Serge Ahmed
@sergeahmed.bsky.social
Behavioral and Brain Scientist ~ Addiction Research ~ CNRS Research Director ~ University of Bordeaux
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Seems bad…
Our 2017 @nationalacademies.org report on “Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance" (www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/hum...) was designed to prevent exactly this kind of rogue science. One of the many reasons why we need industry-independent regulatory frameworks for emerging tech …
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
Silicon Valley startups are pushing the boundaries of reproductive genetics, hoping to prevent diseases as well as improve chances for a high IQ and other traits.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Seems bad…
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If you think you're not quoted enough, you have no idea how much
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you think you're not quoted enough, you have no idea how much
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In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
Latest write-up about outrageous administrative over reach at IU. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
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C'est en préparation, on va dire.
Macron juge le “monde universitaire coupable” d'avoir “cassé la République en deux” | Les Inrocks
Dans un article paru dans Le Monde ce jeudi 11 juin, le président estime que “l’ethnicisation de la question sociale” des discours tenus par les universitaires reviennent “à casser la République en de...
www.lesinrocks.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
C'est en préparation, on va dire.
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Les ultra-riches font sécession, épisode numéro 85672431
Zuckerberg aurait ouvert une école chez lui (= les 11 propriétés adjacentes qu'il a achetées pour se faire un mega-mansion) pour scolariser ses 3 filles, mais aussi une trentaine d'enfants, sans autorisation arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Mark Zuckerberg’s illegal school drove his neighbors crazy
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic.
arstechnica.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Les ultra-riches font sécession, épisode numéro 85672431
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Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of DNA. Stop saying that they discovered DNA! This was done by another guy you probably haven't heard of! And therein lies a story. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
Before Watson and Crick in 1953 Came Friedrich Miescher in 1869
Abstract. The story of genetics typically omits the original discovery of the molecular nature of DNA: Friedrich Miescher's 1869 discovery of the substance
academic.oup.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of DNA. Stop saying that they discovered DNA! This was done by another guy you probably haven't heard of! And therein lies a story. academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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"Enfin - et ce ne sera pas une surprise si vous connaissez mon parcours d’éducateur - nous devons mener à bien la suppression totale du ministère de l’Éducation" (ce ministère a été créé le 17 octobre 1979 par Jimmy Carter et la Heritage Foundation en réclamait la suppression dès janvier 1980)
Trump : Entretien avec Kevin Roberts, cerveau du Projet 2025
« … un changement de régime par rapport au totalitarisme d'Obama et de Biden, qui sont les grands violateurs de la tradition américaine. » Un an après l’élection de Donald Trump, la chercheuse Marlèn...
legrandcontinent.eu
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"Enfin - et ce ne sera pas une surprise si vous connaissez mon parcours d’éducateur - nous devons mener à bien la suppression totale du ministère de l’Éducation" (ce ministère a été créé le 17 octobre 1979 par Jimmy Carter et la Heritage Foundation en réclamait la suppression dès janvier 1980)
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L' #OffensiveObscurantiste devient de plus en plus délirante.
On aurait tort d'en rire. Certains y croient, et d'autres y voient une opportunité électorale. Il va y avoir des conséquences.
On aurait tort d'en rire. Certains y croient, et d'autres y voient une opportunité électorale. Il va y avoir des conséquences.
« Les universités en France sont des prises de guerre pour l’islamisme, le wokisme etc. afin de coloniser des jeunes cerveaux fragiles »
Anti intellectualisme primaire sur facho news
Anti intellectualisme primaire sur facho news
November 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
L' #OffensiveObscurantiste devient de plus en plus délirante.
On aurait tort d'en rire. Certains y croient, et d'autres y voient une opportunité électorale. Il va y avoir des conséquences.
On aurait tort d'en rire. Certains y croient, et d'autres y voient une opportunité électorale. Il va y avoir des conséquences.
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Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
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BREAKING: RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
BREAKING: RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
Findlay is reportedly ok.
Neuroscience must broaden its ontological mission beyond treatment of DSM-defined disorders to include functional misalignments and productivity in everyday life
The concept of behavioral “wind tunnels", by analogy with aerodynamics, may help to achieve this goal
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
The concept of behavioral “wind tunnels", by analogy with aerodynamics, may help to achieve this goal
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Neuroscience must broaden its ontological mission beyond treatment of DSM-defined disorders to include functional misalignments and productivity in everyday life
The concept of behavioral “wind tunnels", by analogy with aerodynamics, may help to achieve this goal
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
The concept of behavioral “wind tunnels", by analogy with aerodynamics, may help to achieve this goal
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4...
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Aujourd'hui paraît "Sociologie de la justice" à @edladecouverte.bsky.social : il intéressera étudiant·es, chercheurs et chercheuses rencontrant cette institution sur leurs terrains, et toutes les personnes s'interrogeant sur cet enjeu démocratique central www.editionsladecouverte.fr/sociologie_d...
Sociologie de la justice - Laurent Willemez - Éditions La Découverte
: Si la justice est une institution très présente dans le débat public et parfois dans la vie privée des Français, elle reste pourtant mal connue et est l'objet de nombreux préjugés. On évoque ainsi s...
www.editionsladecouverte.fr
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Aujourd'hui paraît "Sociologie de la justice" à @edladecouverte.bsky.social : il intéressera étudiant·es, chercheurs et chercheuses rencontrant cette institution sur leurs terrains, et toutes les personnes s'interrogeant sur cet enjeu démocratique central www.editionsladecouverte.fr/sociologie_d...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
The evolution of planning after the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life
In his presentation, MacIver shows impressive videos of a small robot chasing and hunting a mouse through a maze, revealing that the mouse is always several steps ahead 🤩
youtu.be/YgAwqBwCyxo?...
In his presentation, MacIver shows impressive videos of a small robot chasing and hunting a mouse through a maze, revealing that the mouse is always several steps ahead 🤩
youtu.be/YgAwqBwCyxo?...
Malcolm MacIver, The Geological Basis of Intelligence | Natural Philosophy Symposium 2025
YouTube video by Hopkins Natural Philosophy Forum
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The evolution of planning after the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life
In his presentation, MacIver shows impressive videos of a small robot chasing and hunting a mouse through a maze, revealing that the mouse is always several steps ahead 🤩
youtu.be/YgAwqBwCyxo?...
In his presentation, MacIver shows impressive videos of a small robot chasing and hunting a mouse through a maze, revealing that the mouse is always several steps ahead 🤩
youtu.be/YgAwqBwCyxo?...
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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A.I. chatbots have become a new front in the war over what is true and false, replicating the partisan debate seen on mainstream and social media. We tested several and found that they produced starkly different answers, especially on political issues.
Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars
Once pitched as dispassionate tools to answer your questions, A.I. chatbots are now programmed to reflect the biases of their creators.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A.I. chatbots have become a new front in the war over what is true and false, replicating the partisan debate seen on mainstream and social media. We tested several and found that they produced starkly different answers, especially on political issues.
A man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis has just died.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
US elections 2025 live: Americans go to the polls, with elections in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and California
Attention in US and abroad will be on New York mayoral race with Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani facing Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis has just died.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What he said Part 3: 💯 🎯
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Errrrr … how many times God?
God: none actually. Closer to what ICE is doing in American cities.
God: none actually. Closer to what ICE is doing in American cities.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Errrrr … how many times God?
God: none actually. Closer to what ICE is doing in American cities.
God: none actually. Closer to what ICE is doing in American cities.
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When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.