This is HN front page at 22:20 GMT, 12.01.2013 : http://i.imgur.com/hM1Lp.png
There is a single (underlined) submission not related to Aaron Swartz. Multiple news site links informing us of his death. Blog posts on the topic. Even worse, old blog posts by him.
The topic is worthy of discussion, but 29 of them? Why?