January 18, 2012

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Internet… Oh Wow.

Today, the Internet wins.

First, the PIPA/SOPA blackouts and rallies all over the US produced the following outcome (as reported by the New York Times):

[A] senior Senate Republican leadership aide said the Senate version of the bill was dead in its current form, and bipartisan negotiations had begun to revise it considerably. Senators from both parties want to address the Internet piracy issue, but they acknowledged that issues raised by Google and its online partners would have to be addressed.

This is as good an outcome as I could have expected from a single day of political action.  Lets see how it plays out over the weeks to come and what modified bills are presented going forward.

AND THEN, I read the following from update from Amit Gupta, posted today:

superamit:

TODAY

… After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor!

You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.)

You did it internet… you found Amit a bone marrow donor match.  

What a 1-2 punch.

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