ShelbyByTheShore

The most expensive thing I own

He wanted to interview for the foreman position 😂

#cats ##cutecats #catmom #funnycat #cat

💯 agree

My happy place
#mykindoftherapy #beach #beachday #beachlife #sunset #nature #ocean #sea #waves #beachvibes

Donate to Help Shelby and Po'boy Overcome Medical Bills, organized by Shelby Rutledge Hi, my name is Shelby, and I’m a stage 4 cancer patient. This is my cat,… Shelby Rutledge needs your support for Help Shelby and Po'boy Overcome Medical Bills

I am so heartbroken 💔 After months of biopsies & 2 surgies, Po’boy was diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma. As a stage 4 cancer patient myself, I do not have the means to pay for his radiation treatment. He has been my constant companion.

Please help me save my baby 🧡🐈 #cancersucks #cancer #cat

Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.

A leaked memo reveals that DOGE's next target is the VA, with plans to fire more than 80,000 agency workers who provide critical services to veterans and their families.

More than 25% of agency staff are veterans themselves. 

How is this "efficiency"?

Done ✅

The grocery store is a sensory nightmare for me 😮‍💨

White and orange cat curled up. His front paw is shaved where a catheter was placed recently

Poor lil shrimp has been going thru it. We had 2 ER vet visits a month apart. 1st, they found a mass with 9/10 chance of being a sarcoma. Miraculously it wasn’t. Surgery, tooth removal & ICU stay. 2nd, developed an abscess & collapsed. Drain,flush & ICU. Please l Send my baby some healing energy 🧡🤍

It’s true! I looked back at the things I’ve commented on and it’s usually just someone’s thoughts.

Thank you 🥰 may they reach who would like to hear them ✨

a group of students are standing in a hallway . Alt: a group of students are standing in a hallway. One peeks out from the line of students.

Waiting in the friendship line

I am trying to convince myself to go out in the rain today to get some sticky tabs and highlighters for your book. We are reading it in astrology book club and I just received it in the mail!

I guess I should start posting here. I haven’t because it feels intimidating for some reason. Like everything I post needs to be something important and not just my random thoughts.

A white and orange cat curled up on a blanket. His front paw has a shaved spot where his IV was

We found a mass in my cats mouth & were told that 9/10 cases are oral sarcomas & not responsive to treatment. We got the biopsy results back & it’s not cancer! He is our 10% kitty. He did have 2 icu stays, teeth removed, an abscess drained & mass removed but he is home now being a little shrimp 🍤

Done! Posted my comment

Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for Endangered Whales The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with rare North Atlantic right whales.

"The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to expand protections for an endangered whale species [North Atlantic right whales]. The rules would have required some ships along the Eastern Seaboard to slow down."

<sigh>

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that…

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

I said “omg” out loud multiple times while reading that article 😭

Father Missing a Limb and Son with Cerebral Palsy Weren't Able to Evacuate L.A. Fires in Time, Family Says A 67-year-old amputee along with his son with cerebral palsy died in the Eaton fire on Jan. 8, according to his daughter.

A 67 year old amputee and wheelchair user lived with his son who had cerebral palsy.

They were killed in the Eaton fire while waiting for an ambulance that never arrived.

Many disabled people can not evacuate on their own. They need to be included in evacuation plans (yet almost never are)

In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires "You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”

These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️

I'm in Pasadena, smelling the #EatonFire. I activated the group text for a disaster group that planned together last year, checking in, seeing if anyone needs help. One person has been evacuated and needed help. We all felt better for doing something. Helping neighbors is the most powerful response.

The U.S. government already knows how to be ruthless. Never forget that.

This photo of a man on a mountain of bison skulls has circulated for years. Biologist Victor Scheffer said it best: “Nature needs millions of years to create a species; man needs only a few dozen to destroy one.”

The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.

12 people. $2 trillion.

Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.

Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.

Canada’s richest 100 CEOs make 210 times more than average worker | CCPA OTTAWA—Following two blistering years of all-time high compensation, Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs pocketed $13.2 million, on average, in 2023—the third biggest haul since the Canadian Centre for Pol...

The CEO of Loblaws will make more money before noon today than the average Canadian worker will make all year.

It’s not inflation. It’s not even (just) greed.

It’s theft.

It should be treated as such. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Alabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing' A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Eve after they came from Mobile, Alabama to

An Alabama mom hit by the Bourbon Street attacker's truck then shot in the attack, who still has a bullet lodged in her foot, told a @nolanews.bsky.social reporter that the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence.

Do you know what is contributing to homelessness? #LongCovid
@loscharlos.bsky.social

Glad you are here! If Tik tok goes I’m trying to stay away from meta

My dad’s birthday is Sept 11th. It’s been a strange day since 2001