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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 07/04/2026
PSA: for users of extension/irc in OpenClaw: Your IRC channel may stop working. We have just shut down the #openclaw channel and a related channel. We normally don't announce closures, but since these were topical and will break things, we're making an exception. Please boost.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 01/04/2026
Hey everyone! While we're pleased with the reception of our IRCv3 upgrades, we realize that some people like older clients and don't want to upgrade. We are currently testing a way for older clients to benefit from our new IRCv3 features. For more info, please visit libera.chat/news/downgra...
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IRCv3 Downgrades
Backporting IRCv3 +typing tags and more to older clients.
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#ircpuzzles @ircpuzzles.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Who is ready for ircpuzzles??? We'll be starting at 12:00 UTC on 2026-04-01 blog.ircpuzzles.org #ircpuzzles #IRC #puzzle #puzzles #InternetRelayChat #chat #Libera #LiberaChat #Internet @liberachat.bsky.social
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Home
Welcome to #ircpuzzles! We are an IRC-based puzzle game. Our home is currently in #ircpuzzles on Libera.Chat We host the annual April Fool's Puzzle and Challenges every year on April 1st as part of ou...
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 17/03/2026
Oregon State University's Open Source Lab is holding a fundraiser to help with their data center migration/upgrade. This move will allow OSUOSL to provide even more support to Open Source projects. Read more: osuosl.org/blog/data-center-migrati…
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 11/02/2026
More IRCv3 on Libera! libera.chat/news/new-and...
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New And Upcoming IRCv3 Features
Adding message-tags, batch, msgid, and invite-notify.
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 27/10/2025
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 25/10/2025
Thank you to all who responded to our previous post and our request for financial help. We have since received the legal advice regarding the OSA, and the news is good. If you want to know more, we have written a new post about our understanding of the advice we got at libera.chat/news/advised
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The good advice
First of all, a massive thank you to everyone who donated since our last post. Our income on Liberapay has roughly quadrupled from what it was before the post. We have also had people reach out to us ...
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 25/10/2025
Thank you to all who responded to our previous post and our request for financial help. We have since received the legal advice regarding the OSA, and the news is good. If you want to know more, we have written a new post about our understanding of the advice we got at libera.chat/news/advised
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The good advice
First of all, a massive thank you to everyone who donated since our last post. Our income on Liberapay has roughly quadrupled from what it was before the post. We have also had people reach out to us ...
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 01/10/2025
At our last MGM, we approved paying for legal advice about the UK's Online Safety Act. While we can afford this bill… it is just one bill. Laws like this are multiplying. So as awkward as this is, we are asking for help. See libera.chat/news/advice for more context.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 01/10/2025
At our last MGM, we approved paying for legal advice about the UK's Online Safety Act. While we can afford this bill… it is just one bill. Laws like this are multiplying. So as awkward as this is, we are asking for help. See libera.chat/news/advice for more context.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 09/05/2025
#OSUOSL will live on! osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut... Huge congrats to @ramereth.bsky.social and the team for securing their necessary funding. If you or your organization were still considering supporting the lab, don't let this good news stop you. Help it thrive, not just survive!
osuosl.org
Forging Our Future: OSL's Path to Sustainability – A Call for Smart Solutions and Enduring Support | OSU Open Source Lab
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 02/05/2025
If you are reading this post, you have benefited from OSUOSL. Projects supported by them power today's Internet architecture. We need organizations that rely on the Internet to get on this page. Ask your employer to arrange an ongoing sponsorship now. 🕖🕘🕚 libera.chat/news/osuosl-... #OSUOSL
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OSUOSL is worth saving
Hey everyone,
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 02/05/2025
If you are reading this post, you have benefited from OSUOSL. Projects supported by them power today's Internet architecture. We need organizations that rely on the Internet to get on this page. Ask your employer to arrange an ongoing sponsorship now. 🕖🕘🕚 libera.chat/news/osuosl-... #OSUOSL
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OSUOSL is worth saving
Hey everyone,
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 30/04/2025
Libera.Chat would not be what we are today, if not for OSL. OSL has been an integral part of open source and open culture project support for a long time. Nonprofits, businesses, and governments, and you depend on projects OSL sponsors. OSL is worth saving. osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut... #osuosl
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Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 30/04/2025
Libera.Chat would not be what we are today, if not for OSL. OSL has been an integral part of open source and open culture project support for a long time. Nonprofits, businesses, and governments, and you depend on projects OSL sponsors. OSL is worth saving. osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut... #osuosl
osuosl.org
Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 18/04/2025
Is your favourite project an open secret on Libera.Chat? We've just rolled out some changes that will help folks decide if their channel visibility is correct. An overview of these features can be found at libera.chat/news/visibil...
