Andy Brown

Grandfather, Dad, Husband, Fraser, Dog Lover, Author, Learner, Creator, Mentor, Truth Seeker, Curious, Techie, Maker of Time, CTO, Board Member

[Andy Brown @GunnerBrown]

So what is the future of work, process, applications and data in the world of AI? Charles Giancarlo, our contributors and I share our observations and choices in this detailed analysis of the history of work going back to the craftsman, through the various eras of Data Processing, MIS, Information Technology, Information Security and AI & Data Primacy.

We make the case for Data Primacy and describe the thinking behind it and what you need to do to get started in adopting it.

You can find the full document here https://t.co/8jR7ELexVE

If you prefer the TLDR version which lays out step by step insights you can view that here. https://t.co/WMtfWWIugj

Charles Giancarlo and I have been colleagues and later friends pretty much from the day I landed in America in August of 1997. We have stayed in touch over what is now 30 years and for the last 11 we have worked together on the @zscaler board, and for 6+ years on the @EverpureData board. It was fun to work together on this post and gather the sum of our experience on either side of the country and also globally.

All feedback welcome and will be incorporated into future versions of this post or Part 2.

#DataPrimacy #AI #CEO #COO #OperatingModel #BusinessManagement

[Don Wilson @drwconvexity]

Big congrats to @The_DTCC on the launch of its tokenization service. Firms can now tokenize eligible DTC-held securities without giving up the ownership rights and protections that come with them. This is a super exciting step toward connecting the trade, the financing and the collateral, which unlocks significant capital efficiencies. Very proud to see @CantonNetwork alongside DTCC’s own blockchain as the two networks integrated at launch.

[Yuval Rooz @YuvalRooz]

This is a special moment. Today marks the day we can move capital markets to a newer model, one where both US Equities and USTs can settle in real time 24/7. This will bring new types of financial functions that couldn’t exist until today.

Congrats for everyone who took place.

[Andy Brown @GunnerBrown]

@WesternLensman Let’s see what she has to say, when all of Epstein’s victims come and talk in front of Congress.

[Andy Brown @GunnerBrown]

@giancarloMKTS Well cryptodad’s predictions are about to come home to roost!!!

[Kalshi FC @KalshiFC]

🚨🚨| Tottenham have released a beautiful tribute video to Harry Kane. 🥺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Chris Giancarlo @giancarloMKTS]

It’s out today! The New Adventures of CryptoDad. Assisted by my son @Luke Giancarlo. Already an Amazon top ten book in banking and finance. I know readers will love it. Shop your favorite local book store, Amazon or B&N: https://t.co/XHOaEYruzw

[MAGA NEWS 🇺🇲🗞️ @MAGAlwr5]

🚨 NOW: Sec. Marco Rubio just said it PERFECTLY in front of dozens of global officials on leftist terrorism

"You are here because two weeks ago, a 72-year-old woman was BURNED on over 80% of her body in her own home, in Greece, and she died, executed by a fire bomb because her daughter dared to stand for office!"

"Far-left political terrorism is NOT a recent day modern novelty. It is NOT a fiction manufactured by conservative politicians."

"For most of the modern era, it was in fact the DOMINANT form of political violence."

"You are here today because for five days this winter, the lights went out in Berlin. The longest blackout in the city since the Second World War sparked by an attack that left tens of thousands of households without power in the freezing cold and left an 83-year-old woman dead."

"You are here and you came because a month after that Berlin blackout, a French 23-year-old succumbed to traumatic brain injuries beaten to death on the streets of Lyon by a group of far-left militant thugs."

"You are here because your political leaders are being attacked and stabbed and shot in your streets — because your businesses have been bombed, because your railways have been sabotaged, because your police officers have been beaten and burned!"'

"You are here because this is real and it is getting worse and it can no longer be denied and it can no longer be ignored because it is time to crush this evil forever!"

[Vicky Verma @Unexplained2020]

This scientist says the human SOUL could be a quantum-like field that interacts with electromagnetic waves, NOT directly with matter, and might survive physical death.

In a bizarre 2026 experiment, researchers used a 127-qubit quantum computer during cardiac arrest. Survivors recognized sounds played while they were clinically dead far better under quantum-entanglement conditions than in the control group.

In a 2025 paper, Edward Kamen of Georgia Tech and fellow researcher Roger D. Kamen proposed that the human soul might be made of quantum-like fields that interact with the brain through electrical and electromagnetic activity.

Kamen even suggests that the soul could interact with photons, the particles of light, potentially explaining why some people report seeing their surroundings during near-death experiences despite having their eyes closed.

One case discussed in the paper involved a female physician whose heart stopped during surgery. Although her eyes were taped shut, she later claimed to have seen a senior doctor enter the operating room, a detail reportedly confirmed afterward.

And there is an interesting scientific connection. In 2022, MIT-linked neuroscientists found that electric fields generated by neurons carry information about working memory. This does not prove memories can leave the brain, but the Kamens used that finding to propose how a hypothetical soul field might receive information.

