I Lost My 67 Day Streak on Du BY LAUREN PARKER
The owl is rapping at me through the window of my phone screen. Three ignored alerts that I have to swipe past to get to the text messages that confirm the time we’re due at the funeral home.
The Duolingo mascot is a green owl with giant eager eyes that have shifted from cartoonish to desperation. An Instagram post on the official Duolingo account encourages people to donate to an aviary. It’s meant to be a symbol of wisdom, but for many cultures the owl means death. Pliny the
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