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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

MERK 0.052.150 has been released! With some new fun features, and a bunch of bugfixes. Grab it today! IRC is one of the only chat platforms that is not controlled by any corporation or individual. IRC will never ask to see your ID! See you on the servers!

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Release 0.052.150 · nutjob-laboratories/merk

Summary MERK is a free, open source, multiple-document interface Internet relay chat for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It can be run with Python 3.9+ if PyQt5 and Twisted are installed; to connect to ...

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Fourth of July weekend, and Detroit Edison doesn't seem to be doing much over the fact that around 20% of their customers don't have power (including your truly). I'm so tired of the corruption in this city.

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

ASCII art display is fixed! You can now view pretty ASCII art in MERK :-) The fix is in the latest development build, and will be in the next release! See you on the servers!

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Imgur just blocked a comment (and threatened to ban my account!) for mentioning that IRC is the last chat platform not controlled by a corporation or a government. I hate this timeline.

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

MERK O.051.900 has been released! With an all-new feature: server profiles! Set server-specific nicks, username, and realnames. Also with a whole slew of bugfixes! Come join us on IRC, the last chat platform that isn't controlled by any corporation or government!

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Release 0.051.900 · nutjob-laboratories/merk

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

MERK 0.051.850 has been released! With some new features, like nickname highlighting in chat, with custom colors! Come join us on IRC! It's chat that isn't controlled by any corporation, by the people and for the people. MERK is completely free, and so is IRC! See you on the servers!

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Release 0.051.850 · nutjob-laboratories/merk

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Marty Olliff @martyolliff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It’s telling that Alabama took 14 years to implement Brown (you MUST desegregate) and < 14 days to implement Callais (you CAN eliminate Black districts if you call them Democratic, but you don’t HAVE to).

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Man, I just found out my favorite vape shop closed down. Goodbye, Metro Vapor Plus, you will be missed :-(

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⛥🏳️‍⚧️princess catalin ฅᗢฅ☭ꙮ ☑️ @coffeecat.tgirl.gay · 19/04/2026

nobody talk about this, we have to keep this the best kept secret of all time

how many catalytic converters worth of precious metals are in an ai data center

A single large-scale AI data center can contain precious metal value equivalent to tens of thousands of catalytic converters.

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This job market is not great. Anybody hiring?

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

MERK 0.051.600 has been released! The release includes some major improvements for scripting, window and subwindow transparency, and a whole bunch of bugfixes! Come hang out with us on IRC! It's always free, and no corporation controls it!

github.com

Release 0.051.600 · nutjob-laboratories/merk

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greenarrowcore.bsky.social @greenarrowcore.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

GREEN ARROW SAYS EAT THE RICH #GreenArrow #EatTheRich #EmeraldArcher 1. You probably have seen this panel. It's from JLA 80-Page Giant(1998) #1 It's a great short story. Only 10 pages.

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

He doesn't want to be interrupted.

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MERK IRC @wraithnix.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

OMG, I finally saw @margaret.bsky.social for the first time on Some More News, and the crush I already had on her got a little...worse? Not the right word. Better? Also not the right word. Damnit. Parasociality is not healthy. She is amazing.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

it's always a little funny when a massive world-historic tragedy winds up being a huge win for exactly one intended victim

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/02/2026

"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."

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Inside the resistance with Will Stancil

"It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep. PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.

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Chomiak Official’s The Horror Film @chomiakofficial.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Only 3.5% of a population needs to protest to topple a dictatorship. That’s it—3.5%. Don’t be made to feel like you can’t make a difference. Keep up the pressure! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_...

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3.5% rule - Wikipedia

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