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The LSP (Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs) is a research laboratory at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and the CNRS, with interests in visual and auditory perception. lsp.dec.ens.fr/en

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Cognition ENS @cognitionens.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
PODCAST I Quelle est la relation entre les systèmes auditifs des humains, des animaux et les sons naturels de l’environnement réel ? Un entretien avec C. Lorenzi @lsp-ens.bsky.social sur les recherches sur la perception et la compréhension auditives des sons et des scènes naturelles bit.ly/4yfwklq
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Ecological Perspectives on Hearing - Across Acoustics
What is the relationship between the auditory systems of humans and animals and the natural sounds of the real-world environment? In this episode, we speak to three of the editors of the Special Issue...
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Christian Lorenzi from @lsp-ens.bsky.social co-edited the JASA special issue "Ecological perspectives on hearing". Listen to him and the other editors discuss its highlights in the latest episode of the podcast Across Acoustics: www. buzzsprout.com/1537384/episodes/19930321%20as
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Ecological Perspectives on Hearing - Across Acoustics
What is the relationship between the auditory systems of humans and animals and the natural sounds of the real-world environment? In this episode, we speak to three of the editors of the Special Issue...
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Claudia Lunghi @claudialunghi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Check out our latest paper! Project lead by the amazing Izel Sari, in collaboration with Antoni Valero-Cabré group. We show that modulating motor cortex excitability with rTMS has an impact on adult visual homeostatic plasticity. academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
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Motor cortex rTMS modulates adult ocular dominance plasticity
Abstract. Well-established evidence supports cross-modal interactions of sensory brain plasticity. Here, we extend cross-modality beyond the boundaries of
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Congrats @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social on this major achievement 🎉
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Tarryn Balsdon @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another thanks to the organisers of #ECVP2026 so happy to be there with @eecasey.bsky.social and @lotfiahmad.bsky.social as well as all the wonderful visual perception people!
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Léo Varnet @leovarnet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Here's a thread about a nice student-led project on vowel perception that evolved into a full conference paper for Forum Acusticum 2026 in Graz. #FA2026
First page of the paper with title authors and abstract.
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Musique : le cerveau aime anticiper" sur Le Journal Du @cnrs.fr, avec Daniel Pressnitzer lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/mus...
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Musique : le cerveau aime anticiper
Derrière le plaisir d’écouter une chanson se cache une étonnante capacité du cerveau : un mécanisme d’anticipation qui traduit de simples vibrations en émotions. Un phénomène particulièrement exploité...
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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Deeply honoured and very humbled to have received the 2026 Kurt Koffka Medal. Many thanks to the committee at the University of Giessen! www.uni-giessen.de/fbz/fb06/psy...
Pascal Mamassian (centre) receiving the 2026 Kurt Koffka Medal from Prof. Dr. Christiane Hermann (left) and Prof. Dr. Roland W. Fleming at the University of Giessen, Germany, on July 8, 2026.
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Nadia Hosseinizaveh @nadiahosseinizaveh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
(1/6) My first first-author paper is now out in @nconsc.bsky.social! Part of my PhD work with @mamassian.bsky.social at @lsp-ens.bsky.social. We looked at how confidence behaves during a perceptual learning task with no feedback. academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
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Perceptual learning without feedback is accompanied with systematic changes in confidence processing
Abstract. Perceptual learning can occur without external feedback, raising questions about what internal signals might guide this learning. Here, we test t
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Want to know more about BEYSE? Check out this brief note: www.ucl.ac.uk/global/news/...
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UCL launches landmark European collaboration on perception science
UCL is working with top French partners CNRS and ENS – PSL on a major European research initiative to advance understanding of human perception and consciousness.
