Steve Kaminski

Supply chain resilience, revenue growth & cost management via ecosystem integration | Cleo

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Huge

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

When you tell people that an entire population is all terrorists, future terrorists, and supporters of terrorists, this is what happens. This was predictable. It has happened over & and over again, to the point where plausible deniability isn’t really an option anymore.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

If you haven’t RT’d this you’re not doing it right

[Steve Martin @UnrealBluegrass]

If Trump becomes president again, after all we know ,and you supported his campaign you will have participated in the end of American democracy.
You will not be rewarded by your leader beyond a rush you might seek for upending civility.
You aren't part of his plan.
He is the entirety of his plan and the future will belong to him.
Not you.
You won't get a thank you or a knowing nod.
He will allow you to buy trinkets with his image and name emblazoned.
Trump is a despicable example of human kind.
Devoid of compassion.
Devoid of any respect for knowledge and education.
Trump is the fully realized Id.
He will have no guardians , no guard rails and no shame.
He cannot tell the difference between what he is and what he wants.
There is none when you analyze the situation.
He flunks Descarte's building block syllogism automatically.
He can't think so no therefore.
Ego driven rage and revenge.
If you're inclined to assist him please rethink your reasons.
#Trump

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

@FBI Heads up

[Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance]

PSA: Dear Crazy Folks. The @FBI has Snipers too … and they’re good. Very, very good.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Republicans threatened to send America into default earlier this year.

Now Republicans are threatening a government shut down.

Extreme. MAGA. Chaos.

House Republicans cannot be trusted to govern because they have shown they can’t govern.

#fridaymorning observations

[Scott Galloway @profgalloway]

When a private citizen can pay $44 billion for a media company — “the world’s town square” — and both crash the civility of the discourse and incinerate 17 years of brand equity within 10 months …. we have too much concentration of wealth in the hands of too few.

[Sarah Silverman @SarahKSilverman]

Ron DeSantis is a fucking chode

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

rubbing my last 2 brain cells together as i try to remember who ran the government on January 6

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

@RadioFreeTom Nope

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

Happy Prime Day, which in my house is any day. Interesting that Walmart & Best Buy have created #primeday channels to compete for Amazon 's bargain hunters #competition #b2c #amazon #merchandising #ecommerce https://t.co/08QKR5diOc

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

Sarah's lawsuit must be heard. AI models need training data. And creators need to be compensated for their work. If not, ChatGPT will be starved of the high-quality content that makes for better insights rather than fast, mediocre…https://t.co/6Et3s7ALa9 https://t.co/FDr96Tp1pd

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

As much as I love the economic optimism, I'm still pining for it to rub off on me :-) #economy #rebound #softlanding #jobs #saassales #supplychain #recruiting https://t.co/Pk9ej8I3CG

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

From doom to boom! Automakers are bullish about 2023. General Motors , Ford Motor Company, Stellantis all over forecast. Good June jobs report. If the credit markets don't tighten, this economy will stay resilient #economy #softlan…https://t.co/3c5VViu8GC https://t.co/rqf6jzw8tt

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

I expect that UPS , much like the railways, will avoid a strike Still, companies have to invest energy now for contingency planning. FedEx & DHL will pick up business in the near-term. #ups #strike #teamsters #supplychain #supplychainplanning #risk https://t.co/3R50JzOMi4

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

Let the billable hours spin! Twitter sent this cease & desist letter to Meta over its highly adopted Threads option, available now on Instagram or via the App Store. Did he expect that the 6,200 valuable employees he dumped wouldn't work again? #threads #…https://t.co/6zBcJ3nry4

[Steve Kaminski @kaminski_steve]

Genpact 's Matt Gabriel shares many pearls fungible for ANY organizational change, though here he speaks to supply chain improvements. My fave, "“Good decisions based on bad data are just bad decisions waiting to come to light late…https://t.co/woPYKwevRP https://t.co/LbYHEE8Fih

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

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[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Republicans don't want you to know:

- US has the highest economic growth of all the leading world economies since the pandemic

- President Biden created 13 million jobs, more than any other 4-year term IN JUST TWO YEARS

- 750,000 of those jobs are manufacturing jobs, which President Biden is bringing back to the U.S.

- America has the lowest inflation in the G7, and it's down 40% from a year ago

- Over 16 months in a row of unemployment being under 4%, a record streak

They don't want you to know these things because President Biden's approach is working.

That's Bidenomics.
PASS IT ON.