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Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · 6h

Remembering Naji al-Ali's work today

A brick wall with a gap showcasing two prison-bars, bent, with a sunflower strung around them. And text in arabic inscribed upon the wall, as the visual of a small boy Handala is present in one of the small-bricks in the wall.

The text demands freedom for all political detainees in prisons in Israel and the Arab World (December, 1979)

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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 11h

Your Custom Left Adamantium Pauldron isn't ready yet. Be patient.

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Naoise Dolan @naoisedolan.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about my five days in Israeli prison for the LRB. Remember with every paragraph that this is the cosseted version of the experience; it is infinitely worse for Palestinians www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

Naoise Dolan | ‘You’re here now’

The steel handcuffs the Israeli guard locked on me were ‘Tri-Max Made in England’. Clanking mine to the beat, I sang...

www.lrb.co.uk

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 12h

Some may! Morrison's certainly always been very deliberate about how they sell their persona. But I'd rather see someone compromise with their audience, even out of self-interest, than double down and become more intransigent and unhinged in the traditional British fashion.

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 15h

ooooooooh

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.com · 15h

Next week’s bonus episode is a horror Patreon raffle pick courtesy of FAS Survivor, who wanted us to talk about a recent blank check movie from a Marvel alumni that’s also one of the best films of the year: Ryan Coogler’s SINNERS.

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

No amount of time or good sense can dull my affection for this picture. Mummies are God’s children too.

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

This is the energy Bluesky needs

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

Been seeing it a lot on Twitter in relation to Krakoa, as if that has anything to do with Claremont

The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

Shoulda been Gene

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

RIP Ace Frehley. I listened to “New York Groove” approximately one billion times while writing the Strange Apparitions episode

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

cc: @gregpak.net

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

This is a little heartening, at least. Can't say Grant doesn't know how to respond to the market.

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Silva !!!!! 🏳️‍⚧️ @silva2331.bsky.social · 1d

I think a lot of it has to do with, alongside an increased awareness of spotting Zionist coding in stories (which should be called out when it pops up of course) there has been a tendency for some to view explictly Jewish stories as inherently Zionist which is, troubling, to say the least!

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

And fwiw, Connor Goldsmith has said that Claremont has spoken at cons about not identifying as a Zionist, although if I had to guess it'd be for the aforementioned assimilationist reasons, not sympathy for Palestinians. Would like to be wrong.

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

Whether Claremont is making Zionist propaganda—or at least stories that promote a sympathetic reading of Zionism—is another question. (E.g. the Ben-Gurion/Begin comparisons for Xavier and Mags.) But his X-Men are very intentionally not seeking a homeland.

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

At the risk of going three for three on discourse today: where did the narrative that Claremont's X-Men is Zionist come from? It's obviously influenced by Claremont's time on a kibbutz as a teen—he's the OG IDF Babes guy—but the book consistently stumps for assimilation as the correct path forward.

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Margot Waldman @bbeatrix.bsky.social · 1d

You (Prince Carlos de Bourbon de Parme) are much stronger than you think you are

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · Aug 31

Superman stands for something very simple. Something universal. The Carlist branch of the Bourbon dynasty should be installed on the Spanish throne

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

I think if anything is going to talk them out of this, it'd be comparing younger generations' (very justified!) fears of climate apocalypse to Morrison's own dread of the Bomb. How could you inflict that terror on someone else?

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's a condition of their magical practice that they have to believe they can dismantle the master's house with the master's tools. Or maybe their critiques of capitalism are simply window dressing for a shamanic sales pitch, and they're a purely self-interested operator. Your mileage may vary

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

Morrison is one of the most influential writers in my life, someone who's opened a ton of doors for me creatively and philosophically. But they also have a streak that's naive at best and deeply cynical at worst, and it led them to make a Faustian bargain—or sell out, if you prefer—a long time ago.

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The Black Casebook @blackcasebook.bsky.social · 1d

There was never going to be a good explanation for this, and sure enough, we got a shitty, embarrassing one. I can't say it's *disappointing*, because it's in line with Morrison's longstanding doe-eyed futurism and convenient coziness with capital. Consider the last graf of their essay "Pop Magic!":

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Fell Specter @beamposter.bsky.social · 1d

reading backwards through all the big superhero comics as an adult is deeply rewarding because so much of it is schlock but then you learn about something like Tim Sale's art for batman and spend the next week of your life thinking about it

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