josh t. bales
@joshbales.bsky.social
Writer, raconteur, and dachshund enthusiast based in Dayton, Ohio. Big fan of Space, both Ghost: Coast to Coast and Above and Beyond. Fiction in SLATE and elsewhere.
Substack: modernidiot.org
Website: joshbales.net
Substack: modernidiot.org
Website: joshbales.net
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Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.
I don’t know what Word Lenin is but I’d sure as shit try it
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I don’t know what Word Lenin is but I’d sure as shit try it
A better world is possible
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A better world is possible
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Clash & Mary Katherine are hosting their "Creepy Christmas Dayton" THIS SUNDAY! Discover unusual items and vintage gifts at this one-of-a-kind holiday bazaar.
FREE to attend on Sunday, Dec 7th from 12pm - 5pm.
FREE to attend on Sunday, Dec 7th from 12pm - 5pm.
December 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Clash & Mary Katherine are hosting their "Creepy Christmas Dayton" THIS SUNDAY! Discover unusual items and vintage gifts at this one-of-a-kind holiday bazaar.
FREE to attend on Sunday, Dec 7th from 12pm - 5pm.
FREE to attend on Sunday, Dec 7th from 12pm - 5pm.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998) getting the novelization treatment is so funny to me. Like sure, I’ll read GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Deborah Chiel, based on a screenplay by Mitch Glazer, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Why not.
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998) getting the novelization treatment is so funny to me. Like sure, I’ll read GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Deborah Chiel, based on a screenplay by Mitch Glazer, based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Why not.
I hope the next POTUS renames it the Barack Hussein Obama Ballroom
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I hope the next POTUS renames it the Barack Hussein Obama Ballroom
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GASTON IN HIS BATHROOM SIX HOURS AFTER HOSING FIVE DOZEN EGGS: (in a rich baritone) UGHHHHH. UHHHH. aaaaAAAAAAAHGGG
August 15, 2023 at 12:14 PM
GASTON IN HIS BATHROOM SIX HOURS AFTER HOSING FIVE DOZEN EGGS: (in a rich baritone) UGHHHHH. UHHHH. aaaaAAAAAAAHGGG
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October 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I'm excited to be back in the world talking to readers about my book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US with the Dayton Metro Library on Nov 6 at 6pm ET.
This event aligns with Shirley Chisholm becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress in Nov 1968.
dayton.bibliocommons.com/events/67f81...
#booksky
This event aligns with Shirley Chisholm becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress in Nov 1968.
dayton.bibliocommons.com/events/67f81...
#booksky
October 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I'm excited to be back in the world talking to readers about my book BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US with the Dayton Metro Library on Nov 6 at 6pm ET.
This event aligns with Shirley Chisholm becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress in Nov 1968.
dayton.bibliocommons.com/events/67f81...
#booksky
This event aligns with Shirley Chisholm becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress in Nov 1968.
dayton.bibliocommons.com/events/67f81...
#booksky
Mr Homolka? Stop eating my sesame cake. STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE.
October 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mr Homolka? Stop eating my sesame cake. STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE.
[Buffalo Bill working an office job]
“I hope this email finds you in a well.”
“I hope this email finds you in a well.”
October 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
[Buffalo Bill working an office job]
“I hope this email finds you in a well.”
“I hope this email finds you in a well.”
Some guy you went to high school with on facebook: the radical left is out of control
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Some guy you went to high school with on facebook: the radical left is out of control
Tried it once but it tweren’t for me
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Tried it once but it tweren’t for me
Real talk, though: DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING IT is an underrated gem in Mel Brooks’s oeuvre
Watched Coppola’s Dracula film for the first time tonight. My thoughtful review:
October 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Real talk, though: DRACULA DEAD AND LOVING IT is an underrated gem in Mel Brooks’s oeuvre
Watched Coppola’s Dracula film for the first time tonight. My thoughtful review:
October 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Watched Coppola’s Dracula film for the first time tonight. My thoughtful review:
Technically it should be called the Monster SMASH. It’s only a “Mash” if you peel the monsters’ skin off first
October 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Technically it should be called the Monster SMASH. It’s only a “Mash” if you peel the monsters’ skin off first
I was not expecting there to be so many references to Taylor’s nether regions on this album
October 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I was not expecting there to be so many references to Taylor’s nether regions on this album
![Photo of a four pack of seltzer sitting on a red table. The packaging reads:
Male ‘Em Say Uhh
THC INFUSED SELTZER
[drawing of a streetcar]
NOLA PUNCH](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4wcwoimoc65eqbnm6ltfwpbj/bafkreig7tfmgarldraytsout7zbkqlp5i2erqkln2cyntjvdilflalvzvi@jpeg)
Was really fucking cool to see THE LAST STARFIGHTER on the big screen with my pop last night. I’ve probably watched it 50 times, but this was my first time doing so in a thee-ate-er
September 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Was really fucking cool to see THE LAST STARFIGHTER on the big screen with my pop last night. I’ve probably watched it 50 times, but this was my first time doing so in a thee-ate-er
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do you remember when new outlets would embed tweets in their stories online & people would change their twitter username or alter their content so that it pointed out how their post was used without consent or misrepresenting what they originally intended?
do you have... screenshots. or examples
do you have... screenshots. or examples
September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
do you remember when new outlets would embed tweets in their stories online & people would change their twitter username or alter their content so that it pointed out how their post was used without consent or misrepresenting what they originally intended?
do you have... screenshots. or examples
do you have... screenshots. or examples
Ah, the cost of liberty…
September 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Ah, the cost of liberty…
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Older religions were way more horny about their gods than we give them credit for. Yeah, gods were revered and also feared, but also, they be banging.
July 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Older religions were way more horny about their gods than we give them credit for. Yeah, gods were revered and also feared, but also, they be banging.
Proof of life / office fit check
July 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Proof of life / office fit check