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Burning Man 2023 this weekend.Protestors from the Seven Circles blocked the highway in north-west Nevada leading to the festival Sunday (August 27), using 28-foot trailer which four people chained themselves to, according to The Guardian.The protest resulted in standstill traffic for over an hour, where attendees clashed with protesters who held signs reading “Burners of the world, unite!”, “Mother Earth needs our help”, “General strike for climate change” and “Abolish capitalism”.Nevada rangers drove directly into a blockade set up by climate protestors on the road to Burning Man. An officer pulled a gun out, tackling a protestor and threatening to shootEnvironmental activists were demanding that #BurningMan ban private jets + single-use plastics pic.twitter.com/dawDjxhV4y— michelle lh࿊࿊q (@MichelleLhooq) August 28, 2023The Guardian reported that activists were told by members of the Paiute Tribe, which owns the surrounding area, that they were not allowed to stage their protest on tribal lands.
Activists reportedly refused to move and showed that they were chained to the blockade.36 minutes after protesters set up the blockade, officers from Pyramid Lake Paiute tribal police department arrived, with one telling a protester they risked being arrested if they did not disband within 30 seconds.In that time, a second ranger drove through the blockade before an officer pulled out what appeared to be a gun and aimed it at the activists before putting one in handcuffs.Screams of “we’re non-violent” could be heard from one of the protesters.Four activists were handcuffed with pending municipal code violations. A court date is now scheduled for October.“The purpose of the blockade is to draw attention to capitalism’s inability
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EXCLUSIVE: Burning Man made national headlines last weekend as shocking weather ravaged the desert campout arts festival and sent thousands searching for ways out of the playa.
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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic As far as the-end-of-something symbolism went, this year’s Burning Man festival was about as sharp as it gets: A social-media optimized version of Woodstock ’99. Consider: The 2023 edition of the Black Rock Desert-based cultural festival in Nevada was disrupted by torrential rainfall that turned the sand of the “Playa” into quicksand-like mud — all of which cast into disarray not merely the planned revelry of dedicated “Burners” (who are only now making their exodus through traffic-clogged Nevada streets) but the downtime of various prominent celebrities.
Burning Man festival goers have started exiting the site in huge numbers after wet conditions started to ease.This weekend tens of thousands of fans were left stranded in the Nevada desert after rainfall created muddy conditions, which resulted in the shut down of the festival three days early. It was due to run from August 27 to September 4, 2023.Attendees were told to stay in their camps and conserve food and water, with roads in and out of the event closed due to flooding.Organisers finally allowed revelers to start leaving the site at midday (8pm BST) yesterday (September 4).Thousands of Burning Man attendees are making their "exodus" as the counter-culture arts festival in the Nevada desert ends in a sea of drying mud instead of its famous party around a flaming effigy namesake | Read more: https://t.co/Sk4nlUzIxn pic.twitter.com/yZKHwm8205— RTÉ News (@rtenews) September 5, 2023“Please know that while conditions are improving and roads are drying, the playa is still muddy and may be difficult to navigate in some neighbourhoods and down certain streets,” organisers added.Meanwhile, authorities have identified the person who died at the festival as 32-year-old Leon Reece.The Pershing County sheriff’s office said it had received a call around 6.24pm (local time) on Friday (September 1) about an unresponsive man on the ground at Black Rock City.Organisers also said the man’s death was unrelated to the weather, reports BBC News.Local reports previously described the conditions at Burning Man as “treacherous” with “thick, slimy mud that clung to shoes and anything else it touched”.
Chris Rock and Diplo have escaped Burning Man after they were picked up by a fan while exiting the festival.This weekend tens of thousands of festival attendees were left stranded in the Nevada desert after rainfall created muddy conditions, which resulted in the shut down of the festival three days early. It was due to run from August 27 to September 4, 2023.Attendees were told to stay in their camps and conserve food and water, with roads in and out of the event closed due to flooding.However, the US comedian and DJ managed to exit the festival after hitching a ride in a fan’s pickup truck along with other festival-goers.“A fan offered Chris Rock and I a ride out of Burning Man in the back of a pick up,” Diplo wrote in a social media video posted Saturday (September 2).
Chris Rock and Diplo went through a lot to escape the Burning Man disaster. The 58-year-old comedian and 44-year-old DJ made it out after walking for six miles in the mud and hitching a ride with a fan who offered them a lift on the back of his pickup truck. Diplo documented their adventure in a video shared on Instagram that showed Rock and a group of people packed together in the back of a truck.
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UPDATE: The fun and games of the Burning Man festival continues to deteriorate. Now, one person has died, and reports circulating indicate a pit of misery, as a lack of food, water, and muddy conditions have made the event’s Nevada playa location into a hellhole.
Michaela Zee Diplo escaped Burning Man with comedian Chris Rock after heavy rainfall interrupted the festival on Friday night. In a video posted to Diplo’s Instagram on Saturday, the DJ records himself in the back of a pickup truck with Rock and other festival-goers. “A fan offered Chris Rock and I a ride out of Burning Man in the back of a pick up,” he wrote in the video.
Local reports described the conditions at the festival as “treacherous” with “thick, slimy mud that clung to shoes and anything else it touched”.
Comedian Chris Rock and DJ Diplo have been among those fleeing from this year's Burning Man festival, as the Nevada desert is hit by torrential rain and flooding, with one revelled reported dead.The celeb pals left the festival, despite calls for festival-goers to shelter in place, and were able to hitch a ride after a fan offered them space on their pick-up truck. Posting to social media, Diplo, 44, shared that he and Chris, 58, had made it out of the festival as he posted a video of the pair on the back of the truck.
73,000 people were stuck at the festival due to the weather.Diplo, whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz, shared a video to his Instagram where he and Rock, who wore a New York Knicks jacket, sat in the bed of a pickup truck with five other people and bags of equipment.“A fan offered Chris Rock and I a ride out of Burning Man in the back of a pickup,” the DJ wrote in an Instagram video. “I legit walked the side of the road for hours with my thumb out cuz I have a show in DC tonight and didn’t want to let y’all down.”“Also shoutout to this guy for making the smart purchase of a truck not knowing it was for this exact moment,” Diplo added.A post shared by diplo (@diplo)Heavy rain flooded the usually dry land and forced organizers to postpone the namesake ceremony of the event to be postponed and thousands of attendees were told to shelter in place.One person has died at the festival as the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said the death came “during this rain event,” according to NBC San Diego.
Chris Rock and Diplo have officially made it out of Burning Man Festival.
Chris Rock is no longer trapped at the Burning Man Festival. The 58-year-old comedian made it out after he and Diplo hitched a ride with a fan who offered them a ride on the back of his pickup truck. The famous DJ took to Instagram moments ago and posted a video showing him, Rock and a few others in the bed
The 2023 Burning Man Festival is not going according to plans.
It’s a blooming mess at this year’s Burning Man festival. On Saturday, more than 73,000 attendees were blocked from leaving the event, as a rain storm turned the playa into a muddy bowl of glop.
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