As an update: last night, new freenode staff seized control over the linux, free software foundation and python channels, banning long term members on the way to do so.
https://twitter.com/marklu/status/1403956182524387330 https://twitter.com/fsf/status/1403941542532952067 https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202106/goodbye_freenode.html The rule that single-# channels are official is no longer in place, and people not endorsed by FSF were granted operator status in the FSF channel. Even though I know that we can't speed up the Matrix migration, I highly recommend we cut ties with freenode as soon as possible, and I expect us to be screwed over during the migration as well, so expect some turbulence. Kind regards, Christian
