's Day (IWD) has been around for over a century, and now it's time to pack it up because women have achieved complete equality!
No, many issues are still impacting women, holding back more than half the world. Since 1911, this day has been for all who care about women's equality.
Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to forge gender parity.
Um, "all IWD activity is valid," really?
All IWD activity is valid -- burning bras, leading Law of Attraction manifestation workshops, attending pricey DEI seminars, sewing white flags and giving up, gaining weight until obese, knitting pink caps with little ears and marching for corporate sponsors, making posters, forming a Pussy Riot punk collective or skittle band and playing in a church without permission, getting doodle tats, filing lawsuits, turning into men and fighting for the other side, sitting at home depressed, watching Pearl videos, all of it (well, maybe not all, Pearl Davis must be stopped!) -- that's what makes IWD so inclusive. More
Pearl believes she's helping women by being honest as she sees it, even if women hate it. She has become a rallying point for women against Pearl and her outrageous pro-male views in a patriarchal society. So if SHE believes, is that "valid"? If someone thinks s/he's helping, is that enough? Is that the standard? Men males are allies, whether all women are or not, whether females think so or not.
Pearl will not stop, so should she be stopped? - What about Whatever? There's no patriarchy?
Xingonx Fest, Los Angeles
Xingonx (Chingona) Fest, 28th anniversary, FREE, March 8, 3-6 PM (Mujeres de Maiz)
Join Mujeres de Maiz at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes for an afternoon of sisterhood, spirit, and solidarity, honoring International Women's Day and MexicaNew Year among friends including poetry, performance, platica, prayer. This event is to highlight MDM's 28th anniversary, focusing on 28-day cycles of the moon and our coming into another lifecycle by bringing to one stage the writings, women, and work of 28 years of Mujeres de Maíz. Come early to see a wall in the Conexiones Exhibit at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes and connect with like-minded gente. The time is now, Latinas, Latinos, [and Latinx?]! mujeresdemaiz.com
I ain't got no regrets. But, and this is a big butt, I do have one ragret. But so what? I look cool.
.
The pain inside is now on the outside
(VICE) Why in the Hades would anyone get a tattoo on his, her, or their face? VICE speaks to tattoo artist Roblake to explore the trend of inking/disfiguring the human face: Subscribe to VICE.
Once you feel the stab of the needle as you get inked, you either wince and regret it or feel the rush of endorphins like you're being original while jumping on the bandwagon of the Basic, so basic. But the Straights just don't understand: It's cool, Man, so cool. Right? Isn't it? The drinkers at the bar think so. Other tatted folks think so. It's an arms race for blank space until nothing is left but the face.
Travis Barker-Kardashian is king of the dip...
Yeah, sure, Judaism and Christianity say it's a sin condemned by the Bible, but other religions are cool with it -- Buddhists, Tribal Islanders, Shamans, probably not Islam, um, Native Americans, the Maori and probably the Rosicrucians and Masons and Satanists, Luciferians/Illuminati, and Rap groupie chicks and gutter punks. Joe Ro' gets it:
"O meditators, an untaught ordinary worldling experiences pleasant feelings, experiences painful feelings, and experiences neutral feelings.
"Likewise, a well-taught noble [enlightened] disciple experiences pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. What is the difference, the division, the distinction that exists herein [within this Doctrine/Dharma] between a well-taught noble disciple and an untaught worldling?
"When an untaught worldling is touched by a painful (bodily) feeling, that person worries and grieves, laments, beats his/her breast, weeps, and is distraught. One thus experiences two kinds of feelings, a bodily feeling and a mental feeling.
Post brand baloney is hard to knock if rappers/rockstars keep getting attention like Malone.
.
I tatted myself tatting myself - double pain.
"It is as if a person were pierced by a dart and, following the first piercing, one were hit by a second dart. So that person will experience feelings caused by two darts.
"In just this way, an untaught worldling when touched by a painful (bodily) feeling worries and grieves, laments and beats her/his breast, weeps and is distraught.
The Dead in the Realm of Hungry Ghosts call me "premature." What was my rush to rot?
"So one experiences two kinds of [unpleasant] feeling, a bodily and a mental feeling.
"Having been touched by that painful feeling, one resists (and resents) it. Then in one who so resists (and resents) that painful feeling, an underlying tendency of resistance (dosa, aversion) against that painful feeling comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
Jelly Roll: I look hella good, and everybody likes it. I've felt alotta pain in life, y'know?
.
What do I need to do to get noticed around here?
"Under the impact of that painful feeling, one then proceeds to [seek and] enjoy sensual pleasure/happiness.
"And why does one do so? An untaught worldling, O meditators, does not know of any OTHER escape from painful feelingsexcept the [endless pursuit of happiness through the unfulfilling and disappointing] enjoyment of sensual pleasure/happiness.
