This article is dedicated to the Finnish rap group Lyömättömät, who use IRC to interact with the audience of their national radio show. Let’s look at the happenings in the IRC ecosystem during the first half of 2021. Palaver ❤️ Ergo A cool collaboration story during this period is Palaver iOS app working with Ergo daemon (formerly known as Oragono) in order to build a new standard on push notifications for IRC (Ergo issues 1527 and 1626 discuss the topic).