Look at how much money r/atheism raised for Doctors Without Borders! There’s no point in me even really putting a number on it. I saw it hit $100,000 much earlier today, and I see no sign of slowing. People are doing clever posts like ‘every upvote, I’ll donate $X amount’. Some early posts along these …
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Nov 20 2011
Attention internet atheists: be like the Lorax
This month, my blog has been the vehicle of successful crowd-sourced activism. Twice. Obviously, I know my place. I had a few eye-catching titles, some ‘right place right time’ information etc. The real champions are the anonymous masses at the news aggregating sites (reddit, stumbleupon) and other social networking sites (twitter, facebook). Take a bow, internet. …
Nov 11 2011
Support for gay veteran with PTSD who had ‘lifestyle of sin’ diagnosis
I’d just like to say thank you to all the people who signed the petition in support of Esther Garatie. In just two days, it went from 6,000 signatures to around 12,000 signatures – each one generating real email traffic to government officials. Quick recap Esther Garatie went to the Dallas VA Hospital with severe …









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