KC LeNoire (He/Him)
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A Blessed Ash Wednesday and Happy Ramadan Mubarak to all those who observe.
Wishing everyone a safe and reflective period of enlightenment and spiritual growth as we enter the Lenten season and the holy month of Ramadan.
Wishing everyone a safe and reflective period of enlightenment and spiritual growth as we enter the Lenten season and the holy month of Ramadan.
February 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A Blessed Ash Wednesday and Happy Ramadan Mubarak to all those who observe.
Wishing everyone a safe and reflective period of enlightenment and spiritual growth as we enter the Lenten season and the holy month of Ramadan.
Wishing everyone a safe and reflective period of enlightenment and spiritual growth as we enter the Lenten season and the holy month of Ramadan.
1. The modesty of Apple's headphone ambitions is surprising; the real opportunity is being missed.
2. I wouldn't say Humane's co-founders got the last laugh, a smirk or snarky glance is definitely justified.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
2. I wouldn't say Humane's co-founders got the last laugh, a smirk or snarky glance is definitely justified.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple Ramps Up Work on Glasses, Pendant, and Camera AirPods for AI Era
Apple Inc. is accelerating development of three new wearable devices as part of a shift toward artificial intelligence-powered hardware, a category also being pursued by OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
1. The modesty of Apple's headphone ambitions is surprising; the real opportunity is being missed.
2. I wouldn't say Humane's co-founders got the last laugh, a smirk or snarky glance is definitely justified.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
2. I wouldn't say Humane's co-founders got the last laugh, a smirk or snarky glance is definitely justified.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
There are singers, there are performers, then there's Miss Jill Scott.
Jill Scott: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
youtu.be/M5QOaaRJYFc?...
Jill Scott: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
youtu.be/M5QOaaRJYFc?...
Jill Scott: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
There are singers, there are performers, then there's Miss Jill Scott.
Jill Scott: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
youtu.be/M5QOaaRJYFc?...
Jill Scott: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
youtu.be/M5QOaaRJYFc?...
This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year.
www.startribune.com/lunar-new-ye...
www.startribune.com/lunar-new-ye...
Lunar New Year, Fat Tuesday, Ramadan and Lent occur around the same time this year
The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year.
www.startribune.com/lunar-new-ye...
www.startribune.com/lunar-new-ye...
I'm always hard-pressed to see the value in participatory-action research.
It's, typically, poorly designed and always poorly executed.
It's, typically, poorly designed and always poorly executed.
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I'm always hard-pressed to see the value in participatory-action research.
It's, typically, poorly designed and always poorly executed.
It's, typically, poorly designed and always poorly executed.
You have to eat the dream
You have to sleep the dream
You have to dream the dream
You have to see it when nobody else sees it
You have to feel it when it's not tangible
You have to believe it when you cannot see it
You gotta be possessed with the dream.
open.spotify.com/track/2bSfqc...
You have to sleep the dream
You have to dream the dream
You have to see it when nobody else sees it
You have to feel it when it's not tangible
You have to believe it when you cannot see it
You gotta be possessed with the dream.
open.spotify.com/track/2bSfqc...
Wins & Losses
open.spotify.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
You have to eat the dream
You have to sleep the dream
You have to dream the dream
You have to see it when nobody else sees it
You have to feel it when it's not tangible
You have to believe it when you cannot see it
You gotta be possessed with the dream.
open.spotify.com/track/2bSfqc...
You have to sleep the dream
You have to dream the dream
You have to see it when nobody else sees it
You have to feel it when it's not tangible
You have to believe it when you cannot see it
You gotta be possessed with the dream.
open.spotify.com/track/2bSfqc...
I would love to hear product design experts discuss at length what it means to "think *beyond* the limits of our tools" when designing hardware.
OpenAI Town Hall with Sam Altman www.youtube.com/live/Wpxv-8n... via YouTube
OpenAI Town Hall with Sam Altman www.youtube.com/live/Wpxv-8n... via YouTube
OpenAI Town Hall with Sam Altman
YouTube video by OpenAI
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I would love to hear product design experts discuss at length what it means to "think *beyond* the limits of our tools" when designing hardware.
