# neutrality (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover neutrality. Page: Feed: --- ## [Eurasia Breaks USA: Three Front Defeat Forming | Prof. Radhika Desai](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/eurasia-breaks-usa-three-front-defeat-dd8) _2026-08-20 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ Radhika Desai, University of Manitoba professor and host of Radhika Desai Geopolitical Economist, joins Pascal to examine Korean peace efforts, fading trust in US military protection, the dollar system’s debt trap, and China’s industrial rise. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212019703/01664625b802d769bf556fd1443b85cc.mp3) ## [Armed Neutrality & The Consistent Renunciation of War](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/armed-neutrality-and-the-consistent) _2026-08-19 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ A Left-Wing Position on Switzerland’s Military Sovereignty ## [Neutrality Studies Weekly Recap #33](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/neutrality-studies-weekly-recap-33) _2026-08-18 · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ August 8 → August 15, 2026 ## [🚨ESCALATION: Trade War Gets Worse, Iran War Extends to Ukraine | Stas Krapivnik](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/escalation-trade-war-gets-worse-iran-77a) _2026-08-17 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ Stanislav Krapivnik returns to assess the reported Turkey-Pakistan-Saudi alliance, its ties to Iran, Yemen, Israel and the Black Sea. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211936201/e8ca2103d72a5dcc9f8b47d3e247ce48.mp3) ## [Iran War Round 3: Tehran Prepares Knock-Out Blow | Prof. S.M. Marandi](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/iran-war-round-3-tehran-prepares-806) _2026-08-17 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ While the US lives in fantasy world about the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has been busy preparing for the next phase of the war, which doubtlessly the US will restart once more. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211495823/4db41425944b532fb981dc3f8e7cf00f.mp3) ## [NATO's Terrible Mistake: Proxy-War Turns Against Europe | Anatol Lieven](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/natos-terrible-mistake-proxy-war-3ae) _2026-08-17 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ NATO's European Forever War is now turning decisively against the EU. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211495824/103482c1a98fb8abb01c7c87e786dd29.mp3) ## [Are Western Illusions of Victory Driving Ukraine Towards Collapse?](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/are-western-illusions-of-victory) _2026-08-15 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ German MEP Michael von der Schulenburg argues the western narrative of "wonder weapons" turning the tide in Ukraine is a deadly mirage. It is time for peace with Russia, not against it. ## [China Shocks USA: The Fight Is Already Over | Prof. Wang Wen](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/china-shocks-usa-the-fight-is-already-ff4) _2026-08-13 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ While the US is in high panic about "the rise of China" and its failing warmongering in the word, Beijing is at its most relaxed yet. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211495825/943c146e543daf2ecca039dca43e0667.mp3) ## [Neutrality Studies Weekly Recap #32](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/neutrality-studies-weekly-recap-32) _2026-08-13 · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ August 1 → August 8, 2026 ## [The Second Star to the Right](https://www.butthistime.com/p/the-second-star-to-the-right) _2026-08-13 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ On Ireland's homing condition, and the children who will not forgive us ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8QUkxoCecUib) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [How Universities Can Rebuild Open Inquiry](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/how-universities-can-rebuild-open) _2026-08-13 · John Tomasi · Free the Inquiry_ Heterodox Out Loud Season 3 Highlights [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210654911/2851590eaecc92629284ebccdfbd8786.mp3) ## [Universities Need Reform. It Shouldn’t Matter Who’s Telling Them.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/universities-need-reform-it-shouldnt) _2026-08-12 · Joseph (Jake) Klein · Free the Inquiry_ Linda McMahon’s letter isn’t perfect, but its requests are overwhelmingly reasonable. ## [The REAL Reason Peace in Ukraine is Impossible | Pavel Shchelin](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-peace-in-ukraine-bb6) _2026-08-12 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ The war in Ukraine is not about Ukraine. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210854546/6f64ed99a01ed9accffb62958bc9e454.mp3) ## [End of NATO Hegemony: New Alliance "Nothing Burger" Exposes Western Weakness](https://pascallottaz.substack.com/p/end-of-nato-hegemony-new-alliance-7e6) _2026-08-11 · Pascal Lottaz · Pascal’s Substack (Neutrality Studies)_ Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia announced the formation of a new alliance which will treat an attack against one as an attack against all. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210854547/a8171f69c53916e3ab6a1ce5e3cd662e.mp3) ## [On institutional neutrality, we should ask not just whether, but who and why?](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/on-institutional-neutrality-we-should) _2026-08-11 · Shiri Spitz Siddiqi · Free the Inquiry_ The discussion around institutional neutrality would benefit from attention to more of the nitty gritty details. ## [The Weekly: The Education Department Tries a New Approach to Reform; Legacy Admissions Are on the Chopping Block, Again.