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The articles are organised by area of knowledge. All of them have a full version on this site, with a PDF, and each one is discussed on LinkedIn, where it was shared.

The articles are written in Portuguese: their titles and summaries are shown below in the original language, and each link opens the article in Portuguese. The categories, dates and buttons are translated.

Books

“A Fundação da Verticalidade” and “O Abismo do Rigor”, with their presentations.

The books (2)

Cover of “A Fundação da Verticalidade”

A Fundação da Verticalidade: Da Engenharia da Soberania à Construção do Futuro

June 2026 ·412 pages · ISBN 978-989-9353-15-2

A treatise on sovereignty and self-mastery in the age of artificial intelligence.

O Protocolo da Verticalidade, de Gaspar do Amaral
Realmente entende a Verticalidade? O conceito que muda tudo
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Cover of “O Abismo do Rigor”

O Abismo do Rigor — Da Engenharia da Auditoria ao Resgate da Nação

July 2026 ·241 pages · ISBN 978-989-9353-30-5

The clash between “paper logic” and physics: how institutions lose rigour, and how they can be audited and rebuilt.

6:54YouTube ↗O Livro "O Abismo do Rigor" de Gaspar do Amaral, cantado
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First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (2)

Sovereignty

Defence, doctrine and the new drone warfare: what sovereignty demands of those who manufacture, those who buy and those who command.

First published on this site, in the original version; on LinkedIn, sharing and discussion (1)

Cover of “Na Noite em que Todos Veem”
17 October 2026

Na Noite em que Todos Veem

Pedir a milhares de pessoas que emitam menos nunca funcionou: a discrição tem de vir de origem em cada aparelho. Uma parábola, cinco propostas e os fornecedores por origem.

With the companion document and the video “A Parábola do Vale das Lanternas”, set to the song “A Lanterna que Não Denuncia”.

A Parábola do Vale das Lanternas — uma história sobre a nova guerra
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First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (2)

Energy and the power system

The total cost of the system, security of supply and the physics that paper cannot repeal.

First published on this site, in the original version; on LinkedIn, sharing and discussion (1)

Cover of “A eletricidade de Portugal, explicada em perguntas”
23 October 2026

A eletricidade de Portugal, explicada em perguntas

No dia 22 de outubro, a maior fonte da eletricidade de Portugal foi Espanha: 37 %. O Painel 50 Hz lê os dados oficiais todos os dias e responde em perguntas: quem segurou o país, quanto pagamos e quanto custa a pior semana.

4:31O Painel 50 Hz em vídeo, com a canção «Aiué»
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First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (38)

Cover of “Oito avisos”
13 October 2026 · On this site · PDF

Oito avisos

O que os relatórios oficiais de segurança de abastecimento dizem desde 2018, e a diferença entre a régua nacional e a europeia.

Cybersecurity and digital sovereignty

NIS 2, cables, data centres and the cyber-physical governance of critical infrastructure.

First published on this site, in the original version; on LinkedIn, sharing and discussion (1)

Cover of The address, the key and the doorman
26 October 2026

The address, the key and the doorman

Issue no. 1 of the newsletter “A Chave e o Porteiro” (The Key and the Doorman): domains, secrets and NIS2 explained with a letter, a hotel, an ATM and a cloakroom. For people who decide without being specialists.

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First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (4)

Communications

Networks, optical fibre and cables, the radio spectrum and emission discipline: the connections on which the State, the economy and defence depend.

First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (1)

Resilience

What real crises teach States, companies and families.

First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (7)

Cover of “Dia 241: O painel que responde”
27 October 2026 · On this site · PDF

Dia 241: O painel que responde

«A Porta Estreita», episódio 5: o ponto de situação do dia 241, as oito perguntas respondidas pelos dados e como funciona o painel.

People and society

Engineering at the service of people, careers and the calculations that almost nobody does.

First published on this site, in the original version; on LinkedIn, sharing and discussion (1)

First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (3)

Faith, poetry and art

Prayers, poems, drawings and songs.

First published on this site, in the original version; on LinkedIn, sharing and discussion (1)

Cover of “A Revolução da Ternura”
22 October 2026

A Revolução da Ternura

Uma oração em verso decassílabo ao Papa Francisco, que partiu a 21 de abril de 2025: a passagem da Lei rígida para a Misericórdia, contada com palavra, desenho e imagem em movimento.

A Oração do Gaspar na Revolução da Ternura do Papa Francisco
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State, public works and governance

Justice, housing, public works and technical responsibility in public administration.

First published on LinkedIn, with the full text in both places; on this site, the PDF as well (5)

A Escada de Mil Anos

A Escada de Mil Anos (The Thousand-Year Staircase): a monthly newsletter, published only on this site, on the 24th of each month — a family from Guimarães, from 2028 back to 1128, across the 900 years of Portugal, step by step.

Editions published only on this site, with the PDF on request by email (2)

Cover of “Estavam lá os nossos?”
26 October 2026 · On this site · PDF

Estavam lá os nossos?

N.º 2: quem estava em Guimarães a 24 de junho de 1128, o que uma família guardou desse dia e o que a pedra confirma.

Cover of “A Escada de Mil Anos”
24 October 2026 · On this site · PDF

A Escada de Mil Anos

N.º 1: auditoria, com métricas, de um livro de família de Guimarães — o que o manuscrito de 1609 prova e o que apenas afirma.

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