It’s almost time for the annual 24-hour marathon run by D. P. R. Jones to raise money for Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) from the atheist/agnostic/skeptical/humanist community. 100% of the donations will go to Doctors Without Borders, one of the finest volunteer organizations I know of, and one completely untainted by faith. And there’s already an auction where you can bid for cool items, again with the proceeds going to DWB.
There are several ways to donate. First, visit the event site here, where the 24-hour marathon will be hosted by Jones and others beginning at 4 pm UK time (11 a.m. EST U.S. time) on September 8 and running for 24 hours straight. You can see the tentative schedule here, which includes people like Eugenie Scott, James Randi, Cristina Rad, and Mr. Deity.
Second, you can donate directly at two sites (here and here) if you’d like to give early.
Finally, there’s an awesome eBay auction of nonbeliever-related-items that have been donated by various people, and you can see all the items here. They include books on science and atheism, handbags, prints, a talking Jesus doll (signed by The Thinking Atheist!), teeshirts, autographed and otherwise, and a whole bunch of other stuff. There are even two copies of Why Evolution is True (here and here) that I’ve autographed for the auction. You have a bit over two days to bid on these items, and again, every penny of the take goes to Doctors Without Borders.
So bid ’em up, folks! I don’t want to see my book going for peanuts.
Being an “evil” marketer myself, let me share that people, sites, projects with big online followings can get money for projects via Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites.
There is even one for science projects.
Could be a decent idea to crowdfund some free-thinking project via WEIT.
Money is ammo is the war against the forces of darkness.
From the schedule it appears that Thunderf00t will be speaking alongside Cristina Rad.
“I don’t want to see my book going for peanuts.”
How about avacados?
Several years ago, I bought the catalog for Marilyn Monroe’s Sotheby’s estate sale. The catalog, which I still have, was $50, and I looked through it carefully. I found an item I wanted, and registered for the auction. I was slaughtered at auction, by a factor of at least 8 times. I hope the person who now owns her Wayfarers is as happy with them as I would have been.
I’m telling this story because I want to make an alternate proposal: I buy a signed copy of WEIT with cat drawing and autograph, for which I propose to pay $100, exclusive of shipping.
What do you say?
I doubt that you’ll get slaughtered, but if you donate that money to Doctors without Borders and have some kind of receipt, I’ll send you the specified item. Very generous of you!
Even if I didn’t get slaughtered (and I always do) it would still not be signed as I want.
Receipt t/k.
PS. Her dress, the one she sang “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy, went for a million dollars, which I thought was cheap at twice the price.
Someone’s out there with the sunglasses I wanted. Bastards.
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“completely untainted by faith”
What a lovely description!
Many of your friends have responded to your Bat signal. Especially click on the first link you’ve posted in the paragraph that begins “Second, you can donate directly . . “