Lucienne Kennedy

@LPKennedy29
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I am an archaeologist turned design ethnographer who loves experiencing different cultures & I have insatiable curiosity for learning what motivates people.

In the spirit of Making America Healthy Again, the CDC is no longer conducting active surveillance on 6 of 8 food borne pathogens, including Listeria and Y. pestis. Happy eating all!

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089?internal=true

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses

A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago

NBC News
X-Men at 25 is more relevant than ever
"Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand." Plus: our seven favorite scenes
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/07/x-men-at-25-is-more-relevant-than-ever/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds
Popular chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study authors call for nuance.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/ai-therapy-bots-fuel-delusions-and-give-dangerous-advice-stanford-study-finds/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Anyway here's superman from 75 years ago, being woke a f
It’s dangerous out there, take Harry the Highland cow. He’s cute and cuddly. 🥰 #TimelineCleanser
Perhaps running rough shod over everyone and pissing people off enough that they want to go nuclear on your A$$ is not the best business model. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/ai-haters-build-tarpits-to-trap-and-trick-ai-scrapers-that-ignore-robots-txt/
AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt

Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.

Ars Technica

Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.

https://medium.com/nightingale/writing-alt-text-for-data-visualization-2a218ef43f81

Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization

How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try

Medium
Don't forget to tip your server...

AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings

Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/ai-trains-on-kids-photos-even-when-parents-use-strict-privacy-settings/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings

Even unlisted YouTube videos are used to train AI, watchdog warns.

Ars Technica