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Kitsun-uke

@sptolley.bsky.social
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I am an elementary music teacher who tries to make his class culturally relevant for students. Amateur academic, embroiderer, cook, baker, composer, songwriter, uke player, forever DM, world builder, and consumer of most nerdy properties.

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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Going to see Save Ferris tonight and got to meet Monique Powell and the rest of the band. It was an amazing opportunity and I’m so grateful for the opportunity. #saveferris #skaisnotdead
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This got a lot of interest. I am currently drawing up instructions for how to do this kit and was wondering if anybody else would be interested in it? I could create just a PDF with instructions and colors and the original file for printout on transfer paper, a kit with all the included materials?
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Thinking about doing an episode on using ska in the music classroom. It would be cool to interview @skatunenetwork.bsky.social, @fiveironfrenzy.bsky.social , and @slpancakes.bsky.social for it if they were interested.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This will be an embroidery kit for my wife. Thanks to @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social, @ifycomedy.com, @erikaishii.bsky.social, and @danielleradford.bsky.social for the amazing episode and inspiration! @dropout.tv
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I’ve been thinking a lot about third wave ska, like you do, especially my strongest connection back to it, @fiveironfrenzy.bsky.social “Until This Shakes Apart” feels to me like an indictment of how stagnant the past few decades have been. I see this most in songs such as Huerfano and Renegades. 
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I started the game Heaven’s Vault today thanks to the amazing description and recommendation of @erikaishii.bsky.social on @dropout.tv @umactually.dropout.tv I really recommend it!
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Let's do a challenge. If I can get 10 shares or $50 pledged for the GoFundMe, I will post an early release of my marimba piece Pfumvudza.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Here is my GoFundMe for the microphone. Please check it out, donate if you can, and share. The perks are listed on the page and include croissants and eclairs, recordings, and access to my knowledge of cultural music for your classroom. gofund.me/b938f70da
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Donate to Amplify my concerts, organized by Shawn Tolley
My name is Shawn Tolley and I am an elementary music teacher. Each year, my students perform in two l… Shawn Tolley needs your support for Amplify my concerts
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Alright, the second episode of Global Beats with Mr. Tolley has actually dropped. We explore a finish folk song called “Kettu itki poikiansa” or “The fox cried for her children”. You can find it here if you are on Patreon or you can wait until Friday for YouTube. www.patreon.com/posts/159337...
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Episode 2: Kettu itki poikiansa | Global Beats with Mr. Tolley
Episode 2: Kettu itki poikiansa by Global Beats with Mr. Tolley on Patreon. Join Global Beats with Mr. Tolley's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Way late, but my next episode of ”Global Beat with Mr. Tolley” is going to drop today. I cover the finish folk song ”Kettu itki poikiansa”. I will post on here when it is down but look out for it on the Patreon page for early access. Go to www.patreon.com/mr_tolley?ut... and subscribe. 
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Global Beats with Mr. Tolley — Videos for music teachers looking to decolonize their classrooms
Get more from Global Beats with Mr. Tolley on Patreon. Videos for music teachers looking to decolonize their classrooms. Support Global Beats with Mr. Tolley and get exclusive access to their work.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@slpancakes.bsky.social should come perform in Spokane
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I realize that I forgot to mention that my first episode of Global Beats with Mr. Tolley dropped today on YouTube. It is on the song Abebe by George Telek Mamua and includes the context of the song, some notes about performance, and a performance video. Go check it out at youtu.be/fLiqTsjNJTU?...
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Global Beats with Mr. Tolley: Abebe
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I started a YouTube playlist called Global Beats with Mr. Tolley. I provide songs and context from around the world. Check out the intro video here: youtu.be/TeAPhOOgE7w, or go to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/cw/mr_tolley, where you can support the communities we represent. Please check it out.
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Global Beats with Mr. Tolley: Intro video for Patreon
YouTube video by Shawn Tolley
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Had to tell Grant about my new drink inspired by him. It’s called Fox in the Orchard and has 2 oz bourbon, 1 oz applejack, .5 oz tea simple syrup, and a small squeeze lemon. Stirred with rock and garnished with a flamed lemon peel. @dropout.tv @dirtylaundryshow.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is a version of 'Carol of the Bells'. I arranged and performed all the parts on my marimba at home (editing to add bass and baritone). It is free, but you can pay for it. I am planning research trips and would like to build funds early. shawnpatricktolley.bandcamp.com/track/carol-...
