Aaron's activity on August 15 touched on several themes related to academia, race, and institutional failure.

He engaged with concerns about higher education institutions, reposting criticism of Turnitin's updated end-user license agreement, which would allow student essays to be used for AI development — an example of what one author called "academic content assetization." He also reposted criticism of Northwestern University's decision to cut resources from its African History and Studies library collection, which holds one of the strongest such collections in the country, despite the university's $15 billion endowment.

Race and representation in academia were also on his mind. He reposted commentary on the death of Jason Arday and the disproportionate scrutiny Black academics face, with the observation that when Black professionals are underrepresented in a field, individuals are made to represent the entire concept of Black inclusion rather than being treated as individuals. He also reposted a piece drawing on historical testimony about slavery, and shared a story from The Advocate about a grim political situation in New Hampshire involving an LGBTQ figure.