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I have been thinking about Aaron lately. In 2012 Aaron was instrumental in helping to defeat the SOPA and PIPA bills. The [internet went black](https://freedom.press/issues/sopa-protest-10-years-later/) causing a tidal wave of backlash so strong that the bill's backers had to withdraw the legislation.

Today we really need this kind of activism. We need people hammering the phones, turning their websites black, more than ever. We have the far right willing push forward authoritarian agendas, that attempt to silence peoples speech, the people behind trump are using these powers to kill and stir up aggression. There are more abuses to people's lives then ever. We have technologies like AI that are being developed in secret, all of its progress being pushed forward that is going to cause costs to rise, put more load on our power grids. The financials beind the investment is putting a strain on obtaining parts for General Computing. We have social media algorithms that manipulate people choices.

We have to start reigning in this power, put pressure on your representatives to end Citizens United and we need to enforce anti-trust.