OpenAI Town Hall with Sam Altman www.youtube.com/live/Wpxv-8n... via YouTube
OpenAI Town Hall with Sam Altman www.youtube.com/live/Wpxv-8n... via YouTube
This episode hasn't left my mind since I listened to it.
It has really made me wonder whether newborns also experience post-partum depression, especially in instances where the birthing parent...
It has really made me wonder whether newborns also experience post-partum depression, especially in instances where the birthing parent...
As I stated in a previous post ((tinyurl.com/3s7c3e89), I think some of the pushback to substance-assisted treatments is because there is little providers or patients can do in the wake of a "bad trip" once a drug is ingested and metabolized.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Nnb...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Nnb...
Rachel Yehuda: The Biology of What We Carry
open.spotify.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
This episode hasn't left my mind since I listened to it.
It has really made me wonder whether newborns also experience post-partum depression, especially in instances where the birthing parent...
It has really made me wonder whether newborns also experience post-partum depression, especially in instances where the birthing parent...
What efforts are being made to retain and re-deploy folks with previous experience to new builds -- especially those who may've benefitted from employer-subsidized training to upgrade their skillsets?
After local worker supplies has been tapped, do infrastructure builders source from journeyman contractors and road hands?
attentiontotheunseen.com/2026/01/17/t...
attentiontotheunseen.com/2026/01/17/t...
The real AI talent war is for skilled tradespeople - Attention to the Unseen
Wired reports: AI companies like Meta and OpenAI have been offering multimillion-dollar pay packages to top talent, hoping to lure the best researchers and engineers away from their competitors. But t...
attentiontotheunseen.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
What efforts are being made to retain and re-deploy folks with previous experience to new builds -- especially those who may've benefitted from employer-subsidized training to upgrade their skillsets?
After local worker supplies has been tapped, do infrastructure builders source from journeyman contractors and road hands?
attentiontotheunseen.com/2026/01/17/t...
attentiontotheunseen.com/2026/01/17/t...
The real AI talent war is for skilled tradespeople - Attention to the Unseen
Wired reports: AI companies like Meta and OpenAI have been offering multimillion-dollar pay packages to top talent, hoping to lure the best researchers and engineers away from their competitors. But t...
attentiontotheunseen.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
After local worker supplies has been tapped, do infrastructure builders source from journeyman contractors and road hands?
attentiontotheunseen.com/2026/01/17/t...
attentiontotheunseen.com/2026/01/17/t...
As I stated in a previous post ((tinyurl.com/3s7c3e89), I think some of the pushback to substance-assisted treatments is because there is little providers or patients can do in the wake of a "bad trip" once a drug is ingested and metabolized.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Nnb...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Nnb...
Rachel Yehuda: The Biology of What We Carry
open.spotify.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:25 AM
As I stated in a previous post ((tinyurl.com/3s7c3e89), I think some of the pushback to substance-assisted treatments is because there is little providers or patients can do in the wake of a "bad trip" once a drug is ingested and metabolized.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Nnb...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Nnb...
Should the NFL be required to extend its post-retirement health care coverage beyond five years for players who have sustained multiple concussions throughout their careers?
open.spotify.com/episode/5reS...
open.spotify.com/episode/5reS...
Is NFL Healthcare Broken? + LSU Signs Sam Leavitt & Zion Williamson’s Love Life
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Should the NFL be required to extend its post-retirement health care coverage beyond five years for players who have sustained multiple concussions throughout their careers?
open.spotify.com/episode/5reS...
open.spotify.com/episode/5reS...
Thoughtless Experiments: The 2025 Music Mountain Sierras (Unsequenced).
Bandaids for the deep cuts. 🩹
Bandaids for the deep cuts. 🩹
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Thoughtless Experiments: The 2025 Music Mountain Sierras (Unsequenced).
Bandaids for the deep cuts. 🩹
Bandaids for the deep cuts. 🩹
Microsoft has launched its Community-First AI Infrastructure Initiative, a five-point commitment to help reduce its footprint on the communities with which it partners to build out AI infrastructure including data centers.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Building Community-First AI Infrastructure
Microsoft is launching a new initiative to build what we call Community-First AI Infrastructure—a commitment to do this work differently than some others and to do it responsibly.
blogs.microsoft.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Microsoft has launched its Community-First AI Infrastructure Initiative, a five-point commitment to help reduce its footprint on the communities with which it partners to build out AI infrastructure including data centers.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Give it up for Destin, he deserves it.
