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Gabe Rocks
by Gabriel
Gabriel's personal ramblings gaberocks.substack.com
Episodes
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Presentation: Lessons learned in overcoming obesity
I had the opportunity to share my weight loss story at the Blooming Sunflower Center In the last few years I’ve lost over 330lbs and gone from feeling entirely trapped in my body to being able to bike and rollerblade! It has been a radical shift in my day-to-day experience and has had a profound...
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Major Milestone: Below 250
Read on my website. The last big weight milestone I’m not done shedding pounds, but there likely won’t be another big round number to focus on. It was not that long ago I was thrilled to be below 500 Shortly after I went below 450 and was already remarkably mobile compared to the start. Mid last...
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Become Unyielding: Overcoming despair and complacency
Read on Gabe.Rocks Over the course of my radical weight loss journey I’ve learned a lot. The most important lesson in my opinion has been developing an uncompromising growth mindset. It is clear to me that such a mindset is very applicable to things far beyond personal health. This is my attempt…
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Major Victory: 300lbs down and riding my bike again
There’s no real “finish line” on this whole building a healthy lifestyle thing, but I’m finally at the point where the immense amount of work put in feels worthwhile. I can now bike again, which feels incredible. After putting it off for some time I finally got my old bicycle (lots of sentimental...
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Walk with me: Down but not out
It has been a while since I’ve published one of these off-the-cuff walking monologues. In short, I’ve been worn down from the disappointment of continuing to reach higher, and feeling punished when minor injuries accumulate into feeling trapped again. Progress remains steady, but I still have a...
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G&E Clip: Is 'Digital Immortality' manufacturing consent for democide?
I really appreciated the chance to have my solo debut on Geopolitics & Empire, which is one of my favorite podcasts that I’ve been listening to for many years. I’m thrilled to have had the chance to share my ‘big picture’ thoughts on the fine details of AI while raising awareness that we can take…
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Rolling forward: major mobility milestone
It really wasn’t that long ago that I even struggled with walking, but I am thrilled to share that I have gone rollerblading for the first time in a long time. A lot of great things are coming together this Spring and I am eager to make the best of it. Last week I made a new low of just a hair...
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Can we short-circuit authoritarianism by understanding fear?
Reposted from Gabe.Rocks | Reply via Fediverse Lately I’ve been wrestling with a quite familiar terror brought on by world events. With escalating wars and energy shocks I find myself reminded of the dark days of the covid years. Since then I have learned that the problem isn’t fear in difficult...
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We are not machines: Overcoming tyranny with VN Alexander
It was an honor and pleasure to speak with V. N. Alexander on a wide variety of topics. I hope you’ll enjoy our conversation where we touch on the finer points of many ongoing changes in our digital experience. Learning from her vast knowledge and expertise has been a valuable experience. You’ll...
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Digital privacy questions with Samuel of Privacy Now
Samuel reached out to me to offer people free consultations to improve their digital experience. I took the opportunity to have a rich conversation with him about the finer points of privacy and overall digital autonomy in our time. It was a very welcome chance to connect over not just the perils...
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Fall Mini-Recap: On the brink
Updates New XMRChat from Leo: Thanks for the excellent article on Zano, and in general for the information you share. Keep up the weight loss! Share how you did it? Staying away from soft drinks was key for me, as well as cutting out all caffeine. Latest works Technical blog post: Self-hosting:...
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August Recap: Sorry for the delay!
Recent content Trends to watch The Future of Android * Tech Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case * Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities * “Sideloading” is the rentseeker word for “being able to…
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Summer 2025 Recap: Personal Touch
Hello friends of the Libre Solutions Network, It has been some time since I’ve published a video recap and I am pleased to finally bring one for the Summer. I hope you’ll enjoy this update on my latest initiatives and recent content. Updates Website * New vanity address for the Tor hidden service...
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Darknet Market Maximalism with Anti Moonboy (AKA Xenu)
This is a great conversation with Anti Moonboy a highly knowledgeable Monero advocate also known as Xenu on X. It was a pleasure to be joined by a knowledgeable and passionate cyber rebel to discuss many things including his latest manifesto Darknet Market Maximalism. In our conversation we touch...
