Randy Rosso
@fooddatanerd.com
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Randy Rosso (he/him). NO DMs unless I know u. No indiv donations. Food data nerd. Women’s soccer, Wash Spirit/USWNT fan. Food=human right. Trans rights are human rights.
https://open.substack.com/pub/makethemathwork
Randy Rosso (he/him). NO DMs unless I know u. No indiv donations. Food data nerd. Women’s soccer, Wash Spirit/USWNT fan. Food=human right. Trans rights are human rights.
https://open.substack.com/pub/makethemathwork
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🥗 monthly SNAP data (benefits, and persons and households participating) by state (including DC @dchunger.bsky.social) @fracposts.bsky.social
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
🥗 The apparent potential employment and poverty effects of the 2021 CTC if it were made permanent lead to some troubling questions. (Though many UBI and GI pilots have shown minimal employment affects, right?)
#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
From @donmoyn.bsky.social #CTC
🥗 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Remember when we cut child poverty in half with the Child Tax Credit? Let's run that back!
🥗 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Remember when we cut child poverty in half with the Child Tax Credit? Let's run that back!
What have we learned about child poverty in America?
Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🥗 The apparent potential employment and poverty effects of the 2021 CTC if it were made permanent lead to some troubling questions. (Though many UBI and GI pilots have shown minimal employment affects, right?)
#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
#ChildTaxCredit #CTC
From @donmoyn.bsky.social #CTC
🥗 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Remember when we cut child poverty in half with the Child Tax Credit? Let's run that back!
🥗 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Remember when we cut child poverty in half with the Child Tax Credit? Let's run that back!
What have we learned about child poverty in America?
Members of a National Academy of Sciences committee share insights
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
From @donmoyn.bsky.social #CTC
🥗 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Remember when we cut child poverty in half with the Child Tax Credit? Let's run that back!
🥗 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-have-...
Remember when we cut child poverty in half with the Child Tax Credit? Let's run that back!
Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says.
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump Says ‘Housing First’ Failed the Homeless. Here’s What the Evidence Says. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
🥗 Happy holidays everyone! I honor your faith tradition and cultural heritage and the holidays you celebrate! I also honor you if you do not celebrate any of them. May you be safe, may you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be at peace!
December 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🥗 Happy holidays everyone! I honor your faith tradition and cultural heritage and the holidays you celebrate! I also honor you if you do not celebrate any of them. May you be safe, may you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be at peace!
🥗 This year's been a doozy! Some thoughts on where I find the light in the dark. What works for you?
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
Finding the Light on the Darkest Night
It's there, if we know where to look... or how to be the light
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
🥗 This year's been a doozy! Some thoughts on where I find the light in the dark. What works for you?
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
Reposted by Randy Rosso
One in five Republicans support a “government-provided system,” as do most independents. Democrats back Medicare for All by 90 percent. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Pramila Jayapal pushes Medicare for All polling
The Washington Democrat plans to brief her House Democratic colleagues on the findings in early 2026.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One in five Republicans support a “government-provided system,” as do most independents. Democrats back Medicare for All by 90 percent. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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🥗 One day I pray we no longer need food pantries of any size. Until then these are a boon.
December 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🥗 One day I pray we no longer need food pantries of any size. Until then these are a boon.
🥗 contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-thr...
Op-ed from Billy Shore, Share Out Strength
Op-ed from Billy Shore, Share Out Strength
Trump’s threats to SNAP will make things worse for all of us
Weaponizing food assistance is bad policy and bad politics.
contrarian.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
🥗 contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-thr...
Op-ed from Billy Shore, Share Out Strength
Op-ed from Billy Shore, Share Out Strength
🥗 I hold to this radical notion that child support should support children, rather than defraying costs for the state.
#SNAPMatters
#SNAPMatters
🥗 The SNAP child support payment policy is state theft from the poorest families. It's called "child support" not "state appropriations shortfall filler" for a reason.
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🥗 I hold to this radical notion that child support should support children, rather than defraying costs for the state.
#SNAPMatters
#SNAPMatters
Reposted by Randy Rosso
Reposted by Randy Rosso
This book I put a lot of effort into is currently heavily discounted by some retailers and will still arrive in time for Christmas
eikeexner.com/books/manga-...
eikeexner.com/books/manga-...
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This book I put a lot of effort into is currently heavily discounted by some retailers and will still arrive in time for Christmas
eikeexner.com/books/manga-...
eikeexner.com/books/manga-...
Reposted by Randy Rosso
New paper in PSPB on the benefits of giving positive feedback to students, especially from underrepresented groups. Although not the norm in STEM, giving positive feedback boosts self-efficacy and belonging, which increases STEM performance, attitudes, interest
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New paper in PSPB on the benefits of giving positive feedback to students, especially from underrepresented groups. Although not the norm in STEM, giving positive feedback boosts self-efficacy and belonging, which increases STEM performance, attitudes, interest
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Funding Censorship and Support Diverse Artists
This is about who gets to exist in public spaces and whose stories get to be told on America's stage.
Drag performers have been attacked directly, resulting in bomb threats, armed protests, and...
sign.moveon.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
🥗 The SNAP child support payment policy is state theft from the poorest families. It's called "child support" not "state appropriations shortfall filler" for a reason.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🥗 The SNAP child support payment policy is state theft from the poorest families. It's called "child support" not "state appropriations shortfall filler" for a reason.
🥗 1-year % change in SNAP participation, September 2024 to September 2025
www.datawrapper.de/_/xwZBw/
www.datawrapper.de/_/xwZBw/
December 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🥗 1-year % change in SNAP participation, September 2024 to September 2025
www.datawrapper.de/_/xwZBw/
www.datawrapper.de/_/xwZBw/
🥗 1-month % change in SNAP participation, August to September 2025
www.datawrapper.de/_/e3CQW/
www.datawrapper.de/_/e3CQW/
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🥗 1-month % change in SNAP participation, August to September 2025
www.datawrapper.de/_/e3CQW/
www.datawrapper.de/_/e3CQW/
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@fooddatanerd.com "Congress has the authority to rein in the chaos. It can take back its tariff power, halt unlawful deportations, protect our agricultural workforce, strengthen the safety net, & invest in the research and data that is needed to keep food affordable"
civileats.com/2025/12/15/o...
civileats.com/2025/12/15/o...
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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🥗 monthly SNAP data (benefits, and persons and households participating) by state (including DC @dchunger.bsky.social) @fracposts.bsky.social
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
dataverse.harvard.edu
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🥗 monthly SNAP data (benefits, and persons and households participating) by state (including DC @dchunger.bsky.social) @fracposts.bsky.social
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
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@fooddatanerd.com "Congress has the authority to rein in the chaos. It can take back its tariff power, halt unlawful deportations, protect our agricultural workforce, strengthen the safety net, & invest in the research and data that is needed to keep food affordable"
civileats.com/2025/12/15/o...
civileats.com/2025/12/15/o...
Op-ed: What Affordability Really Means for Families and Farmers This Holiday Season
Tariffs, immigration policies, SNAP cuts, and more are raising food prices and grocery bills. Americans deserve better.
civileats.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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@fooddatanerd.com "Congress has the authority to rein in the chaos. It can take back its tariff power, halt unlawful deportations, protect our agricultural workforce, strengthen the safety net, & invest in the research and data that is needed to keep food affordable"
civileats.com/2025/12/15/o...
civileats.com/2025/12/15/o...
Op-ed: What Affordability Really Means for Families and Farmers This Holiday Season
Tariffs, immigration policies, SNAP cuts, and more are raising food prices and grocery bills. Americans deserve better.
civileats.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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