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Steve Hewitt
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Father, husband, teacher, musician, gamer, and incognito Muppet. Into news, politics, video games, music, books, and some limited pop culture.
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So, I guess I’m supposed to mention the things I like to help people find their people. #promosky

Books - mostly Sci-fi/fantasy
Video Games - RPGs/JRPGs, strategy, puzzles, PlayStation
Music - Alt Rock, Jazz, Pop, Electronic and Classical
Board Games - Lots!
RPGs - D&D etc
Politics - Progressive
I am unreasonably proud of this.
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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The CIA World Factbook is/was an amazing public resource and shuttering it seems astoundingly awful.
The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.

Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.

www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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I have FOIAd the CIA World Factbook and the reasons for its removal
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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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 […]
Original post on fedi.simonwillison.net
fedi.simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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I miss the CIA World Factbook…Already.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA
www.cia.gov
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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cia world factbook had been on the ropes for years but surprised to discover that the CIA has announced it is officially shutting down, with no stated explanation, with no warning.
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Reposted by Steve Hewitt
The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.

Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.

www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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The State Department wiped out most of the resources on their "Countries and Areas" site, which I regularly used in my teaching. Now all you get is "Highlights" and press releases. If you look at archived info from previous admin, they still have relevant Dept reports and statements, econ data, etc.
February 4, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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It'd be ironic if it was because of this (which is actually really bad!)
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA
www.cia.gov
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I’m a single issue voter, and that issue is bringing back the single most authoritative resource that exists for learning about the nations of the world: The CIA World Factbook. (No, I’m not really a single-issue voter. But I am mad as hell about this being taken offline.) apnews.com/article/cia-...
CIA ends publication of its popular World Factbook reference tool
The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual. The agency announced the decision Wednesday but gave no reason for it.
apnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Tried a Mediterranean place for the first time. Or Kansas’s version of Mediterranean, anyway. Had Greek before, but this was a bit different. Chicken shawarma with falafel on the side. I loved it, but the missus not so much.
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:

One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing

And then you'll say. Wait a second.

Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Metric Tip

xkcd.com/3164/
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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I am digging the creative dunking by the Dems
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Gave Sword of the Sea a try. Beautiful visuals and music. Fun traversal. Boring gameplay. Gave me motion sickness. Played about 2 hours and now I'm done. (In the game's defense, I've been a bit under the weather for most of a week and am particularly susceptible to motion sickness right now.)
August 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I have taken
the pamphlets
that were in
the plum box

and which
you were probably
saving
to give with plums

Forgive me
they were fascinating
so radicalizing
and I'm allergic to plums
Free plums and propaganda.
July 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Water. Wet.
BREAKING NEWS: Wall Street Journal reports Trump's name is in the Epstein Files.
July 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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July 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Fix This Sign

xkcd.com/3113/
July 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Here’s an idea: what if the United States had a legislature.
Mike Johnson on Texas floods: "In a moment like this, we feel just as helpless as everyone else does ... all we know to do at this moment is pray."
July 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Weird Al’s Secret NES Game!! (ft. “Weird Al” Yankovic)
YouTube video by Doogtoons
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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June 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM