Cody Roe
@croewe.bsky.social
STL | Advocate | Researcher | Entrepreneur
Interests: history, agriculture, maps, data & dad jokes
Interests: history, agriculture, maps, data & dad jokes
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Cody Roe
@croewe.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Hi Bluesky- I’m Cody, ally and advocate based in St. Louis, MO. I’ve spent 15+ years researching the agriculture industry and have a passion for history, politics and the power of data to create change.
Also a fan of maps and a good dad joke! Looking to connect w/others who share these interests.
Also a fan of maps and a good dad joke! Looking to connect w/others who share these interests.
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The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2026 at 3:12 AM
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
ysph.yale.edu
August 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Hey I'm not actually done talking about Dolly Parton. 🧵
Specifically I want to talk about her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, released in 1980 (not the soundtrack to the film 9 to 5, that's a different thing).
The whole album is about work, with most of the songs focused on a different type of worker.
Specifically I want to talk about her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, released in 1980 (not the soundtrack to the film 9 to 5, that's a different thing).
The whole album is about work, with most of the songs focused on a different type of worker.
August 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Hey I'm not actually done talking about Dolly Parton. 🧵
Specifically I want to talk about her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, released in 1980 (not the soundtrack to the film 9 to 5, that's a different thing).
The whole album is about work, with most of the songs focused on a different type of worker.
Specifically I want to talk about her album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs, released in 1980 (not the soundtrack to the film 9 to 5, that's a different thing).
The whole album is about work, with most of the songs focused on a different type of worker.
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It's worth noting that this isn't a random number but a goal that would simply restore the court to an earlier norm in which there's one justice for each of the judicial circuits. We used to have nine, we now have thirteen.
The people defending the current setup have the tougher case to make here.
The people defending the current setup have the tougher case to make here.
Rep. James Clyburn says he supports expanding the Supreme Court: "13 is a pretty good number. A baker's dozen would be a good number to have on the Court."
August 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
It's worth noting that this isn't a random number but a goal that would simply restore the court to an earlier norm in which there's one justice for each of the judicial circuits. We used to have nine, we now have thirteen.
The people defending the current setup have the tougher case to make here.
The people defending the current setup have the tougher case to make here.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library provides free, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age 5
As Missouri GOP politicians post tributes, it’s worth remembering their budget cuts reduced access to the literacy program by freezing new enrollments just months before her death. #moleg #mogop
As Missouri GOP politicians post tributes, it’s worth remembering their budget cuts reduced access to the literacy program by freezing new enrollments just months before her death. #moleg #mogop
August 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Dolly Parton was a vocal advocate for:
Women
LGBTQ
BLM
Worker’s rights
Literacy
She may not have been partisan, but she definitely wasn’t neutral.
Women
LGBTQ
BLM
Worker’s rights
Literacy
She may not have been partisan, but she definitely wasn’t neutral.
"At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind," writes Zachary B. Wolf. | Analysis
Analysis: Dolly Parton was the one person who could unite a deeply divided country
www.cnn.com
August 27, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Dolly Parton was a vocal advocate for:
Women
LGBTQ
BLM
Worker’s rights
Literacy
She may not have been partisan, but she definitely wasn’t neutral.
Women
LGBTQ
BLM
Worker’s rights
Literacy
She may not have been partisan, but she definitely wasn’t neutral.
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President Trump inherited a strong labor market from President Biden.
Since his inauguration, average monthly job creation has fallen dramatically: from 122k/month in 2024 to 33k/month in 2025-26.
Since his inauguration, average monthly job creation has fallen dramatically: from 122k/month in 2024 to 33k/month in 2025-26.
August 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
President Trump inherited a strong labor market from President Biden.
Since his inauguration, average monthly job creation has fallen dramatically: from 122k/month in 2024 to 33k/month in 2025-26.
Since his inauguration, average monthly job creation has fallen dramatically: from 122k/month in 2024 to 33k/month in 2025-26.
10 months ago…
CDC is no longer surveilling outbreaks caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia. What could go wrong?
The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses.
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
July 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
10 months ago…
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Treasury just waived oil sanctions on Iran for 60 days — citing "progress."
Iran could rake in up to ~$10 billion off that decision alone.
In contrast, the Obama admin didn't lift sanctions until a deal was signed and the IAEA independently verified Iran's nuclear compliance.
