Randy Rosso
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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
🥗 This is the part that is glossed over so often, eg those WaPo op-eds from a few weeks ago:
"prices for unavoidable expenses have risen about 35 percent faster than the CPI, leaving many housenolds to struggle ever harder, year after year, to make ends meet."
Gene Ludwig, Mismeasurement of America
"prices for unavoidable expenses have risen about 35 percent faster than the CPI, leaving many housenolds to struggle ever harder, year after year, to make ends meet."
Gene Ludwig, Mismeasurement of America
![[By aggregating price changes of roughly eighty thousand goods and services rather than focusing on necessary items that eat up the wages of low- and moderate-income] households- food, housing. and health care, for examples— the CPI distracts from the reality that median earnings have declined vis-à-vis ordinary expenses. In fact, prices for unavoidable expenses have risen about 35 percent faster than the CPI, leaving many households to struggle ever harder, year after year, to make ends meet."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xly6kqojey6w244ooynjqpgs/bafkreihoxdvjjz2lcmoeny75blrmp7sljraxj76ler6fa46j5xy3bckaji@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
🥗 This is the part that is glossed over so often, eg those WaPo op-eds from a few weeks ago:
"prices for unavoidable expenses have risen about 35 percent faster than the CPI, leaving many housenolds to struggle ever harder, year after year, to make ends meet."
Gene Ludwig, Mismeasurement of America
"prices for unavoidable expenses have risen about 35 percent faster than the CPI, leaving many housenolds to struggle ever harder, year after year, to make ends meet."
Gene Ludwig, Mismeasurement of America
I finished my 6-week course of chemotherapy and radiation yesterday, and rang the bell! Now I have a month off from treatment and then find out what the next phase will look like. The future is full of unknowns (haha more than usual that is), but it felt real good to finish this first phase.
December 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I finished my 6-week course of chemotherapy and radiation yesterday, and rang the bell! Now I have a month off from treatment and then find out what the next phase will look like. The future is full of unknowns (haha more than usual that is), but it felt real good to finish this first phase.
Here is my contribution:
I'm thankful for ClinicalTrials.gov data
bc I have incurable brain cancer, but new research might change that.
These data include what trials are happening, where, what phase they're in, and what could qualify me for participation.
This could literally be life or death.”
I'm thankful for ClinicalTrials.gov data
bc I have incurable brain cancer, but new research might change that.
These data include what trials are happening, where, what phase they're in, and what could qualify me for participation.
This could literally be life or death.”
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here is my contribution:
I'm thankful for ClinicalTrials.gov data
bc I have incurable brain cancer, but new research might change that.
These data include what trials are happening, where, what phase they're in, and what could qualify me for participation.
This could literally be life or death.”
I'm thankful for ClinicalTrials.gov data
bc I have incurable brain cancer, but new research might change that.
These data include what trials are happening, where, what phase they're in, and what could qualify me for participation.
This could literally be life or death.”
Y'all. YOU ALL!
My friends Corey and Tomas from the pick-up soccer group I've played with on the mall since 1996 (!!) stopped by Saturday before the NWSL Championship match to give me a very special Spirit jersey that they all signed with well wishes!
My heart is full!
My friends Corey and Tomas from the pick-up soccer group I've played with on the mall since 1996 (!!) stopped by Saturday before the NWSL Championship match to give me a very special Spirit jersey that they all signed with well wishes!
My heart is full!
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Y'all. YOU ALL!
My friends Corey and Tomas from the pick-up soccer group I've played with on the mall since 1996 (!!) stopped by Saturday before the NWSL Championship match to give me a very special Spirit jersey that they all signed with well wishes!
My heart is full!
My friends Corey and Tomas from the pick-up soccer group I've played with on the mall since 1996 (!!) stopped by Saturday before the NWSL Championship match to give me a very special Spirit jersey that they all signed with well wishes!
My heart is full!
🥗 Bern E. Bear and I stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas and other workers during the strike. We will NOT cross that picket line! #solidarity!
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
🥗 Bern E. Bear and I stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas and other workers during the strike. We will NOT cross that picket line! #solidarity!
Food data nerd signed the Spirit ball!
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Food data nerd signed the Spirit ball!
Is cancer going to stop me? Ask the turtle:
Turtle: “Nope!”
Turtle: “Nope!”
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Is cancer going to stop me? Ask the turtle:
Turtle: “Nope!”
Turtle: “Nope!”
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Evetyone is hurting, knows someone who is or helping someone who is. It doesn’t have to be like this.
Well-timed cover story in Arlington Magazine. Could be written about most/all places in America.
Well-timed cover story in Arlington Magazine. Could be written about most/all places in America.
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Evetyone is hurting, knows someone who is or helping someone who is. It doesn’t have to be like this.
Well-timed cover story in Arlington Magazine. Could be written about most/all places in America.
Well-timed cover story in Arlington Magazine. Could be written about most/all places in America.
Uh FotMob what? You ok? This is NOT the Washington Spirit starting lineup.
October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Uh FotMob what? You ok? This is NOT the Washington Spirit starting lineup.
Goung to do my best to handle this fight ahead of me with aplomb
October 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Goung to do my best to handle this fight ahead of me with aplomb
Washinvton Spurit tu kets!
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Washinvton Spurit tu kets!
August 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
They just sell these at the store, to anybody?! No gender inflation is out of control!
August 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
They just sell these at the store, to anybody?! No gender inflation is out of control!
PURE FUEL (aka maple syrup)
I have questions.
How is this fuel? For what, a hummingbird?
“Waffle ready”—is there maple syrup that is NOT waffle ready? What happens then?
I have questions.
How is this fuel? For what, a hummingbird?
“Waffle ready”—is there maple syrup that is NOT waffle ready? What happens then?
August 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
PURE FUEL (aka maple syrup)
I have questions.
How is this fuel? For what, a hummingbird?
“Waffle ready”—is there maple syrup that is NOT waffle ready? What happens then?
I have questions.
How is this fuel? For what, a hummingbird?
“Waffle ready”—is there maple syrup that is NOT waffle ready? What happens then?
From the Afterword (don’t think this spoils anything), regarding fantasy books revolving around war:
They “divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off. This is puerile, misleading, and degrading.”
They “divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off. This is puerile, misleading, and degrading.”
August 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
From the Afterword (don’t think this spoils anything), regarding fantasy books revolving around war:
They “divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off. This is puerile, misleading, and degrading.”
They “divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off. This is puerile, misleading, and degrading.”
Active view of my work environment. Maybe this means it’s the weekend.
August 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Active view of my work environment. Maybe this means it’s the weekend.
I feel lousy, and my brain is soup.
August 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I feel lousy, and my brain is soup.
“This Is A Little Tune That I Call DEATH TO FASCISM”
July 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“This Is A Little Tune That I Call DEATH TO FASCISM”
I love comics. Especially Marvel/X-Men/Avengers. Some excerpts from the first story in Marvel United #1: A Pride Special (Marvel Voices One Shot).
“We’ve been here the whole time.”
“We’ve been here the whole time.”
July 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I love comics. Especially Marvel/X-Men/Avengers. Some excerpts from the first story in Marvel United #1: A Pride Special (Marvel Voices One Shot).
“We’ve been here the whole time.”
“We’ve been here the whole time.”