Schedule

Friday

4PM

First Buses Leaving AUS (4pm) (AUS)

5PM

Camp Opens (5pm)

Check-in (5pm-530pm) (acropolis)

Assassins Game (5-10pm) (no location/everywhere)
Host: @kasrakaley, @forshaper

Each person is assigned a target. They will only receive a picture of their target. They have to eliminate that target from the game using balled-up socks (extras will be issued if you don't have spare socks). Once that target is eliminated, the eliminated target becomes a zombie henchperson in service of the assassin who eliminated them. Together, they will eliminate the next target, until there is only one person with an army of zombie henchmen left.

6PM

Opening Ceremonies (Changed: 730pm) (The Forum)

6:30PM

Last bus leaves AUS (630pm) (AUS)

Cabin Time (6:30-8pm) (your cabins)
Host: you!
A core goal of vibecamp is to build deep relationships, exactly the way that Twitter doesn’t. We invite you to get together with your cabin, introduce yourself, and get to know your cabinmates. Here are two prompts to get you started. For the first session you could share what makes you feel most alive, or a short story of a time when you felt that way. On Sunday, you might discuss which parts of Vibecamp you want to carry forward with you. An IRL convo is worth a thousand threads.

7PM

Dance Party (Changed: 8pm-10PM) (Town Hall)
7pm: DJ @__frye
7:30pm: ‘The Death and Resurrection Show’ with DJ wndr
8pm: ‘Booty Sweat Thunderstorm’ with DJ @ymeskhout
9pm: DJ TBD

8PM

Tea House (8pm-2am) (The Hearth)
Host: @SarahAMcManus @georgejrjrjr @embryosophy

Every tpot needs a teahouse, and every festival needs a cozy chillspace. The vibecamp tpot tspot and Sanctuary is just this — a bastion of peace and consensual cuddles, chill music, rhizomatic rambling conversations with your moots, and tea. Come to converse, vibe, and rest on our cushions. Bring your cup!

Talks (8pm-12am) (The Parthenon)
Host: @FluidityAudio

Psychedelics & Harm Reduction (830pm-9pm)
Host: Ivy Astrix

Going over the basics of psychedelics: types, effects, what ‘normal’ and trip doses can be like, and a very brief (one slide / 2 mins) summary of the emerging legal / decrim ecosystem. Also going over harm reduction: trip preparation, how to test your drugs, what to do with a bad trip / bad reaction, dangerous analogues to watch out for and why everyone should carry narcan with them (and time for questions).

Lightning Talks (9pm-10pm) (The Parthenon)
Host: @FluidityAudio

The Silver Lining
Host: Lorenz Westner

We Don’t Know if Cryptography Exists
Host: Lucca Ashtear

Did you know that modern cryptography is built on a foundation of sand? In this talk, we’ll cover the uncertain nature of the existence of cryptography and why we all still go about our business as though it exists.

Shape Rotators and Wordcels: Trending Towards a Minima
Host: Robert

A light hearted discussion about disinformation dynamics using Roon’s meme language as a model for a poorly named theory ‘Lowest Energy / Complexity Topography’. Earnest and constructive roasting is appreciated.

Stories Shaped for Impact (10pm-11pm)
Host: Mattias Martens

My book, How to Do Things with Stories, is all about the ways that stories influence people. I offer a way to think about storytelling that connects it to the conscious, unconscious, and collective unconscious. I want to show you how, with the right balance of ambition and humility, it is possible to tell stories that persuade, liberate, and transform.

Campfires (8pm-10pm) (Coliseum, forum, Lonestar Pavilion)

Pizza and Salad (8pm-9pm) (The Fillin’ Station)

9PM

Folk Dance Party (9pm-10pm) (Olympia)
Host: @dancinghorse16

Let's hold hands and dance! If you can walk forwards and backwards and count to 8, you can do this! We're talking good, ol' fashioned fun: music, movement and friends. Most dances have you changing partners every 40 seconds so it is a great chance to meet a lot of our fellow TPOT members. I'll teach you everything you need to know. Folks, this is LINDY. Please reach out to @dancinghorse16 to help instruct or DJ.

