Kerri Shotts
@kerrishotts.bsky.social
Group Product Manager @adobe, #JavaScript & #retro-computing fangirl, Tech #writer, #Music, #Photography, #Transgender (she/her), #Atheist. Opinions my own. Co-host of #technology #podcast w/ @ashryan@indieweb.social: "I'd rather be Scripting”
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Just released a #Christmas #easylistening #piano #album titled "Winter Wonderland"! Listen to your favorite tunes including “Sleigh Ride”, “The Christmas Waltz”, “The Christmas Song”, and more on streaming platforms: ffm.to/ks-winter-wo...
Available on CD & Vinyl: elasticstage.com/kerri-shotts...
Available on CD & Vinyl: elasticstage.com/kerri-shotts...
Just released a #Christmas #easylistening #piano #album titled "Winter Wonderland"! Listen to your favorite tunes including “Sleigh Ride”, “The Christmas Waltz”, “The Christmas Song”, and more on streaming platforms: ffm.to/ks-winter-wo...
Available on CD & Vinyl: elasticstage.com/kerri-shotts...
Available on CD & Vinyl: elasticstage.com/kerri-shotts...
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just released a #Christmas #easylistening #piano #album titled "Winter Wonderland"! Listen to your favorite tunes including “Sleigh Ride”, “The Christmas Waltz”, “The Christmas Song”, and more on streaming platforms: ffm.to/ks-winter-wo...
Available on CD & Vinyl: elasticstage.com/kerri-shotts...
Available on CD & Vinyl: elasticstage.com/kerri-shotts...
Funny how things can quickly come together "just like that". Until today my upcoming #Christmas #album neither had a name nor a final set list. But now: it's got a name & cover and tracks are edited & mastered. Now I live with it for a few days to see if I tweak anything before upload. So stoked!!
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Funny how things can quickly come together "just like that". Until today my upcoming #Christmas #album neither had a name nor a final set list. But now: it's got a name & cover and tracks are edited & mastered. Now I live with it for a few days to see if I tweak anything before upload. So stoked!!
Just released an #easylistening #piano #EP #album named "What a Wonderful World".
Includes the following tracks in addition to the title track: The Bare Necessities, Danny Boy, Yesterday, Over the Rainbow, and A Song of Thanks (original improvisation).
Streaming links: ffm.to/ks-whatawond...
Includes the following tracks in addition to the title track: The Bare Necessities, Danny Boy, Yesterday, Over the Rainbow, and A Song of Thanks (original improvisation).
Streaming links: ffm.to/ks-whatawond...
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Just released an #easylistening #piano #EP #album named "What a Wonderful World".
Includes the following tracks in addition to the title track: The Bare Necessities, Danny Boy, Yesterday, Over the Rainbow, and A Song of Thanks (original improvisation).
Streaming links: ffm.to/ks-whatawond...
Includes the following tracks in addition to the title track: The Bare Necessities, Danny Boy, Yesterday, Over the Rainbow, and A Song of Thanks (original improvisation).
Streaming links: ffm.to/ks-whatawond...
What an absolutely lousy ruling by the court. There aren’t enough moments in the universe to account for the sheer number of swears I’d like to drop right now. Fuck.
SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants.
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What an absolutely lousy ruling by the court. There aren’t enough moments in the universe to account for the sheer number of swears I’d like to drop right now. Fuck.
Reposted by Kerri Shotts
"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment."
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.
Seconding that fuck. Fuck, Fuck, Fuck!
Fuck.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Seconding that fuck. Fuck, Fuck, Fuck!
Just dropped: #easylistening #piano #cover of "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Listen on your preferred streaming platform: ffm.to/ks-chimchimc...
Recorded Aug '25. Performed on #Yamaha NU1X hybrid upright piano. Rendered with #PianoTeq. Edited & mastered using #LogicPro. Album cover created in #AdobeExpress.
Listen on your preferred streaming platform: ffm.to/ks-chimchimc...
Recorded Aug '25. Performed on #Yamaha NU1X hybrid upright piano. Rendered with #PianoTeq. Edited & mastered using #LogicPro. Album cover created in #AdobeExpress.
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just dropped: #easylistening #piano #cover of "Chim Chim Cher-ee"
Listen on your preferred streaming platform: ffm.to/ks-chimchimc...
Recorded Aug '25. Performed on #Yamaha NU1X hybrid upright piano. Rendered with #PianoTeq. Edited & mastered using #LogicPro. Album cover created in #AdobeExpress.
Listen on your preferred streaming platform: ffm.to/ks-chimchimc...
Recorded Aug '25. Performed on #Yamaha NU1X hybrid upright piano. Rendered with #PianoTeq. Edited & mastered using #LogicPro. Album cover created in #AdobeExpress.
New #music drop! Today I released an #easylistening #piano #cover of "The Music of the Night" (from “The Phantom of the Opera”).
Available on:
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
- Streaming: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... (Available on Spotify today, and coming to Apple Music shortly.)
Available on:
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
- Streaming: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... (Available on Spotify today, and coming to Apple Music shortly.)
