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Randy Rosso

@fooddatanerd.com
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slava ukraini 🇺🇦 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. open.substack.com/pub/makethemathwo…

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Betsy @betsylpretzel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I’m finalizing plans for Randy’s celebration of life on June 21. Please let me know if you plan to come. Even if can’t come in person but would like to watch the live stream, RSVP “no” so I will make sure to send you the link to watch online. Thank you! evite.me/WPjS4J6NQE @fooddatanerd.com
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 30/05/2026
In case you would like to attend Randy’s celebration of life—in person or online, please let me know here: evite.me/WPjS4J6NQE
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 30/05/2026
This is Betsy again—I’m blown away by all your messages about Randy and what he meant to you. Thank you. And here—at last—is his TED talk. youtu.be/y2sVe_uM1vE
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Hitting Refresh on the Fight Against Hunger and Poverty | Randy Rosso | TEDxBostonCollege
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 28/05/2026
This is Randy’s wife, Betsy. I know he loved his bluesky people fiercely and truly valued being part of the community. It hurts me to have to share that he died last week. Here’s his obituary www.endersandshirley.com/obituary/ran.... Thank you all for your kindness and for making Randy feel seen.
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Obituary for Randy Rosenblatt Rosso at Enders & Shirley Funeral Home
Randy Rosenblatt Rosso, a stellar and silly human with a big heart, a sensitive soul, and a fierce commitment to social justice died May 19, 2026 at home in Arlington, Virginia. Randy survived for nin...
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 29/04/2026
🥗 #SNAPMatters So... many... lies. "SNAP data confirm millions of Americans have reclaimed their freedom" -- USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins. thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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New SNAP data confirm millions of Americans have reclaimed their freedom
The Trump administration has successfully reduced the number of SNAP recipients by 3.3 million, signaling that the federal government is working for the American public and that many Americans are …
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 03/05/2026
🥗 The most brutal form of musical chairs
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 03/05/2026
Victory+, are you drunk? You just mentioned Mackenna Morris, who left the Spirit what, 1-2 seasons ago? I’d love to see her a k on the Spirit roster, but that seems unlikely. #riseupdc
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 03/05/2026
oh my GAWD, will someone PLEASE tell the announcer that Aubrey Kingsbury is NOT playing for the Spirit tonight?! Once is acceptable but he's been calling Sandy MacIver Kingsbury for most of the second half! Granted, Sandy has been doing a terrific Aubrey impression lately! #thatsthespirit #riseupdc
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NWSL @nwslsoccer.com · 02/05/2026
vs. Orlando Pride | 4pm ET | 📺 ION
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 30/04/2026
🥗 The horrible house farm bill passed foe.org/news/house-f...
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House Farm Bill Prioritizes Corporate Agribusiness Over Farmers and Public Health
The House just voted 224-200 to pass a deeply flawed Farm Bill that is not only widely unpopular with Americans but also actively harmful.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 29/04/2026
🥗 #SNAPMatters So... many... lies. "SNAP data confirm millions of Americans have reclaimed their freedom" -- USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins. thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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New SNAP data confirm millions of Americans have reclaimed their freedom
The Trump administration has successfully reduced the number of SNAP recipients by 3.3 million, signaling that the federal government is working for the American public and that many Americans are …
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 28/04/2026
🥗 substack.com/@brucelesley...
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Bruce Lesley (@brucelesley)
Pronatalism without paid leave, affordable child care, affordable housing, birthright citizenship, a fully funded Medicaid program, and a fully refundable Child Tax Credit isn't a family policy. It's ...
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 28/04/2026
🥗 Meet the gaslighters, here to tell you that struggling to afford food is your fault! #snapmatters
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 28/04/2026
#snapmatters
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 25/04/2026
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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
martínez making a second off ball decision in transition to get herself central, in space, and create a lane for the pass. yeaaaaaaah buddy.
