I hope the two guys that keep Google Scholar going as a pet project didn't get laid off. Just as a quiet reminder of the fragile contingency of this core academic service.
@SteveBHolt For those worried, you might like to know about Semantic Scholar, which is a nonprofit and has a large team of researchers and engineers: https://www.semanticscholar.org/
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