Piano Kelsey
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Piano Kelsey
@pianokelsey.bsky.social
Ky Piano teacher
"Art for life's sake" - Cherokee-Appalachian poet Marilou Awiakta

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Happy 2026! My new year's "resolution" is to record a small piano piece every day!

Knowing me it won't happen, but at least enjoy Fats Waller's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne!
Auld Lang Syne (arr. Fats Waller) | Happy New Year 2026!
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January 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.

Two Americas.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
We're not even 10 days into this shit ass year
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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Gentle reminder that EVERYONE shot by ICE or the police is innocent. Every single one. Cops aren't Judge Dredd. A person is innocent until proven guilty IN A COURT, so until a person is found guilty by a judge or jury, they're innocent. They're ALL innocent.
January 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Our reporters are on site at the vigil - network congestion preventing uploads currently. We would estimate up to 10,000 people are attending the vigil near 34th and Portland Avenue in Minneapolis at this time.
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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@governorwalz.mn.gov: You no longer have anything to lose politically

It's not fair that anyone should have to endanger themselves and their families by being the first, but please be the first anyway

Please be the first governor to call the National Guard to deal with this emergency
January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.

A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."

Bovino was there.

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January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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This Langston Hughes poem is relevant af.
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Day 5 of 365

You know I had to play Venezuelan composer. Sigh. At least the piece is beautiful!
Petite Berceuse by Teresita Tagliapetra-Carreno | Day 5 of 365
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January 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Andy Beshear, the governor of Kentucky, is ostensibly a democrat and should be receptive to pressure on this. His office number is (502) 564-2611
Kentucky State Police charged a woman with "fetal homicide" after she allegedly used abortion pills bought online—despite the fact that the statute explicitly exempts pregnant people from charges. But her mugshot is all over the internet including People fucking magazine
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Anti-abortion advocates: our bans exempt women from prosecution

Cops: oh we have other laws we can charge them under, and we’ll call fetuses “infants”
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January 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Trump says we need to annex Poland, er, I mean Greenland.
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Day 4, a set of 3 quite small pieces by Stravinsky, but look, I love them all and they're a bonded trio, so they really shouldn't be separated.
Three Easy Pieces for Five Fingers by Igor Stravinsky | Day 4 of 365
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January 5, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.

This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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My villain origin story is going to be people saying "but he's objectively evil" JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH SADDAM HUSSEIN IN 2002 and 2003.

WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Still posting my silly little piano videos despite it all.

Day 3: Traumerei by Robert Schumann

May it lend you some peace today 💚
Traumerei from Op. 15 Kinderszenen by Robert Schumann | Day 3 of 365
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January 3, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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Made it to Day 2 of the 365 Days of Small Pieces.

I love this prelude, so lovely, so moving!
Navajo Prelude for Piano No. 3 by Connor Chee Continuing my 365 days of small pieces. Here's a simple (but gorgeous in its simplicity) written by the living composer @connorchee It's part of a collect...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Made it to Day 2 of the 365 Days of Small Pieces.

I love this prelude, so lovely, so moving!
Navajo Prelude for Piano No. 3 by Connor Chee Continuing my 365 days of small pieces. Here's a simple (but gorgeous in its simplicity) written by the living composer @connorchee It's part of a collect...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Happy 2026! My new year's "resolution" is to record a small piano piece every day!

Knowing me it won't happen, but at least enjoy Fats Waller's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne!
Auld Lang Syne (arr. Fats Waller) | Happy New Year 2026!
YouTube video by Piano Kelsey
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January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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Happy 2026! My new year's "resolution" is to record a small piano piece every day!

Knowing me it won't happen, but at least enjoy Fats Waller's arrangement of Auld Lang Syne!
Auld Lang Syne (arr. Fats Waller) | Happy New Year 2026!
YouTube video by Piano Kelsey
youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I'm going to be attending a NYE bash tonight where I'm told many lawyers will be present.

Looking forward to playing the clip of Invictus' letter to his former law school classmates for them.

Happy 2026!
Augustus Invictus has finally been suspended by the Florida Bar for his felony conviction for participating in a nazi torch march in 2017. But when will he actually serve his jail sentence?

@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

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January 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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So, librarians, do you have a contingency plan for when these goons enter your facility? You might not be able to block access to a public building, but how are you alerting your patrons? Do you have a plan to get them out safely? Because you should.
Your tax dollars hard at work in Minnesota at the library! Notsee LARPers everywhere these days getting those government paychecks
December 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM