The Monterey Bay Aquarium announced its departure from Twitter with this.

@railmaps

🎶 So sad it's finally come to this...🎶

@VVitchy @railmaps 🎶we tried to tell you all but, oh deeeaaar... 🎶
@railmaps *ahem* Folks should ask about their Mastodon handle…
@joy @railmaps The Monterey Bay Aquarium does not appear to now have an account on any Mastodon instance. Their social media staff list accounts on 9 other services and their YouTube channel: https://twitter.com/MontereyAq/status/1691918499986419721 .
Monterey Bay Aquarium on Twitter

“We’re on… 📸Instagram: https://t.co/DZvkk1UhJV ▶️YouTube: https://t.co/2kFrHwpWtD 🎮Twitch: https://t.co/pk0Qe0exdR 🕺TikTok: https://t.co/GGSOiRXzhL 🦀Tumblr: https://t.co/lhf8ZqirBE 💬Discord: https://t.co/ul5bMEaFRn”

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@michael_w_busch @railmaps I know, the list of services is why I asked about Mastodon.
@joy @railmaps yeah, where is their Mastodon?
@railmaps Did they say what factors drove this decision?
@railmaps Are they on Fedi!?!?!
@Hika I can’t find them in Fedi, but maybe they’re all congested in by ‘Car week’. On the plus side, if they’ve managed to limit it to just one week then they’re doing better than most of us.
@railmaps @Hika
Yeah, isn't every week Car Week in the US?

@railmaps

I put the same phrase on the door of my office when I retired, but no-one seemed to appreciate the dig at my colleagues that this involved.... it went un commented on for the two months it stayed on my erstwhile office door until the office was reassigned!

@ChrisMayLA6 @railmaps.

In my long ago youth I had a T-shirt printed with the (exactly measured) top half of the words "SHARE AND ENJOY", and I was disappointed that in the lifetime of that shirt no one who saw it reacted at all.

@ronsboy67 @ChrisMayLA6 @railmaps
I’d like to think would have, even if only to note that I didn’t have a pig handy. 😉
@imalcolm @ChrisMayLA6 @railmaps That would have been great - not having to explain the joke would have made it worthwhile. 😀

@ronsboy67 @ChrisMayLA6 @railmaps
Well it’s a bit late now, of course, but kudos - I love it! 😄

(If only there’d been the t-shirt technology to illuminate it at times of special celebration.)

@imalcolm @ChrisMayLA6 @railmaps Had anyone got the joke, that would have been "a time of special celebration" - perhaps time to get a new one with LEDs and a trigger 💡💡😁
@railmaps I will always upvote a Douglas Adams quote! He was a hoopy frood who always knew where his towel was! :)
@railmaps You know what, that was perfect.
@railmaps Are they here now then?
@wtry I can’t find them here unfortunately. They are on the cloth site and just about every other social media though.
@railmaps as someone who's dad told me about Hitchhikers' I get the reference.
@railmaps
I guess they'd have stayed on X if it was "mostly harmless"
@railmaps Very nice. :) Wherever they are going, I hope they brought their towel.
@Lupus it took awhile to find since I refused to log in but here is what the Monterey Bay Aquarium said before the tweet saying "SO long, and thanks for all the fish" -
@Lupus it took them 6 tries to get the whale to wave. They may eat krill, but will rarely do a trick for one.
@railmaps Oh good the Vogons are coming
@greycat @railmaps did anyone remember to file a petition of appeal regarding the hyperspace lane?!
@greycat @railmaps at this point it might best if the Vogons did come. At least the end would be quicker than the slow burn we are now doing
@Pepperbike
@railmaps plus then we could deploy the backup
@railmaps I thank them for their service.
@railmaps they've always been active on Tumblr, of all places https://www.tumblr.com/montereybayaquarium
@montereybayaquarium · Monterey Bay Aquarium

Explore the wonders of the ocean in a gif-ferent way, as we tumble through the beauty and science of the sea. Our mission is to inspire conservation of the ocean.

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@railmaps I don't get the reference. No need to explain it - not that important. I'm just glad they left X.

And for those of you still on X, you don't need to dream up a clever closing tweet. You can just leave.

@railmaps I just realized it's a Thursday... Start looking for yellow flying bricks.
@railmaps @glynmoody Yes well high time X née Twitter is demolished for a new Intergalactic Fediverse in the first place….
@railmaps it looks like they did not setup a Mastodon :(
@railmaps *Thinking* Isn't this backward?
@railmaps don't forget your towel
@railmaps And they just won the internet.
@railmaps
Surely they meant thanks FROM all the fish?
@railmaps
Really? Their website still lists Twitter. And they actually consist of three entities, each of which has its own separate collection of social media accounts.
@MmeRoux
@railmaps if I was willing to touch the platform with the 10 ft pole I would sign up on Twitter with. Sorry on x with the handle at vogons right about now.