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@beadmomsw

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🇮🇱Mother of Aaron, Noah & Ben. Knitter, spinner, beader, crocheter. #EqualityForAll #BLM #LGBTQIA #BlueWave #ProChoice #Ukraine

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Susan Swartz
4 years
July 11, 2020 RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
3 years
Unbelievably, 8 years have gone by. RIP my darling boy.
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8 years, 6 months. RIP my darling boy.
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2 years
9 years. 9 YEARS! RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
4 years
Unbelievable—7 years today. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
2 years
Aaron Swartz would be 36 years old today.
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Susan Swartz
1 year
10 years, 1 month. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
1 year
10 years without this face, without this voice, without this mind, without this love, without this light. Ten years. RIP my darling boy.
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10 years, 6 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
5 years
RIP my darling boy. I absolutely cannot believe that 6 years have passed.
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4 years
7 years 3 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
4 years
Aaron would be 34 today.
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Susan Swartz
3 years
Aaron Swartz would be 35 years old today (if not for Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann - ).
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1 year
10 years, 4 months. RIP my darling boy.
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6 years
You would be 32 today. Happy Birthday to my darling boy. #AaronSwartz
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8 months
Aaron Swartz would be 37 years old today.
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Susan Swartz
6 months
11 years. RIP my darling boy.
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5 years
6 years, 2 months. RIP my darling boy.
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7 ½ years.
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Susan Swartz
5 years
6 years, 6 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
3 years
So...it wasn’t just AOC who was scared.
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MeidasTouch
3 years
Here’s Rep. Jimmy Gomez story of the life or death decisions he had to make when domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol. Spread this far and wide. #NeverForgetJanuary6th
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Susan Swartz
6 years
RIP my darling boy. It's been 5 years. If you do one thing today, honor Aaron's memory by calling your Senators and Representatives in Congress and begging them to support #Aaron 'sLaw to reform the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act).
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Susan Swartz
4 years
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5 years
6 years, 11 months. RIP my darling boy.
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4 years
7 years, 2 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
5 years
Aaron would be 33 years old today.
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Susan Swartz
4 years
I know I recommended this article after someone posted it the other day but I hadn’t read it since it came out in 2013. I read it tonight...and it has really hit me hard.
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Susan Swartz
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@Joanhussey1 So these “Trump Bibles” are just the remainders from Bibles that didn’t sell 3 years ago? Wow! The level of grift here is astounding. (How much did they cost in 2021?)
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5 years
6 years, 4 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
6 years
@PhilipRucker @maggieNYT @LindseyGrahamSC Senator, just how compromised are you? (If I were a reporter, that’s what I'd ask him.)
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5 years
6 years 7 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
6 months
Aaron Swartz’s father is in desperate need of a kidney…he has been in renal failure for over a year now. If you know of anyone who might consider donating, please send them my way. And please boost this! Thanks everyone!
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Susan Swartz
7 years
4 ½ years today. RIP my darling boy. Harness Aaron's spirit and give your all for #NetNeutrality TOMORROW!
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Susan Swartz
2 years
9 years, 11 months. RIP my darling boy. (Book by @florevasseur , photo by @benwikler )
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Susan Swartz
1 year
As the 10th anniversary of Aaron’s death approaches this Wednesday, it’s definitely the time to watch (or re-watch) The Internet’s Own Boy!
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2 years
Hear Aaron’s story 🤍 “the Internet’s own boy” Thank you, Aaron, for your work and inspiration. Bless you @beadmomsw
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5 years
6 years, 9 months. RIP my darling boy.
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2 years
9 years, 6 months. RIP my darling boy.
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2 years
@Mililep @aniceburrito Google him. January 11, 2013.
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Susan Swartz
1 year
@Cofcol Google “Aaron Swartz” Search YouTube for the documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy”
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Susan Swartz
5 years
I always feel awkward doing this on 9/11 but...RIP my darling boy. 6 years, 8 months
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Susan Swartz
1 year
Great thread if you want to know Aaron’s story. Thanks @Patticus !
