James Lipp

@FreightAlley An adult babysitter

Trying to explain the role of a freight broker to anyone outside the trucking industry is…. Challenging.

@Mike_kim714 Clear your mind….let the game come to you…don’t take any unnecessary risk this week.

Thoughts from Players: -I had a decent Thursday but really struggled Friday. I think I overreacted to some swings I made on Thursday and made a couple changes Friday morning that ended up hurting me. Adjustments are tricky as the change I made to my driver swing was definitely for the better but the adjustment for the irons were for the worse. -Cam Young is easily one of the most impressive golfers I’ve played with. I almost feel bad for the golf ball as it just gets pummeled on every golf shot. How about that freaking tee shot on 18! 😳 I think his caddie Kyle has helped him a lot with his green reading too. The guy is a supreme talent and is just getting started. -I’ve always struggled at Sawgrass and idk when but I will come back and figure this place out. You can make a double so quickly here and I need to stay a bit more disciplined when I get in trouble. There’s plenty of birdie opportunities if you’re in the fairway, there’s just so much trouble when you’re in the thick rough. Theres almost no where to easily run it up near the green. -Onto Valspar where I’ve fared better. I know a good stretch is coming sooner or later.

@emmysteuer @cofc rocks

i think its really interesting how much men attempt to shame me for choosing college of charleston when i say i was in the top 5 in my class (i got a 4.0 in my major of CS). i came from a pretty poor family and didn't even know i couldve been a candidate for a top tier college. i chose to stay in state to receive my full ride scholarship there. what i did was very impressive and im not ashamed

@AriWasserman It’s like SW took all the worst features from AA, United and Delta and said yea let’s do that.

The new Southwest system of assigned seats is great because now people who are assigned in row 1 get to check their luggage in row 20 and getting off the plane takes 2 hours.

@RaleighWx On Fern, how did your projections compare to actual accumulation totals?

Released this on patreon a bit ago, but wanted to post it before the 12z models come in. My first forecast totals. Subject to change! Discussion behind the reasoning here patreon.com/posts/1-29-26-…

@ankurnagpal yes, please

Been fun building a tax planning app - Analyzes your IRS transcript to give you an overview - Checks eligibility against our list of 20+ tax saving strategies - Integrates with AI to dive deeper on any of the strategies (with context to your situation) Lmk if you wanna try!

@BillAckman @HiltonHotels Bill, can you talk to the CEO of Hilton and have them stop devaluing Hilton points and benefit to ?

.@HiltonHotels is a franchisor of hotels. The problem was with a rogue franchisee. I spoke to the CEO of Hilton who said that the problem is now fixed.

@MikeBotkin_ Who makes all the doors ?

Garage door space feels very crowded

@acaseofthegolf1 Brutal

TELL PEOPLE WHAT THAT MCGREEVY PUTT MEANS TO RICKY CASTILLO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!!!!! IT MEANS HE GOES FROM 89TH TO 95TH AND IF MAX PASSES HIM HE ISN'T GOING TO STAY IN THE TOP 100 (ill calm down)

@atutruckers MC#?

🚨NEW CRASH KILLS-NON DOMICILE TRUCK DRIVER! MINERAL COUNTY, Colo. — Authorities have identified the truck driver killed in last week’s Wolf Creek Pass crash as Sukhpreet Singh, a 23-year-old from New York originally from India. According to the Colorado State Patrol, Singh was driving a Freightliner semi-truck hauling canned drinks on Highway 160 near Pagosa Springs when the vehicle lost control on the steep descent and plunged down a mountainside on November 3. Troopers say the truck was traveling at excessive speed, and witnesses reported smoke coming from the brakes moments before the crash. Singh did not use the nearby runaway truck ramp, located about 1.5 miles from the site. The semi crashed through a guardrail and tumbled down the embankment, completely destroying the cab and trailer.

@FreightAlley must have been all LTL loads then: "Less-than-truckload volume increased by 43% but was partially offset by an 11% decline in full truckload volume"

RXO's CEO talking about tender rejections. Industry levels were 6%, while RXO only rejected 2%. Believes it will pay off with customers as spot rates melt up, but at the cost of margins.

@NoahWebster01 @rawsalerts @AmericanAir @Delta @united @SouthwestAir For the amount of times the U.S. government has bailed out the airlines, now it’s time for the airlines to step up.

Out of curiosity, what's stopping @AmericanAir @Delta @united or @SouthwestAir from providing funds to the US Gov for Air Traffic Controllers to be paid and keep flights going?? Just these four airlines reported a total combined profit of $7.917 BILLION in 2024. American Airlines: $846 million Delta Air Lines: $3.457 billion United Airlines: $3.149 billion Southwest Airlines: $465 million It seems to be in their capitalist benefit to keep planes flying...

🚨#BREAKING: The FAA has issued a Ground stop for LaGuardia Airport in New York due to staffing issues

@maybedanielleee you figure out their mc# yet?

USDOT listed for sale on Facebook. Poster redacted all the information, except the USDOT number 🙃

@FreightAlley CHRW at all time high

C-suite exec of a mega carrier

@maybedanielleee Most freight brokers don't even know to properly run their shop or book loads. They are not close to properly protecting themselves and vetting carriers correctly.

Freight brokers, y’all are going to start talking about this more. You have to use your brain and trust your instincts. Technology does NOT have human discernment. If it did, we wouldn’t see the insane amount of freight & identity theft. Use technology, but trust yourself. Trust your team. Be smarter.

@cjmarley what is the issue?

Omg.... this guy literally just pulled into the same shipper as me AGAIN!!!!

@JPHampstead how good was it?

fraud is a huge theme in freighttech right now. The first demo of the day at F3, cloneops.ai, applies AI to brokers' phone calls to associate DOT numbers with unique human voices and identify and disqualify shady carriers.

@GSandtheWork please come to Charleston SC for a show!

@WeatherJackie can you share a current one of these maps?

Looking ahead to this weekend, we have a warmup as winds pick up out of the south, but we also have a cold front swinging in late-day Sunday, bringing rain chances. Here's a look at the timing as of Thursday night:

@hellbenthagen allenlund.com is growing and hiring. Send Ian our way. Thank you.

One of the very first loads we pulled back in October of 2020 was for XPO, before they became RXO. I met a young man named Ian and he was a pretty spectacular guy. We've worked with him for 5 years. They closed his office this week. And laid off all the workers. Brokerages are feeling the pinch too.