diff --git a/app/pages/recharging.vue b/app/pages/recharging.vue
index 69316f510..b84a6f6c1 100644
--- a/app/pages/recharging.vue
+++ b/app/pages/recharging.vue
@@ -57,48 +57,6 @@ const icons = [
   'i-lucide:star',
   'i-lucide:moon',
 ] as const
-
-// --- .ics calendar reminder ---
-
-// Format as UTC for the .ics file
-const fmt = (d: Date) =>
-  d
-    .toISOString()
-    .replace(/[-:]/g, '')
-    .replace(/\.\d{3}/, '')
-
-// Pick a random daytime hour (9–17) in the user's local timezone on Feb 22
-// so reminders are staggered and people don't all flood in at once.
-function downloadIcs() {
-  const hour = 9 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 9) // 9..17
-  const start = new Date(2026, 1, 22, hour, 0, 0) // month is 0-indexed
-  const end = new Date(2026, 1, 22, hour + 1, 0, 0)
-
-  const uid = `npmx-vacations-${start.getTime()}@npmx.dev`
-
-  const ics = [
-    'BEGIN:VCALENDAR',
-    'VERSION:2.0',
-    'PRODID:-//npmx//recharging//EN',
-    'BEGIN:VEVENT',
-    `DTSTART:${fmt(start)}`,
-    `DTEND:${fmt(end)}`,
-    `SUMMARY:npmx Discord is back!`,
-    `DESCRIPTION:The npmx team is back from vacation. Time to rejoin! https://chat.npmx.dev`,
-    'STATUS:CONFIRMED',
-    `UID:${uid}`,
-    'END:VEVENT',
-    'END:VCALENDAR',
-  ].join('\r\n')
-
-  const blob = new Blob([ics], { type: 'text/calendar;charset=utf-8' })
-  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
-  const a = document.createElement('a')
-  a.href = url
-  a.download = 'npmx-discord-reminder.ics'
-  a.click()
-  URL.revokeObjectURL(url)
-}
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -149,7 +107,7 @@ function downloadIcs() {
       </div>
 
       <section class="prose prose-invert max-w-none space-y-8">
-        <!-- What's happening -->
+        <!-- What happened -->
         <div>
           <h2 class="text-lg text-fg-subtle uppercase tracking-wider mb-4">
             {{ $t('vacations.what.title') }}
@@ -238,11 +196,6 @@ function downloadIcs() {
               </template>
             </i18n-t>
           </p>
-
-          <!-- Add to calendar button -->
-          <ButtonBase classicon="i-lucide:calendar" @click="downloadIcs">
-            {{ $t('vacations.return.add_to_calendar') }}
-          </ButtonBase>
         </div>
 
         <div
diff --git a/i18n/locales/en.json b/i18n/locales/en.json
index 96ba7e6f2..efcf52cd0 100644
--- a/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -1131,28 +1131,27 @@
   },
   "vacations": {
     "title": "on vacation",
-    "meta_description": "The npmx team is recharging. Discord reopens in a week.",
+    "meta_description": "The npmx team was recharging. Discord reopened after a week.",
     "heading": "recharging",
-    "subtitle": "we've been building npmx at a pace that has cost {some} of us sleep. we don't want that to be the norm! so we are taking a week off. together.",
+    "subtitle": "we were building npmx at a pace that was costing {some} of us sleep. we didn't want that to be the norm! so we took a week off. together.",
     "illustration_alt": "a single row of cosy icons",
     "poke_log": "Poke the campfire",
     "what": {
-      "title": "what's happening",
-      "p1": "discord is closed {dates}.",
+      "title": "what happened",
+      "p1": "discord was closed {dates}.",
       "dates": "February 14 – 21",
-      "p2": "all invite links are gone and channels are locked – except {garden}, which stays open for folks who want to keep hanging out.",
+      "p2": "all invite links were gone and channels were locked – except {garden}, which stayed open for folks who wanted to keep hanging out.",
       "garden": "#garden"
     },
     "meantime": {
       "title": "in the meantime",
-      "p1": "{site} and {repo} stay open – dig in, file issues, open PRs. we'll get to everything when we're back. just don't expect a fast review. we'll be somewhere near a cosy fireplace.",
+      "p1": "{site} and {repo} stayed open – people still dug in, filed some issues, opened a few PRs, but mainly everyone spent time somewhere near a cosy fireplace.",
       "repo_link": "the repo"
     },
     "return": {
-      "title": "see you soon",
-      "p1": "we'll come back recharged and ready for the final push to March 3rd. {social} for updates.",
-      "social_link": "follow us on Bluesky",
-      "add_to_calendar": "remind me when Discord reopens"
+      "title": "we came back!",
+      "p1": "we came back recharged and ready for the final push to March 3rd. {social} for updates.",
+      "social_link": "follow us on Bluesky"
     },
     "stats": {
       "contributors": "Contributors",
diff --git a/i18n/schema.json b/i18n/schema.json
index 10e36631b..ab57d627d 100644
--- a/i18n/schema.json
+++ b/i18n/schema.json
@@ -3459,9 +3459,6 @@
             },
             "social_link": {
               "type": "string"
-            },
-            "add_to_calendar": {
-              "type": "string"
             }
           },
           "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/vercel.json b/vercel.json
index cb99d8f75..a72838625 100644
--- a/vercel.json
+++ b/vercel.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
           "value": "chat.npmx.dev"
         }
       ],
-      "destination": "https://npmx.dev/recharging"
+      "destination": "https://discord.gg/x9KE5U2q8w"
     },
     {
       "source": "/(.*)",