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James R (Randy) Fromm
@randyfromm.bsky.social
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Retired. Ex-nuclear nomad. Cold War submarine veteran. Member of AntiFa. Perennial student. Independent scholar of rhetoric. Interests include affect, social imaginaries, narrative, American vigilantism. I’m a desert dwelling artisanal sourdough baker.
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It’s a bee-you-tee-full (as my high school English teacher would have said) day down here in chemtrail land, where the FAA unilaterally decided to close down the airports while CBP shot down a party ballon with a ‘high energy’ weapon.

A yard work day, for sure!
Image is a color photograph from the back yard of the Faux-Dobe Hacienda, looking east toward the Organ Mountains. Sapphire blue sky is cross-crossed with the vapor trails from high altitude air traffic.
February 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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This is an animatronic ‘simulation’ of what I found one day on walking into the kitchen following a recent bake. In place of the human figure imagine a freshly baked loaf of bread.
Image is of a museum piece from the late 18th century, showing a tiger feeding on a British soldier. It is known as Tipu’s Tiger: (From ‘the web’): Tipu's Tiger is an 18th-century, life-sized mechanical automaton featuring a carved wood tiger mauling a European soldier, created for Tipu Sultan of Mysore, India (c. 1780s–1790s). It symbolizes Tipu's fierce resistance against the British East India Company, serving as a political statement of revenge and defiance. Currently housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, it remains a famous artifact of colonial-era tension.
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Another early morning bake. I’m liking the results I’ve been getting lately. These loaves are 2/3 home milled whole grain, spelt and hard white wheat from Palouse.

We have to cool them inside a pantry cabinet. The cats have developed a taste for freshly baked #sourdough bread.
Image shows a 3/4 frontal view of two freshly baked loaves of whole grain sourdough bread.
February 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Lucy KNOWS!
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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Image is a meme. Jesus leans into the frame from the left. The text reads: Don’t bring me into this shit.
February 6, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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February 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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What is so completely astonishing about this shit is that there are people out there that BELIEVE everything he says.
February 5, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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Arrived today. Already getting a sense of the book and Engels’ argument. Looking forward to immersing myself in it.
Image is a photograph of the front cover of Jeremy David Engels’ new book, On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of INTERDEPENDENCE to Mend a Fractured World.
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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What a performance!!
Cartoon shows a reimagined and redesigned ‘seal’ of the President of the United States of America that plays on the meanings of the word ‘seal’. It depicts Lindsey Graham as a performing circus ‘seal’ honking horns to the refrain “Yes, boss! Yes, boss! Yes, boss!” The perimeter of the ‘seal’ reads: SEAL OF THIS PReSiDeNT (mixed case characters).
February 3, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Image is a still from the TV series, Leave it to Beaver. ‘The Beave,’ played by Jerry Mathers, says to his big brother, Wally: “Well gee, Wally. If they keep sayin' they have proof of voter fraud, but won't show the proof, doncha think it sounds like they're lyin'?” They are …
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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This is who runs this account
Image is a black and white photograph of the account owner taken in Los Alamos, NM, in 1958(?). He is sitting on a chain link fence in a beat up cowboy hat, white shirt with sleeves rolled up, and blue jeans his mother was convinced he’d eventually grow into.
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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I thought it was funny … but, then, I think these photos – altered though they are – are hilariously funny:
Image shows a ‘tallness’ comparison between Greg Bovino and an ordinary fire hydrant. Bovino is the character to the left (all possible interpretations allowed). Image shows a dog, urinating on Greg ‘runt’ Bovino. Clearly the dog was not able to distinguish between Bovine and the fire plug in the previous image.
January 31, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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It’s all in the ALT text.
And here we all were, thinking Trump didn’t have a dog … let alone LIKE dogs. But, apparently, dogs like Lindsey Graham have their uses. The image is a two-pane cartoon by Mike Lukovich. In the first pane (left side), Trump is shown giving orders, orders typically given to pet dogs (Sit. Fetch. Stay. Roll over. Good boy!). In the second pane (right side), Trump is shown with Lindsey Graham, who is performing all of the orders Trump was giving in the first pane. Trump says, “Who needs a dog?” Clearly, if you have a Lindsey, you don’t need a dog.
January 31, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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It’s all in the ALT text.
And here we all were, thinking Trump didn’t have a dog … let alone LIKE dogs. But, apparently, dogs like Lindsey Graham have their uses. The image is a two-pane cartoon by Mike Lukovich (from 2019). In the first pane (left side), Trump is shown giving orders, orders typically given to pet dogs (Sit. Fetch. Stay. Roll over. Good boy!). In the second pane (right side), Trump is shown with Lindsey Graham, who is performing all of the orders Trump was giving in the first pane. Trump says, “Who needs a dog?” Clearly, if you have a Lindsey, you don’t need a dog.
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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It's a good thing Congress isn't alive to see this.
January 30, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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(It is all in the ALT text)
And here we all were, thinking Trump didn’t have a dog … let along LIKE dogs. But, apparently, dogs like Lindsey Graham have their uses. The image is a two-pane cartoon by Mike Lukovich. In the first pane (left side), Trump is shown giving orders, orders typically given to pet dogs (Sit. Fetch. Stay. Roll over. Good boy!). In the second pane (right side), Trump is shown with Lindsey Graham, who is performing all of the orders Trump was giving in the first pane. Trump says, “Who needs a dog?” Clearly, if you have a Lindsey, you don’t need a dog.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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The hotbox was busy this morning and there will likely be more later today. Ambitious baker: whole wheat this morning, rye this evening. Loaf on the right got a bit more time in the oven; so, crusty soup bread.
Image shows two loaves of fresh from the oven sourdough bread, cooling on a wire rack.
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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RUBIO: I don’t play games.
Image is a cartoon showing Marco Rubio as, and under, Trump’s thumb, mouthing Trump’s thoughts for press consumption. In the illustrated case, it’s about impeachment. But it holds true for any time Rubio opens his mouth: Trump’s voice comes out. It’s the only ‘game’ he knows and plays, despite what he says. The text reads, “IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG AND NOT BE AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE AND PEOFLE ARE THROWING THAT TERM AROUND SO LOOSELY IT'S LOST ALL MEANING.”
January 28, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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You there: Fuck off. And, when you get there, fuck off from there, too. Then fuck off some more. Keep fucking off until you get back here. Then fuck off again.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Need snow?
If I recall correctly, this was the blizzard of February 2007, the storm that drove our move from Oswego, NY, to the southern borderlands. In 5-6 days of non-stop snow we received an entire winter’s worth of snow, moving one foot in the morning and another foot in the evening. We literally ran out of places to put it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Don’t you just *LOVE* that. They have painted themselves into a corner.
January 24, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Dinner tonight: homemade chipotle black bean soup with rice, onions, ham, avocado, and sour cream … and a splash of vinegar.
Image shows a green bowl on a denim-blue background. The bowl contains chipotle black bean soup with rice, onions, ham, avocado, and sour cream … and a splash of vinegar.
January 24, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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@heinrich.senate.gov @lujan.senate.gov @repgabevasquez.bsky.social @repstansbury.bsky.social @fernandez.house.gov
I know you guys have all of our best interests at heart but THIS SHIT HAS TO STOP!!
January 22, 2026 at 1:57 AM