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They are called Handshake domains. I think Namecheap sells them as well. But for now you can only access them by changing your DNS server or using a browser extension.
Apparently Opera has support for it, but I don't use/like Opera so I can't confirm.
Yes, currently these domains are useless. A Lemmy instance on such a domain would only work if both servers and browsers support the Handshake protocol natively (without changing your DNS server and stuff). But maybe this will change in the future. Personally I think it would be cool to be able to come up with your own TLDs.
I was just as surprised as you! I was actually looking for a ".ks" domain last week because I had the same idea, and then I saw that Namecheap had it, only to find out it was a Handshake domain.