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/the-weekly-the-education-department) _2026-08-08 · Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D. · Free the Inquiry_ Plus, the AAUP’s recent decision to back political candidates continues to draw criticism. ## [Scribblings](https://www.butthistime.com/p/scribblings) _2026-08-07 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Light touched my hands in a dream of golden skans ## [The AAUP Traded Its Credibility for a Ballot Line](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/the-aaup-traded-its-credibility-for) _2026-08-06 · Free the Inquiry_ By backing a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, AAUP swapped its historic standing as a non-partisan defender of academic freedom for a louder but more narrow political role. ## [What Pro Wrestling Can Teach Academia About Honesty](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/what-pro-wrestling-can-teach-academia) _2026-08-06 · Kyle Siler · Free the Inquiry_ What the campy world of professional wrestling can teach academics about truth, performance, and the courage to break character ## [Heterodox Research Roundup, July 2026](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/heterodox-research-roundup-july-2026) _2026-08-05 · Dylan Selterman · Free the Inquiry_ Faculty support diverse viewpoints in their disciplines; regional public universities get overdue attention; law faculty feel the need to self-censor; and more... ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VpNr1kURs2pO) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [The Vanderbilt-WashU Report Doesn’t Threaten Academic Freedom. It Defends it.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/yes-university-leaders-can-intervene) _2026-08-03 · John Tomasi · Free the Inquiry_ Who should intervene when scholarship turns political? The AAUP had answers. ## [Reading More](https://thecommandline.net/2026/08/01/reading-more/) _2026-08-01 · The Command Line_ I let my lifelong reading habit lapse and only recently made real progress recovering that practice. I owe that progress to my hobby of self hosting and learning from earlier projects how the right software can create a helpful, positive feedback loop. When I was maybe seven or eight, I struggled with the first book my mom gave me, The Dragonriders of Pern . I wanted to like it, it was important… ## [The Weekly: The AAUP officially turns political; Vanderbilt declares the purpose of the university.](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/the-weekly-the-aaup-officially-turns) _2026-08-01 · Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D. · Free the Inquiry_ Plus, tensions arise in Florida over the president pick for the University of Florida. ## [Am I A Spy? And Other Conspiracies](https://www.butthistime.com/p/am-i-a-spy-and-other-conspiracies) _2026-07-31 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Why we look for conspiracies that aren't there, while we miss the ones that are. ## [Liberal faculty are surprisingly bullish on political diversity](https://www.freetheinquiry.com/p/liberal-faculty-are-surprisingly) _2026-07-30 · Erin B. Shaw · Free the Inquiry_ And more findings from HxA’s national survey on how faculty value dimensions of diversity ## [Eight Ways a Railway Dies](https://www.butthistime.com/p/eight-ways-a-railway-dies) _2026-07-24 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ How Ireland's railway upgrade will likely die a long, slow death. ## [Do I Value Openness?](https://thecommandline.net/2026/07/18/value-of-openness/) _2026-07-18 · The Command Line_ I try to live into my values. I've long assumed openness, especially in knowledge and technology, was a core value of mine. Inspired by the vow I wrote about at the start of this year, I examined that assumption. Upon reflection I don't think I do have openness as a core value. Let me explain why I think that realization may be more helpful than I expected. My vow was about this space and the… ## [Ireland's Delivery Inability](https://www.butthistime.com/p/irelands-delivery-inability) _2026-07-16 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Why Ireland fails to deliver its reforms, and pretty much everything else. ## [On Irish Sovereignty](https://www.butthistime.com/p/on-irish-sovereignty) _2026-07-02 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ A discussion of the Irish Triple Lock, power, and the freedom to choose ## [Neutrality, and the Things We Tell Ourselves](https://www.butthistime.com/p/neutrality-and-the-things-we-tell) _2026-06-23 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ On Ireland's definition of defense neutrality, and what that means about the story we tell about ourselves ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zVk2fkK5sqeo) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Kaleidoscopes](https://www.butthistime.com/p/kaleidoscopes) _2026-06-02 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ How the Irish state defends itself against being fixed. ## [Why SpaceX Didn't Create a Space Economy](https://www.butthistime.com/p/why-spacex-didnt-create-a-space-economy) _2026-05-29 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Even if it is a seriously amazing technology company ## [I is for Immigration](https://www.butthistime.com/p/i-is-for-immigration) _2026-05-12 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ How Ireland's lack of immigration strategy has produced cruelty in every direction ## [Ireland's Failure