Piano Kelsey
@pianokelsey.bsky.social
Ky Piano teacher
"Art for life's sake" - Cherokee-Appalachian poet Marilou Awiakta
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"Art for life's sake" - Cherokee-Appalachian poet Marilou Awiakta
https://ko-fi.com/pianokelsey
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Auld Lang Syne (arr. Fats Waller) | Happy New Year 2026!
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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!
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!
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Please understand this is happening in literally dozens of locations around the city simultaneously. If an ICE vehicle stops, community members materialize in seconds and do everything they can to stop the kidnappings. We are under siege and using every tool to fight back.
430k of us vs. 2k of them, we're gonna win this
Cedar & 31st I think
Cedar & 31st I think
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Please understand this is happening in literally dozens of locations around the city simultaneously. If an ICE vehicle stops, community members materialize in seconds and do everything they can to stop the kidnappings. We are under siege and using every tool to fight back.
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inevitable edit
January 11, 2026 at 6:31 PM
inevitable edit
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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*Stares in Indiginous*
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 PM
*Stares in Indiginous*
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I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
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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
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.
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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.
Two Americas.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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.
Two Americas.
We're not even 10 days into this shit ass year
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
We're not even 10 days into this shit ass year
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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
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
@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
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
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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.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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This Langston Hughes poem is relevant af.
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
This Langston Hughes poem is relevant af.
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Day 5 of 365
You know I had to play Venezuelan composer. Sigh. At least the piece is beautiful!
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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Day 5 of 365
You know I had to play Venezuelan composer. Sigh. At least the piece is beautiful!
Day 5 of 365
You know I had to play Venezuelan composer. Sigh. At least the piece is beautiful!
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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”
www.fox10tv.com/2026/01/02/w... h/t @kelciemmorris.bsky.social
Cops: oh we have other laws we can charge them under, and we’ll call fetuses “infants”
www.fox10tv.com/2026/01/02/w... h/t @kelciemmorris.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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
Trump says we need to annex Poland, er, I mean Greenland.
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Trump says we need to annex Poland, er, I mean Greenland.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
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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.
WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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.
WE KNOW BUT THIS IS ILLEGAL AND CORRUPT.
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Once again.
No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?
Contrary to what he would have you believe, President Bush’s plans to invade Iraq have nothing to do with such high-minded goals as liberating the Iraqi people or saving the world from terrorism. His ...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Once again.
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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 💚
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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Still posting my silly little piano videos despite it all.
Day 3: Traumerei by Robert Schumann
May it lend you some peace today 💚
Still posting my silly little piano videos despite it all.
Day 3: Traumerei by Robert Schumann
May it lend you some peace today 💚
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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
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.
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Made it to Day 2 of the 365 Days of Small Pieces.
I love this prelude, so lovely, so moving!
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!
Made it to Day 2 of the 365 Days of Small Pieces.
I love this prelude, so lovely, so moving!
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Made it to Day 2 of the 365 Days of Small Pieces.
I love this prelude, so lovely, so moving!
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!
Made it to Day 2 of the 365 Days of Small Pieces.
I love this prelude, so lovely, so moving!