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#ircpuzzles @ircpuzzles.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We are LIVE!! Theme this year is MUSIC! blog.ircpuzzles.org/2025/04/2025... #IRC #LiberaChat #Puzzle #Puzzles #April #AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #Chat #chats #game #games #AprilFool #music #musical #song #songs
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2025 April Fool's Puzzle Competition Is Now LIVE
We are happy to present the 2025 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on Libera.Chat! It has begun! To begin, please join #ircpuzzles-2025-afpc-01 with key "music" Most IRC clients should let y...
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 01/04/2025
It is time for us, as volunteers running a real-time communication platform, to address burnout. Doing this is important for the future of our work, and we will be leveraging ✨emerging technologies✨ to achieve it. libera.chat/news/burnout
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Addressing Burnout
A next-generation IRC network for FOSS projects collaboration!
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KDE @kde.org · 29/03/2025
This Week in Plasma brings a massive performance improvement to Spectacles screen recordings, a cleaner login screen for multi-monitor setups, and a less cluttered configuration page for displays. blogs.kde.org/2025/03/29/t...
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/03/2025
arstechnica.com
Devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries
AI bots hungry for data are taking down sites by accident, but humans are fighting back.
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#ircpuzzles @ircpuzzles.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Are you excited for ircpuzzles??? It starts at 12:00 UTC on 2025-04-01 blog.ircpuzzles.org #IRC #ircpuzzles #puzzle #puzzles #irc #AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #AprilFool #game #games #LiberaChat @liberachat.bsky.social
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Home
Welcome to #ircpuzzles! We are an IRC-based puzzle game. Our home is currently in #ircpuzzles on Libera.Chat We host the annual April Fool's Puzzle and Challenges every year on April 1st as part of ou...
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KDE @kde.org · 24/03/2025
"This Week in KDE Apps" brings a lot of improvements to your email, calendar and contact apps; devs consider improvements to Dolphin's new navigation bar; and new features land in you chat app of choice. blogs.kde.org/2025/03/24/t... #twika #apps #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🎉 From our inaugural Science Fair to a “Night at the Museum” reception, the #GrafanaCON 2025 agenda includes a whole lot to be excited about! Plan your experience and register by Mar 31 to save 30% on your ticket: grafana.com/blog/2025/03...
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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
How and what you alert on can mean the difference between meeting reliability goals and breaching an SLA. Join the webinar on March 19 to learn: 🚨 How & what to alert on with Grafana’s simplified alerting 🚨 How to avoid alerting toil and enable predefined alerting rules
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Intro to Alerting with Grafana | Grafana Labs
Master alerting with Grafana: Navigate the complexities, reduce false positives, and boost reliability for your systems.
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Richard "RichiH" Hartmann @richih.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If you are in the area, I'll give the keynote. And if you have a Meetup space for the Monday before I might be able to drop by for an impromptu talk.
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Richard "RichiH" Hartmann @richih.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
To be clear, I will also be giving the keynote if you are not in the area.
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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
#ObservabilityCON on the Road Sydney is happening in less than 2 weeks! Learn how to take your observability to new heights with AI/ML and Adaptive Telemetry — all while reducing costs: bit.ly/3XVKskz
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KDE @kde.org · 17/03/2025
"This Week in KDE Apps" is out! It covers a massive amount of improvements to KDE's personal information management suite (email, calendar, contacts, etc.), new levels in KDE's educational activity collection GCompis, fixes for Amarok, and digiKam's new version 8.6.0. blogs.kde.org/2025/03/17/t...
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03...
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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
After an extensive incident review into a recent Grafana Cloud outage, we want to explain what went wrong, how it was resolved, and what we are doing to prevent something similar from happening in the future.
grafana.com
How we responded to a 2+ hour partial outage in Grafana Cloud | Grafana Labs
After an extensive incident review, we want to explain what went wrong, how it was resolved, and what we are doing to prevent something similar happening again.
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KDE @kde.org · 08/03/2025
Fixes in #Plasma this week: you can now remove the titlebar and frame from a window from the Task Manager, the digital clock gets a nicer-looking font picker dialog, and we have simplified the info shown on Display Configuration, among other improvements and changes. blogs.kde.org/2025/03/08/t...
