Eli LF
@elilevensonfalk.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Physics & Astro at USC, running Levenson-Falk Lab and studying all things quantum with superconducting circuits. Personal account: physics, sports, politics, and terrible puns.
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if you want good federal government you need good federal government workers, and if you want good federal government workers you need to compete for them in the labor market.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
if you want good federal government you need good federal government workers, and if you want good federal government workers you need to compete for them in the labor market.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
apparently this is controversial now and i don't think it should be.
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“No one should be in a cage, but also there are some people who probably shouldn’t be roaming about” is a perfectly defensible take which America has no way of implementing
my controversial opinion that nobody likes is basically that we have no escalation ladder, both here and for incarceration. there are a lot of people who should not be, properly speaking, free, but unfortunately we have basically one level of restricted freedom and it's "torture pit"
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“No one should be in a cage, but also there are some people who probably shouldn’t be roaming about” is a perfectly defensible take which America has no way of implementing
"And suddenly I cannot hold back my sword hand's anger!" remains the hardest line ever spoken on film
watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
this movie is so good holy shit?
I love Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh 🥹
this movie is so good holy shit?
I love Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh 🥹
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"And suddenly I cannot hold back my sword hand's anger!" remains the hardest line ever spoken on film
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Call a Senator that voted no tonight and demand that they vote to remove Chuck Schumer as Senate Minority Leader.
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
He has weaponized his incompetence against the American people by allowing 8 Dem Senators to cave to an authoritarian regime. We need real leadership, not the oligarchy’s lapdog
I honestly think it was air travel disruptions that did it. That was the first thing that affected senators' lives and they could not tolerate it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I honestly think it was air travel disruptions that did it. That was the first thing that affected senators' lives and they could not tolerate it.
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*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Begging everyone to learn the difference between "thing A is better than thing B" and "thing A is perfect and wonderful."
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Begging everyone to learn the difference between "thing A is better than thing B" and "thing A is perfect and wonderful."
Fuck, I just realized they're going to try to run air traffic control with LLMs.
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fuck, I just realized they're going to try to run air traffic control with LLMs.
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Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.
And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
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the fury i feel is indescribable.
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
the fury i feel is indescribable.
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Here we go! www.trumpcancelledmyflight.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here we go! www.trumpcancelledmyflight.com
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
Everyone involved in this needs to be prosecuted
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Everyone involved in this needs to be prosecuted
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Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Bernie Sanders record of surrounding himself with people who then got gigs of their own by association only to turn out to be absolute disasters at it is only matched in public life by Bill Belichick
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axios reporter: a deal to end the shutdown, that the dems are willing to sign off on, in this legislative climate, under these electoral conditions?
gop staffer: um. yes.
axios reporter: can i see it?
gop staffer: no
gop staffer: um. yes.
axios reporter: can i see it?
gop staffer: no
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
axios reporter: a deal to end the shutdown, that the dems are willing to sign off on, in this legislative climate, under these electoral conditions?
gop staffer: um. yes.
axios reporter: can i see it?
gop staffer: no
gop staffer: um. yes.
axios reporter: can i see it?
gop staffer: no
Because the first bus didn't come and then the next bus had to wade through atrocious traffic, it is taking me 60% as long to get from work to home (~25 miles straight line distance) as it is taking my wife to fly from ATL to LAX (a fuckton of miles more)
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Because the first bus didn't come and then the next bus had to wade through atrocious traffic, it is taking me 60% as long to get from work to home (~25 miles straight line distance) as it is taking my wife to fly from ATL to LAX (a fuckton of miles more)
I don't want an AI to do science, or teach, or write grants, or answer emails, or or or. I want an AI to fill in my COA form for me.
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I don't want an AI to do science, or teach, or write grants, or answer emails, or or or. I want an AI to fill in my COA form for me.
I apparently look like the guy to ask for directions or to take a photo of your group (seriously it happens CONSTANTLY) so I'm especially vulnerable to situations like this.
Shoutout to the young woman who demanded I take off my headphones so she could tell me that she “has a yeast infection like Rosie O’Donnell”
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I apparently look like the guy to ask for directions or to take a photo of your group (seriously it happens CONSTANTLY) so I'm especially vulnerable to situations like this.
You can't run an effective workplace treating men and women equally? Skill issue.
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You can't run an effective workplace treating men and women equally? Skill issue.
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I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
OK this is stupid and pathetic but they also have an opportunity to do something incredibly funny
Humbled, honored, and very proud to announce that I have won the new but, I assure you, very prestigious Flamin Hot Cheetos Prize for American Letters Sponsored by Frito-Lay
Trump ally Infantino to award first Fifa Peace Prize at World Cup draw in DC
Fifa unveils a new Peace Prize to be awarded at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, citing a mission to honor efforts to end conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
OK this is stupid and pathetic but they also have an opportunity to do something incredibly funny