Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down - eviltoast
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    TLD - Top Level Domain (.com .ml .whatever)

    Registrar - NameCheap, PorkBun, etc. Submits your domain.TLD request to a Registry

    Registry - Maintains the list of domains for a specific TLD and the server infrastructure to run the TLD

    ICANN - Decides who can be a Registry and for which TLD. Not involved in the nitty gritty of individual domain names.