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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Guardian staff

Are these the best tweets of all time?

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Twitter could be on the cusp of big changes Photograph: Amy Osborne/AFP/Getty Images

Elon Musk has reportedly taken over Twitter, and some of its regular users worry that a new billionaire owner could spell the beginning of the end of the site as we know it.

In preparation for the potential vibe shift, and a callout from journalist Ben Collins, Twitter users have been posting some of their favourite ever tweets and “kissing them goodbye”. Here is a selection:

I didn’t know Kanye was Italian

A cat churning butter

Jail for mother

Caroline

The sum total of all human knowledge

Four eels

Halloween

Jolene

Sowing vs reaping

Ed Balls

In 2006

Flimsy Steve

There was also a lot of love for some classic threads.

Got my days wrong

The rice thread

Two bowls

Christmas, from an anthropological perspective

Being fashionable in Ireland

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