Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter may soon go through

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Ok, this wins the internet for today. I rate it 𝕏 for e𝕏cellent.
I don't get it...

Also, why is Twitter going from the immediately recognizable and fitting bird icon, that even people that don't use Twitter like me know, to a generic X? Is there actually any reason that Twitter needed a re-branding? I'm kind of out of the loop.
 

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I don't get it...
It's a reference to the Ctrl Alt Delete loss meme.
Also, why is Twitter going from the immediately recognizable and fitting bird icon, that even people that don't use Twitter like me know, to a generic X? Is there actually any reason that Twitter needed a re-branding? I'm kind of out of the loop.
Most likely explanation is that it's another one of Musk's stupid whims, and it's 𝕏 because he is 15yo and 𝕏 is just so kewl.
 

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[After a trip to Know Your Meme] Huh, I just don't think I understand memes anymore.
Nah, you're fine, this one is just particularly contextualized by being a social phenomenon in the time it was new. If you missed it the first time around, its not likely to resonate with you. It's sort of like going back and watching Lost and wondering why people ever liked it.
 

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Nah, you're fine, this one is just particularly contextualized by being a social phenomenon in the time it was new. If you missed it the first time around, its not likely to resonate with you. It's sort of like going back and watching Lost and wondering why people ever liked it.
Yeah, this happened to me with Always Sunny. I tried it last year and I got through 10 episodes... without laughing.
 
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Last post deleted, seemingly to avoid the troubles of unintentionally spreading tactics inherent within the subject of the reporting, - completely understandable and is a constant ethical balancing act those covering such issues are keenly aware of.

 
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Elon Musk is just so cool and epic, you guys

What is causing the light from the sign to appear as a reflection on both of those cameras?

One can hear the wind blowing into the microphone in both videos so I assume that they aren't filming from behind a pane of glass.
 

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What is causing the light from the sign to appear as a reflection on both of those cameras?
It's surely a type of lens flare: sometimes this causes general oversaturation, and sometimes it causes visual artefacts. This appears to be the latter.

Lens flare is essentially a "rogue" refraction of light through the lens system - very common when there is an intense source of light compared to the rest of the scene (often observed, for instance, in pictures where the sun is in shot).