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Decentralization in Practice: Pitfalls and Possibilities
This conversation is an opportunity to learn from Simplified Privacy, an organization that works to put decentralization in practice. It was a pleasure to talk with Shadow from the team to dig deep into the challenges involved with privacy for fun and profit. This was a great opportunity to…
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Digital Autonomy & Open-Source Intelligence with James Corbett
We return to the Digital Autonomy series to take a close look at our role in participating in today’s information landscape. It is an honor and a pleasure to be joined by James Corbett of the Corbett Report to dig into this topic in detail. James brings his vast experience as an independent...
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Digital Autonomy & Fitness with Zachary Boissinot
I would like to introduce you to Zachary Boissinot. A great Canadian who is passionate about health and people’s autonomy. I joined Zach to discuss what it’s been like for him a personal trainer and owner of a gym. Recently I’ve begun to make progress on my own weight loss journey thanks in big...
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Tool Tuesday: Logseq
Welcome to a the first (of many) iteration of Tool Tuesday, a new format where I show off a free and open source tool I actually use and find useful. Today’s episode is about Logseq, a knowledge management tool. Logseq is fully Free Software. Logseq is a great privacy-first option that supports…
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The Cyberwar comes for thee: telecommunications companies breached
You can taste the palpable salty feeling from the US Federal Government having to tell citizens they should use encrypted communications. After ages of fighting citizen’s right to private communications from the very beginning, it seems that desperate measures must be taken to prevent foreign...
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Teachable Moment: GrapheneOS DESTROYS Unplugged
GrapheneOS writes to Unplugged: (Emphasis mine) No, you created it to make money. You do not believe in anything beyond making money. You’ve marketed your products with highly inaccurate privacy and security claims including claiming it’s impenetrable. You are scamming people, and spreading...
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Cyber Fix Episode 8: Learning from Others
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com Cyber Fix is a show to provide entertaining and insightful analysis of developments in Cyberspace. This broadcast is made for the explicit purpose of supporting the Libre Solutions Network project as a whole. As…
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Cyber Fix: Episode 7
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com Cyber Fix is BACK! I have a lot on the go at the moment but I’m glad I was able to put this together and I hope you appreciate the return of Cyber Fix! As always I front-load the show with pressing news and a...
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Cyber Fix: Episode 6
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com Welcome to Cyber Fix, your dopamine-infused tech news update.My name is Gabriel, here to help get other information junkies up to speed with important tech news. Stay tuned for a light-hearted exploration of...
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Trouble in Tech with Michael Ginsburg
I had a great conversation with Michael Ginsburg of Actionable Truth Media discussing how people are manipulated into supporting fake decentralization or fake solutions to pressing technological troubles. If you enjoyed our conversations you can visit his website at actionabletruth.media or on…
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Cyber Fix Episode 5
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com Cyber Fix is a show to provide entertaining and insightful analysis of developments in Cyberspace. This broadcast is made for the explicit purpose of supporting the Libre Solutions Network project as a whole. As…
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Cyber Fix Episode 4
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com Cyber Fix is a show to provide entertaining and insightful analysis of developments in Cyberspace. This broadcast is made for the explicit purpose of supporting the Libre Solutions Network project as a whole. As…
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Digital Autonomy & The Arts With The Starfire Codes
In this conversation, I join The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell to learn from her experience as someone with a long career in online media. Demi is a fascinating kindhearted woman with a real flair for memes and metaphysics. We touch on many concerns such as community dynamics, censorship, the...
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Serenum: The 'From Scratch' OS Revolution
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, it’s time to seriously look…
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Cyber Fix Episode 3
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com I hope you find the show informative as well as fun. The goal here is to help out fellow information junkies without taking it too seriously. Stay tuned for a lighthearted exploration of hostile cyberspace and…
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Cyber Fix Episode 2
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com Welcome to the second episode of Cyber Fix a show to provide entertaining and insightful analysis of developments in Cyberspace. This broadcast is for the explicit purpose of supporting the Libre Solutions…
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Cyber Fix Episode 1
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gaberocks.substack.com Welcome to the first episode of Cyber Fix a show to provide entertaining and insightful analysis of developments in Cyberspace. This broadcast is for the explicit purpose of supporting the Libre Solutions Network...
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May Recap
Updates: I’m planning on moving future “items of interest” to a new show all together. I will continue publishing monthly recaps to keep people up to date on what I’m up to, but news and interesting links will now be moved to a new show. Future monthly recaps will include clips from recent...
