Eric Weinberger
@ericweinberger.bsky.social
Writing, etc. No guru, no method, once teacher.
Cambridge, Mass. to The Hague, the Alps, and back to Cambridge
ericweinberger.substack.com
Cambridge, Mass. to The Hague, the Alps, and back to Cambridge
ericweinberger.substack.com
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It's only on b'sky that we keep saying, "This is insane"
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"I don't recognize my own neighborhood anymore" - what we hear all the homeowners in Cambridge, Mass. saying, only they mean new housing, not humans
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"I don't recognize my own neighborhood anymore" - what we hear all the homeowners in Cambridge, Mass. saying, only they mean new housing, not humans
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And a sweet investment in dodgy online sports gambling - nice!
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And a sweet investment in dodgy online sports gambling - nice!
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It's like Harvard has learned nothing
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's like Harvard has learned nothing
The Dutch word for Larry Summers is "topeconoom"
Amerikaanse topeconoom Larry Summers gebruikte zedendelinquent Jeffrey Epstein als zijn ‘wing man’
Amerikaanse topeconoom Larry Summers gebruikte zedendelinquent Jeffrey Epstein als zijn ‘wing man’
In 2008 werd Jeffrey Epstein veroordeeld voor het ronselen van een minderjarig meisje voor prostitutie.
www.nrc.nl
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Dutch word for Larry Summers is "topeconoom"
We're supposed to believe Nigel Farage was a schoolboy racist and anti-Semite?
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We're supposed to believe Nigel Farage was a schoolboy racist and anti-Semite?
We're two days away from the 50th anniversary. Here is my favorite death-of-Franco story.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We're two days away from the 50th anniversary. Here is my favorite death-of-Franco story.
I wonder if this has occurred to Larry or people close to him.
I don't know what Harvard students are like, but my college self would start booing at the start of his lecture.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I wonder if this has occurred to Larry or people close to him.
"I don't recognize my own neighborhood anymore" - what we hear all the homeowners in Cambridge, Mass. saying, only they mean new housing, not humans
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"I don't recognize my own neighborhood anymore" - what we hear all the homeowners in Cambridge, Mass. saying, only they mean new housing, not humans
And a sweet investment in dodgy online sports gambling - nice!
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And a sweet investment in dodgy online sports gambling - nice!
Your donations based on rekindled pride in Harvard resisting, ending up as dodgy cybercurrency
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Your donations based on rekindled pride in Harvard resisting, ending up as dodgy cybercurrency
It's like Harvard has learned nothing
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's like Harvard has learned nothing
that new opera by John Adams, "Epstein in Love"
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
that new opera by John Adams, "Epstein in Love"
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Forgot I had this. James Salter, 2001.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Forgot I had this. James Salter, 2001.
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I never saw such a sight in my life.
November 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I never saw such a sight in my life.
There has never been a former President of Harvard like Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There has never been a former President of Harvard like Larry Summers
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You're saying they called her 'Peril'?
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You're saying they called her 'Peril'?
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I believe Salter often wrote to his reviewers. Fortunately, it wasn't Twitter.
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I believe Salter often wrote to his reviewers. Fortunately, it wasn't Twitter.
You're saying they called her 'Peril'?
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
You're saying they called her 'Peril'?
The Crimson is making sure all of Harvard contemplates the state of Larry Summers' marriage.
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Crimson is making sure all of Harvard contemplates the state of Larry Summers' marriage.
I believe Salter often wrote to his reviewers. Fortunately, it wasn't Twitter.
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I believe Salter often wrote to his reviewers. Fortunately, it wasn't Twitter.
Forgot I had this. James Salter, 2001.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Forgot I had this. James Salter, 2001.
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""8/My remarks apply a fortiori to Summers' position as a commentary on American academia. His amorality/immorality end any credibility to his posturing on the failures of Harvard or other universities. The same holds for his posturing about the moral failings of the Trump administration."
Read the whole thread. @durlauf.bsky.social is right.
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...
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
""8/My remarks apply a fortiori to Summers' position as a commentary on American academia. His amorality/immorality end any credibility to his posturing on the failures of Harvard or other universities. The same holds for his posturing about the moral failings of the Trump administration."
If MTG fears for her life now that Trump calls her a "traitor," doesn't that tell her - and the rest of MAGA - what it was all about?
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If MTG fears for her life now that Trump calls her a "traitor," doesn't that tell her - and the rest of MAGA - what it was all about?
When you're Mississippi income but live in Massachusetts...
Having checked up on this it seems the “or less” is doing a lot of work—the ratio of per capita income between #1 Massachusetts and #50 Mississippi is a bit over 2. Not bad, comparable to Germany
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
When you're Mississippi income but live in Massachusetts...
""8/My remarks apply a fortiori to Summers' position as a commentary on American academia. His amorality/immorality end any credibility to his posturing on the failures of Harvard or other universities. The same holds for his posturing about the moral failings of the Trump administration."
Read the whole thread. @durlauf.bsky.social is right.
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...
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
""8/My remarks apply a fortiori to Summers' position as a commentary on American academia. His amorality/immorality end any credibility to his posturing on the failures of Harvard or other universities. The same holds for his posturing about the moral failings of the Trump administration."