I had the honor and pleasure to speak with Sam Smith about the new operating system he’s building: Serenum. We had a conversation about what motivated him to build this system, plans for the future, and where this all meets the bigger picture.

Now more than ever, itā€™s time to seriously look closer at the fundamentals of our technological landscape and Sam has done the hard work of building something that could be the beginning of a solid new foundation to build on. For those who want to really advance their technical skills, itā€™s a great chance to seize the opportunity to understand computers at a very sophisticated level. Even for the ā€˜non-wizardsā€™ among us, this project should represent a ray of hope in an otherwise tragically bleak technological landscape.

Even for those among us who arenā€™t ā€˜computer wizardsā€™, this project should represent a ray of hope in an otherwise tragically bleak technological landscape. When it comes to forging a new path, I believe that making technology truly personal is something that can be a real game-changer. Even if one isnā€™t able to engage with or directly support this project, some of the fundamental principles are worth understanding to be aware of just how different things can be.

This project is fascinating for many reasons, but especially because itā€™s a call to action for those who wish to start truly innovating for the future. Many programmers, especially inexperienced ones can become intimidated by ā€œlow levelā€ development, feeling filtered by complexity and lost in a labyrinth of extremely technical documentation.

The Serenum project is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of an exciting new frontier to take oneā€™s technological knowledge to a new level. At the very least, let this conversation to be a reminder to stay curious, push the boundaries of your knowledge, and take the time to truly gain mastery over circuitry.

If you’d like to learn more about the Serenum operating system, you can take a look at the latest release. Interested in more technical background details? Take a look at his original demo and follow-up Q&A.

Keep up with Sam’s work at: Twitch, YouTube, or join the discussion on Discord.

This is an ambitious project, which in its own right is worth celebrating. I highly recommend thinking seriously about having reasonable expectations for what you intend to get out of this. If you feel you have the desire, time, and patience you may want to consider getting your hands on the hardware. You can do so at taberna.shop.

Other from scratch operating systems you may have heard of, or be curious about are:

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Cyber Fix is on hiatus, you may now listen to full episodes on PeerTube

Y&V - Lune: https://youtu.be/n79aphwhpW0

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Many hands make light work. This is the essence behind the idea of Operation: Beehive which outlines how people can use various software collaboration tools for non-technical uses. Git by it’s nature is an offline-first collaborative tool, this perfectly models what the optimal offline/online balance should be for many activities.

To maintain our digital autonomy, it’s crucial to find ways to collaborate without being locked behind cloud platforms or locked-in services. This requires working in completely different ways than how Big Tech has trained people to collaborate within their digital walls. In scouring the net for research and ideas, I stumbled on Gitnuro which is described as a “A FOSS Git multi-platform client for newbies and pros.”

I hope you find this conversation with me and Abdelilah El Aissaoui illuminating and inspiring. It was a pleasure to discuss not only his project but also his experiences and what people can do to support excellent software like Gitnuro. If we want to change the technological landscape for the better, it requires is to put our money where our needs are and support independent developers and projects ourselves.

Abeliah himself gives some excellent tips on what actions people can take. Even simple things like opening quality issues, donations, or even a written thanks can go a long way to reinvigorate their efforts. I hope that you may consider sponsoring Abdelilah on github, or any other Free Software project that suits you well!

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Join Gabriel & Liam Sturgess in a discussion taking a look at the video Canada Fell Behind on Digital ID by Canadian Civil. The video contrasts Canada’s government log-in systems against Australia’s RealMe single sign-on, making the argument that Canada should make changes. This video, presents an opportunity to learn from advocates for strong Digital ID systems, and to refine our understanding of the merits and pitfalls of that position.

Take the opportunity to watch our response to Canadian Civil’s video. You’ll likely be surprised about how much you can learn by listening to fierce advocates on ’the other side’ on this issue and others. It is far better to be equipped with awareness of your opposition’s arguments, rather than to be disarmed by ignorance. We’ll encounter some of the very strong arguments behind changing the way Canada currently does things, but also our concerns about how that change may take place.

Due to many technical issues during recording unfortunately the production quality is not as desired. Some cleanup was done, but my apologies for the overall visual quality.

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Earlier this week, I hastily recorded a video for the substack newsletter to dennounce the astounding behavior by Unjected in response to news breaking of their site being found to have serious vulnerabilities. Instead of informting their users of the risks of their information being vulnerable, the company instead would prefer to downplay and dismiss any concerns and mislead their users about what steps they should take to protect their private information.

I have included the video here for anyone who may like to see an exemplary example of the attitude you DON’T want to see in operators of a site you frequent. It’s important that people learn Lessons from Alt-Tech Failures of the past. It’s highly concerning how various ventures will take people’s values or identity to wear a skin-suit of them for self-serving reasons. Educate your friends and family of the risks of data breaches, and try to choose only online services you can trust, better yet consider self-hosting what you can.

More importantly, don’t let people use the scare tactic of “the government can get everything” to dissuade you from putting in the effort to reinforce your own privacy and security. There are many advantages to even incremental steps that can resolve future problems.

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I had the pleasure of Joining Jason Lavigne on The Lavigne Show. It was an excellent opportunity to share my message with a Canadian audience of liberty-minded individuals across the country. Jason has had a fascinating variety of guests on his show including Hrvoje of Geopolitics & Empire, Doc Malik, JJ Couey and even Dr Robert Malone among many others.

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I had an excellent time talking with Hrvoje Morić on his TNT Radio show. I highly recommend getting caught up with some of his great interviews with a very wide variety of fascinating guests. If you donā€™t already know of Hrvoje, youā€™re missing out and should absolutely take a look at Geopolitics & Empire!

An update from the Geopolitics & Empire telegram channel:

Hrvoje has left the building! I have finally found a guerrilla with enough experience to replace me on TNT Radio. Veteran information warrior Lieutenant General Jason Bermas!

The Ides of March was my last transmission on TNT Radio after 2 straight and grueling years of non-stop live shows without pause or break…broadcasting from Croatia and from around the USA and MĆ©xico.

I am completely frazzled and burned out. I LOVE TNT Radio, they have been amazing to me, they’ve never censored me or caused me any problems, in fact…they’ve largely left me alone the entire time. They were basically like: here’s a mic, you got 2-3 hours, here’s your pay, go!

But doing 10-15 interviews a week is nuts, personally, for me right now. I desperately need to take a break and slow down. I will re-focus my efforts on Geopolitics & Empire! Stay frosty and stay tuned! šŸŽ™ āœŠ

Itā€™s been an honor to be part of Hrvojeā€™s show on TNT Radio, and wish him the best!

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In anticipation of publishing a new tools of the technocracy article, I had a chat with Hrvoje on his show to talk about what I had learned watching through The Network State Conference 2023. It’s clear that the entire concept of Network States as published in The Network State and highlighted by the speakers, is at best an attempt to dress up an all-encompassing technocratic terror. At worst, it’s a declaration of a world-wide open bid on human surveillance and control. Sharing some initial thoughts for the discussion, follow up article in Tools of the Technocracy #12

More episodes: https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com/s/hrvoje-moric-show-tnt-radio

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