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Congrats to all LSP speakers & poster presenters at BEYSE 🎉 @mamassian.bsky.social @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social @lotfiahmad.bsky.social @ljubicajovanovic.bsky.social @eecasey.bsky.social @alelorcavyhmeister.bsky.social @Yves Boubenec @Mathilde Martin @Hugo Tissot
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Laura De Laere @lauradelaere.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Had a great time presenting my first poster at #VSS2026! 👀🧠 Grateful for all the insightful discussions and feedback, and loved seeing many great talks and other posters. We introduced a new paradigm + computational model to study confidence updating during active sampling in decision-making. 💭
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Alejandro Lorca-Vyhmeister @alelorcavyhmeister.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Really happy to have presented my first poster at #VSS2026! There were so many great posters and talks. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and heard me talking about Perceptual Confidence on Auditory-Induced Visual Position Biases. I hope to see you all next year with more great science :)
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Tarryn Balsdon @tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The team at SBDM! @ljubicajovanovic.bsky.social @eecasey.bsky.social @lotfiahmad.bsky.social @lsp-ens.bsky.social Looking forward to this excellent program
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The study demonstrates that interpreting error types in non-human animal studies is tractable, and can be used to illuminate neural systems otherwise ambiguous. Discover more 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003768 #Neuroscience #DecisionMaking #fUSi
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Premotor cortex hemodynamic responses primarily reflect perceptual rather than specific motor aspects of decision making
How do frontal brain regions guide decision-making in the context of perceptual and non-perceptual factors? This study in ferrets shows through functional ultrasound imaging that activity in the brain...
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
When ferrets 🐾 make mistakes, does the premotor cortex 🧠 know it? A new study by J. Boucher, S. Shamma and Y. Boubenec in @plosbiology.org uses functional ultrasound imaging to show that premotor cortex tracks the perceived stimulus, not the one reported by behavior. ⬇️
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Premotor cortex hemodynamic responses primarily reflect perceptual rather than specific motor aspects of decision making
How do frontal brain regions guide decision-making in the context of perceptual and non-perceptual factors? This study in ferrets shows through functional ultrasound imaging that activity in the brain...
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 15/05/2026
How do frontal #brain regions guide #DecisionMaking in the context of perceptual & non-perceptual factors? A study in ferrets reveals that activity in the brain's #PremotorCortex tracks the perceived stimulus, not the one reported by behavior @lsp-ens.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4tv13IZ
Ultrasound images of the gyrated ferret frontal cortex (left) and auditory cortex (right). Ultrafast ultrasound captures brain vasculature rapidly enough for functional imaging; Boucher and colleagues used this technique to show that premotor cortex hemodynamic activity tracks what the animal perceives, rather than the action it takes. To do so, they took advantage of the psychometric curve for a novel analysis, distinguishing between errors which were likely due to misperception and errors which were likely made for other reasons. Image courtesy of Elmina Lebeurier and Jeffrey Boucher.
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Léo Varnet @leovarnet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our follow-up study on the psycholinguistics of gender-fair language is finally out! This was a long journey, so here's a thread to explain what we did and what we discovered. The #openaccess article is here for those who want the full story: hal.science/hal-05607624 (1/10)
Title page of the article "Grammatical Gender Biases Interpretation of Masculine, but Not Feminine, Hybrid Nouns"
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Congrats to Jun Yang for defending his PhD on “Visual detection of elementary image features during natural behaviour”. 🎉 Well done Dr Jun on this amazing accomplishment.🥳 -- Credits for the pictures to @mengtingj.bsky.social
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
The latest research by Alain de Cheveigné from our lab is featured on the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience! www.jneurosci.org/content/46/7.cove…
JNeurosci cover
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BAMB! @bamb-school.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Applications for BAMB! 2026 are officially open! Join us in Barcelona (July 12–23) to master the art of behavioral modeling with our incredible faculty: @meganakpeters.bsky.social @marcelomattar.bsky.social @khamascience.bsky.social @thecharleywu.bsky.social Apply now here: www.bambschool.org
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BAMB! 2026 | Barcelona Summer School for Advanced Modeling of Behavior
Intensive training for experienced researchers in cognitive science, computational neuroscience and neuro-AI. Five interconnected modules, expert faculty, hands-on projects. July 12-23, 2026.