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Introducing Gitnuro: A FOSS Git Client for Newbies and Pros
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...
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Digging Deep into Digital ID
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…
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How Stupid Do They Think You Are?
I don’t normally tune-in to the Unjected show. It turns out that the same day I published Lessons from Alt-Tech Failures, the same security researcher from 2022 just confirmed that Unjected is still insecure. What moved me to comment on this further is the fact that not only is Unjected an...
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Online Threats & Technocracy with Hrvoje Morić
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 don’t already know of Hrvoje, you’re missing out and should absolutely take a look at Geopolitics…
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A Warning about Network States with Hrvoje Morić
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...
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Attention Democracy with William Maggos
In a special converation you would have a hard time finding elsewhere, Gabriel joins William Maggos to discuss the fediverse, attention economy, and the Culture War. Taking a sober look at the very foundation of our media and online discussions, William Maggos introduces the concept of attention...
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The EU Plan to Reshape the Internet Forever
The world wide web is no stranger to government control. The Internet itself was created by the US Military, and governments across the world have subsidized Internet infrastructure in all kinds of ways. Many factors, such as the economies of scale, and sheer workforce size give large…
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Digital Autonomy and The Arts with Hunter Stabler
Thrilled to have had an excellent conversation with Hunter Stabler about digital autonomy and the arts. We spoke about many different topics, ranging from Free Software, community, and the broader impact of social media. It was a pleasure to connect with somebody who’s taken many steps towards...
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Pushing Back against Surveillance and Control with Hrvoje Morić
Hrvoje and I had a conversation about how governments and corporations are tightening their grip over the information landscape. We discussed some of my latest work, and it was an excellent opportunity to add some finer detail to points that come up often. Near the end, we talk about the war on...
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Mindwalled: The Pilot Episode
I had the pleasure of taking part in a long-form discussion about the current state of technology and our experience on the fediverse. It’s been wonderful getting to know Theory who is a brilliant software developer and has a very sound technical mind. This episode is something of a special treat...
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Digital Autonomy and the Arts: Anne Gibbons
I’m pleased to have had the opportunity to discuss Digital Autonomy & The Arts with Anne Gibbons . Anne is a courageous cartoonist and an inspiration to those who want to learn to make their mark on the canvas of history. We discuss the unique challenges that impact our lives at the cross-section...
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Data Shedding
This video is a summary of a report on how programmatic advertising can be weaponized for mass real-time surveillance. This report is highly troubling but not particularly surprising. If you want to learn how it’s being used, read up on the mastodon thread made by one of the report’s authors....
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Securing your Data: Backups
Overview Backups can feel like a chore, but they’re actually very empowering. Beyond the peace of mind knowing that you’re much less likely to lose data, you’re also in a better position to make changes. Many tasks, like moving from Windows to a Free and Open Source operating system, are much...
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2023 Recap
Updates PeerTube At the start of 2023 I Launched the Libre Solutions Network peertube instance. Over 450 views on the PeerTube channel is a great start! I’m sure it would grow a lot faster if I opened registrations but truthfully I don’t really want to be responsible for other people’s accounts!...
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Face to Face on the The Hrvoje Morić Show
I’m very grateful for the opportunity to share insights that don’t fit neatly into longer posts. Hrvoje Morić who is well known for Geopolitics & Empire is a fascinating person to talk to and a very knowledgeable host. We hit many important topics, opening with how big tech is working to regain...
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Digital Autonomy & The Arts with Margaret Anna Alice, Visceral Adventure & Liam Sturgess
In what has become my most ambitious media project yet, I had the pleasure of hosting a conversation with people I look up to as among my personal heroes. These kindhearted souls are lights of hope in the darkest of times. The Digital Autonomy Series is now one of my favorite projects as it…
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Digital Autonomy and Resilient Living
In this feature of Digital Autonomy Discussions I had a discussion with Rebecca Cunningham who runs Red Flyer Media. She is a Visual Storyteller, Motorcycle Rider, Vagabond, Video Editor, Moto-Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker. We discuss censorship resistance, the rural and urban divide, as well...
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November 2023 Recap
Updates New posts Collaboration You’re Invited! Rounding The Earth I had the pleasure of Joining Mathew Crawford to discuss the intricacies of different currency systems. I think it was great to break new ground in moving the discussion beyond the basics and raise the alarm about mindwar in...
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