"Then in one who enjoys sensual pleasure/happiness, an underlying tendency to lust [lobha, greediness, grasping, clinginess] for pleasant feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart). One does not know, according to how it actually is, the:
arising and ending of these feelings,
nor the gratification, the
danger, nor the
escape connected with these feelings.
Jelly Roll's next tattoo is going to be so meta.
"In one who lacks this knowledge, an underlying tendency to ignorance (moha, delusion, confusion, wrong view) as to neutral feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
"When one experiences a pleasant feeling, a painful feeling, or a neutral feeling, one feels it as one fettered [put in bondage] by it.
"Such a one, O meditators, is called an untaught ordinary worldling who is fettered by rebirth, by old age, by death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair.
"One is fettered by suffering (dukkha, pain, disappointment, dissatisfaction, frustration, a feeling of never being fulfilled), I declare.
The difference
I get it! All that arises impersonally passes away.
"But in the case of a well-taught noble disciple, O meditators, when touched by a painful feeling, s/he will not worry nor grieve and lament. One will not beat his/her breast nor weep nor be distraught.
"One experiences one kind of feeling, a bodily one, but not a mental feeling.
"It is as if a person were pierced by a dart but were not hit by a second dart following after the first one.
"So this person experiences feelings caused only by a single dart. In just this way, a well-taught noble disciple when touched by a painful feeling will neither worry nor grieve, will not lament nor beat one's breast, not weep nor be distraught. One experiences a single feeling, a bodily one.
"Having been touched by that painful feeling, one does not resist (nor resent) it. Hence, in such a person no underlying tendency of resistance (dosa) against that painful feeling comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
The result
Then there was no more pain at all.
"Under the impact of that painful feeling, one does not seek to enjoy sensual happiness [to escape or compensate for it]. Why not?
"As a well-taught noble disciple, one knows of an actual ESCAPE from painful feelings other than by [the futile and disappointing distraction and diversion of] enjoying sensual pleasure/happiness.
"Then in one who does not seek to enjoy sensual pleasure/happiness, no underlying tendency to lust (lobha) for pleasant feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
"One knows, according to how it actually is,
the arising and ending of those feelings, and
the gratification,
the danger, and
the escape connected with these feelings.
Ha, ya laugh at me, but ya notice, and I gets $$$
"In one who knows thus, no underlying tendency to ignorance (moha) as to neutral feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
"When one experiences a pleasant feeling, a painful feeling, or a neutral feeling, one feels it as one who is not fettered by it.
"Such a person, O meditators, is called a well-taught noble disciple who is [no longer] fettered by rebirth, by old age, by death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, or despair. One is not fettered [not in bondage] to suffering, I declare.
"This, O meditators, is the difference, the division, the distinction that exists between a well-taught noble disciple and an untaught ordinary worldling."
If too tattooed, there's nothing to do but try to be in a band: Transplants
We are Americans. We have the right to "life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness." Never was our arrival at happiness promised. We have no "right" to be happy. That was never promised! We just thought it was. The founding document says, we have the right to endlessly pursue it, sucker.
We can have sex, have a spouse, even have kids, or stay single and chase wine, women, and song. There's a very funny Benny Hill quip that's hard to forget.
The Benny Hill Show is filth, funny, but filth.
A guy is in a bar boozing it up when an older man looks at him with disgust and says, "Wine, women, and song -- that's what killed your father!"
And the guy boozing it up quips, "Yeah, he couldn't get any, so he shot himself." Everyone laughs. Why? We imagine we would kill ourselves from all the pain, misery, and tedious drudgery of human life [at least in the West, where we have so much material surplus compared to everyone else on the planet] IF we couldn't enjoy our Hedonism and sensual pursuits, which we think make it all worthwhile or at least sufferable. Alcohol alone makes the medicine go down, and does anyone but the alcoholic realize how much harm is being done in the tradeoff? We can endure as long as we imagine there's more coming down the line, here or hereafter, by winning the lottery or getting into heaven. Maybe I should get a face tattoo, or a sexy one.
VICE, Aug. 12, 2018; Kid Cudi; Transplants (Rancid with Travis Kardashian); I. Rony, Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
From the white guys who brought you What Is a Woman? comes Am I Racist? Matt Walsh goes deep undercover in the world of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Prepare to be shocked by how far race h*stlers will go and how much further conservative Matt Walsh will push back to expose the grift, uncovering absurdities that will leave viewers laughing.
Am I Racist? in theaters Sept. 13th, 2024: amiracist.com
All materials on this site are submitted by editors and readers. All images, unless otherwise noted, were taken from the Internet and are assumed to be in the public domain.
In the event that there is still a problem, issue, or error with copyrighted material, the break of the copyright is unintentional and noncommercial, and the material will be removed immediately upon presented proof.
Contact us by submitting a comment marked "private."
Do not follow this journal if you are under vinaya or parental restrictions. Secure protection by Sucuri.
Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at creativecommons.org/about/licenses.
.jpg)
.png)