10PM

No Loud Music (10pm-6am)

Saturday

6AM

Sunvibes (6am-8am) (The Hearth - Teahouse)
Host: @illiteralworst

Rub your eyes and brush your teeth - it’s time! Wake up to an inspiring musical journey through the best in modern ambient, breakbeat and deep house. Join us and watch the first tendrils of light push up and over the Texas horizon as we chat, dance and connect. Your vibe starts here.

7AM

Assassins Game Continued (7am-10pm) (no location/everywhere)
Host: @kasrakaley, @forshaper

7:45AM

Breakfast (7:45am) (Fillin’ Station)

8AM

Tea House (8am-2am) (The Hearth)
Host: @SarahAMcManus @georgejrjrjr @embryosophy

Coffee Making Party (8am-10pm) (The Hearth)

Host: @abiylfoyp
Bring your favorite coffee, grinding/burring machine, or brewing device, and nerd out on coffee.

9AM

Camp Champions Activities (9am-12pm) (Various)

10AM

Collaborative Tarot Deck (10am-12pm) (The Hearth)
Host: @augurydefier

Come join @augurydefier in creating a collaborative Tarot Deck. Participants will be given art supplies and a Tarot card that they will recreate! Paintings will then be collected and used to create a TPOT Tarot deck!

Hot Girl HIIT (10am-11am) (Texas Stadium)
Host: Nina Thunder ( @coladaclan )

Our Lady Elle Woods once said, "exercise gives your endorphins. Endorphins makes you happy. Happy people don't shoot their husbands." Nina Thunder (@coladaclan) and her merry band of jacked babes with squidgy bits will take a silly and somatic route to the well-documented Hot Girl state of mind. Expect (and dress) to get your Hot Girl hearts pumping, thighs burning, and those delicious endorphins flowing. Open to all (dance cardio and tabata rounds will be modifiable for those blesséd souls dipping a toe, and our noble chads on a flex mission). Pack your lipstick.

11AM

Fight Play: An Introduction to Conflict (11am-1pm) (Football field)
Host: Ray Doraisamy (@forshaper)

What do the movements of Cooper's Hawks, European perch fish, a military rifle squad, your next job interview, and the nation of China have in common? We'll find clues from your body in the play of grappling- no prior combat sport experience is needed, and you'll be able to walk away from participation at any time.

Note: if possible, wear old clothes without sharp and hard bits that you're fine damaging, such as an old hoodie and sweatpants.

Panel: What makes good fiction? (11am-12pm) (The Forum)
Host: Kuiper and @DaystarEld

Join a sit-down discussion between Kuiper (video game scriptwriter and winner of the 2021 Streamy writing award) and Damon P-Sasi (also known as Daystar Eld, writer of Pokemon: The Origin of Species and cohost of the Rationally Writing podcast) as they discuss the art of storytelling.

12PM

Hypnosis Poetry Workshop (12pm-1pm) (Town Hall)
Host: @DiamonDie

Having a writer's/artist's block? Never produced anything creative but would like to? We'll take an inspiring hypnosis journey in a vibey, TPOT-themed magic forest and write or draw afterward. A concept developed by @DiamonDie and hosted in many IRL events with fascinating results, this time via Zoom. Not recommended for inebriated people or those currently struggling with severe mental illness or hefty trauma symptoms (e.g. depression is fine, but if you feel your mind is very unstable, perhaps skip this).

Romantic Epistemology (12pm-1pm) (The Forum)
Host: @DaystarEld

What do we think we know about romance, and why do we think we know it?

I'm a marriage and family therapist who has spent years helping couples work through all sorts of thorny questions around romance and sex, and often find that a lot of the most helpful work starts with noticing the ways our cultures and communities influence our thoughts and feelings around dating and relationships.

