@FediTips Mind you, I don't expect a reply or an answer that isn't “Yeah, they just forgot to renew it.”

If it is the latter, that's a big part of the reason the Fediverse is the way it is rn.

@FediTips How exactly was the domain name "sold by their registrar before they could renew it"?

Seems like an easy appeal to ICANN if it was registrar malfeasance vs. "oops I forgot to renew this critical identifier in time".