First professional grade news reports coming out of Burning Man. Things look dicey.
On the plus side, this is an opportunity for rich white folks to experience what people in the developing world are going thru – massive unprecedented weather events leaving them with little outside assistance or hope for escape.
One thing wise people always tell you about raising your consciousness, is that you are not going to like a lot of what you see.
Welcome to Our Shared Reality, where the woke wake up.
Larger context of the event is that heavy rains are impacting across the Nevada desert region, including in Las Vegas, where less cosmically aware revelers are hearing the same alarm.
I heard a little New Orleans wisdom from Wynton Marsalis that applies.
“There’s a board for every behind.”
Now imagine the same situation, except 10 times worse, and you can’t just hitchhike out of it.
Pakistan comes to mind.
The future is going to be Groovy, Baby.
Good survival training for if they ever come over here to Glastonbury, where this sort of thing has become a tradition!
FWIW, Neal Katyal is—and I apologize for the technical terminology—scum.
He takes cases arguing for the well-paying corporate Haves over the Have-nots.