Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 3hIf you take AI away from doctors they will slice your throat with a scalpel. 241
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 3h(You likely have already seen stuff like this but if you search for "pajama time AI" you'll find tons of ads and products focused on doctors, like www.abridge.com/blog/pajama-...) Pajama time!abridge.comTaking Back Pajama Time: Sutter HealthWatch how Sutter Health clinicians are reclaiming pajama time, one note at a time—reducing burnout, and enhancing patient care. 100
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 3hWelcome reminder for me to go look at real data too—thank you! On the last pt—in public, the more I talk about AI the more people want to talk about craft and disciplinary boundaries. IMO the people most in love with bots are...doctors. If a trade guild can set policy, AI's all upside. 2120
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 4hI pretty firmly believe that consciousness is best defined as transmissible interiority. 000
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 6hEven in software it’s mixed. It’s generating a lot of work, in good and bad ways. Bosses were excited to fire but now they’ve stopped talking about that. There’s change—juniors aren’t getting hired (may not be AI tho); jobs that involve cutting and pasting from PDFs will go. But no single outcome. 2210
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 7hMy personal Turing test is that I will accept machine consciousness when I can internalize that consciousness to the same degree that I can internalize Eliot’s voice in Middlemarch. Until then it’s text generation. 150
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 28/09/2026“There is a lot of malnutrition going on in these raccoons due to a diet that is very, very high in tortilla chips,” said Nessie O’Neil, a raccoon biologist and lead author of the study. —https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/science/raccoons-toys-cozumel-mexico-research.htmlnytimes.comOn This Mexican Island, Raccoons Make and Play With Toys (and Also Sip Margaritas)Scientists observed a family of pygmy raccoons near a Cozumel beach club learning from one another how to craft balls from paper, an indication that the animals have a culture. 2254
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 26/09/2026whatever is going on inside large language models I no longer want to know about it 9434
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 25/09/2026@jolivingstone.bsky.social is such a spectacular writer. I read half of this and realized I wanted to save it for later and start over really pay attention to it. feeld.co/magazine/ple...feeld.coContemptus Mundi by Jo LivingstoneThe writer Jo Livingstone on self-repression and the cell. 180
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 24/09/2026Just a heads up if this applies to you, Rick Wakeman from Yes is playing piano for 150 rescued Vietnamese moon bears www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comRick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in VietnamFormer Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ 34712
Reposted by Paul FordAram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 23/09/2026Yes! Build a website today! aramzs.github.io/build-a-webs...aramzs.github.ioSingle Serving, Portfolio, and Blog Sites; Fast 2122
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 23/09/2026I’m muting “polls” on here because I am tired of the Pavlovian humiliation of hope that occurs whenever I see blue dots. 2270
Reposted by Paul Fordnolen @itseieio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I built this for Rhizome's 30th anniversary! It's on display this week in NYC! See websiteswebsiteswebsites.net for some more details :)websiteswebsiteswebsites.netWEBSITES WEBSITES WEBSITES!A group exhibition celebrating the website as an artistic medium. Armory Week, New York City, September 21–27, 2026. Presented by ARTXCODE and Rhizome. 1457
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 21/09/2026When I was eight near Philly my dad showed me the Sunday NYT and explained how ridiculous the people and sums involved are. So I genuinely see this as a cherished tradition. This was my all timer: bsky.app/profile/ftra... 3281
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026okay deployed givemesomegood.news/search?q=Dat...givemesomegood.newsGive Me Some Good News — Search — this part of the mapLocal not-for-profit newsrooms and community news sources from around the United States. 120
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026Tbh you tell the robot and it kind of happens it’s not a huge deal. 100
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026No there’s now way currently. I am thinking maybe you could draw a little rectangle or something. 310
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026That’s a good idea. I don’t know how to do it! But it’s a good idea. 120
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026“I did some dumb shit for cheap to see how it would go and it turns out that I kind of love humanity” is my favorite genre of personal essay. 0361
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026And this classic about taking the bus around Minneapolis to watch four movies in one day, which is just the real spirit of America racketmn.com/i-took-the-e...racketmn.comI Took the E Line From Southdale to St. Anthony Main and Watched 4 Movies in Less Than 12 Hours - RacketBus Rapid Transit is a gift to Minneapolis filmgoers. 1202
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026I’ve read some great stuff. Like this younger person realizing why Madonna is an icon: pridesource.com/article/keit...pridesource.comMadonna Is a Queer Icon. I Finally Get It.I have a confession to make. Up until recently, I didn't really understand why everyone loved Madonna so much. I didn't think the Michigan native 1162
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026I‘m going to keep poking at it, glad to hear whatever. I want I keep it pure RSS with donate links though—it should only drive traffic back to the sources and authors and try to keep everything extremely web-first. 1171
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 20/09/2026I’ve been trying to read more local news from not-for-profit newsrooms (also LGBTQIA+ and black-owned newsrooms) so I’ve been vibing away at a site that aggregates them. Just sharing it out idly in case folks want anything like this. givemesomegood.newsgivemesomegood.newsGive Me Some Good News 712231
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 19/09/2026people constantly confuse being smart with being right and it’s killing us all 129316
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 19/09/2026Hello neighbor! Newkirk Ave. It’s the gravitational pull of Coney Island and the Rockaways. 100
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 19/09/2026Every now and then I just really want to not get off the train at my stop, which is about twenty seconds from where I am now, but instead stay on until Coney Island and sit on a bench and watch a family dance to bluetooth while the ocean comes across in scalloped glimmers. 81212
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 17/09/2026Unsolicited recommendation: The @beta.nyc Civic Tech newsletter is a really good news roundup—if you live here and work around the sector you definitely want to look into it. www.beta.nyc/category/new...beta.nycNewsletter - BetaNYC 1173
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 16/09/2026hey I heard you like sankey diagrams that show huge populations making terrible decisions 18417100
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 16/09/2026I want the curse lifted so she can leave the island and run for office. 010
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 16/09/2026R train late night trifecta: guy going home with a double bass, guy on here with a whole CitiBike, and someone pulled the emergency brake. 2532
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 16/09/2026Thank you, that’s very kind and is exactly what we are going for. Julia made my job exceptionally easy. Hope to see you at future events! 010
Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 15/09/2026if I had this I could finish so many songs www.roland.com/global/produ...roland.comRoland - GO:KEYS 3 Minion | Music Creation KeyboardGO:KEYS 3 Minion: Music Creation Keyboard - Start Your Musical Journey with the Minions 6313
