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 # twitter-real-time-data-visualization
 This example pulls public tweets in real-time and builds various animated charts. 
 
+Note: Free access to the Twitter API is no longer available. However, the code and concepts in this blog are still valid for users with a paid developer account.
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 The repository integrates [Deephaven](https://deephaven.io/) with [matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org/), a plotting library for the [Python](https://www.python.org/) programming language.
 
 To get started, run: