diff --git a/code/__defines/art.dm b/code/__defines/art.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index 473f7f3565e..00000000000
--- a/code/__defines/art.dm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-
-///tgui tab portrait categories- they're the same across all portrait tguis.
-#define TAB_LIBRARY 1
-#define TAB_SECURE 2
-#define TAB_PRIVATE 3
diff --git a/code/_global_vars/_regexes.dm b/code/_global_vars/_regexes.dm
index 336706fc468..cf5995f6999 100644
--- a/code/_global_vars/_regexes.dm
+++ b/code/_global_vars/_regexes.dm
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_http_protocol, /regex, regex("^https?://"))
 
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(is_valid_url, /regex, regex("((?:https://)\[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}.\[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._+~#=]{1,256}\\b(?:\[-a-zA-Z0-9@():%_+.,~#?&/=]*\[^.,!?:; ()<>{}\\[]\n\"'´`]))", "gm"))
 
+//finds text strings recognized as links on discord. Mainly used to stop embedding.
+GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(has_discord_embeddable_links, /regex, regex("(https?://\[^\\s|<\]{2,})"))
+
 //All < and > characters
 GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(angular_brackets, /regex, regex(@"[<>]", "g"))
 
diff --git a/code/_helpers/chat.dm b/code/_helpers/chat.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbb124b9508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/_helpers/chat.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * Asynchronously sends a message to TGS admin chat channels.
+ *
+ * category - The category of the mssage.
+ * message - The message to send.
+ */
+/proc/send2adminchat(category, message, embed_links = FALSE)
+	set waitfor = FALSE
+
+	category = replacetext(replacetext(category, "\proper", ""), "\improper", "")
+	message = replacetext(replacetext(message, "\proper", ""), "\improper", "")
+	if(!embed_links)
+		message = GLOB.has_discord_embeddable_links.Replace(replacetext(message, "`", ""), " ```$1``` ")
+	world.TgsTargetedChatBroadcast(new /datum/tgs_message_content("[category] | [message]"), TRUE)
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystems/ticker.dm b/code/controllers/subsystems/ticker.dm
index 240d05f82b7..b0350a32564 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystems/ticker.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystems/ticker.dm
@@ -237,9 +237,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(ticker)
 
 	var/list/adm = get_admin_counts()
 	var/list/allmins = adm["present"]
-	// TODO: IMPLEMENT: send2adminchat("Server", "Round [GLOB.round_id ? "#[GLOB.round_id]" : ""] has started[allmins.len ? ".":" with no active admins online!"]")
-	if(!allmins.len)
-		send2adminirc("A round has started with no admins online.")
+	send2adminchat("Server", "Round [GLOB.round_id ? "#[GLOB.round_id]" : ""] has started[allmins.len ? ".":" with no active admins online!"]")
 
 	setup_done = TRUE
 	// TODO START
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm
index cdce34f3925..f7cdf7dd358 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/game_mode.dm
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(additional_antag_types)
 	if(escaped_on_pod_5 > 0)
 		feedback_set("escaped_on_pod_5",escaped_on_pod_5)
 
-	send2mainirc("A round of [src.name] has ended - [surviving_total] survivors, [ghosts] ghosts.")
+	// send2mainirc("A round of [src.name] has ended - [surviving_total] survivors, [ghosts] ghosts.")
 	SSwebhooks.send(
 		WEBHOOK_ROUNDEND,
 		list(
diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
index bd628f16592..c77eb775ec6 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminpm.dm
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@
 		to_chat(src, span_admin_pm_notice("PM to-" + span_bold("Admins") + ": [rawmsg]"))
 		admin_ticket_log(src, span_admin_pm_warning("Reply PM from-" + span_bold("[key_name(src, TRUE, TRUE)]") + " to " + span_italics("IRC") + ": [keywordparsedmsg]"))
 		ircreplyamount--
-		send2irc("Reply: [ckey]",rawmsg)
 	else
 		if(recipient.holder)
 			if(holder)	//both are admins
diff --git a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm
index 07c2275f164..3d4591f0806 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
@@ -112,16 +112,6 @@
 		cmd_mentor_pm(C, null)
 		return
 
