"She trotted to you across the field. Stood for the leather halter to fit over her ears, the carrots, the brush at the crosstie. Old enough to ride but still. The pain in her legs."
Excited to see the filly story I wrote in August, Perfect Star, has gone live @frazzledlit.bsky.social today. Thanks to Jennifer & Laura, amazing editors. And thanks Flash Pack and @smokelong.bsky.social workshop peeps who were first to read it!
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January 26, 2026 at 3:54 PM
"She trotted to you across the field. Stood for the leather halter to fit over her ears, the carrots, the brush at the crosstie. Old enough to ride but still. The pain in her legs."
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 26. Januar 1968 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von #Crosstie die 24. #Atombombe "Cabriolet" (Operation Plowshare, zivile Nutzbarmachung von Nuklearexplosionen). Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
January 26, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 26. Januar 1968 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von #Crosstie die 24. #Atombombe "Cabriolet" (Operation Plowshare, zivile Nutzbarmachung von Nuklearexplosionen). Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
The crosstie goes under his throat, I bet he DID slip his halter and it's just hanging on by the neck 😂
January 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The crosstie goes under his throat, I bet he DID slip his halter and it's just hanging on by the neck 😂
Pumpkin Spice Crosstie
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Pumpkin Spice Crosstie
Crosstie (La Traverse) from Elements, Moments (Eléments, Moments) from Phenomena (Les Phénomènes) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/94735
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Crosstie (La Traverse) from Elements, Moments (Eléments, Moments) from Phenomena (Les Phénomènes) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/94735
Yes, someone (actually, many someones) thought nuclear fracking was a really smart idea. So, as part of the nuclear test series Operation Crosstie, a 29-kiloton device designed at the AEC’s E.O. Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory was emplaced at the bottom of a 4,240-foot shaft and detonated.
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yes, someone (actually, many someones) thought nuclear fracking was a really smart idea. So, as part of the nuclear test series Operation Crosstie, a 29-kiloton device designed at the AEC’s E.O. Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory was emplaced at the bottom of a 4,240-foot shaft and detonated.
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 10.12.1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 19. #Atombombe "Gasbuggy". Ziel war, festzustellen, ob Atomexplosionen zum Aufbrechen von Gesteinsformationen für die Erdgasförderung nützlich sein könnten - die Vorstufe zum #Fracking.
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 10.12.1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 19. #Atombombe "Gasbuggy". Ziel war, festzustellen, ob Atomexplosionen zum Aufbrechen von Gesteinsformationen für die Erdgasförderung nützlich sein könnten - die Vorstufe zum #Fracking.
Yes, exactly. I think back to a wildly headshy mare I rode for a while when it comes to R+ - if you took it easy with her and were reassuring and kind, she was easy to bridle and crosstie. But...
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Yes, exactly. I think back to a wildly headshy mare I rode for a while when it comes to R+ - if you took it easy with her and were reassuring and kind, she was easy to bridle and crosstie. But...
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 8. November 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 16. #Atombombe "Cobbler". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 8. November 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 16. #Atombombe "Cobbler". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
Wadr #JoJoFromJerz, "Lil Mikey" is a P.R.O.fessional obnoxious prevaricator(untruther)and, a serial heretical blasphemer(Philistine)in denial, nws, He and the "UNGOVERNABLE" Regime's other "MAGA-MYRMIDONS" cheat, grift & Lie like a crosstie for cause...cause he & they are "uncouth 💵PAID-triots"???
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wadr #JoJoFromJerz, "Lil Mikey" is a P.R.O.fessional obnoxious prevaricator(untruther)and, a serial heretical blasphemer(Philistine)in denial, nws, He and the "UNGOVERNABLE" Regime's other "MAGA-MYRMIDONS" cheat, grift & Lie like a crosstie for cause...cause he & they are "uncouth 💵PAID-triots"???
The crosstie of the horseshoe
He’s a Christian nationalist and he means the Jews
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The crosstie of the horseshoe
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 21. September 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 10. #Atombombe "Marvel". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
September 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 21. September 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 10. #Atombombe "Marvel". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 18. August 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 5. #Atombombe "Bordeaux". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
August 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 18. August 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 5. #Atombombe "Bordeaux". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 4. August 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 3. #Atombombe "Gibson". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
August 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 4. August 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 3. #Atombombe "Gibson". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
Kevin&the other perineum embedded myrmidons in the regime are the P.R.O.-fessionals at, "Ignoring ALL tha Facts" betta known as, if it was not for the"TRUTH",we CATIFFS in the Admin would not have to,"Lie Like a Crosstie"&then deny,its fiated from the"DL"to be his, (SOP)STANDARD-OPERATING-PROCEDURE?
August 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Kevin&the other perineum embedded myrmidons in the regime are the P.R.O.-fessionals at, "Ignoring ALL tha Facts" betta known as, if it was not for the"TRUTH",we CATIFFS in the Admin would not have to,"Lie Like a Crosstie"&then deny,its fiated from the"DL"to be his, (SOP)STANDARD-OPERATING-PROCEDURE?
