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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Governor Kathy Hochul visited Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City earlier this evening. The event was not on her public schedule.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy Batman Day to those who celebrate.

Edited cover of Batman #134, September 1960 issue: flatttened like paper dolls, Batman and Robin float by a glowing, rainbow-hued monster called "The Rainbow Creature!" Batman says: "That green aura from the Rainbow Creature has turned us into two-dimensional people!"

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

THE ODYSSEY has the same moral as APOCALYPSE NOW: Never get out of the boat.

Matt Damon as Odysseus in THE ODYSSEY (2026).

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This week's episode of #LANTERNS stirred a deep childhood memory of how my mom trained me to be fearless by having me shoot an apple off her head just like John Stewart's mom.

Ricky Schindler, age 9 or so, aims a rubber-tipped arrow as him mom props an apple on top of her head.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

You know you're a nerd when Freddie Freeman comes to bat and you automatically think: Captain Marvel Jr.

Freddie Freeman, first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Captain Marvel Jr., whose alter ego is newsboy Freddy Freeman.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

There's a beautiful word, not particularly obscure, that's a pangram for today's New York Times Spelling Bee. They say it's "not in word list." I say: D minus. See me.

The New York Times Spelling Bee header, featuring a stylized bumblebee.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Here's something you might like, Steve. Cockrum drew this at a con at a Statler-Hilton near JFK in 1980. I framed it and kept until just last year, when I gave to a friend who's a fan. It's in a loving home.

Sketch of Dark Phoenix signed by artist Dave Cockrum.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

And also for her iconic Hostess commercials.

Late actress Ann Blyth in a 1970s TV commercial for Hostess snacks.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Or like Tor Johnson in "Plan 9 from Outer Space."

Marrtial artist turned podcaster Joe Rogan at the UFC event on the White House lawn.

Wrestler turned actor Tor Johnson in "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1957).

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Who wore it better: Joe Rogan at the UFC event, or Tor Johnson in "Plan 9 from Outer Space"?

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

You have to admire a woman who tastefully accessorizes (simple strand of pearls, tiny wristwatch, heels that match her dress) even as she's preparing to flee Metropolis forever with a lead box on her head.

An edited image from the cover of SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #13 (November 1959 issue) shows Superman unsuccessful in using his X-ray vision to see through the lead box on Lois Lane's head. (Pencil arr by Curt Swan; inking by Stan Kaye)

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The Professor applied for membership in the Spider-Man Revenge Squad and was rejected. They have certain standards.

The cover of The Spectacular Spider-Man #246 (May 1997 issue), introducing the Spider-Man Revenge Squad, unofficially known as the Legion of Losers: Grizzly, The Spot, Gibbon and The Kangaroo.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Oz Pearlman knew you were going to post that.

Mentalist Oz Pearlman will perform at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner before President Trump and an audience of complicit journalists.

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Has anyone mentioned P.F. Sloan's "Eve of Destruction," a No. 1 hit for Barry McGuire in 1965?

Singer Barry McGuire on the cover of his 1965 single "Eve of Destruction."

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

What the article doesn't mention is the poet Chrissie Hynde's use of the tagline in "Precious" on the Pretenders' debut album: "Now Howard the Duck and Mr. Stress both strayed Trapped in a world that they never made But not me, baby, I'm too precious F*ck off!"

Artwork for the Dutch single of the Pretenders' 1979 song "Precious."

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Rick Schindler @rickschindler.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I'll see your tide and raise you an iceberg.

On the cover of "The Red Iceberg," a vintage anti-communist comic book, a giant Uncle Sam rides a ship labeled "USA" toward a red iceberg beating a hammer and sickle. It is littered with gravestones labeled EAST GERMANY, NORTH KOREA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND, HUNGARY and CHINA.

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