First Monday of October

The United States Supreme Court began their term earlier today, in person for the first time since March 2020. Justice Brett Kavanagh (R) did not attend owing to his positive Covid-19 test last week.

In other news:

• The Post, Guardian, and other news outlets have released their stories on the largest document dump ever, which purports to show how the ultra-rich avoid taxation by stashing their money overseas.
• Indians taking a highly-competitive test to become teachers in the state of Rajasthan paid upwards of $8,000 for Bluetooth-enabled flip-flops in order to cheat.
• Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen will testify before Congress tomorrow on the company's business practices.
• Meanwhile, Facebook and Instagram have apparently gone offline today in what looks like a DNS problem, to the delight of millions of employers.
• Block Club Chicago explains the tax break that makes entire blocks of vacant storefronts way too common in the city.
• September was warmer and drier than normal in Illinois, which pretty much failed to suck.

So how did facebook.com disappear from root DNS, the day after 60 Minutes aired a segment on Haugen?