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 27. Juli 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 2. #Atombombe "Stanley". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
July 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 27. Juli 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 2. #Atombombe "Stanley". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
Liar, Liar 🤥 pants are on fire nws,i sincerely hope that, "GOD ALMIGHTY",took a lil time out of his/her increasingly busy schedule to listen to #Ironmike&fellow GOP/MAGA liars,"LIE like a Crosstie"&take, appropriate actions? My query to you MJ, "What Will You Do When The Party Is Over(The🎼Latinos)"?
July 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Liar, Liar 🤥 pants are on fire nws,i sincerely hope that, "GOD ALMIGHTY",took a lil time out of his/her increasingly busy schedule to listen to #Ironmike&fellow GOP/MAGA liars,"LIE like a Crosstie"&take, appropriate actions? My query to you MJ, "What Will You Do When The Party Is Over(The🎼Latinos)"?
Upon a decision to become a misanthropic"GOP"party members administer a litmus to potential aspirants 1st),are you pissheads willing to lie like a crosstie,2nd)Are you willing to fornicate"ALL"your friends,neighbors&FAM for power,$profit&privilege 3)keep blacks in their place&BROWNS out the country?
July 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Upon a decision to become a misanthropic"GOP"party members administer a litmus to potential aspirants 1st),are you pissheads willing to lie like a crosstie,2nd)Are you willing to fornicate"ALL"your friends,neighbors&FAM for power,$profit&privilege 3)keep blacks in their place&BROWNS out the country?
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 14. Juli 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 1. #Atombombe "Vito". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
July 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 14. Juli 1967 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 1. #Atombombe "Vito". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
#Liipri (Liiper)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Sleeper, crosstie (railway). Derived from the #English ‘sleeper’ which, interestingly, traveled well, becoming chulipa in #Brazil (see #Vocabulário_Popular_de_Porto_Velho by #BetoBertagna & #SimonHamilton). Renaming, along with #Ränduri, of former #Raudtee.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Sleeper, crosstie (railway). Derived from the #English ‘sleeper’ which, interestingly, traveled well, becoming chulipa in #Brazil (see #Vocabulário_Popular_de_Porto_Velho by #BetoBertagna & #SimonHamilton). Renaming, along with #Ränduri, of former #Raudtee.
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#Liipri (Liiper)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Sleeper, crosstie (railway). Derived from the #English ‘sleeper’ which, interestingly, traveled well, becoming chulipa in #Brazil (see #Vocabulário_Popular_de_Porto_Velho by #BetoBertagna & #SimonHamilton). Renaming, along with #Ränduri, of former #Raudtee.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
Sleeper, crosstie (railway). Derived from the #English ‘sleeper’ which, interestingly, traveled well, becoming chulipa in #Brazil (see #Vocabulário_Popular_de_Porto_Velho by #BetoBertagna & #SimonHamilton). Renaming, along with #Ränduri, of former #Raudtee.
Crosstie (La Traverse) from Elements, Moments (Eléments, Moments) from Phenomena (Les Phénomènes) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/94735
June 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Crosstie (La Traverse) from Elements, Moments (Eléments, Moments) from Phenomena (Les Phénomènes) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/94735
Heute vor 57 Jahren: Am 25. Juni 1968 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 55. #Atombombe "Sevilla". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
June 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Heute vor 57 Jahren: Am 25. Juni 1968 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 55. #Atombombe "Sevilla". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
Heute vor 57 Jahren: Am 25. Juni 1968 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 54. #Atombombe "Funnel". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
June 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Heute vor 57 Jahren: Am 25. Juni 1968 zündeten die USA im Rahmen von Operation #Crosstie die 54. #Atombombe "Funnel". Crosstie war eine Serie von Tests zwischen 67/68 bei der insgesamt 48 #Kernwaffentests stattfanden.
🚇This #Weekend 🚇
🗓️June 28 & June 29, 2025
🚍 #Free shuttle buses will replace trains between the Rhode Island Ave & Takoma stations
🚫NO @metrorailinfo.bsky.social Red Line service at the Fort Totten & Brookland stations due to switch & crosstie renewal work ▶️ tinyurl.com/4kzkwnuc #MDCommuters
🗓️June 28 & June 29, 2025
🚍 #Free shuttle buses will replace trains between the Rhode Island Ave & Takoma stations
🚫NO @metrorailinfo.bsky.social Red Line service at the Fort Totten & Brookland stations due to switch & crosstie renewal work ▶️ tinyurl.com/4kzkwnuc #MDCommuters
June 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🚇This #Weekend 🚇
🗓️June 28 & June 29, 2025
🚍 #Free shuttle buses will replace trains between the Rhode Island Ave & Takoma stations
🚫NO @metrorailinfo.bsky.social Red Line service at the Fort Totten & Brookland stations due to switch & crosstie renewal work ▶️ tinyurl.com/4kzkwnuc #MDCommuters
🗓️June 28 & June 29, 2025
🚍 #Free shuttle buses will replace trains between the Rhode Island Ave & Takoma stations
🚫NO @metrorailinfo.bsky.social Red Line service at the Fort Totten & Brookland stations due to switch & crosstie renewal work ▶️ tinyurl.com/4kzkwnuc #MDCommuters