Still not feeling much different, I'm afraid.
I have become very interested in Aaron Swartz, the case and his life and achievements. I wonder if such an amazing person could actually kill themselves in a moment of hopelessness, or if the government killed him. It's probably easy enough to make a hanging look like a suicide - a lot easier than the two shots to the back of the head that another 'suicide' victim suffered.
In his final days, he was still talking excitedly to friends about business plans and projects he planned to do. Only in the last 24 hours, did his girlfriend think that he was in an altered mood, that she doesn't believe was depression.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/life-inside-the-aaron-swartz-investigation/273654/
What life was like for Aaron & Quinn during the investigation
http://tarensk.tumblr.com/post/42260548767/why-aaron-died#notes
The last few days, I have been learning about things like the Tiananmen square massacre and Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning and it's just depressing to think how often those on the side of truth and transparency have been silenced.
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