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### CDN Support
-The folks over at [MaxCDN](https://www.maxcdn.com) have graciously provided CDN support.
+The folks over at [MaxCDN](https://www.maxcdn.com) have graciously provided CDN support.
+
+MaxCDN is shut down right now, so in the meanwhile use a different CDN or download the assets. (See [Maxcdn has shut down, cdn not working anymore. · Issue #580 · twitter/twemoji](https://github.com/twitter/twemoji/issues/580)).
Use the following in the `