I think the change occurred because of someone's request on his recent Twitter spaces discussion about the algorithm release. Near the end a participant asked about the "Fail Whale" being brought back because it had personality and she missed it. He said he would see about it. So perhaps he wanted to find out what the process would involve for modifying the site's logo.
If it was the 'Dogecoin logo', you would have a point. But it is an image of the doge meme.
>Elon Musk’s Doge barks up SEC’s tree
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/elon-musks-doge-barks-... (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35461807)