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A forest, a desert, have unique acoustic signatures in frequency and time. A study from our lab (N.Miller, C.Lorenzi) shows that soundscapes recorded over different continents distinguish habitats and follow the global biodiversity decrease from tropical to polar regions. @cognitionens.bsky.social
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Modulation statistics of natural soundscapesa) - PubMed
Modulation statistics of "natural soundscapes" were estimated by calculating the modulation power spectrum (MPS) of a database of acoustic samples recorded in nine pristine terrestrial habitats for four moments of the day and two contrasting periods, differing in precipitation level. In particular, …
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy international day for women and girls in science! #WomenInScience
Illustration celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11, featuring a stylized female scientist in a lab coat and glasses.
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Jean-Baptiste André @jbaptistandre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Only a few days left to apply to the Cognitive Science Master’s. !!!! Deadline: Feb 24 !!!!
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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The CNRS (@cnrs.fr) and the Ecole Normale Supérieure/PSL University (@normalesup.bsky.social) is launching a 5-year International Research Project (IRP) with University College London (@ucl.ac.uk) on human perception and consciousness. www.ucl.ac.uk/global/news/...
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UCL launches landmark European collaboration on perception science
UCL is working with top French partners CNRS and ENS – PSL on a major European research initiative to advance understanding of human perception and consciousness.
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Laetitia Grabot @lgrabot.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Preprint out, from my work with @mamassian.bsky.social and Anne! We show that time perception is shaped not only by context but also by structural constraints, by extending classical Bayesian models by explicitly quantifying a structural prior impacting duration discrimination. shorturl.at/q8bE6
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Modeling how contextual and structural biases shape duration perception
Human time perception is flexible and shaped by both structural constraints and contextual influences. Disentangling these sources of bias is essential for understanding the predictive mechanisms unde...
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Léo Varnet @leovarnet.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
That's it, #SPIN2026 is over, thank you to all attendees for two great days of thought-provoking talks, amazing poster sessions... and actual speech-in-noise demo during coffee breaks!
Conference poster, titled "speech in noise workshop"Group photo of all attendeesLively poster sessionCoffee break with many people chatting
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Léo Varnet @leovarnet.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The program booklet for the SpiN workshop is now ready to download! Two days of intense discussions on psychoacoustics and psycholinguistics await at ENS Paris next week! 2026.speech-in-noise.eu/files/SPIN2…
Cover of the booklet. Title: Speech in Noise Workshop, Abstracts. With a colorful picture of the Eiffel Tower.
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… Well done, Dr. Miller!
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Huge congratulations to Nicole Miller for successfully defending her PhD, concluding our lab’s 2025 defense season! You can check some of her work on auditory perception of natural soundscapes here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10…
Nicole Miller and her jury in front of her title slide: "Auditory perception of natural soundscapes"
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
8/8 And of course... "Outstanding achievement in coffee consumption"
Outstanding achievement in coffee consumption
1st Alejandro (385)
2nd Thomas S. (358)
3rd Hortense (310)
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
7/8 "Social Ferret of the Year"
Social Ferret of the Year
“After two years of being friends exclusively with Kukulu,
Chistera decided to extend her social circle and finally
mingle with other ferrets !!”
Chistera
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
6/8 "Best x-axis of the year"
The graph displays average FME values with bar and line plots for different categories. The x-axis is labeled with icons of a bird, a tree, a weightlifting symbol, musical notes, and a hedgehog,
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
5/8 "Best field-work with a view"
Best field-work with a view
The photos deserve their own slide
Matthieu, Robin, ChristianA tripod with a fluffy windshield microphone is set up outdoors on a grassy hilltop. In the background, scenic view of rolling hills and mountains under a clear blue sky with scattered clouds.A lightweight camping tent is pitched on a hilltop at dawn. The tent is silhouetted against a breathtaking view of a sunrise, with the sky transitioning from deep blue to warm orange.
