Burning Man Festival 2026 (8/30-9/7)

Esoteric Vajrayana Buddhist lamas build sand mandala with Mt. Sumeru at center (wiki)

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Not a raincoat, a fashion statement

Black Rock City 2026 rises in the Nevada desert from August 30 to September 7th, 2026. Theme: Axis Mundi.

• [Axis mundi is the "world mountain," Buddhism's Mt. Sumeru, sometimes seen as Tibet-China's Mt. Kailash in the Himalayas, a synthetic peak that is far too small to meet the requirements of the descriptions given in Buddhist cosmology, and at other times regarded as Mt. Kunlun in China, the World Tree Norse Yggdrasil, or the more sensible axial tilt.]
• Predicted weather for Burning Man 2026 (USA Today)

Will the free Orgy Dome be back this year?

The Axis Mundi celebrates our interconnectedness, our shared social realities, and our ties to this natural world. Final ticket sales for Burning Man 2026 are open now. No registration is required. Buy tickets now through Black Rock City Tickets or subscribe for fresh Black Rock City updates.

Ooh, I always wanted to try that, and what happens in the desert stays in the desert, right?

 

Black Rock City is ephemeral. Every year is beautifully unique. The massive desert city rises for just eight days then disappears without a trace (well, some trace but there is a zero-footprint ethos the festival tries to live by, even if not all participants keep to it).

• Burning Man 2026 now open in Nevada desert

Is it as wild as Woodstock '69 was?

(DoYouRemember?) Insane things that happened at Woodstock at Max's Far in Bethel, New York

The Moon Goddess descends to dance

If anyone is new to Burning Man — welcome! Explorers are embarking on a grand adventure in participatory creativity.

Read the 2026 Survival Guide and the Playa Primer for essential information to help all festivalgoers thrive. And fill out the Volunteer Matching Quiz to join a Black Rock City crew that is the best match!

Burning Man attendees build Black Rock City together. Immerse in Burning Man’s connective magic. Looking for a camp? Read the Camping Quick Guide to find camps seeking campers. These art projects are looking for others to help out.

Connect with Rising Sparks, a grassroots collective igniting next generation artists, creators, and leaders. More: burningman.org

Government hypocrisy to "green scam" profits

Could Banshees have been Burners?

(MAGAZINE) Post-punk avant garde pop Siouxie Sioux for EDM Burners?

Sex: pleasure slavery vs. polyandry in Tibet

Sexual slavery, grooming, and human trafficking in democratic Athens, Greece?

(Bernard) What it's like to be in an arranged marriage to multiple brothers as their "shared wife"?

• polyamory (group sexual relationship)
• polygamy (marrying to more than one)
• polygyny (male with multiple wives)

Pres. Bush: CIA has your back on China, Dolly

Polyandry is a polygamous marital arrangement in which a female has several husbands. In Vajrayana Buddhist Tibet, those husbands are often brothers, which results in "fraternal polyandry."

Concern over which children are fathered by which brother falls on the wife alone. She may or may not say who the father is because she does not want to create conflict in the family or is unsure who the biological father is [1].

Historically the social system compelled marriage within one social class.

We liberated the serfs of oligarcal, imperial Tibet

When the People's Republic of China annexed (invaded, occupied, and destroyed) Tibet, political systems in many regions of the former Empire of Tibet remained unchanged until, between 1959 and 1960, political reforms changed the land ownership and taxation systems [2].

Since 1981, the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region no longer permits new polyandric marriages under family law. It is currently illegal.

Rationale behind polyandry in Tibet

As elucidated further below, the primary reason for polyandrous marriage among Tibetans appears to be economic: to prevent land, herds, and other assets from being divided and/or to increase the amount of labor available to support one single family rather than two or three. More

Sex slaves? A Caravan by Otto Pilny | OilPaintings.com

Sex and pleasure slavery in ancient Greece

(Bernard) Why it sucks to be a Pleasure Slave (in Athens, Ancient Greece)

• If I don't do what my patriarch pimp (Ancient Greek, Πορνοβοσκός, pornoboscos) says, I might have to become an unprotected working street girl (chamaitypai) — and that's going to suck!

