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Joe Streckert

@joestreckert.bsky.social
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Portland writer. Erstwhile podcaster. Occasional author. Horror fan and pinball enthusiast. linktr.ee/joestreckert

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
HOW CAN YOU MAKE DRACULA WITHOUT THE COWBOY THE COWBOY IS STRUCTURAL!
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My neighborhood is home to a population of feral rabbits. This morning a tiny bunny was hopping in front of my car, cavorting back and forth, filled with leaps of energy before the day even began. It was inspiring and beautiful. I hope North Portland's wild bunnies flourish.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West is one of the all-time great villain performances and she freaked me the hell out around the same time.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. His right hand is covered with ooze. You remember why.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The bit with the insults is one of my favorite scenes of all time. I get weirdly emotional thinking about how much mileage talented writers and performers can get out of “Hey, folks, I’ve got a big nose!” That’s entertainment!
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
MIKE, I GOOGLED IT uh, I guess many of my feelings are validated
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No, and I don’t know what these are?
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
God, I hate this fucking guy. I'll take a zillion Danny Go's over this be-hatted motherfucker.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Blippy what ChatGPT gives you when you ask it to show you childhood whimsy.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bilppy is like "What if Pee-Wee Herman were evil?" But not like the fun evil of Dracula or Skeletor, more like the realistic, boring evil of a fossil fuel company.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Blippy is Ms. Rachel's Wario.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gonna wander into the living room while the TVs on and watch 80% of a show while standing ten feet away from the screen with my arms at my side, never sitting once.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Throw in some Gregorian chants, too. Those were huge for about five minutes in the 90s.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Somehow, unconsciously and against my will, I have learned to parallel park.
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Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes
A tumblr screenshot showing a post and two reblog responses, reading:
1. "star trek would be the ideal fictional universe to get trapped in because you'd explain your situation and they'd be like yeah makes sense. no further questions. fortunately we can use the mysterious warp signature emitting from this system's icy moon to counterface with the solar radiation and slingshot you back home"
2. "I'm from a universe where your world is all a work of fiction." Benjamin Sisko, nodding. "That happened to me once."
3. "I Got Isekaid Into The Star Trek Universe And They Quickly Understood What Was Happening"
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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
FUCK NO
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
*eyes emoji*
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
That moment clarified Capaldi for me. Made me want to be him. I want to be the old guy in the back of the punk club who isn’t cynical, who’s used the years to internalize the values instead of forget them.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/10/2026
please do NOT feed the unicorns, it makes them very fat and angry
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LICORNES Musee Cluny
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I guess I’ll have to watch a horror movie. Oh no.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Spent the past two nights at haunted attractions because I’m writing a thing about them. Not going to any haunts tonight. And now I’m kinda sad. I liked the haunts and I want another, different thing to scare me.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the only map of england everybody else needs (best selling music by territory, Actually Helpful for understanding some things; also Suck It Morrissey.)
map of england where every county is lableled by their best selling band
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Awkward. Relatable.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A haunted house but it’s an all-hands at a weird time with no agenda.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Jim Davis and the Heathcliff guy are mutual Warios.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Brothers, a felenid bio-titan approaches!”
An orange cat (his name is Waffles) attempting to eat a Warhammer 40K Chaos Marine.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 02/10/2026
!!!! from “Polarization Is Not the Problem” by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social — muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Nihongo jouzu!" I said. The Caligari/Frankenstein guy laughed. The lights went out. We were trapped in a labyrinth of darkness with only the sound of rattling chains to guide us. Good times!
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Because I think I'm funny (am I funny? debatable) I replied "Doitsugo zen zen. Nihongo hanasu?" And reader, he switched to Japanese. Just like that. Best jump scare of the night.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sarah and I went to a haunted house last night and one of the scare actors was a Caligari/Frankenstein type made scientist who introduced the haunt in German, i.e., the scariest language. "Sprechen sie Deutsch?" he asked with a menacing grin...
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Wealth, mental illness, trauma. I guess all of it is… hereditary!”
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jesse,
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New weird vibe discovered: Gym ska. Nothing like busting your ass at 6:00 am while dooty trumpet music fills the air.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you!
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s fall! Time for wholesome harvest-themed family activities! And sometimes chainsaws. I wrote about three of Sauvie Island’s corn mazes for the @portlandmercury.com
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The Mercury’s 2026 Sauvie Island Corn Maze Reviews - Portland Mercury
Pick up a pumpkin or be chased by a chainsaw-wielding maniac—which Portland corn maze is right for you?
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hellraiser (1987) Japanese Poster.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why on earth is he collaborating with the Million Little Pieces guy.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That’s totally fine.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You can’t put on Nightmare Before Christmas until Over the Garden Wall has made its annual return.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is a Christmas movie, though. It’s right there in the title.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My child keeps asking if it’s “time to watch the Jack Skellington movie,” and I keep saying “No, that’s a Christmas movie,” and he keeps saying “This is Halloween, this is Halloween!”
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yeah, there were lots of people who followed us or walked with us. It was very effective! Nothing like going along in the dark and some robed figure is just matching pace with you.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It was a fairly light night. There wasn't a bit push of crowds or anything and we were often the only people in a given stretch of maze.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When news reaches the Underworld they begin to reevaluate their long tradition of removed neutrality and strategic ambiguity.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Currently imagining the political implications of the end of The Little Mermaid. The Princess of the Sea has married the Prince of the Land. They have sealed a great alliance. The Sky is on the wrong side of a three-way diplomatic split and is in a substantially weaker geopolitical position.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not entirely sure the scare actor dressed up as an angler fish monster appreciated us briefly stopping to admire their costume and say stuff like “That’s a really cool mask,” and “I like how it lights up.” Love a good, unconventional, weird monster though!
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Extremely impressed at how some of the most impressive scares were just people in dark robes and scary masks looming dramatically in just the right way.
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Joe Streckert @joestreckert.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Had a good time last night! @korybing.bsky.social said “I could tell when Joe was scared because he started skipping” I was skipping and grinning through much of the maze. I love this stuff!
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