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jonny (good kind)
jonny (good kind)
@jonny@neuromatch.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Aaron Swartz should have been 39 years old today
#AaronSwartzDay

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Nick Radcliffe
Nick Radcliffe
@njr@mathstodon.xyz replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny @gvwilson Meta and OpenAI and Musk and co just keep raking in the billions from industrial scale piracy of essentially every book in the world for profit

Aaron was driven to kill himself for something much smaller scale and more altruistic.

What a world.

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Gary Houston
Gary Houston
@ghouston@mamot.fr replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny remembering that 2005 photo with Sam Altman.

https://flaminghydra.com/sam-altman-and-aaron-swartz-saw-the-future/

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Soliman Hindy
Soliman Hindy
@solimanhindy@mastodon.lovetux.net replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny we miss him.

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David Peach 🍑
David Peach 🍑
@peach@phpc.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny oh man 😞 I watch the internets own boy at least twice a year and cry every time. R.I.P.

The part that gets me is when they talk about walking past the white house and his remarking "They don't let felons work there".

My rage knows no bounds.

RIP Aaron.

And fuck t_rump.

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Chris [list of emoji]
Chris [list of emoji]
@suetanvil@freeradical.zone replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny

Truth.

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Chris [list of emoji]
Chris [list of emoji]
@suetanvil@freeradical.zone replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny

Truth.

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CP NumÉd Christophe G. ☣
CP NumÉd Christophe G. ☣
@ERUN@framapiaf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny I always remember his birthday, first, because he was an awesome person, second reason, we have the same birthdate. The only difference is the year but if I swap the two last figures, we're twins. I'll always remember this genius boy, gone too early.

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Eystein
Eystein
@eys@front-end.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny 😢

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Christian
Christian
@ibrahim_cris@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny I miss Aron a lot. Sad i had no time for chat before...

RSS is gold like worth...

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KBSez
KBSez
@kbsez@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny

gods... that shatters my heart.

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boss
boss
@boss@xarxamontgri.masto.host replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/celebrating-life-aaron-swartz-aaron-swartz-day-2024

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Celebrating the Life of Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2024

Aaron Swartz was a digital rights champion who believed deeply in keeping the internet open. His life was cut short in 2013, after federal prosecutors charged him under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for systematically downloading academic journal articles from the online database JSTOR....
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jonny (good kind)
jonny (good kind)
@jonny@neuromatch.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@boss
This year's: https://www.aaronswartzday.org/2025/11/

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lemgandi
lemgandi
@lemgandi@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jonny Killed by the State

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