One of my pet peeves is people who say good riddance to the previous year, assuming the next one will be better (or just out of habit). My prediction for 2026, although I'm already enjoying the numbers, is that it will continue in much the same way. Find joy where you can. Create joy where you can.
I already found joy in this 1986 photo depicting a Macy's Parade balloon of Betty Boop. She goes into the public domain in 2026, and this is the photo accompanying the article about that fact. The balloon seems to be deflating, and it looks like the photo was taken before the local neighborhood was cleaned up. The marquee at the bottom advertises 3XXX Hits "French Erotica" and "Naughty Girls". This, sports fans, is the New York of the past.
[But back to misery]
I wrote this on New Year's Day, but didn't publish it. In the ten days since, "we" have:
- Overthrown the regime of Venezuela, captured Nicolas Maduro and his wife and thrown them in jail in Brooklyn
- Murdered a protester in Minneapolis, which was recorded on many phones on the scene and then told the world that we did not see what we saw
- Told the world that we were planning to take Greenland by force if necessary
- Stated that we were going to cut off Venezuela's oil to Cuba, which relies on Venezuelan support for some of its livelihood
- Threatened to bomb Iran
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