@richardsever With the current US administration going after everything scientific and especially biomedical, wouldn't it be a good time to establish a European mirror of @biorxivpreprint ? Maybe hosted by the EMBL?

It would be such a huge loss if they managed to shut down #biorxiv...

@Guillawme @biorxivpreprint important to stress we are not funded or operated by the US govt so I think that worst case scenario is unlikely, but it's an important consideration (as is long-term archiving, which is covered by Portico)

TBH I would be more worried about PubMed and the fact that while it is mirrored by EBI they still depend on US PubMed for submissions...

@richardsever @biorxivpreprint Good to know. I thought so, since CSHL is not a government entity, but good to see it confirmed.
And you are right that PubMed is especially vulnerable, which was already apparent in the past with "simple" government shutdowns being sufficient to put it out of service for a few days.