Emanuel Derman
@emanuelderman.bsky.social
Books: My Life As A Quant; Models.Behaving.Badly; The Volatility Smile. Brief Hours and Weeks: https://www.amazon.com/Brief-Hours-Weeks-Life-Capetonian/dp/1068649100
http://www.emanuelderman.com
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Pinned
"Doctorow’s detailed anatomy of enshittification, his comprehensive account of the sheer inventiveness of Facebook and the others, which makes 19th- or 20th-century robber barons seem tame by comparison."
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November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Doctorow’s detailed anatomy of enshittification, his comprehensive account of the sheer inventiveness of Facebook and the others, which makes 19th- or 20th-century robber barons seem tame by comparison."
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Going to see Mastermind tonight. What tipped me into it was @FT review which mentions that he tries to steal four Arthur Dove paintings. First American abstract painter, I always liked him.
November 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Going to see Mastermind tonight. What tipped me into it was @FT review which mentions that he tries to steal four Arthur Dove paintings. First American abstract painter, I always liked him.
More and more people I know seem to have trouble understanding even slight subtleties in text, text messages, articles, emails.
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
More and more people I know seem to have trouble understanding even slight subtleties in text, text messages, articles, emails.
The Case for Gradual Population Decline by Adair Turner @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/uBsB8qX
The Case for Gradual Population Decline
Adair Turner explains how smaller families can support stronger communities, fairer markets, and a healthier planet.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The Case for Gradual Population Decline by Adair Turner @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/uBsB8qX
Ms. Leddy said she was focused on continuing in the world of social media influencers.
“It’s my passion,” she said. “I actually do love being on camera, and I love talking to people, and I love sharing my life.”
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“It’s my passion,” she said. “I actually do love being on camera, and I love talking to people, and I love sharing my life.”
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A Glimpse Into the Extravagant Lives of New York City Teens
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September 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Ms. Leddy said she was focused on continuing in the world of social media influencers.
“It’s my passion,” she said. “I actually do love being on camera, and I love talking to people, and I love sharing my life.”
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“It’s my passion,” she said. “I actually do love being on camera, and I love talking to people, and I love sharing my life.”
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Claudia Cardinale, Actress Who Was ‘Italy’s Girlfriend,’ Is Dead at 87
"You can learn beauty. Visconti taught me how to be beautiful. He taught me to cultivate mystery, without which, he said, there cannot be real beauty.”
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"You can learn beauty. Visconti taught me how to be beautiful. He taught me to cultivate mystery, without which, he said, there cannot be real beauty.”
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Claudia Cardinale, Actress Who Was ‘Italy’s Girlfriend,’ Is Dead at 87
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September 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Claudia Cardinale, Actress Who Was ‘Italy’s Girlfriend,’ Is Dead at 87
"You can learn beauty. Visconti taught me how to be beautiful. He taught me to cultivate mystery, without which, he said, there cannot be real beauty.”
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"You can learn beauty. Visconti taught me how to be beautiful. He taught me to cultivate mystery, without which, he said, there cannot be real beauty.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/m...
The First Angel You See --Etgar Keret
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The First Angel You See
Mother never lies | Alphabet Audio Soup
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September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The First Angel You See --Etgar Keret
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Amazon has a special on my book and you can, if you so wish, get it really cheap, for about $9.00, Kindle or hardcover
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Brief Hours and Weeks: My Life as a Capetonian
Amazon.com: Brief Hours and Weeks: My Life as a Capetonian: 9781068649103: Derman, Emanuel: Books
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September 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Amazon has a special on my book and you can, if you so wish, get it really cheap, for about $9.00, Kindle or hardcover
www.amazon.com/Brief-Hours-...
www.amazon.com/Brief-Hours-...
If price was restraining you from enjoying my new reminiscence of youth, loves, & mores in immigrant Cape Town, adorned with 100 color photos, it’s now $17.50 on Amazon.
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J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate, says: “The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph.”
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J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate, says: “The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph.”
Brief Hours and Weeks: My Life as a Capetonian
Amazon.com: Brief Hours and Weeks: My Life as a Capetonian: 9781068649103: Derman, Emanuel: Books
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September 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If price was restraining you from enjoying my new reminiscence of youth, loves, & mores in immigrant Cape Town, adorned with 100 color photos, it’s now $17.50 on Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Brief-Hours-...
