# Local set of patterns to block

ad.*
ads.*
banner.*
banners.*
creatives.*
oas.*
oascentral.*
stats.*
tag.*
telemetry.*
tracker.*

# My Macbook constantly sends a lot of useless queries to *.local,
# so I block them. *.lan is apparently another common one, and
# *.localdomain and *.workgroup are common on Windows.

*.lan
*.local
*.localdomain
*.workgroup

# eth0.me is hardcoded in tools such as Archey, but is not available any
# more, causing issues such as terminal sessions taking a long time to
# start.

eth0.me

# ibpxl.com is a tracker that seems to frequently have issues, causing
# page loads to stall.

ibpxl.com

# ditto for that one

internetbrands.com

# Ubuntu's motd script sends way too much information to Canonical

motd.ubuntu.com