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Carol of the Bells - Marimba, by Shawn Patrick Tolley
track by Shawn Patrick Tolley
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Bake Off final means a lemon curd stuffed madeleine tower from Dana FT and a duo of filled, iced finger buns from me. Dark chocolate whipped ganache with orange curd and an orange glaze drizzle AND whipped, orange mascarpone with orange curd and cranberry glaze. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
A little more pale than I would’ve liked, but excellent lamination and puff. This is a cream horn for the homemade rough puff pastry filled with a cardamom crème mousseline, and pear compote. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A little late but gluten-free orange and cardamom steamed puddings from Bake Off. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I know that everyone’s busy but sometimes I wish my favorite DM’s, @sherlockhulmes.bsky.social and @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social, would read and provide feedback on the campaign settings I created. I appreciate their world building so much I would love to see what they thought of mine.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
We got to see @adamconover.net last night in Spokane. The show was excellent
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A treatise about American public education re: Grading There has been a move at the elementary level in recent years to replace competitive, percentage based grading with standards based grading. This move is an extremely powerful one as it replaces one and done grading with a process based system.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
For meringue week, frangipane tarts with a raspberry and golden berry curd topped with a toasted Swiss meringue. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Savory, plaited, puff pastry roll filled with pork, smoked salt, white pepper, all spice, clove, juniper, apple, thyme, and rosemary. Served with a fennel and pickled leek salad and an apple, honey-mustard emulsion. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
For bake along this week I made a tart with a white chocolate ganache, fresh raspberries, and lemon mousse. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Bake along this week features British style flapjacks made with browned butter, rolled and steel cut oats, and cinnamon topped with spiced pecans and maple, cream cheese frosting. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I got inspired by the bake off showstopper so I decided to make kardemummapulla kranssi (cardemom wreath) in three layers.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Well… it certainly isn’t monkey bread, but it was pretty delicious. Herbed pizza dough stuffed with mozzarella cheese and served with marinara. #gbbo #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
It is tome to bake along with Bake Offhere in Tolley Hall. This week was biscuit week so my amazing wife @danaft.bsky.social made lemon shortbread inspired by trips to Lake Pend Orielle (not pictured) and I made hobnobs. #bakeon @travismcelroy.bsky.social
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Wild rice bowl with sous vide pork marinated in a tomatillo sauce (4 hours at 140, then flash seared), a reduced sauce made from the marinade, tomatoes, and avocados.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
In a few days we will begin selling dried tettnanger hoping Spokane, WA. There will be limited supplies in 1 oz packages of leaf hops for $1.70 each. They are one of the four Noble Hops and contain balanced floral and herbal aromas with some spiciness
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Kids decided to have dinner at a friend’s house so that meant I could make a meal just for my wife and I. This is pan seared Pollock over a wild rice blend of my design. Served with summer squash in a Sofrito over a hatch chili and Guajillo pepper romesco.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
It’s been a while since I did an embroidery update. This is my latest work based on eight Japanese tenets for a good life paired with a Nordic near-equivalent. This is ikigai (purpose/ lykke), kintsugi (repair with gold/lagom), and shinrin-yoku (forest bathing, friluftsliv).
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Tea service tonight! Scottish scones with butter and homemade jam (strawberry-rhubarb, basil-peach, blueberry), open face cucumber sandwiches with Alderwood smoked salt, and home smoked chicken with tomatoes and a tarragon yogurt sauce (tarragon from my garden).
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I know this is a long shot but I would love support from @dropout.tv for the amazing marimba and taiko program I run at my school. I’m a huge fan of dropout and know what a great heart @samreich.bsky.social has. I’m amazed at what my student’s overcome to be at school and the perseverance they show.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Another one.
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Sunset. Too bad the game isn’t this beautiful
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
While at first his countenance seemed mean he was a welcoming sort. Truly a gentleman and a troll. #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Unwilling to give up the hunt so soon and aided by an extra adventurer, we set off to find Jakob Two Trees! #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Our final troll was not so much hiding as greeting! A friendly chap who absolutely destroyed that poor box. There are still three out there. One day we shall find them! #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
He was a friendly one. Much too kind to hunt. But boy are we glad we met this one. Now we’re coming for you Frankie Feetsplinters. Also, my battery is nearly dead, so I will post the last pictures later tonight. #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Our chariot was most delayed so us two intrepid adventurers set off on foot to find this troll . #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Setting sail for the troll’s island and arriving! #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
A #trollhunt is hungry work. Waiting for our sea voyage to begin!
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Here she is. Brunn Idun. she was playing her flute so we decided to let her go this time. #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We have spotted the troll. Descending on foot to get a closer look #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We’ve arrived at Lincoln Park the trolls natural habitat. Soon we shall find it. #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Going on a troll hunt. The adventure begins in Tukwilla heading to Bruunidun in Lincoln Park, West Seattle. #trollhunt
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Kitsun-uke @sptolley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I posted the next chapter of my novel “Sorcery”. This one introduces La’vain to the story. You can find it at open.substack.com/pub/tellehan...
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Chapter 3
Memories of La'vain
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Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv · 15/07/2025
Brennan's announcement
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Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tv · 15/07/2025
Now everywhere Erika goes, a roast of Sam Reich follows... 🔥
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