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New #music drop! Today I released an #easylistening #piano #cover of "The Music of the Night" (from “The Phantom of the Opera”).
Available on:
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
- Streaming: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... (Available on Spotify today, and coming to Apple Music shortly.)
Available on:
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
- Streaming: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... (Available on Spotify today, and coming to Apple Music shortly.)
Just submitted my next #easy-listening piano releases to DistroKid!
Upcoming releases
- The Music of the Night: Oct 24
- Chim Chim Cher-ee: Oct 31
- What a Wonderful World (EP, 6 tracks): Nov 7, incl. Over the Rainbow, Yesterday, Danny Boy, and more
- Mad Word: Nov 14
- Mansions of the Lord: Nov 21
Upcoming releases
- The Music of the Night: Oct 24
- Chim Chim Cher-ee: Oct 31
- What a Wonderful World (EP, 6 tracks): Nov 7, incl. Over the Rainbow, Yesterday, Danny Boy, and more
- Mad Word: Nov 14
- Mansions of the Lord: Nov 21
October 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Just submitted my next #easy-listening piano releases to DistroKid!
Upcoming releases
- The Music of the Night: Oct 24
- Chim Chim Cher-ee: Oct 31
- What a Wonderful World (EP, 6 tracks): Nov 7, incl. Over the Rainbow, Yesterday, Danny Boy, and more
- Mad Word: Nov 14
- Mansions of the Lord: Nov 21
Upcoming releases
- The Music of the Night: Oct 24
- Chim Chim Cher-ee: Oct 31
- What a Wonderful World (EP, 6 tracks): Nov 7, incl. Over the Rainbow, Yesterday, Danny Boy, and more
- Mad Word: Nov 14
- Mansions of the Lord: Nov 21
Reposted by Kerri Shotts
"Trans issues aren't this shameful thing that Democratic consultants suggest we hide from, it's the same fight undocumented immigrants are fighting, or those who can't access health care are fighting. Sometimes the undocumented immigrants and the people who can't afford health care are also trans."
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Trans issues aren't this shameful thing that Democratic consultants suggest we hide from, it's the same fight undocumented immigrants are fighting, or those who can't access health care are fighting. Sometimes the undocumented immigrants and the people who can't afford health care are also trans."
Both the referenced video and article are so good! Wasn’t expecting to tear up this morning—definitely hit harder than I expected. A perfect example of how the entire Democratic Party should be leaning in and standing up!
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Both the referenced video and article are so good! Wasn’t expecting to tear up this morning—definitely hit harder than I expected. A perfect example of how the entire Democratic Party should be leaning in and standing up!
Thoughts that go thru your head when an #earthquake jolts you awake in a hotel room during your visit to SF:
-WTF
-Who broke into my room and is shaking my bed?
-Who just took a flying leap into the bed next door?
-should I consider getting out of bed? This one is a bit vigorous…
-WTF
-Who broke into my room and is shaking my bed?
-Who just took a flying leap into the bed next door?
-should I consider getting out of bed? This one is a bit vigorous…
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thoughts that go thru your head when an #earthquake jolts you awake in a hotel room during your visit to SF:
-WTF
-Who broke into my room and is shaking my bed?
-Who just took a flying leap into the bed next door?
-should I consider getting out of bed? This one is a bit vigorous…
-WTF
-Who broke into my room and is shaking my bed?
-Who just took a flying leap into the bed next door?
-should I consider getting out of bed? This one is a bit vigorous…
Reposted by Kerri Shotts
It is so damn obvious the trans sports issue is a drummed up nonsense moral panic masquerading as “common sense” - but if you look deeper for two seconds you see how the whole point of sex segregated sports is to defund women athletics & to build and propagandize the western idea of women as weak.
September 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It is so damn obvious the trans sports issue is a drummed up nonsense moral panic masquerading as “common sense” - but if you look deeper for two seconds you see how the whole point of sex segregated sports is to defund women athletics & to build and propagandize the western idea of women as weak.
Reposted by Kerri Shotts
The first new substantive Bugbear Dispatch essay on Ghost is up!
This one is free to read, but if you value my work and can afford to, please sign up for a paid subscription. The upfront cost of moving from Substack to Ghost was frankly devastating, but it had to be done.
Thanks!
This one is free to read, but if you value my work and can afford to, please sign up for a paid subscription. The upfront cost of moving from Substack to Ghost was frankly devastating, but it had to be done.
Thanks!
Heard a lot of buzz about the death of James Dobson since last Thursday?
Need a primer on the monstrous man and his malign influence?
The latest Bugbear Dispatch (now on Ghost!) gives you that plus a case for speaking ill of the dead when they deserve it
www.bugbeardispatch.com/lets-speak-i...
Need a primer on the monstrous man and his malign influence?
The latest Bugbear Dispatch (now on Ghost!) gives you that plus a case for speaking ill of the dead when they deserve it
www.bugbeardispatch.com/lets-speak-i...
Let's Speak Ill of the Dead: Reflections on James Dobson
Administrative Matters
Hello, fellow bugbears! It has been a painful process--and the financial blow remains painful, and will for some time--but the migration of ye olde Bugbear Dispatch from Substa...
www.bugbeardispatch.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The first new substantive Bugbear Dispatch essay on Ghost is up!
