import socket

server = "irc.libera.chat"
channel = "##tech-tangents"
botnick = "notcqst"

irc = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

print("connecting to: " + server)

irc.connect((server, 6667))

irc.send(b'this should fail')

while 1:
    text = irc.rec(2040)
    print(text)