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@CAlmanza1007 @The_ThunderWire This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen posted on Twitter/X. And that’s saying a lot.

If Sonics want history back, Seattle owes Thunder an apology (via @The_ThunderWire): okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

@hawkblogger @BandonDunesGolf You hit the spring weather JACKPOT!

Another great day at @BandonDunesGolf.

@GovBobFerguson Lying liar who LIES!

In my State of the State address, I called for a Millionaires' Tax that puts a significant percentage of dollars back in the pockets of Washingtonians. We've reached the end of session, and the Millionaires' Tax has passed. With it, we have the biggest small business tax cut in state history, 460,000 additional working families receiving checks from the Working Families Tax Credit, and free school meals for all Washington kids. We seized the opportunity to make our tax system more fair.

@BENBALLER I’m definitely interested in some of your cast offs! I’m still rocking your Taylor Made Spyder putter! Got any Qi10 drivers or 7 woods?

I got way too much golf shit. Gonna start listing things on my eBay page soon. All deals too. I realized I can’t use 112 clubs and 34 putters 🤦🏻‍♂️ and premium shafts

Absolutely Unbelievable. Bryson loses his drive in the water and still somehow manages a Par. Richard Lee misses a 2 ft putt to tie. Wow! Congrats to @brysondech & @gregbodine7!!!!!! LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@BENBALLER The Evergreen Golf Club towel is the real MVP 😂 @gregbodine7 @JKearse_15

@jdbt That’s golf bro. I wish BD just kept the 3W instead of switching last second to the Big dog 🤦🏻‍♂️

We’re going to a playoff. The Korean vs Big Dog Bryson 🫡🇰🇷🔥🇺🇸

@BENBALLER Damn! Drama ensues. This weather isn’t fair to these guys. Both had terrible drives. I hope Bryson can pull out a miracle here.

@jdbt I gotta support the Korean man but Bryson and GBo are real fam!

@BENBALLER Let’s go @brysondech & @gregbodine7!!!!

Has a wild card ever won a LIV event before? Richard Lee went crazy. But I think Bryson will birdie to go to a playoff or eagle to win it. But then we will see what Richard is made of 🧐

I have been discussing the infamous WA Millionaires’ Tax with many people the past weeks. I have been a Seattleite for almost 10 years now and my social circle is pretty diverse (Big Tech execs, entrepreneurs, non-tech/regular jobs, social workers etc). It's very interesting to me that a) there are zero people who support this and b) the argumentation of why this is wrong is not coherent. Which is funny on its own because it means this Tax is wrong in so many ways. The reasons I personally hate it: > i have 0% confidence the State can use this extra money smartly/efficiently/effectively. it's 2026 and I still don't feel safe to walk with my kids in downtown Seattle. end of discussion > from a meta/postmodern pov, all this is performative. the only purpose this Tax serves is for local progressives to perform a victory lap VS the bad rich guys. you can even see it from photos like this 👇. they play in a fictional robinhood type of universe.* > this income tax may not apply to most people in WA but the trickle down effects in the local economy are already visible in conjunction with the already extremely high taxes in gas/sales/property. and I am not referring to howard schultz moving to florida (imo this is irrelevant). i am referring to local small business owners/entrepreneurs (x.com/naynerz/status…) I love Seattle so much and I truly hope it will have a thriving future. But there is a very pessimistic (and likely) scenario that Seattle, due to this Tax + the effects of AI in Big Tech, will end up as a mix of today's Detroit + summer destination whose economy depends on a 2-month tourist period.

You are a TERRIBLE governor. Honestly so bad. - Starbucks is moving HQ - Downtown core office vacancy has soared to 36% - “Climate Commitment Act” and other fee increases are highly inflationary; it’s SUPPOSED to reduce CO2 but your own Dept of Ecology REFUSES to report CO2 levels. It’s a slush fund. - You are refusing to hand over voter roll information so that people can be better assured of voter integrity - You lie to moderates and fiscal conservatives all the time! SPARE us that you care at all about fiscal sanity, when per capita inflation adjusted spending in WA has SOARED more than 30% in the last decade. What specifically is 30% better? - Schools are worse, roads are worse - You’re raiding the PENSION FUNDS of our firefighters and first responders! - You refuse to investigate the very clear signs of fraud at DCYF and elsewhere. Where is Tana Senn?

