There’s a world of civic hacking where "making cool stuff" meets "making useful stuff."

Hear tinkerers, gearheads and other makers share about the inventions that won them Burners Without Borders Civic Ignition Grants. These grants are little sparks that fire up the next level of open-source technology for all of our community, and for all the world.

Colin Jemmott and MJ Brovold of YOUtopia, the San Diego Regional event, share about their low maintenance light source that’s sturdy, solar-powered, and buildable by anyone. They're also building a huge steel pop-up book!

Sam Smith and Squirtle of SOAK, the Portland Regional event, share about their deployable solar shade pavilion made of star-shapes and scissor linkages. Trash eating robots are involved, and 3D printed ‘precious plastic’ art.

This is not about the party. This is about practicing for a future where we won't need to poison the planet to self-express.

These stories are a recipe:

• One part ‘for the love of it’ spirit
• One part skills we already have

Blend until smooth.

Enjoy what new ideas can happen when we all put our heads together.

burnerswithoutborders.org/2025-regional-event-grant

sdyoutopia.com

sdcolab.org

www.luxcapacitor.art

www.precipitationnw.org/burnon

soakpdx.com

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Insightful. World-Building. Spit-take inducing.

Mark Day’s videos serve as a digital gateway for many thousands of Burners, capturing that blurry edge where the default world ends and the playa begins.

From his early days building tripper trappers and doing stand up comedy, to his controversial tinkering with AI art (think Dalmatians made of donuts), Mark has put 10,000 hours into his “24 Hours at Burning Man” videos.

Andie Grace talks with this unique content creator to explore thresholds and multitudes. They discuss how to capture the moment and also experience it. They dive head first into the touchy subjects of consent, the ethics of documentation, and how “acculturation is an everybody thing.”

He shares his sociology of being a Greeter in BRC. He talks creative process. He brings clever curiosity to open-ended self-expression and the freedom to be your favorite version of yourself.

https://journal.burningman.org/author/mark-day

https://www.youtube.com/markdaycomedy

https://www.instagram.com/burner_videos

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It's absurd.
It perturbs.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! (And boy has it been a year!)

Following in the footsteps of show-biz luminaries like Stephen Colbert, Jon Stuart, and the cast of Star Wars, we hosted a (non-denominational) holiday show in front of a live online pseudo-studio audience in 2020.

Broadcasting from their snowed-in virtual holiday cabins, Stuart and Andie entertained guests:
· Santa Zero - originator of the now-infamous SantaCon phenomenon
· Mrs. Claus - founder of Burning Man’s first theme camp, Christmas Camp
· Tubatron and his Flaming Tuba playing a Hanukkah song (David Silverman)
· Reverend Billy and Savitri D of the Stop Shopping Choir

And it wouldn’t be the holiday season without Caveat Magister selling us on Decommodification.

Join us for
· how Krampus cramps us
· how COVID is an 8-foot-tall dominatrix
· how “Gifting” is so close to “Grifting”
· how the Cacophony Society is sooo Kumbaya

in the 5th anniversary of our Holiday Special that is indeed SPECIAL.

Portland SantaCon 1996 / “You’d Better Watch Out”

santarchy.com/youd-better-watch-out-portland-santacon-96

Cacophony Society: Santasm, Santacon, Santarchy, ad nauseum

talesofsfcacophony.com/santasm-santacon-santarchy-kringle-klot-etc-ad-nauseum/

Tubatron (aka David Silverman)

burningman.org/podcast/david-silverman-so-thats-how-that-started

Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping

wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend_Billy_and_the_Church_of_Stop_Shopping

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