Re:Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
by stopbulying on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:43AM
(#46898602)
Hopefully the next admin will regain an understanding of the value of the World Facebook collection of somewhat-vetted facts and opinions.
Re:Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
by shmeeed on Thursday February 05, 2026 @08:51AM
(#46899633)
Please no World Facebook
Re:Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
by stopbulying on Friday February 06, 2026 @07:34AM
(#46912035)
What if they call theirs Truthbook Bader Ginsberg? Like RBGPAC
Re:Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
by stopbulying on Saturday February 07, 2026 @02:54PM
(#46927129)
(Truth Social went out of their way to copy the look of Twitter by styling their Mastodon instance with the Soapbox theme.)
(Elon Musk was the only contributor to a PAC that claimed to represent a deceased Supreme Court Justice.)
Re:Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
by edsu on Thursday February 05, 2026 @07:40AM
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Yes, apart from the loss of the publication as a historical artifact, it is the loss of the continuing process that kept it up to date as a representation of the present (with whatever flaws you always have with such representations).
It's also where a lot of the facts on Wikipedia came from. This is a real loss.
I trust CIA over official population numbers from a lot of countries. There was a thread on here recently that pointed out a lot of countries haven't conducted an effective census in many years, if at all: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810027