Did conditions improve in ancient Rome?

(Para Bellum) What couldn't slave owners do to their slaves in ancient Rome?

Ancient Greek, aphrodisiac, Athens, brothel, colorism, drinking alcohol, entertainers, flesh, forced labor, Geisha, Hellenistic Greece, hostess, labor exploitation, Odyssey, prostitution, rape, selling, sex abuse, sex trafficking, sodomy, child abuse

I learned Ape language, Ape learned ours

Kanzi (center) in the indoor test apparatus to show off newly learned language skills

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What do you mean we're "endangered"?

What is Ape Initiative? Ape Initiative (apeinitiative.org) is the only research center in the world dedicated to the study and conservation of the species most closely related to humans, the endangered bonobo.

Ape Initiative is a federally-recognized non-profit organization.

• Apes freaked out when I spoke their language

Speaking Ape language to some bonobo apes - Jane Goodall says "good morning" in Chimp

Just as humans ruined them, we must save them

With a focus on science, education, and outreach, AI's programs enrich the lives of seven bonobos born in captivity and foster a deeper connection between people and the natural world.

Bonobos are an endangered species of African Great Ape with as few as 15,000-20,000 individuals alive in the wild.

Understanding bonobo behavior, and how they interact with one another, is critical if we are going to save them.

Who's smarter, bonobos, chimps, or humans?

That’s why AI developed a scientifically grounded conservation education program for students of all ages. The goal is to inspire the next generation of scientists and educators by promoting scientific literacy and environmental stewardship.

• apeinitiative.org
• Give to Jane Goodall

Legal protections and personhood?

Cat loving Koko the Gorilla's best moments: from Sign Language to meeting Mister Rogers

Koko the Gorilla's best moments: from Sign Language to meeting Mister Rogers

Dr. Jane Goodall Barbie with friend

(Inside Edition) Koko, the adored gorilla known for her sign language skills, has died at the age of 46. Koko rose to fame in the 1970s when an animal psychologist named Francine "Penny" Patterson taught her to communicate with humans using sign language. She graced the cover of National Geographic twice and understood about 2,000 words of spoken English. The late Robin Williams once called his interaction with Koko "a mind-altering experience." Inside Edition's Keleigh Nealon has more on this story. #InsideEdition (June 21, 2018).

Bonobos Panbanisha and curious Kanzi with Sue Savage-Rumbaugh learning in 2006

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Existing great apes left

Great ape personhood is a movement to extend "personhood" and some legal protections to the non-human members of the great ape family: bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans [1, 2, 3].

Advocates include primatologists Jane Goodall and Dawn Prince-Hughes, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, philosophers Paola Cavalieri and Princeton's Peter Singer, and Harvard Law School legal scholar Steven Wise [4, 5].

Studies by Dr. Goodall revealed that the social and family life of chimps are similar to those of human beings. She describes them as individuals and claims they relate to her as an individual member of the clan.

Shut up, Kanzi! You can't be a person.

Laboratory studies of ape language ability revealed other human traits, as did genetics, and eventually three of the great apes were reclassified as hominids. More

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• apeinitiative.org
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• Dr. Jane Goodall

Kanzi the ape learns human language

(Language of Mind) Kanzi: The Smartest Ape That Ever Lived

Apes freak out when I speak their language

(Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约) I (Ari) spent weeks secretly studying ape communication, and then I convinced these bonobo apes into thinking I was one of them.

Bonobos are the closest living relatives of human beings, and while attempts have been made to teach them to use human language, it is very rare for human beings to try to communicate with bonobos on their terms using bonobo vocalizations and gestures.

