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Serge Ahmed

@sergeahmed.bsky.social

Behavioral and Brain Scientist ~ Addiction Research ~ CNRS Research Director ~ University of Bordeaux

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Génial!

21.11.2025 21:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Central neural circuits underlying itch sensation

Scratching can be highly rewarding

Strong desire or motivation for scratching can lead to skin or tissue damage in patients with chronic itch

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

18.11.2025 17:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Finally, he confesses that, beyond the powerful and currently flawless mathematical framework of QM, he felt the need to develop an "image" of physical reality that he knows to be philosophically inconsistent but nevertheless very useful for generating scientifically testable intuitions.

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16.11.2025 19:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He knew then that he would dedicate his scientific life to QM.

He also describes feeling "schizophrenic" between Einstein and quantum mechanics, and that he had no choice but to rely on an experiment to decide between the two!

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16.11.2025 19:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Have We Been Brainwashed? Quantum Mechanics and Nonlocality
YouTube video by World Science Festival Have We Been Brainwashed? Quantum Mechanics and Nonlocality

Awesome conversation between Brian Greene and Alain Aspect on the history and significance of quantum mechanics 😍

Alain Aspect recounts his love-at-first-sight with quantum mechanics (QM) after reading John Bell's four-page article.

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youtu.be/2olKOaG_7JA?...

16.11.2025 19:05 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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It's a revealing moment...

J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.

The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.

16.11.2025 12:52 — 👍 8662    🔁 2906    💬 407    📌 165

Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.

16.11.2025 13:06 — 👍 1156    🔁 362    💬 24    📌 30

oh my God

16.11.2025 09:15 — 👍 134    🔁 47    💬 1    📌 6
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Sunday quiz

In your opinion, what fateful question is he about to ask?

16.11.2025 09:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Etats-Unis / Le sénateur démocrate américain Chris Murphy a déclaré que Trump était « profondément préoccupé » par la situation entourant la publication des dossiers du financier controversé Jeffrey Epstein thehill.com/homenews/sen...

16.11.2025 08:31 — 👍 17    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 1

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16.11.2025 09:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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20 000 pages de docs liés à l’affaire Epstein viennent de sortir via la commission de la Chambre. Dedans : des mails où Epstein parle DIRECTEMENT de Trump. Et c’est pas joli. [Fil à dérouler] 🧵

15.11.2025 13:02 — 👍 55    🔁 26    💬 3    📌 1
Un vrai kiff. - La chronique de Pierre-Emmanuel Barré
YouTube video by Radio Nova Un vrai kiff. - La chronique de Pierre-Emmanuel Barré

Le ministre de l'intérieur porte plainte contre PE Barré pour cette chronique dans @ladernierenova.bsky.social
www.telerama.fr/radio/radio-...
youtu.be/3KmL65uC34Q?...

15.11.2025 12:37 — 👍 46    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 10
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Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism Claims that the gut microbiome causally contributes to autism regularly appear in the scientific literature and popular press. Mitchell et al. critically examine influential studies underpinning these...

New paper with @statsepi.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social in which we show there's really no evidence for a link between the gut microbiome and autism www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

13.11.2025 16:10 — 👍 185    🔁 63    💬 6    📌 5
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Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people

Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

15.11.2025 12:54 — 👍 332    🔁 141    💬 17    📌 7
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Gosh, I wonder what Marjorie Taylor Greene did to piss off Trump? Could it possibly have something to do with her call to release the Epstein files?

15.11.2025 12:52 — 👍 1204    🔁 262    💬 138    📌 33

The authors conclude: Our impression is that autism-microbiome research is an example of a field that has generated its own momentum, with no sense of a “stop rule” and without necessarily going anywhere.

How many other research fields fit this general description?

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15.11.2025 12:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a causal link between the gut microbiome and autism

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www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

15.11.2025 12:52 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission

We didn't plagiarize, you made us plagiarize by asking questions to which we stole the answers.

"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."

14.11.2025 02:47 — 👍 428    🔁 116    💬 12    📌 19
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All the Leaked Epstein / Trump Emails in One Place Please Share

All the Leaked Epstein Emails here:

Please Share!

krassencast.com/p/all-the-le...

13.11.2025 15:40 — 👍 909    🔁 595    💬 46    📌 25

I am amazed that the authors managed to write and publish it without citing a single relevant study from our laboratory. It is certainly an achievement that must have required considerable effort on their part 🙂

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13.11.2025 15:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Utility of Substance-Free Alternatives in Treating and Preventing Harmful Substance Use: A Narrative Review of the Translational Research Spectrum Interventions primarily focused on constraining access to substances have largely failed to reduce substance use and associated problems. Alternative …

Utility of Substance-Free Alternatives in Treating and Preventing Harmful Substance Use: A Narrative Review of the Translational Research Spectrum

This is an important literature review on a crucial topic in the prevention and treatment of addictions.

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

13.11.2025 15:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Epstein files become a fiasco of Trump's own making Trump's reaction to the Epstein scandal is window into how he handles major controversies that invite criticism about his leadership.

Four months ago, President Trump blocked the release of the Epstein files. Yesterday's disclosure of thousands of Epstein emails showed why.

Trump and his allies had promised to release the files before the 2024 election. He then reversed course in July.

13.11.2025 12:09 — 👍 194    🔁 59    💬 9    📌 2
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Epstein mentioned Trump multiple times in private emails, new release shows | CNN Politics Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender whose death by suicide has spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile people he knew, mentioned Donald Trump by name multiple times in private correspondenc...

Anyone surprised by this revelation?https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/politics/epstein-trump-emails-oversight-committee

12.11.2025 14:04 — 👍 45    🔁 22    💬 2    📌 1
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Robert Garcia says House Democrats are likely to release more Epstein-related documents later today and adds, "we want to know why Donald Trump spent the entire campaign saying he would release the files and now that he's in the White House, there's a massive coverup going on."

12.11.2025 15:45 — 👍 2592    🔁 654    💬 78    📌 34
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Journalistes à Gaza : les visages du carnage | Panoramiques | Mediapart Dans le cimetière à ciel ouvert qu’est devenue la bande de Gaza, reposent les âmes de plusieurs dizaines de journalistes, tués en bravant le blocus médiatique imposé par Israël. Mediapart a reconstitué leurs histoires.

Long format 📸 | Journalistes à Gaza : les visages du carnage

Dans le cimetière qu’est devenue la bande de Gaza, reposent les âmes de plusieurs dizaines de journalistes, tués en bravant le blocus médiatique imposé par Israël. Mediapart a tenté de reconstituer leurs histoires.

11.11.2025 16:25 — 👍 77    🔁 40    💬 3    📌 0

After you, your sons and grandsons

11.11.2025 19:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

S'inspirant de Bernard Stiegler, elle établit des parallèles saisissants entre ces technologies et le pharmakon de Platon, qu'elle traduit par "drogue". Comme pour les drogues, ces
technologies d'IA peuvent à la fois remplir des fonctions importantes et comporter un risque
d'addiction.

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11.11.2025 19:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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