Not expecting to resolve this for at least a week, primarily because I expect new donations to come in that we initiated on Dec 31st (e.g. via mail) so need to give them time to get here, and also because I am taking a vacation soon.

Sadly, I think that the thermometer bar will indeed go over $1.5M, but unfortunately at least $100k of it is in verbal assurances of money, so are not counted in this market.

@BenPace is the amount in verbal assurances of money publicly available?

@Bayesian I think we don't know exactly. For example, sometimes people tell us they're going to send money and we don't know if they're doing it right then. And because of that we don't necessarily keep a live summary of the distinctions, and Ben will have to do a bit of accounting to know the answer.

That said, I think it's between 100k and 200k

@MrMagnolia thanks!

Taking bearish positions so that even if the fundraiser doesn't work out, at least I'll have my mana