#Via Arieh Kovler
@ariehkovler
5:06 PM · Feb 4, 2026

"They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely."

https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/spotlighting-the-world-factbook-as-we-bid-a-fond-farewell/

#Via It's ME(Jaime) / exceedhergrasp1
7:07 PM · Feb 4, 2026

"The Wayback is now so load-bearing we should be protecting it with our actual lives."

#Via Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 /danifroom
7:30 PM · Feb 4, 2026

"Really can't be stressed enough how badly Republicans want you to be uneducated and incurious, especially about other places and peoples."

#Via Lisa Rabey /pookiebear.net‬
7:11 PM · Feb 4, 2026

"You can get the final Internet Archive crawl (from February 2) here.

Since each link is linked to a IA page, the data is stil intact; it just won't be updated.

(Interestingly, it's been indexed by IA nearly everyday since 2021.)"

https://web.archive.org/web/20260202175307/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/

Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell

Somewhat devastating news today from CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they decided …

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