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1 year
10 years ago today @aaronsw took his own life after overly aggressive prosecution. He invented internet infrastructure. He defeated the greatest threat the Internet had ever seen. And you probably don't know who he is. You should. Here’s his story 🧵
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Susan Swartz
5 years
6 years, 3 months. RIP my precious boy.
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Susan Swartz
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@jolthgs How wonderful! Your Aaron is adorable! I am sure he will grow up to be a young man of honor, curiosity, and learning.
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Susan Swartz
7 years
Yesterday was World Suicide Prevention Day. Today we remember Aaron Swartz--4 years, 8 months. RIP my darling boy. #suicideprevention
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Susan Swartz
4 years
@BreitbartNews Hasn’t Project Veritas long been debunked as a fraud?
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2 years
Aaron Swartz, 4th of July parade, Highland Park, IL, 1993
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Susan Swartz
6 years
Join Us For the Sixth Annual Aaron Swartz Day This Weekend at The Internet Archive via @eff
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2 years
@Kristonista He is my son.
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Susan Swartz
6 years
5 years, 11 months. RIP my darling boy. #AaronSwartz
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6 years 5 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
2 years
@AshAgony @AndersonKreiger Thanks, I’d been wondering what she was doing now. If it weren’t for her…
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2 years
Don’t miss this!
@AaronSwartzDay
Aaron Swartz Day
2 years
Come to our event at @InternetArchive on January 11, 2023: "Remembering Aaron - 10 Years After" We are hoping to channel our sadness into strength & getting things done in 2023. Join us & @CreativeCommons 😇 See you there! 🤓
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Susan Swartz
3 years
In Aaron's name, join me in supporting Demand Progress Action (the group he cofounded) via @actblue
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Susan Swartz
5 years
@NoNeinNyet @ylwlexi @ravelry Oh, that explains it. SO GLAD I never stumbled across any such patterns and very happy Ravelry remains a safe platform!🌈❤️👏🏾👏🏼👏🏿 No Bigotry or Racism Allowed!
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Susan Swartz
4 years
If Aaron hadn’t rewritten the code, would there even be a Reddit today?
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2 years
@predoevcs It will be 10 years January 11.
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Susan Swartz
4 years
@JRubinBlogger Jay Sekulow and Pat Cipollone will forever have their names and reputations attached to this unconscionable and fraudulent diatribe (without fact or merit) against the House of Representatives. It reads exactly like one of Trump's tweets.
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Susan Swartz
4 years
Aaron Swartz: As JSTOR makes articles free, people laud hacker who gave his life to bring knowledge closer
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Susan Swartz
3 years
Today, fewer than 10 years after his death, virtually nobody talks about Aaron Swartz. He is mostly forgotten in Silicon Valley, and he is unknown to the wider public.😳 The lives of two Stanford-students-turned-founders reveal tech’s misplaced priorities
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Susan Swartz
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@laxkra According to Wikipedia, Waterford crystal was in business from 1783 to 1851, when it closed for 100 years. Little Women takes place during the Civil War, right? 1860's. So, it’s possible they could have had a bowl. Also, maybe it’s a cut-glass bowl but not Waterford.
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Susan Swartz
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5 years, 2 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
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@PaulSonne @MalcolmNance These things (White House, Marine band, etc.) don’t belong to Trump! If he wants to use them for his rallies, he should reimburse the government or go hire his own backdrop and music.
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Susan Swartz
6 years
5 years, 8 months. RIP my darling boy.
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Susan Swartz
1 year
If you knew Aaron, it’s nice to spend a little time with him again. If you didn’t know him, this documentary is a great introduction. Watch or re-watch The Internet’s Own Boy (on YouTube).
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Susan Swartz
1 year
As the 10th anniversary of Aaron’s death approaches this Wednesday, it’s definitely the time to watch (or re-watch) The Internet’s Own Boy!
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Susan Swartz
6 years
@realDonaldTrump Shut the fuck up! Your "sick and biased AGENDA" is to destroy our free press, cornerstone of our democracy. You were not elected King--why don't you try supporting our democratic institutions?!