-	if(href_list["irc_msg"])
-		if(!check_rights_for(src, R_HOLDER) && received_irc_pm < world.time - 6000) //Worse they can do is spam IRC for 10 minutes
-			to_chat(src, span_warning("You are no longer able to use this, it's been more than 10 minutes since an admin on IRC has responded to you"))
-			return
-		if(mute_irc)
-			to_chat(usr, span_warning("You cannot use this as your client has been muted from sending messages to the admins on IRC"))
-			return
-		send2adminirc(href_list["irc_msg"])
-		return
-
 	//VOREStation Add
 	if(href_list["discord_reg"])
 		var/their_id = html_decode(href_list["discord_reg"])
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/github.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/github.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index f5c1a0584d0..00000000000
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/irc.dm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/proc/send2irc(var/channel, var/msg)
-	return  // VOREStation Edit - Can't exploit shell if we never call shell!
-	/* Unreachable with above VOREStation Edit
-	if (config.use_irc_bot)
-		if (config.use_node_bot)
-			shell("node bridge.js -h \"[config.irc_bot_host]\" -p \"[config.irc_bot_port]\" -c \"[channel]\" -m \"[escape_shell_arg(msg)]\"")
-		else
-			if (config.irc_bot_host)
-				if(config.irc_bot_export)
-					spawn(-1) // spawn here prevents hanging in the case that the bot isn't reachable
-						world.Export("http://[config.irc_bot_host]:45678?[list2params(list(pwd=config.comms_password, chan=channel, mesg=msg))]")
-				else
-					if(config.use_lib_nudge)
-						var/nudge_lib
-						if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
-							nudge_lib = "lib\\nudge.dll"
-						else
-							nudge_lib = "lib/nudge.so"
-
-						spawn(0)
-							LIBCALL(nudge_lib, "nudge")("[config.comms_password]","[config.irc_bot_host]","[channel]","[escape_shell_arg(msg)]")
-					else
-						spawn(0)
-							ext_python("ircbot_message.py", "[config.comms_password] [config.irc_bot_host] [channel] [escape_shell_arg(msg)]")
-	return
-	*/
-
-/proc/send2mainirc(var/msg)
-	if(CONFIG_GET(string/main_irc))
-		send2irc(CONFIG_GET(string/main_irc), msg)
-	return
-
-/proc/send2adminirc(var/msg)
-	if(CONFIG_GET(string/admin_irc))
-		send2irc(CONFIG_GET(string/admin_irc), msg)
-	return
-
-
-/hook/startup/proc/ircNotify()
-	send2mainirc("Server starting up on byond://[CONFIG_GET(string/serverurl) ? CONFIG_GET(string/serverurl) : (CONFIG_GET(string/server) ? CONFIG_GET(string/server) : "[world.address]:[world.port]")]")
-	return 1
diff --git a/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm b/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index d7cb462d194..00000000000
--- a/code/modules/ext_scripts/python.dm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Ported from /vg/.
-/proc/escape_shell_arg(var/arg)
-	// RCE prevention
-	// - Encloses arg in single quotes
-	// - Escapes single quotes
-	// Also escapes %, ! on windows
-	if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
-		arg = replacetext(arg, "^", "^^") // Escape char
-		arg = replacetext(arg, "%", "%%") // %PATH% -> %%PATH%%
-		arg = replacetext(arg, "!", "^!") // !PATH!, delayed variable expansion on Windows
-		arg = replacetext(arg, "\"", "^\"")
-		arg = "\"[arg]\""
-	else
-		arg = replacetext(arg, "\\", "\\\\'") // Escape char
-		arg = replacetext(arg, "'", "\\'")    // No breaking out of the single quotes.
-		arg = "'[arg]'"
-	return arg
-
-/proc/ext_python(var/script, var/arguments, var/scriptsprefix = 1)
-	return  // VOREStation Edit - Can't exploit shell if we never call shell!
-	/* Unreachable with above vorestation edit
-	if(scriptsprefix)
-		script = "scripts/" + script
-
-	if(world.system_type == MS_WINDOWS)
-		script = replacetext(script, "/", "\\")
-
-	var/command = config.python_path + " " + script + " " + arguments
-	return shell(command)
-	*/
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/logout.dm b/code/modules/mob/logout.dm
index c1a1a9ca814..1f7e49f67ff 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/logout.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/logout.dm
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@
 	update_client_z(null)
 	log_access_out(src)
 	unset_machine()
+
 	var/datum/admins/is_admin = GLOB.admin_datums[src.ckey]
 	if(is_admin && is_admin.check_for_rights(R_HOLDER))
 		message_admins("Staff logout: [key_name(src)]") // Staff logout notice displays no matter what
-		if (SSticker && SSticker.current_state == GAME_STATE_PLAYING) //Only report this stuff if we are currently playing.
-			var/admins_number = GLOB.admins.len
 