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FreeBSD Foundation @freebsdfoundation.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The Travel Grant Application for the FreeBSD Developer Summit/BSDCan 2025 is now open! 🎉 The BSDCan 2025 application deadline is April 16, 2025 👉 buff.ly/UPMWMMg #FreeBSD #BSDCan2025 #TravelGrant
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Python Software Foundation @python.org · 06/03/2025
The PSF is excited to share that Ewa Jodlowska has been awarded our Distinguished Service Award for her pivotal role in transforming and stewarding the PSF to better serve the #Python community and its future 👏👏
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PSF Distinguished Service Award Granted to Ewa Jodlowska
Ewa Jodlowska, former PSF Executive Director and Board Member, has been recognized with the PSF’s Distinguished Service Award. For over a decade, Ewa played a pivotal role in transforming the PSF from a volunteer-driven group into a thriving, professional organization. Thanks to her hard work and vision, the PSF now has paid staff, solid funding, and the ability to support the global Python community like never before.
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FreeBSD Foundation @freebsdfoundation.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We are very excited that the FreeBSD Project has once again been accepted as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code. This is the Project's 21st year participating in the program, and we're thrilled to continue in 2025. 🔗 buff.ly/bLHSOni #GSoC #GSoC2025 #FreeBSD #opensource
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Tangled @tangled.org · 02/03/2025
irc is fun, you need to try it! come join us on #tangled @ libera.chat (you can also just use @libera.chat's web chat!: libera.chat/guides/webchat)
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Libera Chat
A next-generation IRC network for FOSS projects collaboration!
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Grafana @grafana.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
☀️ This week, we're heading to Scale 22x (@socallinuxexpo.bsky.social) in Pasadena, California! Meet us at booth #421 between March 6-9 and come check out the #MySQL, system design, and #OpenTelemetry talks from our Grafanistas: socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/pr...
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Some extra videos from the #LibreOffice Conference 2024, covering the wider world of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS): blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03...
Screenshot of thumbnails from video channel
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KDE @kde.org · 01/03/2025
"This week in Plasma" covers how KRunner now sees in color, the disk widget finds errors in your drives, Spectacle gets a spectacular overhaul, and much, much more! blogs.kde.org/2025/03/01/t... #desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #opensource #freedesktop
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KDE @kde.org · 27/02/2025
KDE will be again participating in Google Summer of Code 🎉! Find out how you can contribute to KDE, learn valuable skills using Free Software technologies and get compensated. There are already proposals on the GSoC ideas page community.kde.org/GSoC/2025/Id... Which one are you going to do?
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KDE @kde.org · 22/02/2025
"This Week in Plasma" brings refinements for the weather widget, digital clock, System Settings, Widget Explorer side bar, and more. blogs.kde.org/2025/02/22/t...
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 17/02/2025
First blog post of the year is out!
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A belated state of the network
Happy 2025 everyone!
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 14/02/2025
We love our project communities <3
With mostly heart-styled font the words "Our communities $ make, free software for you, come and /join, a channel or two" appear above a Libera.Chat logo that is modified so that the mountain is now heart-shaped. "$ make" and "/join" are in a console font because they are commands.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 31/12/2024
As we count down to 2025, please join us in #libera-newyears on #liberachat for our traditional ascii art spam fest.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 31/12/2024
As we count down to 2025, please join us in #libera-newyears on #liberachat for our traditional ascii art spam fest.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 06/12/2024
Got the holiday lights up!
A gif of a stylized pink mountain with twinkling lights on it
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 13/09/2024
There is still time to organise a Software Freedom Day event for next Saturday! Check out digitalfreedoms.org for more info!
Saturday, 21 Sept 2024
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Happy 20th Software Freedom Day with love from Libera.Chat. Free software is on us.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 12/08/2024
Impawtant mews everyone! The libera.cat shirts we promised have finally landed on freewear.org :3
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 03/07/2024
Attention ZNC users: An RCE vulnerability has been discovered in ZNC's modtcl. You should disable this module until patched. More info at libera.chat/news/zncpsa (CVE-2024-39844)
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PSA: Critical vulnerability in ZNC’s modtcl
TL;DR - If you are using a version of modtcl that is NOT from ZNC 1.9.1 (distribution versions may differ) or newer, update or unload it immediately.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 21/06/2024
Our Tor service now has the "Proof of Work defense" enabled. If you encounter new problems connecting over Tor please let us know.
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Libera Chat @libera.chat · 19/05/2024
We're three today! libera.chat/news/three
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Three!
Hello everyone!
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