Iran could rake in up to ~$10 billion off that decision alone.
In contrast, the Obama admin didn't lift sanctions until a deal was signed and the IAEA independently verified Iran's nuclear compliance.
June 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Treasury just waived oil sanctions on Iran for 60 days — citing "progress."
Iran could rake in up to ~$10 billion off that decision alone.
In contrast, the Obama admin didn't lift sanctions until a deal was signed and the IAEA independently verified Iran's nuclear compliance.
Iran could rake in up to ~$10 billion off that decision alone.
In contrast, the Obama admin didn't lift sanctions until a deal was signed and the IAEA independently verified Iran's nuclear compliance.
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Serious answer-
Their masculinity is a performance and when you're constantly performing instead of just *being* you get paranoid you'll be found out, so you shift the focus on to someone you perceive to be a weaker and more socially acceptable target
Their masculinity is a performance and when you're constantly performing instead of just *being* you get paranoid you'll be found out, so you shift the focus on to someone you perceive to be a weaker and more socially acceptable target
Serious question, why are conservative men so obsessed with how masculine other men are? Why do they think that endlessly thinking and talking about other men is somehow a signal of their own manliness? Why are they constantly nervously looking over their shoulders in a flop sweat?
Nikki Haley’s son is a massive douche
June 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Serious answer-
Their masculinity is a performance and when you're constantly performing instead of just *being* you get paranoid you'll be found out, so you shift the focus on to someone you perceive to be a weaker and more socially acceptable target
Their masculinity is a performance and when you're constantly performing instead of just *being* you get paranoid you'll be found out, so you shift the focus on to someone you perceive to be a weaker and more socially acceptable target
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We cut child poverty by more than half during the pandemic, and then we decided to let it more than double again. Now those children are losing their food aid.
June 22, 2026 at 2:07 AM
We cut child poverty by more than half during the pandemic, and then we decided to let it more than double again. Now those children are losing their food aid.
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There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
June 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man."
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life.
Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.
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With the new q1 GDP growth number coming in today at 1.6% what the data tells us that Trump has seen the lowest GDP growth on his watch of any American President since Hoover. 1/
May 28, 2026 at 10:39 PM
With the new q1 GDP growth number coming in today at 1.6% what the data tells us that Trump has seen the lowest GDP growth on his watch of any American President since Hoover. 1/
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🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
May 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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When people say that iconography like this from Trump’s administration is white nationalist coded, this is what they mean.
Left: a graphic from Tom Metzger’s neo-Nazi publication entitled “White Aryan Resistance” ca. 1987.
Right: a typical DOL post from 2025
Left: a graphic from Tom Metzger’s neo-Nazi publication entitled “White Aryan Resistance” ca. 1987.
Right: a typical DOL post from 2025
May 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
When people say that iconography like this from Trump’s administration is white nationalist coded, this is what they mean.
Left: a graphic from Tom Metzger’s neo-Nazi publication entitled “White Aryan Resistance” ca. 1987.
Right: a typical DOL post from 2025
Left: a graphic from Tom Metzger’s neo-Nazi publication entitled “White Aryan Resistance” ca. 1987.
Right: a typical DOL post from 2025
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The Lily White Republicans
Red Summer
Dixiecrats
Jim Crow
History, data and current events have shown us what would happen if Stephen A. Smith got his wish of black people voting for the GOP.
Red Summer
Dixiecrats
Jim Crow
History, data and current events have shown us what would happen if Stephen A. Smith got his wish of black people voting for the GOP.
Stephen A. Smith Thinks Voting Republican Will Make Parties 'Compete' for Black Votes. He’s Wrong
Blind loyalty to a party has never been a defining feature of Black political activism, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Michael Harriot writes.
dlvr.it
May 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The Lily White Republicans
Red Summer
Dixiecrats
Jim Crow
History, data and current events have shown us what would happen if Stephen A. Smith got his wish of black people voting for the GOP.
Red Summer
Dixiecrats
Jim Crow
History, data and current events have shown us what would happen if Stephen A. Smith got his wish of black people voting for the GOP.
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“Stephen A. Smith is always wrong.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social breaks down why the ESPN host’s latest take on Black voters isn’t just historically inaccurate, but actually launders racism as intellectual thought.
