Eric Bottorff
@torff.bsky.social
Adjunct of economics and philosophy / You’ll Never Walk Alone
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
I was going to suggest he should have to clean all the bathrooms but then realized no one wants that fucking creep having an excuse to hang out in a bathroom.
TODAY Harvard should
1) Donate to orgs for victims of sexual abuse
2) Revoke his University Professorship. (Non-academics: this is a loss of prestige, not loss of job. Latter is longer process.)
3) Cancel his classes but instead of giving him a paid leave, make him clean every dept fridge on campus
1) Donate to orgs for victims of sexual abuse
2) Revoke his University Professorship. (Non-academics: this is a loss of prestige, not loss of job. Latter is longer process.)
3) Cancel his classes but instead of giving him a paid leave, make him clean every dept fridge on campus
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
November 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I was going to suggest he should have to clean all the bathrooms but then realized no one wants that fucking creep having an excuse to hang out in a bathroom.
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TODAY Harvard should
1) Donate to orgs for victims of sexual abuse
2) Revoke his University Professorship. (Non-academics: this is a loss of prestige, not loss of job. Latter is longer process.)
3) Cancel his classes but instead of giving him a paid leave, make him clean every dept fridge on campus
1) Donate to orgs for victims of sexual abuse
2) Revoke his University Professorship. (Non-academics: this is a loss of prestige, not loss of job. Latter is longer process.)
3) Cancel his classes but instead of giving him a paid leave, make him clean every dept fridge on campus
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
TODAY Harvard should
1) Donate to orgs for victims of sexual abuse
2) Revoke his University Professorship. (Non-academics: this is a loss of prestige, not loss of job. Latter is longer process.)
3) Cancel his classes but instead of giving him a paid leave, make him clean every dept fridge on campus
1) Donate to orgs for victims of sexual abuse
2) Revoke his University Professorship. (Non-academics: this is a loss of prestige, not loss of job. Latter is longer process.)
3) Cancel his classes but instead of giving him a paid leave, make him clean every dept fridge on campus
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
Makes me think of this
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Makes me think of this
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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If your city isn't taking substantive steps to bring this about where you live, it's because planners and politicians believe it's acceptable for pedestrians and cyclists to die so that car owners can enjoy convenience.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If your city isn't taking substantive steps to bring this about where you live, it's because planners and politicians believe it's acceptable for pedestrians and cyclists to die so that car owners can enjoy convenience.
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Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
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Watching videos of the ICE/CBP surge in Charlotte and just like in Chicago they are quickly turning entire neighborhoods of normie liberals into the Furies
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Watching videos of the ICE/CBP surge in Charlotte and just like in Chicago they are quickly turning entire neighborhoods of normie liberals into the Furies
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True for a certain resort in southern FL also
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
True for a certain resort in southern FL also
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With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
With 🧊 in Charlotte, we will be posting as many resources as we can find to help anyone in Charlotte as well as what we need to know across the state.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
Carolina Migrant Network has a hotline that you can call especially if you are in Charlotte. They will verify that it is 🧊 and will notify.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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Every major US city is run by the cops. The fact that the public is fine with this is the only issue.
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Every major US city is run by the cops. The fact that the public is fine with this is the only issue.
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Thinking about how Larry Summers steamrolled Christy Romer into lowballing the stimulus, leading to a recovery so slow that Trump could steal credit for the tail end of it
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Thinking about how Larry Summers steamrolled Christy Romer into lowballing the stimulus, leading to a recovery so slow that Trump could steal credit for the tail end of it
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White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail
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Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
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Meanwhile, colleagues of mine who were brave enough to (earlier this year) got banned for life from Stanford and faced criminal proceedings...
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
Protestors storm the stage during lecture with former Secretary of the Treasury
At a "Democracy and Disagreement" lecture with guest speaker Larry Summers, part of a speaker series for scholars of opposing sides to debate, protestors climbed on stage carrying banners and fake cas...
stanforddaily.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Meanwhile, colleagues of mine who were brave enough to (earlier this year) got banned for life from Stanford and faced criminal proceedings...
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
stanforddaily.com/2025/02/26/p...
"Our analysis showed that the launch of a supercenter results in an increase in consumer waste of up to 7%. Furthermore, this increase in consumer waste is larger for new supercenter openings compared with conversions..." theconversation.com/the-supercen...
The ‘supercenter’ effect: How massive, one-stop retailers fuel overconsumption − and waste
The arrival of a supercenter results in a 7% bump in consumer waste, a study found.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Our analysis showed that the launch of a supercenter results in an increase in consumer waste of up to 7%. Furthermore, this increase in consumer waste is larger for new supercenter openings compared with conversions..." theconversation.com/the-supercen...
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As Bovino and masked DHS officers sweep another Home Depot looking to round up day laborers, a reminder of the meeting in May when Stephen Miller screamed at ICE to stop doing targeted enforcement, start hitting Home Depots and 7/11s and “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
As Bovino and masked DHS officers sweep another Home Depot looking to round up day laborers, a reminder of the meeting in May when Stephen Miller screamed at ICE to stop doing targeted enforcement, start hitting Home Depots and 7/11s and “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
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there is no bottom to their depravity
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
there is no bottom to their depravity
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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Very senior economist speaks out against Summers and against the discipline continuing to bestow privileges and honors on him; calls out sexism in economics.
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Very senior economist speaks out against Summers and against the discipline continuing to bestow privileges and honors on him; calls out sexism in economics.
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
You'd think this site should be flooded with similar threads...
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Waiting for distinguished economists to notice Larry Summers is a sex pest of the teenage boy variety, but with the power to harass his own students
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Waiting for distinguished economists to notice Larry Summers is a sex pest of the teenage boy variety, but with the power to harass his own students
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.