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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 2d

Vitality Ritual's full 30 minute spontaneous sonic performance is up on YouTube too for those of you who want to witness the madness be constructed in real-time.

and of course, the 30-minute one-track album is free to download. thanks for all the support.

Vitality Ritual - "Rituals at The Mortuary, I" - Live in Olympia - September 19, 2025 (FULL SET)

YouTube video by Natasha Excelsia (N.Excelsia Audioworks)

youtu.be

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 2d

every good band needs to have a live album, but what about a live album that's totally different from all the recorded albums?

vitalityritual.bandcamp.com/album/ritual...

from our live show on September 19th. this record includes saxophone and bass from the touring bands we played with.

Rituals at The Mortuary, Olympia: I | Live 09.19.2025, by Vitality Ritual

1 track album

vitalityritual.bandcamp.com

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 2d

Vitality Ritual's full 30 minute spontaneous sonic performance is up on YouTube too for those of you who want to witness the madness be constructed in real-time.

and of course, the 30-minute one-track album is free to download. thanks for all the support.

Vitality Ritual - "Rituals at The Mortuary, I" - Live in Olympia - September 19, 2025 (FULL SET)

YouTube video by Natasha Excelsia (N.Excelsia Audioworks)

youtu.be

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 2d

every good band needs to have a live album, but what about a live album that's totally different from all the recorded albums?

vitalityritual.bandcamp.com/album/ritual...

from our live show on September 19th. this record includes saxophone and bass from the touring bands we played with.

Rituals at The Mortuary, Olympia: I | Live 09.19.2025, by Vitality Ritual

1 track album

vitalityritual.bandcamp.com

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 3d

if you haven't started implementing at least a light workout regimen in your life, look into it. the older you get, the more you need good health in your life. you can't power your body's needs on the same things you did in your 20s, but you still have so much vitality and youth left. incubate it.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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earth wind and spiders @yuzupool.bsky.social · 3d

its a great time for growing into the person you needed to be around most when you were younger

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · 3d

It's an American Wasteland... but it sure ain't Tony Hawk's...

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 3d

so in lieu of an alleged NDA where she can't speak up about what she and the company "could be" dealing with, it's appropriate for jay and co. to actively crash out and shit on their userbase instead, making all sorts of insane flippant statements and mocking those who are voicing concerns?

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AHMAD-JOHAR 13🕊𓂆 @ahmadjohary16.bsky.social · 5d

I have reached a moment where I wonder how I am still alive…
How does my body still breathe and my heart keep beating?
How can I walk, sleep, and speak amidst this devastation?

Nothing around me resembles human life at all—indeed, even animals live better than us.

PLEASE DONATE AND BE OUR VOICE.🙏🏻🕊

Donate to Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War, organized by Fatima Ayub

My name is Ahmad Johar, a 25-year-old, Palestinian from Gaza. I have lived throu… Fatima Ayub needs your support for Ahmad & Samar: A Future Beyond Gaza's War

gofund.me

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 4d

people who built bsky:
-trans women (bsky protects jesse singal)
-Black users (bsky allows rampant antiBlack racism)
-SWers (bsky to implement hostile age verification in UK)
-organizers and activists (bsky autodeletes anyone in gaza with a pulse)
-artists (bsky dev says AI has rights lmao)

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Teabree Shark @nurse.fish · 6d

Richard Kyanka 1976-2021
Bluesky: public in 2021

Welcome back, lowtax. Let's see how fast you can any% this iteration

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Mar 1

my favorite fruit is mangosteen

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 4d

Michael Lutz's classic tweet:

AMERICAN FASCIST: Your going to the camps
AMERICAN LIBERAL, CHUCKLING: *You're

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 5d

it's NOT Bandcamp Friday anymore. but you can still listen to my band's demo.

natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 6d

it's Bandcamp Friday! today, i'm releasing Maneater's 2025 demo from the vault. lo-fi, cave-dwelling, feral, blood-soaked, bestial blackened death metal/punk/grind from Olympia, Washington.

maneater360.bandcamp.com/album/love-m...

#bandcamp #bandcampfriday #metal #deathmetal #blackmetal

LOVE ME. EAT ME. SHIT ME. (Demo), by ManeateR

5 track album

maneater360.bandcamp.com

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 4d

this post is so unbelievably disingenous but it doesn't shock me considering your reaction to criticism for your statements that completely ignore real world effects. we can think about these philosophical musings when this shit isn't bringing us closer to complete extinction. how is that irrational

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 4d

or maybe consider that people are aware of the fact that AI data centers are *literally destroying* the planet, is a technology firmly in the hands of capitalism, was born in a capitalist structure, and serves the whims of capitalism exclusively, and we're not interested in ignorance of those issues

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 5d

it's NOT Bandcamp Friday anymore. but you can still listen to my band's demo.

natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 6d

it's Bandcamp Friday! today, i'm releasing Maneater's 2025 demo from the vault. lo-fi, cave-dwelling, feral, blood-soaked, bestial blackened death metal/punk/grind from Olympia, Washington.

maneater360.bandcamp.com/album/love-m...

#bandcamp #bandcampfriday #metal #deathmetal #blackmetal

LOVE ME. EAT ME. SHIT ME. (Demo), by ManeateR

5 track album

maneater360.bandcamp.com

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 6d

it's Bandcamp Friday! today, i'm releasing Maneater's 2025 demo from the vault. lo-fi, cave-dwelling, feral, blood-soaked, bestial blackened death metal/punk/grind from Olympia, Washington.

maneater360.bandcamp.com/album/love-m...

#bandcamp #bandcampfriday #metal #deathmetal #blackmetal

LOVE ME. EAT ME. SHIT ME. (Demo), by ManeateR

5 track album

maneater360.bandcamp.com

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 6d

it's Bandcamp Friday! today, i'm releasing Maneater's 2025 demo from the vault. lo-fi, cave-dwelling, feral, blood-soaked, bestial blackened death metal/punk/grind from Olympia, Washington.

maneater360.bandcamp.com/album/love-m...

#bandcamp #bandcampfriday #metal #deathmetal #blackmetal

LOVE ME. EAT ME. SHIT ME. (Demo), by ManeateR

5 track album

maneater360.bandcamp.com

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 7d

you're asking people to leave this website. people are getting fucking sick of social media and all the titty babies who run literally all of these apps, and you've decided that you actually also want to be one of those titty babies. sad. i hope you reconsider before you kill your site.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 8d

Folks who create videos about games on the internet: I have questions for you if you'd be so kind. I'm trying to determine the relationship between traditional media and those who create videos about games and have never worked for the games press. Sharing is appreciated!

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Games influencer press relationship query

I'm trying to determine to what extend people who create videos about games engage with "traditional" press as a source for what games to cover. Please only answer these questions if you are someone w...

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 17d

today is my 35th birthday! am i allowed to say "pushing 40" yet?

you can help facilitate a great birthday by:
- cashapp venmo queencharlene420
- paypal.me/excelsia
- listening to/buying some music from any of my bandcamps
- donating to a charity for Palestine
- continuing to speak truth to power

Pay Natasha Dawn Jenevieve Yvonne-Jamillah Excelsia using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/excelsia and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 23d

Vitality Ritual show from April just went up on my YouTube!

youtu.be/kBt6ZZRtluk

#improv #improvisedmusic #nowave #freejazz #liveshows #olympia

Vitality Ritual - "Rituals at ABC House" - Live @ ABC House Olympia, 04/25/2025 (FULL SET)

YouTube video by Natasha Excelsia (N.Excelsia Audioworks)

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 22d

"We're going to have to learn to live with [radical right wing demagoguery with all its associated violence]" is:

- An abdication of responsibility.

- An abandonment of hope.

- A position only available to those who feel safe enough with an ongoing catastrophe to begin the work of normalizing it

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 22d

"Much of what I would describe as Kirk's worst moments were now just standard fair MAGA Republicanism. And the leader of MAGA Republicanism is the President of the United States...we are going to have to live here with each other believing what we believe. Disagreeing in the ways we disagree."

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Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 22d

The #WestCoastHealthAlliance has announced vaccine recommendations for the 2025-26 respiratory virus season. The guidance includes vaccines for COVID-19, flu, and RSV, helping families protect themselves and their communities as these viruses spread.
doh.wa.gov/newsroom/wes...

West Coast Health Alliance announces vaccine recommendations for COVID-19, flu, and RSV

For immediate release: September 17, 2025 (25-109) Contact: DOH Communications

doh.wa.gov

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natasha lyn-marie charlene excelsia @charlenemaximum.bsky.social · 24d

although she doesn't use bsky, i wanted to crosspost this @lucretiamacevil.bsky.social post from YouTube regarding nihilism vs. hope, because i feel like it deserves more eyes and a lot of consideration, especially when you see where we are in American society today. take care of your spirit.

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