Destin Conrad: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
Destin Conrad: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
Destin Conrad: Tiny Desk Concert
The R&B singer transforms the Tiny Desk into his own version of a jazz club, reimaging songs in ways we've never heard before.
www.npr.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Give it up for Destin, he deserves it.
Destin Conrad: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
Destin Conrad: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿🤏🏿
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
Advancing its Claude for Life Sciences initiative, Anthropic has introduced Claude for Healthcare, a complementary set of tools that allow healthcare providers, payers, and consumers to use Claude for medical purposes through HIPAA-ready products.
www.anthropic.com/news/healthc...
www.anthropic.com/news/healthc...
Advancing Claude in healthcare and the life sciences
Introducing Claude for Healthcare with HIPAA-ready infrastructure, plus expanded Life Sciences tools for clinical trials and regulatory submissions. New connectors to CMS, Medidata, and ClinicalTrials...
www.anthropic.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Advancing its Claude for Life Sciences initiative, Anthropic has introduced Claude for Healthcare, a complementary set of tools that allow healthcare providers, payers, and consumers to use Claude for medical purposes through HIPAA-ready products.
www.anthropic.com/news/healthc...
www.anthropic.com/news/healthc...
“Whether in their reproductive years and raising kids or in midlife and starting aging, women are not getting preventive care. It’s very clear it’s a large opportunity.”
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Pomelo Care’s Valuation Soars To $1.7 Billion As It Plans Expansion Beyond Maternal Care
Former Flatiron Health exec Marta Bralic Kerns raised $92 million to expand her virtual care model to women at all stages of their lives.
www.forbes.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
“Whether in their reproductive years and raising kids or in midlife and starting aging, women are not getting preventive care. It’s very clear it’s a large opportunity.”
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...
Pax Silica seeks to strengthen cooperation among allied partners to safeguard the full technology supply chain.
It is a key pillar of the Trump Administration’s economic strategy to reduce dependence on rival nations.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
It is a key pillar of the Trump Administration’s economic strategy to reduce dependence on rival nations.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Qatar and UAE to join U.S.-led effort to bolster technology supply chain
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will soon join a U.S.-led initiative to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains, Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg told Reuters in an inte...
www.reuters.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Pax Silica seeks to strengthen cooperation among allied partners to safeguard the full technology supply chain.
It is a key pillar of the Trump Administration’s economic strategy to reduce dependence on rival nations.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
It is a key pillar of the Trump Administration’s economic strategy to reduce dependence on rival nations.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
"If you need to make someone feel small so that you can feel tall, then, my goodness, my dear, you’re no person at all.” - Alex Hay
January 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
"If you need to make someone feel small so that you can feel tall, then, my goodness, my dear, you’re no person at all.” - Alex Hay
I keep telling them about you. 🔊🔊🔊
Coco Jones: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
www.npr.org/2026/01/09/g...
Coco Jones: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
www.npr.org/2026/01/09/g...
Coco Jones: Tiny Desk Concert
As soon as Coco Jones stepped behind the Desk, donning a beautiful silver dress and a bright, warm smile, it was apparent that we were about to witness a star shine.
www.npr.org
January 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I keep telling them about you. 🔊🔊🔊
Coco Jones: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
www.npr.org/2026/01/09/g...
Coco Jones: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.
www.npr.org/2026/01/09/g...
#CARTUNEZZzz Presents Teyana Taylor: Escape Room, Part 1. 🌹
The Jill Scott and Sade covers were 🔥🔥. Looking forward to Part 2!
youtu.be/3K2vDexjmsM?...
The Jill Scott and Sade covers were 🔥🔥. Looking forward to Part 2!
youtu.be/3K2vDexjmsM?...
CARTUNEZZzz — TEYANA TAYLOR ESCAPE ROOM PART ONE
YouTube video by Teyana Taylor
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
#CARTUNEZZzz Presents Teyana Taylor: Escape Room, Part 1. 🌹
The Jill Scott and Sade covers were 🔥🔥. Looking forward to Part 2!
youtu.be/3K2vDexjmsM?...
The Jill Scott and Sade covers were 🔥🔥. Looking forward to Part 2!
youtu.be/3K2vDexjmsM?...