Dan Coffey
@itscoffeyagain.bsky.social
Librarian. Human & dog dad, left-field music & Criterion Channel junkie. Lapsed writer beginning to lose the lapse. Author of Van der Graaf Generator: On Track.
Route recalculating.
Route recalculating.
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
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These are the days of unpredictable weather, so when you head out into the cold, don’t forget to fill at least one pocket with eggnog.
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
These are the days of unpredictable weather, so when you head out into the cold, don’t forget to fill at least one pocket with eggnog.
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Remembering the legendary Japanese filmmaker, Yasujirō Ozu (小津 安二郎) on his birth & death anniversary.
Ohayō/お早よう (1959)
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Ohayō/お早よう (1959)
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
December 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Remembering the legendary Japanese filmmaker, Yasujirō Ozu (小津 安二郎) on his birth & death anniversary.
Ohayō/お早よう (1959)
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
Ohayō/お早よう (1959)
Director: Yasujirō Ozu
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I ended up drafting an email that didn't really lean on research specific to grade school education, but expressed my concerns in the most basic terms.
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
![Dear [TEACHER],
I want to make sure we're on the same page for the rest of the year, because I was surprised and disappointed to hear that you uploaded student projects to ChatGPT.
We have always found [SCHOOL] to be a place that encourages students to express themselves creatively, to be responsible and aware of how their actions affect others, and to be intellectually honest – doing their own work, rather than copying from others.
I know ChatGPT has been heavily marketed as an educational tool, but everything about it is the opposite of those values. AI tools are built by training models on stolen work. They have huge and terrible environmental costs, because their data centers generate enormous amounts of pollution and are cooled with drinking water. They're also incredibly dangerous: tools like ChatGPT have taught children how to start fires and even encouraged them to commit suicide.
And in a classroom setting, it teaches students that a machine can express their ideas better than they can. I told [ CHILD ] I was interested in seeing what they had to draw, and my heart sank when they told me "but I can't draw that pretty." Children deserve to draw what they imagine.
These environmental, ethical, and pedagogical concerns are why I don't want [ CHILD ] to use AI tools (or for you to use them on their behalf). For the same reasons, I respectfully ask that you stop using them in your classroom.
If you do plan to use AI this year, please send home a permission slip requesting consent. There are important privacy concerns when you upload student work into a for-profit service like ChatGPT.
Thank you,
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December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I ended up drafting an email that didn't really lean on research specific to grade school education, but expressed my concerns in the most basic terms.
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
I removed the personal details and have shared it as a template here for folks who might find it useful:
bit.ly/TeacherEmail...
I can list a few:
Tom Lucas (the albums Red Letter Day and Lifeboats)
Ben Schrag and the Cautionaries
J.E. Sunde
Tom Lucas (the albums Red Letter Day and Lifeboats)
Ben Schrag and the Cautionaries
J.E. Sunde
Lets do this differently
8 lesser known musicians/artists you want everyone to hear right now
8 lesser known musicians/artists you want everyone to hear right now
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I can list a few:
Tom Lucas (the albums Red Letter Day and Lifeboats)
Ben Schrag and the Cautionaries
J.E. Sunde
Tom Lucas (the albums Red Letter Day and Lifeboats)
Ben Schrag and the Cautionaries
J.E. Sunde
I named my fists Currier and Ives because they’re gonna make you hear those sleigh bells ring-ting-tingling.
i named my fists Rodgers and Hammerstein cuz theyre always in my own little corner
I named my fists Gilbert and Sullivan because they are slaves to duty
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I named my fists Currier and Ives because they’re gonna make you hear those sleigh bells ring-ting-tingling.
Ed Barchetta
remove a letter improve a song
happiness is a arm gun
happiness is a arm gun
November 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Ed Barchetta
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my writing seminar: "Well, what you gotta do is, like, figure out what you're trying to do and then sort of do that, unless your deal is not knowing what you're trying to do and getting there by doing that, which is different, but you can do that, or you can just sit with the idea a while"
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
my writing seminar: "Well, what you gotta do is, like, figure out what you're trying to do and then sort of do that, unless your deal is not knowing what you're trying to do and getting there by doing that, which is different, but you can do that, or you can just sit with the idea a while"
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Van der Graaf Generator
Victoria Williams
Bad Brains
Fishbone
Boston Spaceships
Van der Graaf Generator
Victoria Williams
Bad Brains
Fishbone
Boston Spaceships
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Billy Joel
Missing Persons
Eddie Murphy Raw
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Billy Joel
Missing Persons
Eddie Murphy Raw
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Pink Floyd
Rush
Faith No More
Primus
Eric Johnson
Pink Floyd
Rush
Faith No More
Primus
Eric Johnson
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Van der Graaf Generator
Victoria Williams
Bad Brains
Fishbone
Boston Spaceships
Van der Graaf Generator
Victoria Williams
Bad Brains
Fishbone
Boston Spaceships
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
David Bowie
Warren Zevon
The Who
Pink Floyd
B-52s
David Bowie
Warren Zevon
The Who
Pink Floyd
B-52s
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
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The Kremlin-drafted plan is illegal. You've done nothing, your tweet is about nothing. Thank you for wasting our time.
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Kremlin-drafted plan is illegal. You've done nothing, your tweet is about nothing. Thank you for wasting our time.
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
1 best movie genres
-two women who have never met do lowkey magic and get sucked into a Henry James novel
-two women who have never met do lowkey magic and get sucked into a Henry James novel
1 best movie genres
-eleven guys pull off a heist of three Las Vegas casinos
-eleven guys pull off a heist of three Las Vegas casinos
5 best movie genres
- kid from the provinces discovers secret power, saves world
- mild-mannered nobody mistaken for spy, saves world
- ragtag group of pals uncovers conspiracy, saves world
- unlikely team thwarts Nazis, saves world
- two animals are friends
- kid from the provinces discovers secret power, saves world
- mild-mannered nobody mistaken for spy, saves world
- ragtag group of pals uncovers conspiracy, saves world
- unlikely team thwarts Nazis, saves world
- two animals are friends
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
1 best movie genres
-two women who have never met do lowkey magic and get sucked into a Henry James novel
-two women who have never met do lowkey magic and get sucked into a Henry James novel
Wondering if there’s anyone interested in doing a group reading / discussion of Lyn Hejinian’s _Fall Creek_? #LynHejinian #poetrysky #languagepoetry
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wondering if there’s anyone interested in doing a group reading / discussion of Lyn Hejinian’s _Fall Creek_? #LynHejinian #poetrysky #languagepoetry
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Northern Lights in Iowa
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Northern Lights in Iowa
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In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In terms of big disappointments, he gets honorable Manchin.
You’re at Blowfish.
I need you at Postal.
I need you at Postal.
You're at Blowfish.
I need you at Hootie.
I need you at Hootie.
You’re at Tenille.
I need you at Captain.
I need you at Captain.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You’re at Blowfish.
I need you at Postal.
I need you at Postal.