Draper Kauffman
@dksystems1.bsky.social
Climate. Inequality & tax/welfare reform. UBI. RCV. Pioneer forecaster & #systemsthinker. 5 books on systems & futures. Game designer & programmer (Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame). Bronze Star vet. Ex-TX. @systemspolicy
I’m 78 and get chalazions, so I see my eye docs regularly, and no one has asked me to unmask. Instead they ask if I want THEM to mask, and they do. Just a baggy blue, but hey, it’s better than nothing and I appreciate the courtesy.
(Maryland Vision Center. Good people.)
(Maryland Vision Center. Good people.)
November 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I’m 78 and get chalazions, so I see my eye docs regularly, and no one has asked me to unmask. Instead they ask if I want THEM to mask, and they do. Just a baggy blue, but hey, it’s better than nothing and I appreciate the courtesy.
(Maryland Vision Center. Good people.)
(Maryland Vision Center. Good people.)
Did it. 5 times. Arduous and painful. No huge sellers, but one has been continuously in print for 45 years and is pretty influential in its niche, so I guess it was worth it.
August 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Did it. 5 times. Arduous and painful. No huge sellers, but one has been continuously in print for 45 years and is pretty influential in its niche, so I guess it was worth it.
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As is true with universal basic income and universal healthcare, shorter workweeks are also supported by the evidence as being good policy. We should do all three. The only thing preventing them are the fears of those in power who worry about reductions of their ability to coerce and control.
June 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
As is true with universal basic income and universal healthcare, shorter workweeks are also supported by the evidence as being good policy. We should do all three. The only thing preventing them are the fears of those in power who worry about reductions of their ability to coerce and control.
40 years in TX was enough. We could see the writing on the wall and left 2 years ago for someplace sane and civilized. The question is, did we move far enough? If this is the end of American democracy, being in a blue state won’t help.
May 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
40 years in TX was enough. We could see the writing on the wall and left 2 years ago for someplace sane and civilized. The question is, did we move far enough? If this is the end of American democracy, being in a blue state won’t help.
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Yes - here's my latest report on Swiss Re's climate work.
House On Fire: Why The U.S. Has Most To Lose In A Warming World
Home insurance is set to rise across the U.S. as hazards intensify. The firms that insure the insurers are in no doubt about the root cause of the problem.
www.forbes.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Yes - here's my latest report on Swiss Re's climate work.
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📣 As promised last night, here's how many Americans are enrolled in Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare & ACA exchange plans in the *42 House districts* where Republicans won by less than 15 points last fall.
ALL OF THESE ARE POTENTIALLY FLIPPABLE.
I'm posting them in order of how close the 2024 margin was:
ALL OF THESE ARE POTENTIALLY FLIPPABLE.
I'm posting them in order of how close the 2024 margin was:
April 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📣 As promised last night, here's how many Americans are enrolled in Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare & ACA exchange plans in the *42 House districts* where Republicans won by less than 15 points last fall.
ALL OF THESE ARE POTENTIALLY FLIPPABLE.
I'm posting them in order of how close the 2024 margin was:
ALL OF THESE ARE POTENTIALLY FLIPPABLE.
I'm posting them in order of how close the 2024 margin was:
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Nearly a quarter of US Marine recruits infected with COVID in 2020 developed Long COVID: Porter et al, “Clinical and functional assessment of SARS-CoV-2 sequelae among young marines – a panel study”, The Lancet Regional Health (2024), www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 23/33
Clinical and functional assessment of SARS-CoV-2 sequelae among young marines – a panel study
In this population of healthy young adult US Marines with mostly either asymptomatic
or mild acute COVID-19, one fourth reported physical, cognitive, or psychiatric long-term
sequelae of infection. Th...
www.thelancet.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nearly a quarter of US Marine recruits infected with COVID in 2020 developed Long COVID: Porter et al, “Clinical and functional assessment of SARS-CoV-2 sequelae among young marines – a panel study”, The Lancet Regional Health (2024), www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 23/33