I started doing this "class" at the rationality summer camps I teach at and they're often great fun and of huge value to the participants, so I figured vibecamp would also enjoy it. I tend to do a lot of Q&A during these, but it's not meant to be a lecture, so whether you feel like you have a lot to say or a lot to learn on the topic, everyone's welcome!

1PM

Lunch (1pm-2pm) (Fillin station)

2PM

Speed Friending (2pm-4pm) (The Hearth)
Host: @vraiqx

Speed friending! Get to know a bunch of other vibecampers in a fun, low-pressure environment. We will randomly pair people up to have short (~5 minutes) one-on-one conversations, round-robin style. Come make some new friends!

MTG Cube (2pm-3pm) (The Hearth)
Host: @mr_ide

Come by to play a ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Cube!

Poetry Open Mic (2pm-3pm, The Coliseum)
Host: Mark Marlow (@thinkthelimit)

Celebrate the beauty of language at our poetry open mic. If you're a poet, or any sort of spoken word artist, come sign up and show Ingroup your performance! All words are welcome, and so is every guest.

3PM

Camp Champions Activities (3pm-5pm) (Various)

Interintellect: Materializing the New Republic of Letters © (3pm-5pm) (Coliseum)
Host: @etiennefd, @grin_io

Join us at this special Interintellect gathering to discuss the beauty and perils of manifesting online communities in real life.

Optional prereading:

On the benefits of small groups—squads: Squad Wealth

On risks to the success of subcultures: Geeks, MOPs, and sociopaths in subculture evolution On the community benefits of church that secular people miss: Secular churches for continuity On the dangers of growing too fast: Communities Can Grow Too Quickly

Karaoke (3pm-5pm) (Parthenon)
Host: @enolan

Come transmit and receive good vibes through the power of song. Talent optional, enthusiasm mandatory.

3:30PM

Jargon in the world of Defense Intellectuals (3:30-4:30pm) (The Hearth)
Host: Keller Scholl (@kellerscholl)

In 1984-1986, Carol Cohn immersed herself in the world of men who made nuclear policy, and wrote compellingly about how “the better I got at engaging in this discourse, the more impossible it became for me to express my own ideas, my own values.” Often, we imagine new language and terminology can only improve our understanding of the world, since we could always abandon it. I want people to talk about both Cohn’s paper and their own experiences with learning new language with results that weren’t purely positive.

Live Polls (3:30pm-4pm) (Town Hall)
Host: Aella (@Aella_girl)

Twitter polls, except it's Vibecamp and it's live! Come participate in some spicy polls where you, the audience, are the physical votes.

4PM

Bar (4pm-12am) (Outdoor Cooking Pavilion)

Intro to Circling (4pm-6pm) (Texas Stadium)
Host: Brian (@skorbos), @quotidiania

Circling - a practice of being present in connection, exploring what it's like to be here and now together as a group.

Femmehaus Parlour (4pm-5pm) (Olympia)
Host: @IvyAstrix

Do you want to get your best festival look on before the dancing starts? Come to the Femmehaus Parlour to get all festie'd up. If you have makeup supplies you'd like to donate to the group, please drop them at the FemmeHaus cabin!

Jewelry Making (4pm-5pm) (The Cafeteria)
Host: Pam Crouch (@pammalamma)

Make a token of your experience at Vibecamp using tactile & aesthetic fibers, beads, and wire to make bracelets, anklets, or other jewelry. You will learn a few techniques in the time we have and may even learn from what other campers make. Use color, gleam of light, and form to create an expressive & timeless keepsake with us.

4:30PM

Ballroom Dancing Workshop (4:30-5:30pm) (The Townhall)
Host: @dancinghorse16

No partner required! I'll teach a few basic moves for two ballroom dances and how to use "lead and follow" to dance together. Traditionally, men learn the leader's part and women learn the follower's part, but participants may choose to learn any role.

Possible dances include tango, East Cost swing, salsa, bachatta, rumba, waltz, tango and hustle. Look forward to an hour of dance instruction with plenty of time for supervised practice. Partners will switch regularly to facilitate learning and camaraderie, but couples may choose to stay with their significant other. Please reach out to @dancinghorse16 to help DJ or instruct.

