The X is dead — Long live the X?
<p>The X is gone!” screamed a text message from my partner.</p>
<p>Overnight, a gigantic X effigy sprung up across the street, bathing our living room in pulsing white light, like a disco or fire alarm, or both. On Monday, crews removed the short-lived tribute to Elon Musk’s <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/tech/twitter-rebrands-x-elon-musk-hnk-intl/index.html#:~:text=Elon%20Musk%20rebrands%20Twitter%20as%20X&text=In%20a%20radical%20rebranding%2C%20Twitter,now%20points%20to%20Twitter.com." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">“new” social network</a>, but not before making me famous — I posted <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisjbeale/status/1685353135236403200" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a video</a> of the short-lived installation that garnered me nearly 40 million views. On his platform, of course.</p>
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