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[–] rook@awful.systems 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (14 children)

This is an absolutely fascinating selection of people to have speaking at your event.

How TheLightGetsInHAY 2025THE WORLD'S LARGEST PHILOSOPHY & MUSIC FESTIVALSPEAKERS STEVEN PINKER | LIONEL SHRIVERSLAVOJ LIZEK | JEREMY CORBYNSHASHI THAROOR | CLAUDIA DE RHAM | ROGER PENROSEJORDAN STEPHENS | NICOLA STURGEON | YANIS VAROUFAKISRICHARD TICE | INAYA FOLARIN 'IMAN | CARLO ROVELLROBERT SAPOLSKY | MYRIAM FRANÇOIS | BARBARA TVERSKY PAUL BLOOM | CATHERINE LIU | ALENKA ZUPANCIC MALCOLM RIFKIND | MICHELLE TERRY | HILARY LAWSONROMAN YAMPOLSKIY | JO DUNKLEY | JESSE NORMAN | AARON BASTANIKARL FRISTON | AARON MATÉ | ALYSSA NEY | IVETTE FUENTES

Whilst looking for an easily cut'n'pasted list for alt-text purposes, I discover it is even worse than it looks, because there are folk like Gad Saad too who don't get an entry on the poster for whatever reason. To steal someone else's summary, "just look at this fucking parade of grifters, scammers and out-and-out Russian assets".

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I opened the site for it and browsed a bit, my first thought being something like “christ, the worst of glamper festivals”, shortly after followed by “god this like is like if the worst of burning man fucked TED”

then, bottom of the “music & performances” page:

Europe’s answer to TED

gnnnnnnngh

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 6 points 11 hours ago

god this like is like if the worst of burning man fucked TED

Burning man portrayed famously by Anna Gunn

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