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Mourning Aaron Swartz, Internet Activist And Free Information Advocate

Aaron Swartz, Internet activist, co-creator of RSS and Reddit, was found dead on Friday from an apparent suicide. He was 26 years old.

Sam Schlinkert
Sam Schlinkert
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Sam Schlinkert

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