After 40 years (born and raised) I left WA. Moment is leaving this month as well. I'm not even a millionaire affected by this tax. But when you add up all the costs to run a business in WA we can't afford it. You can build a remote team and re-open in Wyoming, removing all of these costs. WA is incredibly beautiful (especially the summers) and the people are great. Unfortunately the numbers don't lie and unless you run a super high margin software business, WA is just too expensive. Personally...you'd never pick WA to start a company. - Gas taxes (now some of the highest in the state) - Sales tax (up to 10.5% in Seattle) - Property tax (1% of your home value with a path they can take this to 3%. In total $ this tax they have increased nearly 100% over the last decade) - Capital gains tax (new in the last three years went form 0 -> 9%. it targets business owners and not real-estate). - Estate tax (they recently changed it to a progressive system that is up to 35% just to the state of WA) - Housing prices are some of the highest in the country. - Food costs are unreal, just visit a Seattle restaurant or grocery store. Business... - Very little capital. Great angels but almost no VC or larger funding sources. - Super high salaries for tech talent (this has changed but amazon, microsoft, etc paid very high rates for a very long time). - B&O Tax: paid as a % of your sales. - Sales & Use Tax (this is the real killer) What pushed us out was the recent change to Sales & Use Tax. It used to be you paid this tax on physical things you bought for your business, similar to sales tax. Now you pay it on 100% of the items you buy, think shopify, aws, google, etc. Even if your team is remote you pay 10% sales tax on 100% of these purchases no matter where peole are located. But the real kicker, was they expanced this law to be a tax that applies to all digital advertising. Run FB ads in Germany? You pay WA state a 10% tax. Overnight that is a+$200K a year tax that did not exist last year. Again not even based in where your ads run or where your team is. Incorporated in WA state? You will pay this tax. What makes this sad is all political diversity disappeared years ago. It's that debate that keeps government from taking everything. One political team has run the state for +30 years and Seattle for more than 50 years. This train has been coming for years and is now accelerating. WA government can never have enough $. I hope there is a new generation of company builders who see this is an opportunity and can run into the burning building.

@Taylor_Soper Congrats Taylor! Sounds very exciting. I sure hope the political clown show in Olympia and Seattle doesn’t scare away the next generation of startups away from the Seattle area.

I’ve spent more than a decade meeting startup founders in Seattle, learning about their businesses and sharing their stories. Now I’m ready to work alongside founders and help boost the next generation of technology startups at the AI2 Incubator as the new director of AI House.

@BENBALLER I have had it happen several times but the other way around. I will play like a total bozo the first five or six holes and be 10 or 12 over par. Then I’ll go lights out. Happens often enough that my close golf buddies call me “back 9 Josh”. Scores like 46-35 are not uncommon.🤦‍♂️

Has anyone ever forgot how to play golf mid round? Let me explain. You’re on a heater on the front 9(1-2 under or even) and then you hit the turn and end up shooting 8 over.

@HammerDAHN Clearly anchoring. Should be disqualified.

AKSHAY BHATIA FOR THE WIN

@aviel @seattletimes Absolute clown show.

I bought a @seattletimes's subscription so that you don't have to. Yes, the article actually blames the failing Seattle housing market on the war in the middle east. I am 100% serious. This is your local media. What else are you being lied to about? seattletimes.com/business/real-…

So the adults running @UHC and Evergreen Health decided that it would be fun to just stop working together… 2 days before I go into the hospital for some potentially expensive procedures. And this is after they dropped Regence forcing us to switch. 🤡 😡🤬

@Mr_Husky1 Nice rig! Lucky them! Maybe they will travel a bunch with it. I don’t see the issue. Unless cousin Eddie moves in! 😆

Help! Does anyone have any suggestions? We're feeling pretty desperate. Our neighbors behind us had this delivered on Friday, and we live in a small town with no restrictions in place. We just started renovations on our porch last week, and now l'm tempted to put a 'For Sale' sign out front. Any advice or ideas for how to handle or work around this would be appreciated--thank you,..!

@BENBALLER So happy for you Ben!!!

I’m still on cloud 11. I still got my damn golf spikes on and I left the course an hour ago and finished my round 5 hours ago!!!!

@BENBALLER LETSGOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Amazing!!!

ONE OF THE ILLEST THINGS HAPPENED TO ME TODAY AT THE GRAND GOLF CLUB IN SAN DIEGO! I MADE A HOLE IN ONE!!! 😭😭🙏🏽⛳️ Video coming soon!