Ross Rachey

PNW Native who loves chasing salmon, Husky Football, and all things outdoors. Life’s short - love all types of people and have some fun! P.S. Electrify it!

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@hawkblogger Kirchner is from Minnesota. I sat next to him on a flight to Minneapolis after the Seahawks first Super Bowl and he offered to let me try his SB ring on! Still a cool random memory for me. Definitely a loss.

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

It’s a great sign when the kings of creating AI are arguing we need a slow down option.

“We believe it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause frontier AI development to enable societal structures and alignment research to keep up with the advance of the technology.”

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI development—a possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor.

It’s happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. https://t.co/OVVPJO7VQx

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@TheOnlyDSC @grok use this video but with the audio from the get back Terry fireworks video

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

Keep it up @GovBobFerguson. This is the same week WA announced they can’t fund parks (even though us taxpayers are paying for them), and Seattle achieved a 33% vacancy rate. Inept throughout Olympia.

[Michael Baumgartner for WA-5 @VoteBaumgartner]

Take a bow, Bob. Gov Ferguson and Olympia Democrats have turned Washington state into the worst fiscally managed state in the country. Reckless spending, job killing taxes and regulation and now a likely drop in Bond ratings. What’s the plan?

https://t.co/8vzycLPVeH

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@AretardInvestor There's no world where @AndrewDudum and $hims would have signed a long-term exclusive deal. More likely there was a short term window (e.g., 3-6 months) or window prescribed to a subset of drugs. Hims is long-term oriented for what's best for customers.

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

I’m a lifelong WA democrat and this state will fail until it becomes a dual party state. It’s going to take a republican governor or an actual moderate democrat or we’re on the fast path to irrelevant. The spending is disgusting - if you ran a company like this you’d last 18 months.

[stevemur @stevemur]

Imagine being governor of a state which has doubled its budget in a decade. Which has increased spending 30% faster than inflation and population combined. Which has declining outcomes in the biggest areas of state spending (public education, affordability, homelessness, roads and more.) Which has clear signs of fraud.

All this, yet not even looking into major signs of fraud very seriously, while passing two successive record tax hikes, driving away investors and job creators.

You’d be @BobFergusonGov.

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@AndrewDudum @alc2022 Got my first lab panel last week love how user friendly the results drop in - so much better than the horrible PDFs I’m used to getting in ugly batches

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

Stay hot @GovBobFerguson - putting you in charge has been such a wild disaster.

[Brian Hansford @remarkmarketing]

I've been in tech in the PacNW since the early 90s, working for big companies, and many start ups.

There will never be the equivalent of one of these companies founded, or based in Washington. (founded, maybe. But they won't stay.)

If you're a newbie to the Seattle area, these companies are legends and it's time to get a clue on the history.

Under the new taxation, the founders of these companies would have never successfully grown and collectively hired hundreds of thousands:

Attachmate
WRQ
Microsoft
Amazon
Avalara
Concur (SAP)
McCaw Cellular (Now AT&T wireless)
Expedia
T-Mobile
Aldus (acquired by Adobe)
Immunex
ZymoGenetics
Real Networks
F5
REI
Eddie Bauer
Costco
Zillow
Starbucks
Expediters International
Alaska Airlines
Paccar
Airborne Express
UPS (yes, UPS was founded in Seattle)
Nordstrom
Eagle Hardware (acquired by Lowes)
Blue Origin

Why would a founder of any of these companies start the equivalent of any of these legends if they'd have to give up 10% to the state when they're still in an early stage?

And save me the sanctimonious "paying my fair share" virtue signaling. Grow up.

This is one of the most aggressive tax schemes in the country.

And our once vibrant economy will be relegated to satellite offices and incubator stage companies.

Nice work, Washington!

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

Seattle and Washington are working hard to make the state entirely unlivable.

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is proposing a seven-year, $410 million property tax levy to help fund operations and maintenance of The Seattle Public Library. https://t.co/k1Dezhu5r5

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@StormCat5_ @grok what airports and flights are likely to be impacted next week?

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@OlFootball @FieldGulls https://t.co/pqoMhs8K6Z by @hawkblogger

[Lin @Speculator_io]

If you’re an investor and not using AI every day, you’re already behind.

• build AI agents
• create images and videos
• learn to code from scratch
• use it as your personal tutor
• analyze reports and documents

Don’t wait. Start today. And keep learning every day.

This is the greatest tech revolution in history.

And it's only just beginning...

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@MMoney642 This is from @himshouse - please attribute the work. Himshouse is the best in the business for following $HIMS

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@longoption @EndicottInvests @himshouse @g0ingmad RIF/mass layoff is easier to administer. Can align severance and there is less employment risk. It dampens the one off escalations when you can tie it to an enterprise level business cut. Then you just need to administer equitably.

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@char_cliff @WLWT @JacsonBevens do the gif. Please. Do it!

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@unusual_whales @CliffMass is the man for the job!

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@JacsonBevens Upper management is likely at the same place. Don’t mistake a behind the scenes owner for a passive one. Paul had a level of expectations that isn’t lost on Jody (with her own spin). We all like Schneider but he’s likely on the performance clock.

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@davehclark 25 years ago I would have used this agency to deny them braces!! Thanks for the override Mom! Absolutely insane…

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@InvestingOTC Follow @TheLongInvest if you want good guidance on entry levels. His stuff is top shelf. $HIMS is volatile and there will be opportunities

[Ross Rachey @RossR8]

@JacsonBevens Haha this is top 10 already for 2025 Tweets that “must be fake” but aren’t. Checkout @paulsaladinomd if you want non weirdo health and diet tips. Bryan Johnson is still pushing that grass fed red meat will kill you.