J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate, says: “The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph.”
www.amazon.com/Brief-Hours-...
J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate, says: “The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph.”
Terence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema and star of The Limey and Superman, dies at 87
August 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Terence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema and star of The Limey and Superman, dies at 87
“Now, instead of 100 bottles of olive oil, you have maybe four choices, including one that’s organic and one that’s imported from Italy” ✔️✔️✔️
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Aldi’s Passionate, Cultlike Following Fuels Its Rapid Expansion Plans
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August 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“Now, instead of 100 bottles of olive oil, you have maybe four choices, including one that’s organic and one that’s imported from Italy” ✔️✔️✔️
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At MOMA, Jack Whitten’s exhibition. Here are his notes to himself in 1972 about what to avoid in making his abstract art.
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
At MOMA, Jack Whitten’s exhibition. Here are his notes to himself in 1972 about what to avoid in making his abstract art.
Terrifically perceptive article by David Denby about the NY intellectuals of the 30s 40s 50s 60s from Howe Trilling Mccarthy Sontag … www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Denby · Colony, Aviary and Zoo: New York Intellectuals
The house style of the early Partisan Review was hard-headed, truculent, dismissive of religiosity (‘mystification...
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July 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Terrifically perceptive article by David Denby about the NY intellectuals of the 30s 40s 50s 60s from Howe Trilling Mccarthy Sontag … www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
“America likes to think Every one can recover from every thing, But about this, Especially, America is wrong.” - Liam Rector
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Back to Country with Pulitzer
I used to love to eat But then I don’t much Give a shit About any of that now. The old woman sometimes says wistfully God will soon be calling both of us Back home, but as an agnostic I don’t believe ...
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July 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“America likes to think Every one can recover from every thing, But about this, Especially, America is wrong.” - Liam Rector
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On Banishment by @lionel_trolling open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...
"Death to America"
This is the True Meaning of "MAGA"
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July 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
On Banishment by @lionel_trolling open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...
Looking forward to getting this
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Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde--Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop
Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde-Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop [Hoberman, J] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde-Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop
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June 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Looking forward to getting this
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Reposted by Emanuel Derman
Native-born Americans! See what it’s like to grow up in an immigrant family:
“Brief Hours and Weeks awakes many memories of Cape Town, as it was half a century ago. The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph." - J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1068...
“Brief Hours and Weeks awakes many memories of Cape Town, as it was half a century ago. The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph." - J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1068...
Brief Hours and Weeks: My Life as a Capetonian
www.amazon.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Native-born Americans! See what it’s like to grow up in an immigrant family:
“Brief Hours and Weeks awakes many memories of Cape Town, as it was half a century ago. The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph." - J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1068...
“Brief Hours and Weeks awakes many memories of Cape Town, as it was half a century ago. The chapter on the lonely Mrs Gold is a triumph." - J M Coetzee, Nobel Laureate
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1068...
The unconscious has neither a clock or a calendar
June 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The unconscious has neither a clock or a calendar
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h...
"While missiles were flying in the Middle East and Minnesota police were searching for an armed political assassin, the US president celebrated his 79th birthday by saluting a bunch of military vehicles and thousands of servicemen and women dressed in historical costumes." -- swampnotes
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"While missiles were flying in the Middle East and Minnesota police were searching for an armed political assassin, the US president celebrated his 79th birthday by saluting a bunch of military vehicles and thousands of servicemen and women dressed in historical costumes." -- swampnotes
Alphabet Soup
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Alphabet Soup | Etgar Keret | Substack
Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering. Click to read Alphabet Soup, by Etgar Keret, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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June 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Alphabet Soup
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Rand Paul: "I've never liked the idea of the parade. I grew up in the '70s and '80s, and the only parades I can remember are Soviet parades for the most part or North Korean parades. The parades I remember from our history were different...we never glorified weapons so much...then there is the cost"
June 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Rand Paul: "I've never liked the idea of the parade. I grew up in the '70s and '80s, and the only parades I can remember are Soviet parades for the most part or North Korean parades. The parades I remember from our history were different...we never glorified weapons so much...then there is the cost"