When I received NY Waterways mobile notifications of delays I never imagine it was this bad … well there’s a lot to say about working from home being the norm.
Bruce Springsteen just posted this on his BlueSky profile: 'I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w&t=51s
Sitting in traffic, I’m looking at a “Five Below” store on the corner of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, a prime retail intersection three blocks from New York’s Fashion District, now occupied by a discounter, while Saks Fifth Avenue has filed for bankruptcy. It’s 2026. The “Made in USA” narrative is largely propaganda, most Americans have consistently chosen cheap goods over domestic production.
Wow for only .25 I can look 25 again; well at least my sim can 😂😎
here's what @tryemerge just made for me using Nike Tech Suit PFP Transformation by @garrett, spark yours up now!
Happy New Year. Year of the Horse 🐎
Fitting, since it sounds like the year of prediction markets ... anyone remembers OTB? 😆
Anyone have the over/under on Saks Fifth Avenue filling for Bankruptcy?
Reading this Sears / Lampert article and getting Billions flashbacks.
Is this about Saks today…
or Billions doing a Sears cosplay?
Different cycle, same movie.
Retail as a balance sheet arc never dies.
Fashion Retail stops being a business the moment it becomes a balance sheet.
Saks future looks as tangle as this pic of an old Sears building in Bergen County.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/business/sears-seritage-edward-lampert.html?unlocked_article_code=1._k8.YR_d.b3sGNaA9aOx7&smid=nytcore-android-share
