The Black Casebook
@blackcasebook.bsky.social
Podcast exploring history, politics, philosophy and more through Batman’s greatest stories. https://open.spotify.com/show/0g0eISbWRkv01Xig3bmw5X
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NEW (PREMIUM) EPISODE! Together with @cacomixpod.bsky.social, we're diving into the vast expanse of KNIGHTFALL, the Bat-epic that introduced Bane and Azrael to Gotham in the process of laying the Caped Crusader low—a glimpse of the nameless dread mounting at the end of history.
I can understand the impulse to celebrate the Roman Empire despite its many atrocities and failings, but glorifying the Spartans is indicative of a perfectly smooth, aerodynamic brain
February 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I can understand the impulse to celebrate the Roman Empire despite its many atrocities and failings, but glorifying the Spartans is indicative of a perfectly smooth, aerodynamic brain
Like Epstein and countless other narcissistic patriarchs before him, Elon believes that 1) childless women are not human and 2) spawning heirs is the one form of immortality available to him, the protagonist of reality. Otherwise the world ends with him.
Ohhhh so the reason he wanted to go to Epstein’s island so bad is bc Elon heard he had children
February 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Like Epstein and countless other narcissistic patriarchs before him, Elon believes that 1) childless women are not human and 2) spawning heirs is the one form of immortality available to him, the protagonist of reality. Otherwise the world ends with him.
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is such a good argument for lower stakes in genre fiction. The world isn't at risk, just the lives of an artist and the knight who protected her. Baelor's choice ends up having historic ramifications, but that choice was only human. Batman writers take note.
February 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is such a good argument for lower stakes in genre fiction. The world isn't at risk, just the lives of an artist and the knight who protected her. Baelor's choice ends up having historic ramifications, but that choice was only human. Batman writers take note.
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Baelor Breakspear is the Abraham Lincoln of Westeros
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Baelor Breakspear is the Abraham Lincoln of Westeros
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The deal was: they demagogue about “illegal aliens,” they militarize the border, they deport people who get reported by their bosses… but they don’t actually go looking for undocumented workers at farms, in kitchens, or on job sites. It was there to discipline labor, not create a shortage of it.
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
‘South Texas will never be red again’: Home builders warn GOP over Trump’s immigration raids
Construction executives have held multiple meetings over the last month with the White House and Congress to discuss immigration busts on job sites.
dlvr.it
February 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The deal was: they demagogue about “illegal aliens,” they militarize the border, they deport people who get reported by their bosses… but they don’t actually go looking for undocumented workers at farms, in kitchens, or on job sites. It was there to discipline labor, not create a shortage of it.
Learning about Shortcut to Happiness, the second most cursed movie Alec Baldwin ever produced. He called in favors from all his celebrity friends, only to direct one of the most inept movies I’ve ever seen. I’m humiliated on his behalf
February 14, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Learning about Shortcut to Happiness, the second most cursed movie Alec Baldwin ever produced. He called in favors from all his celebrity friends, only to direct one of the most inept movies I’ve ever seen. I’m humiliated on his behalf
I know he was a legendary cartoonist, but unfortunately Carl Barks will always be a communist golden retriever in my mind
February 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I know he was a legendary cartoonist, but unfortunately Carl Barks will always be a communist golden retriever in my mind
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You may have noticed a changing of the guard over on @marvelousdeath.com ! The wonderful @klyart.bsky.social was kind enough to create us some new art for the show! Go show them some love
February 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
You may have noticed a changing of the guard over on @marvelousdeath.com ! The wonderful @klyart.bsky.social was kind enough to create us some new art for the show! Go show them some love
I don’t watch The Traitors, but I’m not surprised to hear that Rob Rausch is dominating the game. Alabama occasionally produces generational competitors like this (Rob for reality TV, Willie Mays for baseball, Lionel Richie for R&B, Condoleezza Rice for war crimes, etc.)
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I don’t watch The Traitors, but I’m not surprised to hear that Rob Rausch is dominating the game. Alabama occasionally produces generational competitors like this (Rob for reality TV, Willie Mays for baseball, Lionel Richie for R&B, Condoleezza Rice for war crimes, etc.)
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Sorry man you can't hang out with us if your mech dont run a fission core. Yeah I know you still run nuclear but we're kinda succumbing to the radionuclide induced visions generated by the conflict between our flesh and our implants. I just don't think you'd get it? Craig thinks he can hear god cry.
February 13, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Sorry man you can't hang out with us if your mech dont run a fission core. Yeah I know you still run nuclear but we're kinda succumbing to the radionuclide induced visions generated by the conflict between our flesh and our implants. I just don't think you'd get it? Craig thinks he can hear god cry.
Walt can have a little Excalibur 4K restoration. As a treat
February 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Walt can have a little Excalibur 4K restoration. As a treat
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I think the goal of news is to paralyze a person in place whereas art can compel people to action
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I think the goal of news is to paralyze a person in place whereas art can compel people to action
Tyler Austin Harper churns out moronic takes with metronomic efficiency
The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
February 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Tyler Austin Harper churns out moronic takes with metronomic efficiency
Democratizing the scheming vizier
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Democratizing the scheming vizier
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well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
Best Jean Grey story
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Best Jean Grey story
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TBF, if I was the writer of Deadpool & Wolverine I would also worry that I could easily be replaced by an algorithm.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
TBF, if I was the writer of Deadpool & Wolverine I would also worry that I could easily be replaced by an algorithm.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974). A minuscule glimpse of grace in a world where the god of meat and money and bone reigns supreme.
November 18, 2024 at 4:21 AM
TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974). A minuscule glimpse of grace in a world where the god of meat and money and bone reigns supreme.
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Last night's warm-up, "cops & robbers" from all kinds of comics!
February 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Last night's warm-up, "cops & robbers" from all kinds of comics!
There are three things that have made me hopeful despite myself since Trump's election:
1) The immortal science of Marxism-Leninism
2) There are far more of us than there are of them
3) These people are historically incompetent, corrupt, and on a unsustainable cocktail of uppers
1) The immortal science of Marxism-Leninism
2) There are far more of us than there are of them
3) These people are historically incompetent, corrupt, and on a unsustainable cocktail of uppers
everything this admin does falls into the "really stupid" bucket or the "insanely sinister" bucket. by default most stuff goes into the really stupid bucket. while putting a really stupid item in the insanely sinister bucket looks bad, putting an insanely sinister item in the stupid bucket is worse
February 11, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There are three things that have made me hopeful despite myself since Trump's election:
1) The immortal science of Marxism-Leninism
2) There are far more of us than there are of them
3) These people are historically incompetent, corrupt, and on a unsustainable cocktail of uppers
1) The immortal science of Marxism-Leninism
2) There are far more of us than there are of them
3) These people are historically incompetent, corrupt, and on a unsustainable cocktail of uppers