KC LeNoire (He/Him)
dontcallusdead.bsky.social
KC LeNoire (He/Him)
@dontcallusdead.bsky.social
Tech (AI) 🤓 • Product & Music Reviews 📝• Health & Wellness • Cannabis • Sustainability ♻️ • Sports 🤺• All views my own. 🚫 reuse w/o xpress permission
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...
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
Thoughtless Experiments: The 2025 Music Mountain Sierras (Unsequenced).

Bandaids for the deep cuts. 🩹
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 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...
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
Give it up for Destin, he deserves it.

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
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...
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
“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...
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
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...
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
"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
I keep telling them about you. 🔊🔊🔊

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
#CARTUNEZZzz Presents Teyana Taylor: Escape Room, Part 1. 🌹

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
AI has broken through in some of the least-flashy, but most labor-intensive, tasks hospitals deal with daily, making them a critical resource in dealing with persistent worker shortages that can burn out clinicians and delay care.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/hosp...
Hospitals Are a Proving Ground for What AI Can Do, and What It Can’t
Healthcare is going all-in on artificial intelligence, from reading patient scans to fighting insurance denials.
www.wsj.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Unofficial sources have confirmed China's plans to approve imports of Nvidia's H200s for select commercial use.

The semiconductors will be barred from use in critical infrastructure and by state-owned enterprises due to security concerns.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China to Approve Nvidia H200 Purchases as Soon as This Quarter
China plans to approve some imports of Nvidia Corp.’s H200 chips as soon as this quarter, according to people familiar with the situation, giving the company renewed access to a critical market.
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
This work seems to solve for only part of a larger equation.

What does developing task-based competencies mean without a focus on mastering general spatial intelligence as well?

restofworld.org/2026/china-r...
In Chinese data factories, workers teach humanoid robots boring tasks
Local governments are building training centers to address a shortage of robotic data, as China makes embodied intelligence a national priority.
restofworld.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
And what you appreciate, appreciates.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
ChatGPT Health is designed to support your care journey by providing a reliable resource to help you navigate everyday questions and understand patterns over time.

I'm excited to give it a try. Follow the link below to join the waitlist.

openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing ChatGPT Health
A dedicated experience in ChatGPT designed for health and wellness.
openai.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
And we were built to endure it.

Removing choice from the equation prevents us from painting ourselves as victims of circumstance.
Semantics around the soul contract conversation ruffled intellectual feathers.

We didn't "sign up" to do the work. The work was inherited or assigned to us by virtue of a pre-destined fate. It's part of the reason why we are on this earth, our Divine Purpose.

open.spotify.com/episode/2sDE...
Oprah and Iyanla Vanzant on Daily Care for Your Spiritual Hygiene
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Semantics around the soul contract conversation ruffled intellectual feathers.

We didn't "sign up" to do the work. The work was inherited or assigned to us by virtue of a pre-destined fate. It's part of the reason why we are on this earth, our Divine Purpose.

open.spotify.com/episode/2sDE...
Oprah and Iyanla Vanzant on Daily Care for Your Spiritual Hygiene
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
"There's a lot to be excited about heading into the off season. What you have is no longer potential. You have guys who are answering the call and being what they were projected to be." -Demario Davis, UberEats Week 18 Post Game Interview
With one game left in their season, a four-game win streak and an undefeated December now rest on the team's mantle alongside its other accomplishments.

It's been an enjoyably far cry from seasons past that we're still trying to forget.
January 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Chemical transmutations.

Daniel Caesar: @npr.org Tiny Desk Concert.

www.npr.org/2026/01/05/g...
Daniel Caesar: Tiny Desk Concert
An upright piano, a guitar and Daniel Caesar, lifted by a 12-piece choir. The presentation is simple, but the effect is transcendent.
www.npr.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Today is the second and final "double-vote" day in Nationwide's annual #WPMOY charity challenge.

Support your favorite club winner by posting their full name/handle along with the hashtag #WPMOYChallenge  to X (formerly Twitter) or visiting www.nfl.com/honors/man-o....
January 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I HOWLED. The accuracy.

I'm surprised "Still Life" didn't included a pair of Meta RayBan smart glasses as well.
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Rattler Riddle of the Week: Y'all remember the Titans?

🐍: Yeah, they were the fourth consecutive team to fall victim to the @neworleanssaints.bsky.social's #WinterWinStreak. ⚜️
Caller: Hello, 9-1-1?

Dispatcher: Stop playin' on my ph--

Caller: No, forreal -- there's been a natural disaster.

Dispatcher: What happened?

Caller: There's Olaveeeeee, everywhere!

The Saints are good, but the Jets are Shough outta luck. ⚜️
At the end of the day, we want to win games. That's the purpose of us being here." -Devaughn Vele
December 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A: funds; angers.
The person who ___________ you controls you.
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The person who ___________ you controls you.
December 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM