Some more debugging stuff to help find if it's an issue locally or with BYOND

code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 
 /proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)
 	if(config.main_irc)
+		log_debug("send2mainirc: Sending [msg] to send2irc")
 		send2irc(config.main_irc, msg)
 	return
 
 /proc/send2adminirc(var/msg)
 	var/queuedmsg = "ADMIN - [msg]"
-
+	log_debug("send2adminirc: Sending [queuedmsg] to send2irc")
 	send2irc(config.admin_irc, queuedmsg)
 	return
 

code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /proc/ext_python(var/script, var/args, var/scriptsprefix = 1)
 	if(scriptsprefix) script = "scripts/" + script
-
 	if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
 		script = replacetext(script, "/", "\\")
 
 	var/command = config.python_path + " " + script + " " + args
+	log_debug("ext_python: Sending [command] to shell")
 	shell("[command]")
 	return