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Seems pretty clear they're avoiding icons that specifically reference 3rd party brands.

What would a generic icon for a tweet be that differs from a "message" icon?

Maybe. They have a Facebook one and a few for some other social platforms. I'm not sure why there isn't one for Twitter and GitHub. I'm not saying there is any strategy going on, it's just interesting to see what is and isn't included in icon sets.

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