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Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy rainstorm pummeled the area, festival organizers said.

Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy rainstorm pummeled the area, festival organizers said.

The gate and airport into Black Rock City, a remote area in northwest Nevada, remain closed and no driving is allowed into or out of the city except for emergency vehicles, the organizers said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

“Do not travel to Black Rock City! Access to the city is closed for the remainder of the event, and you will be turned around,” one statement read.

The city is expecting more showers and thunderstorms on Sunday before 5 p.m. local time, organizers said in a weather forecast update.

  • miraclerandy@lemmy.world
    722·
    10 months ago

    lol at, “the organizers said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.” I love how this is journalism is handling this switch.

    • AnonTwo@kbin.social
      241·
      10 months ago

      Even Twitter can’t avoid it. Anytime an email comes to my mailbox it’s “X, Formally known as twitter”

    • meco03211@lemmy.world
      12·
      10 months ago

      I wonder if this will be used as a metric ever. When switching a prominent company name, how long it takes to fully adopt.

      • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
        23·
        10 months ago

        It feels like the most stupid rebrand ever. Since it isn’t a name but a random letter elon thinks is cool, it always requires some clarification in conversations, or even in text form because it might as well be a typo or something. If it ever takes root before the platform sinks into obscurity is a really open bet.

            • computergeek125@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              /s

              This tweet is made possible in part by funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

              And, by contributions to your Twitterspace instance, by users like you

              Thank you.

              (And I know you read it in the voice heh heh heh)

    • astraeus@programming.dev
      4·
      10 months ago

      They’ve all been doing this. Probably because they anticipate it will revert back to Twitter at some point.