@codl it seems like the servers are going to be given to someone that the staffers don't trust and a very large number of channels are moving to https://libera.chat/
someone at freenode actually made ChanServ quit from the network with the message:
ChanServ (ChanServ@services.) has Quit (Killed (grumble (My fellow staff so-called 'friends' are about to hand over account data to a non-staff member. If you care about your data, drop your NickServ account NOW before that happens.)))