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Paul Ford
@ftrain.bsky.social
Bureaucracy enjoyer. So cringe it’s meta. Aboard.com and Ftrain.com.
Pinned
Do a teamwork, not a screamwork.
Trying to write a few things every day and put them not on social. ftrain.com/warp-and-woof
Warp and Woof, by Paul Ford
A trip to see the breeds; digressions on breeding.
ftrain.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Shit this is a good halftime show.
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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OMFG Green's is now available online for free
February 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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I wrote about Minnesota and ICE and how average Americans are reclaiming the power that the administration is abusing.
www.pbump.net/o/this-is-wh...
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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There is a finely choreographed ballet of industrial machinery and infrastructure that, against all apparent odds, keeps this city from descending into chaos
Here's how this 64-foot tugboat is keeping your home warm during NYC's cold spell.

www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/30/n...
January 31, 2026 at 7:47 PM
CBS News: A higher caliper of journalism.
January 31, 2026 at 9:57 PM
What is Ethan Hawke...reading?
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I'm slowly building up an archive of past work and I had forgotten all about this one. www.ftrain.com/kinja-commen...
Kinja Commentary, by Paul Ford
THIS WAS ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 10 WORDS LONG BUT THEN IT KEPT UNFOLDING AS I WROTE IT, SO HERE IS A POINT I WANT TO MAKE UP FRONT BEFORE PEOPLE USE THIS TO
www.ftrain.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 AM
hey guys let me get your attention for a minute...got something here I think we ALL need to see and think about
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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A few people have reached out to me this morning wanting to do something in community.
This instinct is amazing and what’s kept me okayish the past year.

I’ve shared this list from @prisonculture.bsky.social a few times already today. Be with other people. Do good.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 24, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Chatted with the kids about about turning off video autoplay on their devices and doing some filtering. It's going to be 200 million Americans trapped inside during a snowstorm, as nightmares fly out of their phones. Check in with folks....
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I will never speak ill of Minneapolis in any way ever again.
January 24, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I just bought 30 chairs for the office and somewhere in a six block trip we lost a chair and I’m now losing my mind.
January 20, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Whenever I read @polgreen.bsky.social I am grateful for the care in her reporting and how she uses details (Marlboros in a truck cab) to make sure we see people as people, not just actors in a narrative. And also her ungoverned affection for Midwest weirdos. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
It’s been a year and I use them but I have absolutely no idea what a passkey is. Half the time login fails with them and I have to do something else that works (like a password). I refuse to understand more. I’m tired of computers and don’t care. This is what it’s like for every non-nerd, isn’t it?
January 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
January 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I showed Gas Town to my business partner Rich and he said “oh it's SOAP/WSDL for agents” and I am still processing that.
January 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
not a lot of eye contact in the endoscopy office
January 14, 2026 at 12:33 PM
@raf.eco is out here trying to figure it out.
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.

Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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this still slaps youtu.be/ZQ_MEFVx5jM?...
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM