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✬Communiggty Centric✬

@urbanaudacity.blacksky.app

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I write speculative fiction short stories, novels, and comics. Don’t take what I say too seriously. Yes, I am neurodivergent. How could you tell?

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 2d

It’s Black Speculative Fiction month, so it’s only right that I have [finally] made issue #1 of my comic, UNDEAD DUO, available to read online for FREE.

Please, give it a read!

globalcomix.com/read/d501429...

The cover of Undead Duo #1.

It depicts a Black woman, ERA, in a tattered dress, holding a curved blade that resembles an Ethiopian Shotel. Directly behind her is the title, UNDEAD DUO, in all caps, with a red line that looks like a life plus running through the text. A little further behind Era is the wreckage of a red car.

At the top is the name of the contributors to this comic: BA Spann (me), Khalid Johnson (artist), Jamesia Bly (styling).

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 1h

I’ll give it a listen, thanks!

✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 1h

I was listening to a podcast and they did an ad for “Comic Con: The Cruise.”

That sounds like a nightmare!

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 3h

Not typically, no.

Freeyore @mewefree.bsky.social · 5h

I have a question, and I hope I don't sound crazy, but do y'all have mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving?

I was thinking about it, and we never did.

✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 4h

I appreciate all of the folks that have read issue #1 of UNDEAD DUO so far!

It means a lot to me just for people to engage with my work, whether they like it or not.

I’m really excited to release issue #2 (it won’t be out until next year); I feel like it only gets better. Hope you stick with us!

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 2d

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 4h

You come across some slang you can’t understand from a group of which you are not a part.

Should you:

a) harass the members of that group for a definition

b) tell the members of that group their slang is not real language

c) shut the fuck up and keep it moving

d) it’s C! Pick C! Pick C!

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Sbooks @bemorelikeharper.bsky.social · 5h

All the AI lovers TO THE BACK!

a woman in a fur coat is dancing in a hallway

Alt: a woman in a fur coat is dancing in a hallway

media.tenor.com

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 8h

This won’t be her first award, and she’s been nominated every year since she came on the scene!

✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 8h

Hearing Dolly Parton may present the award, health permitting

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 8h

Greta Thunberg is the leading candidate for this year’s “You Aight, White Girl” awards.

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 8h

You’re only old when you identify that way! 😤

✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 8h

Fake deep thoughts>>>>

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 8h

“Old” is an outlook, not an age 🙂‍↕️

Phat Bottom Betty @the-cigar-girl.blacksky.app · 10h

Y’all don’t like kids clocking us being old???

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 8h

One of the thoughts ringing in my head after reading all of this is, “none of these are left-wing media, despite being considered or presented that way,” which I feel definitely contributes to the lock step of it all!

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 8h

This takeaway. . . these mainstream "news" orgs are really in lock step

Screenshot of excerpt of the article: "There are two big takeaways from this analysis. The first one is that the actual distribution of deaths shown on the left is very different from the causes of death that the media talks about.

The second insight is how similar the distribution of coverage is between the three media outlets. While there are some differences (Fox News was a bit more likely to mention homicides, for example, while the NYT did the same for terrorism), these are much smaller than we might expect. While right- and left-wing media might differ in how they cover particular topics, what they choose to write or talk about is similar".

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Juni! 🥰 @literallyjustadog.online · 9h

fascists: anyone not on my side should be imprisoned or killed

leftists: everyone deserves better, free healthcare, lower cost of living, higher wages. a better, more free world, for everyone

headlines: The fascists might be on to something, and leftists should learn from them

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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 9h

They also lobby against local food producers and suppliers and have acquired over 150 local companies basically giving restaurant owners no choice in where they get their food supplies. & since they control the market, they control the price and can ignore ethical agricultural means.

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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️ @pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 9h

Found out that Sysco basically owns like 70% of the food supplier market. From restaurants, to hospitals, to prisons, to schools, to casual dining, and fast food. Pretty much all of it is monopolized by Sysco and therefore we only have the appearance of food choice but in reality there isn't any.

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✬Communiggty Centric✬ @urbanaudacity.blacksky.app · 9h

😂 I can’t vouch for all of these games brother; I haven’t played many of them! But if anything looks interesting, ask me about it, and I’ll lyk if I played it/if I’d recommend