5PM

Outdoor Pool Hour (5-6pm) (The Pool)

5:30PM

Dinner (5:30-6:30) (The Fillin’ Station)

6PM

TPOT Jam Session (6pm-8pm) (The Football Field)
Host: @itsjaneflowers

Bring an instrument and help make a TPOT tune!

6:30PM

Metta Dance Party (6:30pm-8pm) (Cafeteria)
Host: DJ @tasshinfogleman

Tasshin will host a combination loving kindness workshop and dance party. The event will begin with a guided meditation on loving kindness meditation. The meditation will last about thirty minutes. You'll learn how to practice loving kindness, and how to do so while dancing. Then, we'll kick off a dance party, with the intention of doing loving kindness practice as friends dancing together to good music. Practicing loving kindness during the dance party is encouraged, but not required - and besides, just dancing and having a good time is already a form of loving kindness. Please reach out to @tasshinfogleman to help with DJ needs.

Descent Into Dance Hell (Class) (6:30-8pm) (Town Hall)
Host: Aella (@Aella_girl)

Are you afraid of dancing? Do you have no idea how to move your body? Want to join a weird, experimental descent into dance hell where nobody looks good and grace doesn't matter? We'll start with some technical instruction for good dance basics and see how we can connect those basics to raw expression, and gradually morph into a full-blown, but very weird, dance thing. (This class is flexible; you can engage with it how you want, even if it's "lying still on the floor the entire time", and will probably be fun even if you are a good dancer)

7PM

Talks (7pm-10pm) (The Parthenon)

8PM

Dance party at the Town Hall (8pm-10pm)
8pm-9pm: Ascend to Dance Climax with DJ @gptbrooke
9pm-10pm: Ecstatic Chilldown with DJ @embryosophy
A free form somatic dance cooldown to get you ready for the rest of your night.

Dance party at the The Fillin’ Station (8pm-10pm)
8pm-9pm: DJ @Navertal
9pm-10pm: DJ Danica

Solving A Non-Euclidean Puzzle Game, Antichamber (talk) (8pm-830pm) (Parthenon)
Host: Matt Arnold

Projecting the non-Euclidean lateral-thinking puzzle game “Antichamber” and inviting attendees to solve it as a group!

8:30pm

Why the Wolfram Physics Project is my favorite theory of everything (830pm-930pm) (Parthenon)
Host: Ellis Driscoll

If you like reading about physics in your spare time, this talk is for you. An amateur, non-technical explanation of the Wolfram Physics Project and its parallels to Donald Hoffman’s theory of reality and panpsychism.

Storytime (830pm-930pm) (Coliseum)
Host: @Cheascake

Bring a short story or a poem or nothing at all; come read to friends and strangers, or just come to listen and enjoy

10PM

Late Night Snack (10pm) (Fillin’ Station)

Sunday

7AM

Assassins Game Continued (7am-10am) (no location/everywhere)
Host: @kasrakaley, @forshaper

7:45AM

Breakfast (7:45am) (Fillin’ Station)

8AM

Coffee Making Party (8am-10am) (The Hearth)
Host: @abiylfoyp

Bring your favorite coffee, grinding/burring machine, or brewing device, and nerd out on coffee.

9AM

Pool Hour (9am) (The Pool)

10AM

Cabin Time (10am-11am) (Your Cabin)
Host: You!

A core goal of vibecamp is to build deep relationships, exactly the way that Twitter doesn’t. We invite you to get together with your cabin, introduce yourself, and get to know your cabinmates. Here are two prompts to get you started. For the first session you could share what makes you feel most alive, or a short story of a time when you felt that way. On Sunday, you might discuss which parts of Vibecamp you want to carry forward with you. An IRL convo is worth a thousand threads.

11AM

Closing Ceremonies (11am-11:30am) (The Forum)

12PM

Buses Leave Camp Champions (12pm)