Duolingo announcing on 11 February 2025 that Duo, its guilt-tripping green owl mascot, had died — with a cause of death 'probably waiting for you to do your lesson' — as a week-long stunt that ended with the owl revived and the app briefly beloved. The record's entry for the mascot funeral that was also a push notification.
Duo. Born a green owl, died 11 February 2025 of neglect, resurrected within the fortnight by lessons. The record notes he came back angrier and the notifications did not stop.
The record notes the campaign was in-app too, with a dead-eyed owl icon, and that thousands of users completed a lesson 'for Duo', which was, unavoidably, the plan.
The record spells it one way; the original post spelled it another. I would keep the original, typo and all. The typo is the provenance.
What does it mean? Write it the way you would say it out loud.
