[Air-L] Degraded and/or Dying Twitter APIs

Does anyone know the full extent (or cause) of the current API degradation at Twitter? The web front end for the "downloader" has been down for a bit now. https://developer.twitter.com/apitools/downloader I have seen reports of other API issues. Is it broken, breaking bad, under repair, getting a new toll booth, or bound for the graveyard of Internet history? Should we be placing wagers...perhaps in bitcoin? ~Stu