Time for the faculty, staff, and students at Yale Computer Science to learn about the “cut direct”: “A cut direct must be employed only when someone has done something truly horrible and everyone in your social circle knows it.” (3/3)

“I was recommending her for a job I thought she'd like. When you do that--when you actually care about a rec letter--you keep the potential boss's habits in mind,” Gelernter wrote in the email to his colleagues, seemingly referring to Epstein. (1/3)

“This one was obsessed with girls (like every other unmarried billionaire in Manhattan; in fact, like every other heterosex male), and if I hadn't said what I did in that letter ten-odd years ago, he would certainly have called me & asked for a lot more aesthetic detail. (This is how men behave.)”

https://yaledailynews.com/articles/gelernter-tells-dean-he-stands-by-praising-student-s-looks-to-epstein… (2/3)

“Epstein had pitched him on a potential art exhibit titled “Statutory” that would showcase underage models dressed to look older than they were. “You are incredible,” Ross told Epstein in response to the idea.”

I hope I speak for all of us when I say: Ick. Gross. What the hell is wrong with you?

Universities need a different funding model than hiring administrators whose main job is sucking up to rich assholes and worse.

Government, too.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/2026/02/11/professors-epstein-files-begin-face-consequences

@inthehands An aside. When people used to ask Dawn wasn’t it hard to treat animals because “they can’t tell you what’s wrong,” she’d answer that they also can’t lie about it. She thought the latter probably outweighed the former.