So when I attempted to do this as an innocent visitor to this bonobo research center, the bonobos were genuinely shocked (freaked out), and we bonded pretty hard.

• FUNDRAISER: I’m running this video as a fundraiser for Ape Initiative, a federally-recognized non-profit that is the world’s only bonobo research center. Bonobos are an endangered species, and Ape Initiative works with scientists and educators to help understand bonobo behavior with an aim towards ensuring their preservation in the wild. Consider donating to the fundraiser if or visit apeinitiative.org
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• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:17 Where are we?
• 2:45 What are bonobos?
• 4:46 Making friends with a bonobo
• 6:26 Kanzi comes to play
• 7:45 They were shocked I knew how to do this
• 8:12 Kanzi uses his human language keyboard
• 9:23 Bonobos think I'm a bonobo
• 10:32 Showing my submissiveness
• 11:48 Scaring me with my back turned
• 13:01 Closing thoughts

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Dr. Jane Goodall promoted a vegan plant-based diet for all humans to save our world.

End Times Iran war, our Eyes Wide Shut?

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(TJDS) Israel/CIA/Trump's War on Iran will be worse than Iraq and here's why

(Chase Hughes) BREAKING: The REALITY the Zionist media isn't telling us about Iran

Your your God's chosen one, Don. - No, I'm not.

(The Young Turks) Military telling U.S. troops this War on Iran is good because it's heralding Armageddon and second coming of Jesus, in violation of law that Christian Zionists do not mind. It's "God's divine plan." More

• (The Jimmy Dore Show) "No one wants to fight for Israel": Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy breaks hand and/or arm of Marine veteran speaking out against Israel's war on Iran (Turkey, Lebanon, Gaza, the Middle East, and any other country that gets in the way of land stealing and empire building).
• The Jimmy Dore Show (Rumble.com)
• Photos: Marine veteran Sgt. Brian McGinnis (Green Party senatorial candidate in NC) arm broken…
• Horror moment marine veteran's arm snaps in violent clash with GOP senator in war protest (Daily Express US)
• Trump doesn't care about environment waiting for Armageddon
• (Redacted News) BREAKING: “Boots on the ground”? Iran says bring it on, “We’re ready”
• Iran Missiles SMASH Tel Aviv, Israel, US F-15's downed, Israel begins Phase 2 | Redacted News
• American Veterans for Peace
• CODE PINK: Women for Peace

(Zelly) The deadly conspiracy of Eyes Wide Shut

The reality the Zionist media isn't telling us about Iran

I work for you, Prime Minister. Please, sit down.

(Chase Hughes) March 1, 2026: Iran didn’t slowly become what we see on the news. Rather, it was psychologically taken.

In this episode, Hughes breaks down the real mechanism behind Iran’s transformation: the difference between a people and the system that cages them, how revolutions don’t shift power but shift who gets to use violence, and why fear — not religion — became the enforcement tool.

From a modern, secular Iran in the 1960s and 1970s to a regime sustained by narrative control, surveillance, and compliance rituals, this is a case study in how educated civilizations get hijacked without realizing it.

(Dr. Mayriam Francois) The Iran deception: What they aren't telling us

Let’s dissect the psychological trap that started in 1979, why today’s protests are memory colliding with fear, and the three paths Iran is likely to take next.

This isn’t just about Iran but a preview of what happens anywhere belief becomes mandatory and truth becomes a liability.

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Does it really happen? Ask kids

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Epstein Files: Virginia G's 'Nobody's Girl'

From the Grave: Virginia Roberts Giuffre names Israeli Prime Minister as her Epstein rapist abuser

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(Kim Iversen) Oct. 21, 2025: Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s final book drops bombshells about Israel’s political elite and the rich and famous tech bros who raped children on Epstein's Pedophile Island.

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The Sexy Girls for Epstein and Trump

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• The women accusing Trump of rape, sexual assault, and molestation are speaking out