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The burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandoms

· Taylor Lorenz · last updated
Last night, dozens of major celebrity and pop culture stan accounts, meme pages, and theme accounts related to television shows, movies, and animals said goodbye to their millions of collective followers after a Brazilian judge blocked X following Musk’s refusal to comply with a court order.

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