MOON TIDES  
september 05, 2024 Volume 025
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Hey y'all— 
 
I'm glad that so many of you are fellow Industry fans! I won't get into my thoughts on last week's episode but I'm glad Eric clocked Rishi for who he is—Margaret Thatcher indeed. Do we think his character was named after Rishi Sunak or nah? 
 
My laptop's fan sounds like a helicopter right now (mercury retrograde shadow period, hmmm?)  which means I'll find myself at the Genius Bar tomorrow, so I'm going to keep it short and schedule this send before I lose it all! 
                                                            
Shoes On. Eyes Open. 
 
-Sarah
 
WE'RE READIng—
 
You know I was thrilled to see this piece on my chambray queen, Ina! (New Yorker, don't think I didn't notice she's wearing corduroy and not her usual denim chambray.)
 
When I was in college, a friend and I, both Ina fans, started an anonymous student club called CHILL. I can't for the life of me remember what it stood for but something along the lines of “come hang...” Our undergrad was rather homogenous and folks typically stuck to their cliques when it came to socializing. In our little social experiment / effort to get folks to mingle outside their usual groups, we decided leave anonymous, private invitations in student mailboxes, inviting them to a mid-day mingle complete with full charcuterie snacks and wine/drinks. 
 
Invites were absolutely arbitrary—we opened the student directory and just selected random names across classes. A hefty student government budget afforded us 2 things: pretty stationary from the local Paper Source in Wellesley for our invitations and our pick of our favorite snacks from Wasik's, our local cheese shop—curry apricot chutney (absolute crack) and chantilly spread, complete with all the fixings, and our favorite Sancerre. We truly had no business having such expensive taste for college kids but thank god for that SGA $$$$. 
 
We'd also invite faculty and admin to stop by to give students a chance to shoot the shit with admin outside of a classroom setting. And guess what. It worked. They would show up to find out who the crazies were behind the operation but they also took the time to chat and meet new folks whose paths may never otherwise cross (yes, even on a tiny campus of 1700 students). And we had the best time even if it was a bit of a social experiment. 😉
 
Ina's ability to disarm and make you feel welcome through her cooking and entertaining is so interesting when juxtaposed with Martha. They explore a bit of this in the profile in addition to Ina's decision to not get involved in anything political. I grew up watching both of them on TV (who remembers Martha's obscene and envious stationary room) and I still watch episodes of Barefoot Contessa when I get the chance. 
 
“Let’s invest in it as though we were starting a business,” she remembers telling Jeffrey—and, thanks to his time as an investment banker, they could. “I mean, the store made some money,” she said. “But certainly nobody was getting rich running a food store.”
 
Anyways, I just want to shoot the shit with Ina and have a husband like Jeffrey who will foot my business and real estate empire dreams. 😌 
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“Skim milk,” Garten told me. “You might as well pour water in your coffee.”
 
Amen sister.
 
 
We're TALKING ABOUT—
QNS to the WRLD  THE GLOBAL RUNDOWN
     Meta’s content moderation board has backed the company’s decision to allow Facebook posts containing the phrase “From the River to the Sea” after ruling that a blanket ban on the pro-Palestine slogan would hinder free speech. 🇵🇸
     I knew the local news desks would have all the tea on this case when I first saw the headlines! Sun's influence campaign lasted from 2015 through 2023, netting her and her husband millions in kickbacks. 🤯🦞
     The rumors were swirling earlier this year and it's now confirmed—Erik Nordstrom, the CEO, and his brother Pete Nordstrom, EVP, are leading a group of investors that is proposing to acquire Nordstrom for $23 a share in cash. I was chatting with an ex-Nike exec last week and I shared that these days, shopping at Nordstrom's as no different than Macy's. Retailers are lacking brand discovery and curation which is why consumers turn to e-commerce. Coupled with rising real estate costs, store closures are next across all retailers. 😩
     On Tuesday, around $279 billion of value was wiped off of Nvidia. That was the biggest one-day market capitalization drop for a US stock in history. 📉
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case via Wired            This is beyond disappointing. I recently discovered a wonderful trove of hard to source books available for full download, that I had initially held on reserve for pick-up at a research library! Go download your books before it gets wiped! Archive the archive if you will..
     Mark your calendar for some star & planet gazing! 🪐✨
 
 
We're lISTENING TO—
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I remember when her single Kisé from the IOTA album came out 2 years ago and I had it annoyingly on repeat all the time. But the other day I realized I had never listened to this album end to end!
 
 
In case you haven't listened to her older stuff, some throwback tracks from her 2020 album that I absolutely love:
 
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