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Chris VanOchten @greener105th.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Great long read into Jose’s origin story. #NWSL
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 25/04/2026
Oh and Chris Armas, whatcha doin’? Methinks you’re the problem, not the solution. How do you lead a team with THAT midfield, and get outplayed that thoroughly?! The Spirit midfield was outstanding, sure. #wasvkc
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 25/04/2026
What. A. GAME! Spsrkling performance all around from #thatsthespirit, with special mentions for Leicy Santos and Sandy McIver — IMG those saves! Unreal!
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 25/04/2026
Chewie,… we’re home!
Spirit fans overlooking Audi field, ready to get #RowdyAtAUDi!!!
#riseupdc!
#wasv#kcbaby

Let’s go DC! #riseupdc!Spirit fans overlooking Audi field, ready to get #RowdyAtAUDi!!!
#riseupdc!
#wasv#kcbaby

Let’s go DC! #riseupdc!
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 24/04/2026
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 24/04/2026
🥗 @repmcgovern.bsky.social has been a steadfast and powerful champion in the fight against hunger for a long time. I appreciate his strong words. This is no time to pull punches.
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VIPs of Atlanta Soccer @vipsofatlantasoccer.com · 23/04/2026
Project ACL Expands to the NWSL 🔗 vipsofatlantasoccer.com/2026/04/23/p... As Project ACL expands to include the NWSL and Women’s Super League, the focus shifts toward match congestion, recovery windows, and the workload decisions clubs control.
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Project ACL Expands to the NWSL
As Project ACL expands to include the NWSL and Women’s Super League, the focus shifts toward match congestion, recovery windows, and the workload decisions clubs control.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 23/04/2026
🥗 US employment-based disability benefits are broken. Also electronic records and record releases.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 23/04/2026
🥗 47.9 million Americans live in food insecure households. With the SNAP cuts we’ve already seen, we’re likely over 50 million by mow, or soon will be. slate.com/business/202...
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It Could Lead to Tens of Thousands of Deaths. In the Meantime, It’s Wreaking Havoc on Americans’ Sanity.
Imagine not being able to feed your kid because of a mistake on a piece of paperwork.
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Mike Peyrot @spinkakron.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
You can't play by the rules of a system that has been destroyed and have any hope of defeating the people that detroyed it.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 22/04/2026
🥗 Silly me, work requirements work exactly as intended—cutting people off benefits so those $$ can be directed to the truly needy— the millionaires & billionaires—in the form of tax cuts. #snap #medicaid #housing
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 22/04/2026
🥗 Most Missouri Medicaid recipients already are working Yeah, ditto for SNAP. You know what’s not working (& never will)? Work requirement policies. A flawed “solution” in search of a problem. www.stltoday.com/news/communi...
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Most Missouri Medicaid recipients already are working
WashU analysis finds about two-thirds of working-age Missouri Medicaid recipients are employed, raising questions about new work reporting requirements.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 21/04/2026
Let's support Team Salaam! @salaambhattiva.bsky.social I can vouch for the fact that he is a phenomenal human being, skilled advocate, and he gets things done. We need more like Salaam in Congress! I will be phone banking for Salaam Thursday evening. Join me?! mobilize.us/s/xgPuIC
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Salaam for Congress Phone Bank!! · Salaam Bhatti for Congress
Join Team Salaam for our first public Phone Bank event!
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 21/04/2026
@hemmusic.bsky.social love your music! Any news on the nee songs/album? Last update I saw was 3 years ago!
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 21/04/2026
🥗 The Farm Bill Is Coming — Do You Know What's at Stake? (Hint: It's a lot...) Get the latest from @fracposts.bsky.social in this webinar 4/23 at 1pm! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Farm Bill Is Coming — Do You Know What's at Stake?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The Farm Bill may be headed to a House vote as early as next week—at a moment when inflation remains high, food prices continue to strain family budgets, and states are already struggling to absorb th...