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
4/8 "Longest Experiment of the Year" price (continued)
Longest Experiment / best foster mother of the Year
Raising ferrets with 5 months of human speech
ElminaLongest & shortest Experiment of the Year
3333 participants for 1 minute each
Matthieu & Christian
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
3/8 There were many categories for the "Longest Experiment of the Year" price
Longest Experiment of the Year
(hours of hands-on data collection)
1.5 hour fMRI scan, plus 2 x 5 hour sessions in 29 participants
Izel & VasileiaLongest Experiment of the Year
(consecutive hours of data collection)
24h recordings from the Olfactory Bulb
ArseniiLongest Experiment of the Year
(Number of natural stimuli)
7800 images
Jun
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
2/8 "Prettiest Figure of the year"
"Prettiest Figure of the year" price awarded to Ljubica
"A sophisticated model made to look understandable"A schematic diagram illustrating the computational model of neuronal response, highlighting the interaction between the drive and pool components.
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
1/8 Yesterday, we gathered for our annual end-of-year meeting, and as tradition dictates we awarded the most prestigious and coveted titles of the year. From ferret socializing to coffee consumption, here’s who took home the trophies. ⬇️
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Congratulations to @nadiahosseinizaveh.bsky.social on a brilliant PhD defense: "Evolution and Dynamics of Perceptual Confidence: From Perceptual Learning to Global Confidence Formation". Impressive work advancing our understanding of perception and metacognition.
Nadia Hosseinizave in front of her first slide
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Léo Varnet @leovarnet.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
New article published in @frontiersin.bsky.social #Psychology! We introduce fastACI, an #openaccess toolbox that enables researchers to design auditory reverse-correlation experiments and analyze the resulting data. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy... @cognitionens.bsky.social @lsp-ens.bsky.social
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Frontiers | FastACI: a toolbox for investigating auditory perception using reverse correlation
The fastACI toolbox provides a compilation of tools for collecting and analyzing data from auditory reverse-correlation experiments. These experiments involv...
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A new paper co-authored by Daniel Pressnitzer, from @lsp-ens.bsky.social!
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Cognition @cognitionjournal.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
We are remarkably good at recognizing natural auditory “textures”, such as the soothing sound of a running brook or fire crackling in a chimney. But do you think you could remember the exact rain texture that opens “Riders on the Storm”?
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Laurie Heller (@cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social, @cmu.edu) gave an excellent seminar for @cognitionens.bsky.social invited by the LSP.
Laurie Heller in front of her "thank you" slide
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
LSP thanks Michael Tarr (@cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social @cmu.edu) for an excellent seminar today on Data-driven Visual Discovery Using AI
Michael Tarr in front of his first slide titled "Data-driven visual discovery via AI"
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Responses to combinations of motion clouds were well explained by a simple summation mechanism of the individual components. Finally, a subset of neurons exhibited responses that could distinguish different speeds. [3/3]
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
We found that motion features were encoded in a temporally ordered sequence: orientation and spatial frequency emerged within 120 ms after stimulus onset, while temporal frequency and direction followed at later latencies. [2/3]
Graphical abstract of the main results of the study by Thomas Schaffhauser
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This work was done with Yves Boubenec at the @lsp-ens.bsky.social [1/3]
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
RT @mamassian.bsky.social‬: Delighted to share this work led by Thomas Schaffhauser on the processing of rich natural-like motion stimuli (“motion clouds”) in the visual cortex of the ferret: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Last week we kicked off our first lab meeting of the new academic year. No scientific presentation this time. Instead, we were tasked with designing experiments to answer some *truly critical* research questions.
Big seminar room, with people sitting in comfortable red seats. Three people (the organizers) are on the stage.Slide titled "Questions". The text on the slide is: 
"1. Can we distinguish between real vs. fake zoom laughter?
2. Can a ferret learn to DJ?
3. Can statistical modelling predict the microwaves behaviour better than intuition?
4. Do coffee breaks transfer more knowledge than official meetings?
5. Can the cleanliness of someone's desk predict the prettiness of their figures?"
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LSP-ENS @lsp-ens.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
@tarrynbalsdon.bsky.social and @nadiahosseinizaveh.bsky.social had a great time at #ASSC28. Thank you organizers @assc28.bsky.social!
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