-			if(admins_number == 0) //Apparently the admin logging out is no longer an admin at this point, so we have to check this towards 0 and not towards 1. Awell.
-				send2adminirc("[key_name(src)] logged out - no more admins online.")
 	set_listening(NON_LISTENING_ATOM) //maybe remove this, even if it will cause a teensy bit more lag
 	..()
 
-	return 1
+	return TRUE
diff --git a/code/modules/tickets/procs.dm b/code/modules/tickets/procs.dm
index 071f0d7b79b..b288fbcc19a 100644
--- a/code/modules/tickets/procs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tickets/procs.dm
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ADMIN_VERB(cmd_mentor_ticket_panel, (R_ADMIN|R_SERVER|R_MOD|R_MENTOR), "Mentor T
 
 //// VOREstation Additions Below
 
-/datum/ticket/proc/send2adminchat()
+/datum/ticket/proc/send2adminchatwebhook()
 	if(!CONFIG_GET(string/chat_webhook_url))
 		return
 
diff --git a/code/modules/tickets/tickets.dm b/code/modules/tickets/tickets.dm
index 788de9810da..89b16161680 100644
--- a/code/modules/tickets/tickets.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tickets/tickets.dm
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/obj/effect/statclick/ticket_list)
 		log_admin("Ticket #[id]: [key_name(initiator)]: [name] - heard by [admin_number_present] non-AFK admins who have +BAN.")
 		if(admin_number_present <= 0)
 			to_chat(C, span_notice("No active admins are online, your adminhelp was sent to the admin discord."))
-	send2adminchat()
+	send2adminchatwebhook()
 
 	var/list/adm = get_admin_counts()
 	var/list/activemins = adm["present"]
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ INITIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(/obj/effect/statclick/ticket)
 			final = "[msg] - No admins online"
 		else
 			final = "[msg] - All admins stealthed\[[english_list(stealthmins)]\], AFK\[[english_list(afkmins)]\], or lacks +BAN\[[english_list(powerlessmins)]\]! Total: [allmins.len] "
-		send2irc(source,final)
+		// send2irc(source,final)
 
 /proc/ircadminwho()
 	var/list/message = list("Admins: ")
diff --git a/vorestation.dme b/vorestation.dme
index 49b9388e0cb..5dd0e32428d 100644
--- a/vorestation.dme
+++ b/vorestation.dme
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
 #include "code\_helpers\announcements.dm"
 #include "code\_helpers\atmospherics.dm"
 #include "code\_helpers\atom_movables.dm"
+#include "code\_helpers\chat.dm"
 #include "code\_helpers\datums.dm"
 #include "code\_helpers\events.dm"
 #include "code\_helpers\files.dm"
@@ -2634,8 +2635,6 @@
 #include "code\modules\examine\descriptions\telecomms.dm"
 #include "code\modules\examine\descriptions\turfs.dm"
 #include "code\modules\examine\descriptions\weapons.dm"
-#include "code\modules\ext_scripts\irc.dm"
-#include "code\modules\ext_scripts\python.dm"
 #include "code\modules\fireworks\firework_launcher.dm"
 #include "code\modules\fireworks\firework_stars.dm"
 #include "code\modules\fireworks\launcher_construction.dm"