Ryan Petersen

The Official Flexport Timeline of Global Trade (Print it as a poster and put on your child's wall)

I asked a large logistics company in Europe how they were using AI and they told me they can't use AI because of German workers councils. It was weird because I didn't ask them how they were cutting headcount. I asked them how they were using AI.

It's heading to the printer soon

Adding you to my list of preppers so when things goes down I can come to your house and borrow your stuff

Massive typhoons and a huge backlog to clear across Asia.

No bc container ships don't move oil

Sports is so hard. I'm gonna go back to cheering for AI companies, the researchers never get injured.

It’s always like that

Some good news for global shipping: The last 4 weeks have seen the 4 highest weeks for container ships crossing the Suez Canal since the Houthis began attacking commercial shipping in December 2023. Two thirds of container ships are now routing via the Suez instead of around Africa. If the trend holds, it should put real downward pressure on container shipping prices (higher network throughput = more supply, which leads to lower prices) and faster transit times (shaving several weeks off the journey from Asia to Europe).

It's only got 2 slots to go!

the ergonomics are pretty good too with the waste bin right there in case he messes up.

brb thinking til my brain crushes

The best company values and nobody else is even close.

Strong dislike

I assume meta will make a great muse.com email that's agentic since Google refuses.

Great idea!

A seismologist once gave me a tour of the campus showing which buildings will collapse when the Hayward fault breaks, and Wurster was top of his list.

@grok how many trees does Finland have?

How is @flexport different from the competition, Ryan? The competition: (real video from Jakarta airport cargo terminal yesterday)

What is the prevailing theory for why Fridays are such a popular work-from-home day?

The tunnel doesn't unload the ships, they'll be fine