Verified Twitter user here: Locks [1] are in place, attempting to tweet throws an error: Something went wrong, but don't fret -- let's give it another shot.

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[1] https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/128352640014683751...

Direct Messaging is still functional as of 523PM PDT.