The Verge’s article was updated to say there still hasn’t been official response to the API break, but points to The Information, which is paywalled.
However, a Saturday report from The Information appears to confirm that the outage is deliberate. In internal messages viewed by the outlet, a senior software engineer says, “Third-party app suspensions are intentional” in a Slack channel dedicated to Twitter outages and other disruptions.
According to The Information, another employee asks when they can get a list of “approved talking points” in response to complaints about third-party apps not working on Friday. A product marketing manager reportedly replies by saying that Twitter has “started to work on comms,” but that they aren’t sure when that information will be ready to share with developers.
One of the replies to that:
Well, yeah, there’s a common denominator. They all worked for an idiot.
Yep. Going great. No problems here
They should get the janitors to…oh, right.
I have to wonder…do I have Elon to thank for this ad showing up? I love the idea of a big usenet comeback
We could see how much of the process and institutional knowledge has died starting tomorrow. Last year they renewed the domain on the 17th.
And if they don’t, four more days and then it expires.
yup. Wonder how much the registrar will soak them if it goes overdue.
They could also get a sweet premium from a scavenger. 
“Hello, Burn Ward?”
ETA: Wait…
“A Mastodon instance for devotees of Carhenge, a pile of cars in Nebraska.”
NY Mag and The Verge dropped a huge joint expose on Musk’s twitter this morning. Note the large ‘Elon net worth meter’ on the left side of the article as you scroll down 
Domain Name: twitter.com
Updated Date: 2023-01-17T01:07:22Z
Creation Date: 2000-01-21T11:28:17Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2024-01-21T16:28:17Z
Poot! (Who updates their domain a year at a time, except Scientology?)
Well, they’re trying to save money and that extra $50 is really needed.
