When this happened my thoughts also turned to Aaron. I had not thought about him in some time. It made me sad note that, to think of where we and of all we have done without and why that is so.

Context for those who missed it:

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit

https://www.wbur.org/news/2013/02/20/carmen-ortiz-investigat...

I think of Sci-hub and Alexandra are the continuation of Aarons fatal push:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan

Ongoing attention on the circumstances:

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/15/marty-walsh-aaron-swartz...