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Susan Swartz
4 years
Twitter employees have access to all your DMs. Yep. Even that one. Tell @Jack to implement end-to-end encryption now. via @fightfortheftr
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Susan Swartz
6 years
6 years, 10 months. RIP my darling boy. #AaronSwartz
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Susan Swartz
5 years
<<As a legacy for the great human being that Aaron Swartz was, we need to take a closer look at the criminal justice system and use cases like his to call for positive change.>> Remembering Aaron Swartz And His Influence... @forbes
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Susan Swartz
1 year
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay area, The Internet Archive is the place to be tomorrow night, to remember & celebrate #AaronSwartz .
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Susan Swartz
4 years
One of those days.
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Susan Swartz
11 years
#aaronsw Thank you all. Please honor Aaron by carrying on his work and making the world a better place.
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Susan Swartz
4 years
@TheToddBrown Read the other comments or else Google “Aaron Swartz” and watch the documentary “The Internet’s Own Boy” (for free on YouTube).
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Susan Swartz
4 years
This is unconscionable. #FreeRealityWinnerNOW
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Today the 3rd anniversary of her arrest & jailing I learn that the fed prison is restricting all communication in & out, keeping them locked in 24/7 with 0 media, & they have 0 hot water again. Yet judge says she is in the best place possible. #FreeRealityWinner
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A must see!
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DEF CON
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The next #defcon #movienight will show the Aaron Swartz doc “The Internet’s Own Boy” with very special guest director @knappB ! Join us on the DEF CON #discord server Sat. Aug. 29 at 8pm PDT (GMT -7) in the movie-night-text channel.
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@realDonaldTrump Wallowing in the swamp is not the same as draining it.
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Susan Swartz
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@caslernoel Yeah…warning to anyone tempted to sign up for “TruthSocial” just to see what it’s like: you must know your personal info will be going straight to Russia.
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Susan Swartz
5 years
For yesterday: 6 years 10 months. RIP my darling boy.
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@RonFilipkowski …and no one knows more about being “jacked up on drugs” than DJTJr. and Ronny Jackson!
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Susan Swartz
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@Teich50 He did not break into MIT. It was an unlocked janitorial supply closet; and, as a Harvard Fellow, he had complete open access to the MIT computer system.
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Susan Swartz
1 year
A fitting memorial: a new art website in Vienna, dedicated to and inspired by Aaron Swartz.
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Susan Swartz
3 years
Whoa! This should be spread everywhere!
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Susan Swartz
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@marlene4719 Roseanne just desperately wants to be relevant again.
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Susan Swartz
2 years
6 minutes of your time but, boy, is this worth watching!
@MorePerfectUS
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Herschel Walker is a multi-millionaire worth up to $50M. He has so many scandals tied to his wealth and power that it's hard to keep track. So we unpacked the most dangerous parts of his record in one place, including key stories that flew under the radar. 🧵
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Susan Swartz
4 years
Aaron would agree, obviously.
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It's past time to tear down the PACER paywall, and ensure the public has the access it needs to know the law and how it's applied. #OAWeek
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Susan Swartz
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On this 5th anniversary of Aaron's death, there is nothing better you can do than watch The Internet's Own Boy (except contact your reps to support #AaronsLaw )!
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Susan Swartz
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@acnewsitics @FrancisBrennan Meandering would imply he was walking...but his favorite mode of transportation is the golf cart.
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Susan Swartz
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@humorandanimals @TiffanyDCross Is Toli checking the prices before he picks?
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Susan Swartz
5 years
@chrislhayes @VP @LindseyGrahamSC @SenMikeLee @SenThomTillis They might as well have been at a zoo staring at the animals, for all the humanity they display.
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“Internet activist Aaron Swartz possibly put it best in his posthumously published book A Programmable Web: “Documents can’t really be merged and integrated and queried. They serve…” Galaxies of the Guardian: the formation of an irregular org chart
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