Premium](https://www.butthistime.com/p/irelands-failure-premium) _2026-04-28 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ How public money becomes private wealth when the state builds nothing ## [Culture is Infrastructure](https://www.butthistime.com/p/culture-is-infrastructure) _2026-04-27 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Why the Intelligence Age Has No Institutional Answer to Creative Economies ## [Mind the Gap](https://www.butthistime.com/p/mind-the-gap) _2026-04-13 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Ireland is the second richest country in Europe, and this week a single protest shut it down. Here's why. ## [Further from Earth](https://www.butthistime.com/p/further-from-earth) _2026-04-02 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ On Artemis II and the meaninglessness of the space industry ## [Elon Musk: First Principles, Last Resort](https://www.butthistime.com/p/elon-musk-first-principles-last-resort) _2026-03-19 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Why the "first-principles" management style rarely works outside of building rockets ## [Trickle-Down Gastronomy: Japan](https://www.butthistime.com/p/trickle-down-gastronomy-japan) _2026-03-17 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ How Japan solved the problem that Western dining is only now discovering ## [Foundations](https://www.butthistime.com/p/foundations) _2026-03-05 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ A short introduction to the research that informs my writing here ## [You Didn't Vote For This](https://www.butthistime.com/p/you-didnt-vote-for-this) _2026-03-05 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ How Irish households subsidize German households during inflationary times ## [Spending More Is Making Europe Less Safe](https://www.butthistime.com/p/spending-more-is-making-europe-less) _2026-03-04 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ How NATO's rearmament surge is funding the wrong industrial base ## [Ireland's Defense Problem Isn't Neutrality](https://www.butthistime.com/p/irelands-defense-problem-isnt-neutrality) _2026-03-04 · Sinéad O’Sullivan · But This Time It's Different_ Ireland has the money but not the architecture to defend itself ## [How This Hacker Sees LLMs](https://thecommandline.net/2026/02/15/llms/) _2026-02-15 · The Command Line_ When that version of ChatGPT dropped a few years ago, I was rattled for the first time in my career. Even before I learned about all the terrible externalities that surround this technology, I wondered if I would need a plan B for the final chapters of my working life. I put on a good face for my team at the time and had the privilege of too much priority work to stop and figure out what this… ## [Making a New Vow](https://thecommandline.net/2026/01/29/a-new-vow/) _2026-01-29 · The Command Line_ I have wanted to write here more and even podcast again for some time. I have struggled with motivation and practice so that my results have been inconsistent. I have an idea I want to explain and try out to see if it helps. I wish to make a vow but not about writing or recording here more. That isn't a very good promise to make, I already tried that in any number of forms with little success. I… ## [Harness Chaos and Order simultaneously with Bitcoin and Michael Saylor](https://www.wavlake.com/album/e2fefd5d-f24b-492e-9921-34d465ec15e8) _2025-12-14 · SWIM · Harness Chaos and Order simultaneously with Bitcoin and Michael Saylor_ [Listen](https://op3.dev/e,pg=5e3107d4-de99-5e74-8ad6-36a4e4615530/https://d12wklypp119aj.cloudfront.net/track/cec23157-ea13-439e-84ac-80492c71cd3a.mp3) ## [Thoughtfully Sharing the Technology I Use](https://thecommandline.net/2025/11/26/thoughtful-sharing-technology/) _2025-11-26 · The Command Line_ I started exploring what I learned from an interview with Guo Gu , a teacher of Chan Buddhism , in my meditation practice. I have been cultivating equanimity as a centering focus. Chan seems to favor what he called contentment, expressed with the phase, "It's all good". To me, I thought that could be a blending of the stable abodes , a bit each of equanimity, loving kindness, compassion, and… ## [Crossing a Finish Line](https://thecommandline.net/2025/07/13/finish-line/) _2025-07-13 · The Command Line_ This week I reached the finish line of a project I've been working on for my $dayjob for a little over a year. I've worked on a handful of projects like this in my career, few of them were successful. I thought writing about my experience would help consolidate what I've learned. I've been wanting to write more. My strongest inspiration over the years has been my own experience. Reflecting on this… ## [Coherence with atuin, vaultwarden, and More](https://thecommandline.net/2025/05/25/atuin-vaultwarden/) _2025-05-25 · The Command Line_ At the end of my last post, I mentioned my new home server opening up more possibilities. There are some projects I would have liked to run in the past but hosting them at Digital Ocean felt like too much. These are quality of life ideas that would help me work more coherently across several different machines. Not anything that would benefit from public hosting either. I would need to be on top… ## [Collaboration with Our Own Cryptpad](https://thecommandline.net/2025/05/24/cryptpad/) _2025-05-24 · The Command Line_ Encouraged by my success so far with my home server, Lovelace, I wondered what I might add next. I enjoyed getting single sign-on working using my forge as the identity provider. I am proud that I found a way to have usable hostnames on an entirely private network with full TLS support . I first learned about CryptPad when Chris, who is a close friend, and I contemplated a joint venture a couple…