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.
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Oh man, RIP Tom Noonan. Great in everything, but truly entrancing in Manhunter. It’s not just that he manages to be as tragic as he is terrifying; he seems to switch from a human being to something more—and less—before your eyes.
February 18, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Oh man, RIP Tom Noonan. Great in everything, but truly entrancing in Manhunter. It’s not just that he manages to be as tragic as he is terrifying; he seems to switch from a human being to something more—and less—before your eyes.
It really is remarkable how much of Third Way triangulation boils down to “What if we made the entire plane out of Sister Souljah Moments?”
February 18, 2026 at 3:12 AM
It really is remarkable how much of Third Way triangulation boils down to “What if we made the entire plane out of Sister Souljah Moments?”
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Looking forward to the episode examining the dialectic between David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen as the backdrop to the Dark Knight Returns
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Looking forward to the episode examining the dialectic between David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen as the backdrop to the Dark Knight Returns
As soon as Snyder started talking about how the cover reveal for #20 was going to be a major development in the series:
February 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
As soon as Snyder started talking about how the cover reveal for #20 was going to be a major development in the series:
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I need to train in Tibet so that I can do a grizzled old Adam West voice for the Dark Knight Returns episode
February 17, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I need to train in Tibet so that I can do a grizzled old Adam West voice for the Dark Knight Returns episode
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’