32 days . . .

[D]

>Effective February 22, 2024, Google Groups will no longer support new
>Usenet content. Posting and subscribing will be disallowed, and new
>content from Usenet peers will not appear. Viewing and searching of
>historical data will still be supported as it is done today.

[Richard Harnden]

Rather pointless, but ...

#!/bin/ksh

typeset -i GG=$(date -d "2024-02-22 00:00:00" +%s)
typeset -i NOW=$(date +%s)

while [ $NOW -lt $GG ]
do
echo t-minus $((GG-NOW)) seconds
sleep 1
NOW=$(date +%s)
done

echo +++ no carrier +++

return 1

[D]

can't help but wonder if the powers that be might've been advised to command
their google2news division to stand down and quietly withdraw from the field