Then came a striking 2026 study published in The Innovation. Researchers investigated 142 cardiac-arrest survivors across 13 hospitals in Spain and the UK, using a 127-qubit IBM quantum computer to control auditory stimuli presented during resuscitation.

They reported that patients exposed to sounds governed by quantum-entangled states performed better on later recall tests than a non-entangled control group, which remained around chance level.

The researchers suggested that consciousness might involve processes we do not yet understand. However, they acknowledged that their results do not establish quantum causation.

Another 2026 paper in the Journal of Consciousness Studies went further, proposing that consciousness could involve higher dimensions and might not necessarily vanish when the brain stops functioning.

The quantum soul theory even explores whether the same field could explain reincarnation, remote viewing, and the possibility of detecting a soul through its interaction with light.

Does consciousness really die with the brain, or is the brain only a receiver of something much bigger?

[Joshua Brown @JoshBrownSpurs]

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[Alia Bee @AliaVFF]

An Open Letter to the University of Sydney @Sydney_Uni @mscott

Regarding the appointment of Jacinda Ardern as Professor of Practice

Dear Professor Scott,

I read with absolute disgust that the University of Sydney has appointed Jacinda Ardern as Professor of Practice, where she will apparently be sharing her wisdom on empathetic leadership, social cohesion and civic trust.

You cannot be serious.

You are quoted as saying:

"Dame Jacinda led New Zealand through events of profound consequence and her leadership demonstrated that empathy and resolve do not compete with one another; each can strengthen the other."

Appointing Jacinda Ardern to teach social cohesion is rather like appointing Jeffrey Dahmer to teach a course on wellbeing, or Jimmy Savile to run the local daycare centre. The sheer absurdity would almost be funny if the consequences of her leadership weren't so hideously tragic.

My name is Alia Bland. I am a co-founder of Voices for Freedom, an organisation established in New Zealand in 2020. For years, we stood alongside tens of thousands of ordinary Kiwis whose lives were torn apart by the policies of Ardern's government.

While the international media fawned over her kindness and compassion, we were dealing with the wreckage.

At the height of the COVID response, we were receiving upwards of 1,000 emails a day. Desperate people reaching out because they had lost their jobs, their incomes, their homes and, in many cases, their will to live.

People nearing retirement were forced to sell family homes they had spent decades paying off. Some are still living in caravans five years later.

Marriages collapsed. Families fractured. Lifelong friendships were destroyed. People who had served their communities for decades were suddenly treated like lepers because they declined a medical procedure.

Some of the people who came to us had spent their entire lives believing New Zealand was a decent, fair-minded country. Watching that belief crumble, and seeing what it did to them, was heartbreaking.

I cannot adequately describe the anguish in those emails. The desperation of parents wondering how they would feed and house their families. The humiliation of hardworking people being marched out of professions they loved. The despair of people who had done everything society asked of them, only to discover that their own government considered them disposable.

And presiding over it all was Jacinda Ardern, smiling for the cameras and telling the world how kind New Zealand was.

Kind? For whom?

Her government deliberately created a two-class society. Ardern herself acknowledged it publicly. New Zealanders were excluded from workplaces, businesses, events and ordinary social life. People were coerced into accepting a medical intervention under threat of losing their livelihoods.

And those who suffered adverse reactions to the COVID vaccines faced another nightmare. We fought for vaccine-injured New Zealanders whose lives had been devastated by serious physical harm, while many struggled to have their injuries acknowledged or receive adequate support.

The government's public assurances about vaccine safety deserve particular scrutiny. Officials knew about the myocarditis risk, including among young people. We have examined the records. Yet people raising legitimate questions about those risks were routinely dismissed and vilified.

The damage went far beyond lost incomes and broken relationships. An enormous number of New Zealanders lost faith in the very institutions they had trusted their entire lives. Government, health authorities, education, police and the media. That trust has not magically returned because Ardern has moved on to more prestigious surroundings.

While her government was busy marginalising people, we were building a nationwide support network to help them survive.

Voices for Freedom grew to more than 100,000 people on our mailing list, many representing entire families. More than 45,000 people signed up to our local groups across the country, which are still operational today in 2026. We established industry groups to help people fight for their careers, provided support through employment disputes and legal challenges, organised practical assistance and hand-delivered millions of flyers to households throughout New Zealand.

We did this while facing censorship, public vilification and government surveillance. Official records obtained since have confirmed that our activities and communications were being monitored and reported on.

Our volunteers gave everything they could to help people who had been abandoned by the institutions meant to protect them.

And now the University of Sydney wants to hold up the woman responsible for overseeing this period as a shining example of empathy and social cohesion?

It is sickening.

Professor Scott, did anyone at your university bother to speak with the people whose lives were destroyed under Ardern's leadership before celebrating her appointment?

Have you spoken to the former nurses, teachers and police officers who lost their careers? The families who lost their homes? The people still suffering from vaccine injuries? The parents whose children no longer speak to them?

