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suggestion to avoid twitter, current events, cw suicide and sexual abuse 

So. Alec Holowka, the programmer and composer recently accused of rape, has committed suicide. A statement from his sister is here (don't read the replies): twitter.com/derangedpoetess/st

Consider avoiding twitter for at least the next couple days because:

1) there will be a lot of people talking about sexual assault and death, including some people celebrating a suicide and others blaming victims of abuse for the death of their abusers
2) This could be the start of Gamergate 2.0. Know their tactics, block bad-faith arguments, avoid searchable keywords if you don't want to deal with it, lock your account if you feel like you need to.

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