I Am #AliveAndThriving Today! || #IAmAliveChallenge || Daily Off-Grid Jungle Journal Entry: Day #1577 - Technological Tools of Empowerment and Liberation - GaiaYoga Gardens, Lower Puna, Far East Big Island, Hawai'i - Thursday, November 12, 2026

I live naked and barefooted, very close to Earth and Nature, in an 18-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i, and I have for more than 8 years now. Although there are many challenges, I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙

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Like anything, technology has both abysmal and beautiful expressions, and it can be used in glorious or ghastly ways, with most of the technology that the majority of people use every day falling squarely in the former categories. The abysmal and ghastly aspects come in part from a coding methodology that generates poor, or what could be called 'bad code', with another notable part being that so much of the technology that people know has been used against, and to enslave, them. I've become very, very picky about the hardware and software that I use, and for multitudes of exceedingly good reasons.

I talk about sovereignty-aligned, open-source software (FOSS) project and frameworks so often in my posts because they offer a way out of the techno prison that was quickly being built around us (discernment is always necessary, because many open-source projects have been infiltrated and co-opted). The three sovereign FOSS frameworks where I've given the most focus are operating systems, social blockchains, and AI agents, each of which is a potentially very potent tool for empowerment and liberation.

Owning our own devices, the operating systems that run on them, and our data and assets, is of paramount importance. Only then do we have full control of our stack. That's part of why I've run Arch, Artix, and now Omarchy Linux, because they give me full control of my system. FOSS agentic AI dramatically expands the practical capabilities of the people, like me, who work with them, and while there are several closed-source agentic-AI frameworks, just like with operating systems, I stick exclusively with the incredible open-source iterations, like Hermes Agent (or Pi, Prime, Mecury, among others), for the very same reasons.

Community-Driven FOSS social blockchains like Hive, Blurt, Qortal, among others, offer people worldwide the opportunity to rise above local economic conditions, using assets generated on the blockchain, that they own, and that they can use however they want. These blockchain frameworks also give people ownership of their information and data, something that no Web2 platform can promise.

With capable agentic AI, it's now possible to reverse engineer any closed-source software into open-source iterations, as well as to build and mold our own applications, software frameworks, and operating systems, as the need arises. That is a monumental shift to software development, and to what's now possible on our devices.

Yesterday, Thursday, I left the Flow House, after finishing up my Hive-Blurt-'We Are Alive Tribe' tasks, by around 3PM, splitting my time between trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to take some photos for my posts, beginning to prepare some food for Avi's last dinner at GaiaYoga, checking on some financial information with Braja, and preparing two nursery tables for planting papaya seeds. Once I had most of that wrapped up, I headed back to Wabisabi, to get back to making food for the dinner, which I then shared with Avi and Michael, before collecting my leftover superfood fire coffee from the small temporary fridge, and then heading back to the Flow House, to begin my evening Hive tasks, and to work a bit more with Hermes. I got through all of my notifications by just before 10:45PM, and after another round of work with Hermes, and a scan of my X feed, I went to bed by around 12AM. I woke up by just after 7AM, having slept fairly well, going to prepare my superfood fire coffee in Wabisabi, then returning to the Flow House, to begin writing this post, and working some more with Hermes. I paused that for a few moments, to go discuss a few important logistical issues with Avi, before making my way back to the Flow House, to dive into writing this post. It's now just before 1:15PM (though this post will be scheduled to publish at 2:05PM), so it's an excellent time to wrap this up, so that I may attend to my few other important Hive-Blurt-'We Are Alive Tribe' tasks, before preparing for a session that's scheduled for 1:30PM. I deeply appreciate y'all so very much! Until tomorrow's expression of these posts! Always forward, onward, upward, and whaleward, ho, together we go! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

2026 Life Goals

1.) Do regular integral practices again, alone or with others.

2.) Prepare regular batches of my medicinal teas collected from the land again.

3.) Make my plant nursery, and the gardens, beautiful again.

4.) Begin learning relevant coding/programming languages to more fully contribute to the sovereignty-driven technologies where I am active, like Arch Linux, Hive, Qortal, DeSo, and Bastyon.

All photos were taken with my Motorola G Play 2024 Android Phone.

Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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