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'It's a way to laugh at the madness': Inside the Gen Z conspiracy theory 'Birds aren't real'

By Taylor Lorenz
New York Times·
9 mins to read

In Pittsburgh, Memphis and Los Angeles, massive billboards recently popped up declaring: "Birds Aren't Real".

On Instagram and TikTok, Birds Aren't Real accounts have racked up hundreds of thousands of followers, and YouTube videos about

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