[khuey]

> If GCP is helping, stay tuned for a blog post from google some time around the completion of the migration with a title like "Reaffirming our commitment to science" or something similarly self affirming.

"Google pays to run an enormous intellectual resource in exchange for a self-congratulatory blogpost" seems like a perfectly acceptable outcome for society here.

[stonogo]

It wasn't when it happened to Usenet.

[toomuchtodo]

Frequent backups to the Internet Archive for rehydration when needed. RIP Dejanews. Hopefully we’ve learned from past experience.

[mistrial9]

mirrors, please