Felon Billy McFarland, who served four years in prison for cheating people out of millions of dollars in the fraudulent Fyre music festival in 2017, announced that tickets have gone on sale for Fyre Festival 2, which is "targeted for 2024." — Read the rest
Be sure to book your reservations now for convicted scammer Billy McFarland's latest endeavor, called PYRT (pronounced "pirate"). The fresh-out-of-prison impresario said in a podcast interview that PYRT will be "a small, permanent hotel in the Bahamas for artists and entrepreneurs to come and partake in these crazy adventures." — Read the rest
O.Z.O.R.A. Festival is billed as a psychedelic tribal gathering in Dádpuszta, Hungary. Their website splash page is a gorgeous infinite gif that you can set to trance or chill music.
The world is teeming with con artists skilled in taking innocent people's hard-earned money. From bus station grifters who make a living asking good Samaritans for the money to buy a ticket home, to real estate scammers skilled at swiping the life savings of retirees, con artists make people distrust one another and make life worse than it has to be. — Read the rest
Elon Musk is to Twitter is what Billy McFarland is to the Fyre Festival, and just as entertaining to watch as he screws up everything he touches. A new website called Twitter is Going Great! covers all the latest developments in the ongoing Twitter/Musk disaster. — Read the rest
Publisher's Note: This article was published in December of 2021 and only refers to the 2021 drive-thru COVID pivot. The annual Dicken's fair at the Cow Palace is a wonderful event and a tradition in my family.
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair really isn't so great after all. — Read the rest
We've written here at Boing Boing before about Mike Bloomberg's awful memes, which the 2020 presidential hopeful's campaign machine crapped out on Facebook and Instagram this week with awful accounts like FuckJerry.
Facebook said Friday it will allow 'influencers' like FuckJerry to produce sponsored content for political campaigns, as long as the posts are clearly identified as ads, but sponsored political content will not be placed in Facebook's political Ad Library, unless they're "boosted" by the influencer as a paid post, the company announced on Friday. — Read the rest
My name is Herobine. I am twenty-six years old. I live in a data entity resembling an ultramodernist residence at x: 68;y: 73; z: 636 in the seed -98734659879863346. I believe in taking care of myself, in a balanced diet of fish, bread and cake, and a rigorous exercise routine of jumping up voxel hills. — Read the rest
Michael Cohen is reporting to prison today to serve a three-year sentence for lying to Congress and assorted crimes involving money. He's staying at a camp for nonviolent offenders at Otisville Federal Correctional Institution, about 70 miles from Manhattan. His fellow inmates include Fyre Festival con man Billy Shire and Jersey Shore star Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino. — Read the rest
Previously:
Already regretting assigning J.G. Ballard to cover the Fyre Festival
Already regretting assigning the new MacBook Pro review to Borges
Already regretting assigning the Chelsea Clinton story to Frank Herbert
Burning Man has long struggled with the tension between its commitment to "radical decommodification" and grifters and their ultra-high-net-worth marks who organize "turnkey camps" where you can pay giant sums to pretend to be a Burning Man "participant" while being looked after by paid "sherpas" (including, rumor has it, sex workers), in luxury settings designed to repel non-paying attendees (sometimes guarded by private security guards).
Social rating site Klout saw where society was heading with influencer marketing, but like many bad ideas that were a little ahead of their time, Klout will not live on to see the devastation they helped usher in.
The crackdown on "influencers" engaging in undisclosed paid endorsement roiled Instagram last year, but now the crackdown on sexual misconduct on influencers is affecting readership at Mic, Upworthy, GOOD, and Slate, who quietly paid influencers like George Takei to promote their articles on their personal accounts.
The Burger King Cheddar and Bacon Grill Dog is the Fyre Festival of specialty hot dogs.
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Republican former Congressperson Liz Cheney announced her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, will be voting for Kamala Harris.
Republicans who take a stand for what is truly important tend to find themselves derided by their party. The Cheney's make folks like Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene look like the ineffective clowns they are. — Read the rest
Some whips have been cracked because Devo will finally have their story told in a full-length documentary. Devo is first fully authorized film about the group and it will delve into their unique journey, from their formation following the Kent State massacre to their rise with "Whip It!" — Read the rest
