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Re:Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm Wi... by 1f60c on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:34PM (#27999847)
Additionally, the site wouldn't load for me. Turns out NextDNS blocked it because it's less than 30 days old, and indeed, it is[0]:

  Dates 30 days old  
  Created on 2021-06-29  
  Expires on 2022-06-29  
  Updated on 2021-07-04
[0]: https://whois.domaintools.com/promethean.news
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Re:Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm Wi... by kelnos on Thursday July 29, 2021 @02:51PM (#27999967)
NextDNS blocks sites because the domain registration hasn't existed for long enough? That sounds... useless.
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Re:Activision Blizzard Hires Notorious Union-Busting Firm Wi... by 1f60c on Thursday July 29, 2021 @03:15PM (#28000221)
I think I t's meant as a first line of defense in (spear-)phishing attacks. It's also off by default.
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