Read the full story — zeteo.com/p/stephen-a-...
@michaelharriot.bsky.social breaks down why the ESPN host’s latest take on Black voters isn’t just historically inaccurate, but actually launders racism as intellectual thought.
Read the full story — zeteo.com/p/stephen-a-...
May 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“Stephen A. Smith is always wrong.”
@michaelharriot.bsky.social breaks down why the ESPN host’s latest take on Black voters isn’t just historically inaccurate, but actually launders racism as intellectual thought.
Read the full story — zeteo.com/p/stephen-a-...
@michaelharriot.bsky.social breaks down why the ESPN host’s latest take on Black voters isn’t just historically inaccurate, but actually launders racism as intellectual thought.
Read the full story — zeteo.com/p/stephen-a-...
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I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.
May 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.
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ICYMI — After Republicans stripped majority-Black Memphis of representation, this was @brotherjones.bsky.social in the rotunda. Damn.
(From NC5)
(From NC5)
May 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
ICYMI — After Republicans stripped majority-Black Memphis of representation, this was @brotherjones.bsky.social in the rotunda. Damn.
(From NC5)
(From NC5)
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NEW: The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents hobbled federal efforts to pursue serious crimes.
By April, prosecutors had brought charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
By April, prosecutors had brought charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
May 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM
NEW: The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents hobbled federal efforts to pursue serious crimes.
By April, prosecutors had brought charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
By April, prosecutors had brought charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
May 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“The dismantling of USAID, according to models from Boston University epidemiologist Brooke Nichols, “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children,” Gawande wrote.” hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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A Democratic president with simple majorities in Congress could enact proportional representation for the House—no amendments required.
50%+1 could end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, expand the House, and enact PR by state.
And add new states like D.C. to rebalance the Senate while they’re at it
50%+1 could end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, expand the House, and enact PR by state.
And add new states like D.C. to rebalance the Senate while they’re at it
"So in one stroke, PR could do a better job fighting racial vote dilution than Section 2 ever did, and do so without triggering equal protection objections."
electionlawblog.org?p=155758
electionlawblog.org?p=155758
April 29, 2026 at 7:35 PM
A Democratic president with simple majorities in Congress could enact proportional representation for the House—no amendments required.
50%+1 could end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, expand the House, and enact PR by state.
And add new states like D.C. to rebalance the Senate while they’re at it
50%+1 could end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, expand the House, and enact PR by state.
And add new states like D.C. to rebalance the Senate while they’re at it
In 2024, U.S. farms received 11.8 cents per dollar spent on domestically produced food sold at places such as grocery stores and restaurants. The remaining 88.2 cents per food dollar is the marketing share, which covers post-farm costs, such as transporting, processing & selling food to consumers.
April 28, 2026 at 6:04 PM
In 2024, U.S. farms received 11.8 cents per dollar spent on domestically produced food sold at places such as grocery stores and restaurants. The remaining 88.2 cents per food dollar is the marketing share, which covers post-farm costs, such as transporting, processing & selling food to consumers.
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This photo broke me. I will never forgive anyone who voted for this.
April 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This photo broke me. I will never forgive anyone who voted for this.
New data contradict a common misperception that many working-age Medicaid recipients are able-bodied but not working.
The analysis at Washington University finds that about two-thirds of Missouri Medicaid recipients ages 19 to 64 already are employed. #moleg
source.washu.edu/2026/04/myth...
The analysis at Washington University finds that about two-thirds of Missouri Medicaid recipients ages 19 to 64 already are employed. #moleg
source.washu.edu/2026/04/myth...
Myth vs. reality: Most Missouri Medicaid recipients already are working, WashU analysis shows
New data challenge assumptions, showing Missouri Medicaid recipients are largely employed — often in jobs without benefits, reflecting gaps in wages, coverage and rural access.
source.washu.edu
April 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM
New data contradict a common misperception that many working-age Medicaid recipients are able-bodied but not working.
The analysis at Washington University finds that about two-thirds of Missouri Medicaid recipients ages 19 to 64 already are employed. #moleg
source.washu.edu/2026/04/myth...
The analysis at Washington University finds that about two-thirds of Missouri Medicaid recipients ages 19 to 64 already are employed. #moleg
source.washu.edu/2026/04/myth...