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 21/04/2026
🥗 People would still labor. People would still build, create, teach, heal, farm, lead, and serve. But work would no longer be backed by the threat of hunger and homelessness... Work could become more human when life itself is no longer held hostage."
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 21/04/2026
🥗 Every. WORD! Tiffany Tagbo, RESULTS Expert on Poverty, invites us to imagine a world without poverty. Once you picture it, you can't unsee it--or the stark contrast with the world we live in. But poverty is not inevitable. measuredinlives.substack.com/p/what-if-th...
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What If There Was No Poverty?
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 20/04/2026
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/kash-patel...
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Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for defamation
F.B.I. director is seeking $250 million in damages
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 19/04/2026
🥗 Absolutely! Really like what I'm seeing from the Mamdani administration in NYC!
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
🥗 This webinar yesterday from the office if NYC Mayor Mamdani’s office, on the city’s first-ever official true cost of living data tool and report, was inspiring! Great antidote to *waves* everything! youtu.be/msQXEutd9M4?...
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NYC’s Official True Cost of Living: Analyzing for Impact
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
Now and then I get an email about Who's Who. Is this a cult or something, preying on the egos of up-and-coming professionals who aren't sure if their work/career matters?
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
🥗 “Republicans decried this abuse. Their ire was reserved for a single mom who used SNAP benefits to buy a birthday cake for her 8-year-old.” The morality of this country is upside down.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
🥗 “A RAND study finds that if we’d kept the 1975 income distribution, the bottom 90% of workers would have earned an additional $3.9 trillion in 2023 alone — a $32,000 raise per full-time worker for a single year.” Support salaam4va! open.substack.com/pub/salaambh...
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The $32,000 raise you never saw.
Rob Wittman is not fighting for you.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
Ironic or just sad that the weakest feature of Gmail and other Google apps is... search? Seriously, I never find anything I'm looking for in Gmail. Though, tbh, I have an insanely full inbox!
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
🥗 I just went down a LinkedIn rabbit hole trying to find a post I was going to respond to on my phone (but lost it there too). Anyway that was the boomiest LinkedIn doomscroll I've ever experienced. The world is BLEAK out there, man. Where are you finding the light, cause I ain't seeing it.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 16/04/2026
GD these child-hating bigots. www.erininthemorning.com/p/colorado-s...
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Colorado Supreme Court May Force Children's Hospital To Resume Trans Youth Care
Several justices seemed to support the families of trans youth on the question of whether to force Colorado Children's Hospital to discontinue capitulating to the Trump administration.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 15/04/2026
🥗 1-month % change in individuals participating in SNAP. Not nearly as dramatic (thankfully)--it might become more so in the coming months as these cuts continue to kick in. www.datawrapper.de/_/e3CQW/?v=3
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1-Month Percent Change in SNAP Participation, December 2025 - January 2026 | Created with Datawrapper
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 15/04/2026
🥗 That 30% drop in SNAP participation in Arizona? It's now a 43% drop (1/25-1/26) I'm going to look at the % change in households and benefits later today. www.datawrapper.de/_/9xOIo/
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1-Year Percent Change in SNAP Participation, January 2025 - January 2026 | Created with Datawrapper
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 15/04/2026
Made it through 5 Nights At Freddy’s (chemo) without incident. Phew I can eat real food again!
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 15/04/2026
#USWNT, what, respectfully… was that?
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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
When listing Target Corp‘s many failures over the last 2 years, please don’t forget that here in Minnesota, home to their effin’ HQ, they allowed 🧊 to hunt their own employees in their stores and stage their terror attacks on the surrounding neighborhoods from Target parking lots.😡
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 14/04/2026
🥗 Can we agree that the goal of work requirements--and PRWORA as a whole--was never to improve people's prospects, get them into good jobs, or help people become "self-sufficient". It was--and continues to be--to cut benefits, redirect those benefits to oligarchs, and steer ppl into low-wage jobs.
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