Or did you simply swallow the carefully cultivated international image of Saint Jacinda, the compassionate leader who saved New Zealand?

I wonder whether you have considered why this internationally celebrated former prime minister now lives in Australia rather than the country she once led. The depth of hostility towards her among many New Zealanders should give you pause.

Because I can assure you, there is another side to that story. And there are hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who live with the consequences.

I have no objection to universities studying Ardern's leadership. In fact, I would encourage it. There is an enormous amount to learn from what happened in New Zealand between 2021 and 2023. Like, what not to do...

But presenting her as someone uniquely qualified to teach empathy, social cohesion and civic trust, without acknowledging the extraordinary human suffering that occurred under her leadership, is an insult to the people who paid the price.

We were there, Professor Scott. We saw what happened. We picked up the pieces. We are still picking them up.

Some of those people will never recover what they lost.

And the woman who presided over it all gets a professorship in empathy.

What an absolute disgrace.

Yours sincerely,

Alia Bland
Co-founder, Voices for Freedom
New Zealand

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Harry Kane: "I want to thank Tottenham Hotspur. I was there since I was 11 years old. You allowed me to live my dream. Without Tottenham, without that journey, I wouldn't experience this moment."

[Harry Kane @HKane]

Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise. 🏆

[Whiplash437 @MrWhiplash_]

🚨 BREAKING: In a massive moment, First Lady Melania Trump demands Congress allow Epstein's survivors to PUBLICLY TESTIFY about what happened to them, saying Epstein did NOT act alone

WOW! This is about to ROCK DC

"Now is the time for Congress to ACT. Epstein was NOT alone. Several prominent male executives resigned from their powerful positions after this matter became widely politicized!"

"Of course, this doesn't amount to guilt, but we still must work openly and transparently to uncover the truth."

"I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors."

"Give these victims their opportunity to testify under oath in front of Congress with the power of sworn testimony."

"Each and every woman should have her day to tell her story in public if she wishes, and then her testimony should be permanently entered into the congressional record. Then, and only then, we will have the truth. Thank you."

[𝐏𝐒𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐓 @PSGINT_]

LETSGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HARRY KANE WINS THE BALLON D'OR!!!!!

HE DESERVES IT THE MOST AFTER AN EXCELLENT YEAR ❤️❤️❤️

[Chris Giancarlo @giancarloMKTS]

Good morning. Glad to be on the floor of @NYSE about to go on @FINTECHTVglobal and talk about my book #NewAdventuresofCryptodad

[Mel Gibson @MelGibson45]

The greatest comeback in history wasn’t a victory on a battlefield. It was the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The tomb is empty. Death is defeated. JESUS IS ALIVE! ✝️🙏❤️

[Leah Rain ✝️🇺🇸🎸🏝️ @LeahRain77]

You have got to listen to this former Navy seal, and Senator Tim Sheehy give a speech on the Senate floor in July of this year .
He speaks about terrorism and Islam with bravery like no one I have ever heard !
You will CHEER !

[Wake Up NJ 🇺🇸 New Jersey @wakeupnj]

The choice is clear New Jersey, vote @JerseyJustinUSA for a chance, not do nothing Booker. We deserve better!

[Marc Benioff @Benioff]

Jason is 100% right. Code red. 🚨

[Andy Brown @GunnerBrown]

@CoryBooker @JaysWorld Cory Booker says TDS TDS TDS and there is no treason in NJ, but the evidence speaks louder than his words.

[iDenville @iDenville]

The House Judiciary Committee just issued subpoenas to New Jersey because congressional investigators uncovered a paper trail.

New Jersey officials knew about noncitizen voter registrations for two full years and stayed silent while publicly blaming a software glitch.

Internal tech vendor records from IDEMIA prove Trenton officials flagged the vulnerability back in 2024, yet approved the exact software specs that pumped noncitizen data into the active voter pipeline.

When federal oversight closed in, the political cover up turned ruthless:

On August 3, Congress demanded records from Secretary of State Dale Caldwell.

In Midaugust, Caldwell’s counsel agreed to cooperate with the federal probe.

Then days later, Gov. Sherrill’s office bypasses state channels to target Caldwell, forcing him out by September 4.

On August 21, Trenton quietly purges 5,100 names to deflect deadline pressure.

On September 15, The House Oversight Subcommittee convenes. The state blocks every single NJ official from testifying, leaving Assemblyman @MikeInganamort as the lone representative in the room.

While the state publicly admits to 6,600 files, federal agencies are flagging up to 35,000 potentially ineligible voters. Historical data from the 2018 automatic voter registration pipeline suggests the true baseline pool could exceed 233,000 names.

Because of this stonewalling, local taxpayers still do not know which specific local, county, or legislative races these invalid ballots may have flipped. You cannot approve broken software, push out cooperating officials, stonewall Congress, and expect them to walk away. The subpoenas have landed.

What town or legislative district in New Jersey do you think was hit hardest by these razor thin margins? Drop your local election theories below.