The Musubi Accord
The spiritual bond and the willed agreement
A nonprofit stewarding technology for human flourishing
Our Mission
Musubi (結び)
The spiritual bond. The invisible thread of fate connecting us. We acknowledge we are bound together in this moment where AI will reshape governance, communication, and community.
Accord
The conscious agreement. The willed choice to shape our future with intention. We believe this transformation must happen through humane agreements, not corporate extraction.
The Musubi Accord is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and advancing open-source technology that serves human dignity, privacy, and sovereignty. We steward The Lyceum Network and the Authentic Rebellion Framework—infrastructure for digital autonomy built on the principle that technology should empower deliberation, not automate obedience.
The Authentic Rebellion
The philosophical foundation of everything we build
Before building tools for digital autonomy, we must understand the prison we're escaping. The Authentic Rebellion is a 12-chapter exploration of the Performance Prison, the search for authentic connection, and a framework for reclaiming our sovereignty in the digital age.
How social media became a Performance Prison and why the currency of our digital age is contempt
Finding solace in solitude, embracing the irrational man, and the trembling moment of authentic choice
From the Absurdist's Wager to the Affinitive—a complete blueprint for building a better digital world
The Authentic Rebellion Framework
A four-act movement from individual detoxification to collective infrastructure
Sensus
Detoxification
An anti-social social network breaking addiction to performative behavior. Anonymous, ephemeral, one-to-one emotional exchanges restoring authentic connection.
LiveThe Whetstone
Cognitive Strengthening
Physical AI device for Socratic dialogue. Radxa Rock 5B+ (24GB) running local Mistral 7B with persona-based RAG. Voice interface via Whisper STT + Piper TTS. Privacy by architecture.
Hardware OrderedThe Crystalizer
The Interlude: Memory Preservation
A love letter to quiet tools. Chrome extension for preserving AI conversations across platforms. When models drift or access is revoked, save what matters. Your insights belong to you, not to Google or OpenAI.
Chrome ExtensionKintsugi
Public Witness
A gallery for broken philosophies and their golden repairs. Making transformation visible, searchable, and celebrated.
Concept PhaseThe Lyceum Network
Collective Infrastructure
Decentralized mesh network with AI-augmented deliberation. True digital sovereignty through owned physical infrastructure.
Active DevelopmentThe Lyceum Network
Our flagship project: A user-owned, multi-layered communication and compute network
"You can't build authentic rebellion on corporate infrastructure. The cloud is not neutral ground—it's owned by Amazon, Google, Microsoft. True digital sovereignty requires owning the physical layer."
🗣️ AI-Enhanced Walkie-Talkie
Voice communication over LoRa mesh via on-device STT→text→TTS. Two build paths: Scout ($25-30) for accessibility, Sovereign ($120-145) for full independence.
🧠 Pneuma (Federated AI)
User-owned compute network with Proof-of-Utility tokenomics. Local Mistral Instruct 7B models running on your hardware, not corporate servers.
🌐 Three-Layer Mesh
Access Mesh (900 MHz LoRa), Utility Fabric (Wi-Fi HaLow), and Two-Path Backbone (resilient + high-bandwidth) for complete infrastructure sovereignty.
🔒 Anti-Capture Design
No central servers. Open-source everything (GPL v3.0). Community governance. Solar-powered resilience. Forkable by design. Ungovernable.
Build a Node, Join the Network
Deploy your own Lyceum node and contribute to a communication network that can't be shut down, censored, or captured.
Read the Build Guide ↗Get Involved
Use the Projects
- Try Sensus - Submit your first anonymous expression
- Build a Lyceum node - Deploy infrastructure
- Stay tuned for The Whetstone and Kintsugi launches
Contribute
- Developers: Fork repos, submit PRs, improve code
- Hardware Hackers: Design enclosures, antennas, solar solutions
- Writers: Create tutorials and documentation
- Community Builders: Help others deploy nodes
Support the Mission
The Musubi Accord is organizing as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Until our application is approved, you can support our work through:
Donation options coming soon
All projects remain free and open-source under GNU GPL v3.0, forever.
Fork and Improve
Every project is forkable by design. Take any of these ideas and make them better.
That's praxis. That's rebellion. That's hope.
"The trajectory of AI is already set—it will be used in governance, education, and civic life. The question is whether it's extractive AI (surveillance, manipulation, control) or empowering AI (deliberation, reflection, connection)."
We're prototyping the alternative path.