By design.

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2009/02/11/slain-neo-nazi-angry-over-obama-victory-reportedly-prepared-‘dirty-bomb’-components

I was at occupy, and it’s fascinating and horrifying to watch people I knew from back then now among the alt right. Tim Pool is the bad penny I always roll my eyes at.

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https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-maintain-twitter-stake-2022-10-28/

Considering that Saudi Arabia still holds enormous amounts of money in Twitter, and twitter was how the Arab Spring and other movements spread, it certainly looks like it’s a deliberate crashing of the platform.