The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/
learned from @notjustbikes that the same model cars sold in America get upgraded pedestrian safety features in Europe https://youtu.be/--832LV9a3I&t=470
Meanwhile here in Georgia, truck owners get billion dollar judgments at trial when they crash and rollover, but pedestrian victims of giant hoods get ~nothing.
https://www.georgiapolicy.org/news/tort-reform-gwinnett-county-slapped-hard-by-georgia-court-of-appeals/
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