This one is free to read, but if you value my work and can afford to, please sign up for a paid subscription. The upfront cost of moving from Substack to Ghost was frankly devastating, but it had to be done.
Thanks!
This one is free to read, but if you value my work and can afford to, please sign up for a paid subscription. The upfront cost of moving from Substack to Ghost was frankly devastating, but it had to be done.
Thanks!
#Released on #streaming platforms: "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto" by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/pia...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5KBWun...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/pia...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5KBWun...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
August 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#Released on #streaming platforms: "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto" by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/pia...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5KBWun...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/pia...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5KBWun...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
Recently released an #easy-listening #piano #cover of "When She Loved Me". This song never fails to bring on the emotion!
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/whe...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5qenvA...
- Distrokid: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Recorded June 2025.
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/whe...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5qenvA...
- Distrokid: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Recorded June 2025.
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Recently released an #easy-listening #piano #cover of "When She Loved Me". This song never fails to bring on the emotion!
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/whe...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5qenvA...
- Distrokid: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Recorded June 2025.
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/whe...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/5qenvA...
- Distrokid: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Recorded June 2025.
Just released: "Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Even though (for some) this piece is overplayed, Ifind it a beautiful piece, and I can't not love it!
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/bag...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/41vOwE...
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/bag...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/41vOwE...
July 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just released: "Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Even though (for some) this piece is overplayed, Ifind it a beautiful piece, and I can't not love it!
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/bag...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/41vOwE...
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/bag...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/41vOwE...
Reposted by Kerri Shotts
It would be extremely funny if Cancel Me Daddy's new youtube channel ended the day with more subscribers than Cuomo's campaign channel. youtube.com/@cancelmedad...
July 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It would be extremely funny if Cancel Me Daddy's new youtube channel ended the day with more subscribers than Cuomo's campaign channel. youtube.com/@cancelmedad...
I recently released "Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XIII. Der Dichter spricht"—the third recording in this wonderful work by Robert Schumann.
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/kin...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/29HhjA...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/kin...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/29HhjA...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I recently released "Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XIII. Der Dichter spricht"—the third recording in this wonderful work by Robert Schumann.
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/kin...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/29HhjA...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/kin...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/29HhjA...
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
#Released today: an #easy-listening #piano #cover of "My Way".This take is a bit more mellow and, perhaps, retrospective than most versions. I hope you enjoy it!
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/58SbP7...
- distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/58SbP7...
- distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
July 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
#Released today: an #easy-listening #piano #cover of "My Way".This take is a bit more mellow and, perhaps, retrospective than most versions. I hope you enjoy it!
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/58SbP7...
- distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Available on:
- Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/my-...
- Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/58SbP7...
- distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Just released: "Hallelujah"— a #piano #instrumental #cover of Leonard Cohen's amazing song. It's available now on popular streaming platforms and SoundCloud.
Listen on popular streaming platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, etc.): distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
Listen on popular streaming platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, etc.): distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
June 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just released: "Hallelujah"— a #piano #instrumental #cover of Leonard Cohen's amazing song. It's available now on popular streaming platforms and SoundCloud.
Listen on popular streaming platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, etc.): distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
Listen on popular streaming platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, etc.): distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts...
Just released — "The Sound Of Silence", available on popular streaming services. Somehow it felt... timely given the state of things today.
Listen on Apple Music: buff.ly/9ssWh3t
Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/xF19eiR
Listen on SoundCloud: buff.ly/xrx7ZZ4
Listen on Apple Music: buff.ly/9ssWh3t
Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/xF19eiR
Listen on SoundCloud: buff.ly/xrx7ZZ4
The Sound Of Silence - Single by Kerri Shotts on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 1 Song
music.apple.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just released — "The Sound Of Silence", available on popular streaming services. Somehow it felt... timely given the state of things today.
Listen on Apple Music: buff.ly/9ssWh3t
Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/xF19eiR
Listen on SoundCloud: buff.ly/xrx7ZZ4
Listen on Apple Music: buff.ly/9ssWh3t
Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/xF19eiR
Listen on SoundCloud: buff.ly/xrx7ZZ4
Reposted by Kerri Shotts
I will be writing more tomorrow, but, for tonight, I send my support to all of the trans people targeted by today’s ruling. You deserve better. And, to all of the amazing trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people in my life, you have taught me so much. You bring me life, and I love you.
June 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I will be writing more tomorrow, but, for tonight, I send my support to all of the trans people targeted by today’s ruling. You deserve better. And, to all of the amazing trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people in my life, you have taught me so much. You bring me life, and I love you.
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I've just released my #piano performance of "Rainbow Connection" on popular streaming services, including Soundcloud, Spotify and Apple Music.
Listen with Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/rai...
Other streaming services: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Listen with Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/rai...
Other streaming services: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
March 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I've just released my #piano performance of "Rainbow Connection" on popular streaming services, including Soundcloud, Spotify and Apple Music.
Listen with Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/rai...
Other streaming services: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Listen with Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/rai...
Other streaming services: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...