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Linda Yaccarino stepped down as CEO of X on Wednesday. Her verified blue checkmark briefly vanished.

Yes, reader. They took away Linda Yaccarino’s blue check! Before she stepped down, Yaccarino had a blue check next to her display name, accompanied by an X logo, signifying that she is affiliated with the company that brought us Mecha Hitler. Now, both badges are gone.

Yaccarino leaves after two years at the helm of Elon Musk's social media site, formerly known as Twitter, which he purchased in October 2022.

Linda Yaccarino leaves less than four months after Musk consolidated the company into his xAI artificial intelligence project, a move that "raised questions" about her "role in the new company going forward," said CNN. Running X has been a "challenge ...