Shanks
LightNews LightNews
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Shanks
@ladydingleberry.bsky.social
1.7K followers 640 following 2.3K posts
I'm an cate

https://cat-twitter.fandom.com/wiki/Shanks
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Shanks
swagmastarpaul.bsky.social
Paul Blart valentines cards to send to your mom
January 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Am yours ciriusly going to an onion mitten on Caturday morning??

(Are you seriously going to a union meeting on Saturday morning??)
A ginger Persian snuggles up next to her person in bed, digging her claws in to the woman's chest a bit.
January 31, 2026 at 3:54 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(I never realized that Catherine O'Hara was the voice of Sally until about five minutes ago, but now I can't unsee it.

In my defense, it's not actually a movie I've actively watched in DECADES but just absorbed passively in the background.)
sally from the nightmare before christmas is a cartoon character with stitches on her face .
Alt: sally from the nightmare before christmas is a cartoon character with stitches on her face .
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(I was literally crying at my desk this morning, hugging my copy of Disability Intimacy to my chest, because I started re-listening to Year of the Tiger and hit this part. I have my signed copy- which I probably won't be able to keep on my shelf- because I donated during the wildfires last January.)
Screenshot from the e-book of Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong Paragraph reads: Living under multiple existential threats, I’ve seen how marginalized communities care for one another and find solidarity across movements, because at the end of the day no one will remember and save us except us. I say this as a longtime resident of San Francisco who cannot remember the last time there was a torrential thunderstorm but who’s had to deal with rolling power outages and days of smoke-filled air from wildfires several years in a row. And in the face of what feels like impending doom, mutual-aid collectives emerge and organizations such as Mask Oakland distribute free N95 masks in anticipation of and response to environmental and public health crises. The last sentence has been highlighted. A copy of Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire, edited by Alice Wong with a vibrantly colorful floral cover sits on a mailing envelope with a sticker showing the author and her two cats against a bright patterned background. The recipient is covering the return address with her thumb, but a cat silhouette can be seen next to it.
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Dis Shanks am hoap hers Ontie Alice am halfing sew moch secks (ghostte type) rite now!!

(This Shanks is hoping 'her' Auntie @sfdirewolf.bsky.social is having so much Ghost Sex right now!)
Close-up of a ginger Persian trying to lick/eat a plastic bag from a box of cereal (not shown).
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Jords! Mine hoom am thimking yours "appresheate" dis bullshitteries!

( @jortsthecat.bsky.social ! My human thinks you would 'appreciate' this bullshit!)
Screenshot from an email reading: Year of the Tiger, by Alice Wong (EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION) Written for an ADULT AUDIENCE Sexual References (Minor): One review notes a "Grown-Ass Disabled Person Make-a-Wish List" that includes a playful, but explicit, reference to "ghost sex". Strong Language: The book is described as "profane" and contains "cursing". The phrase, "Exercise extreme caution," is in all caps and highlighted in yellow.
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Reposted by Shanks
solitayre.bsky.social
We need a 'Look how much I'm not screaming' t-shirt.
January 29, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Reposted by Shanks
crits4cats.org
Just look at how cute Mercedes is when she’s laying on your tummy!
Mercedes, a brown tabby cat splashed all over with white, lays on her foster dad’s lap while he lays on the floor with her, brown and grey tabby siblings Bentley and Ferrari look on from the background.
January 28, 2026 at 3:40 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(Is Teeny trolling me?)
A short-haired tortie and her mother, a fluffy tortie, snuggle together in an open soft-sided carrier lined with a pet blanket. The younger cat is looking at the camera with what could be construed as a smug expression.
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Oaghe, looking what Not-an-Cate half dragon in, becoz all of us am Insides Only type.

(Oh, look what Not-a-Cat has dragged in because all of us are Inside Only type.)
A ginger Persian sits on a shelf in front of a kitchen window. She is looking over her shoulder, glaring at her person who has just walked in after a long weekend trip. In the background through the window, some frozen slush can be seen on the neighbor's grass across the street.
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(Headed to the airport now, but I had to get up bright and early this morning to wash some clothes for my unexpected extra day. With any luck, should be on my way back to Shanks & everybody in about an hour!!!)
A view of downtown Saint Louis with the Gateway Arch in the background at sunrise. A large glass office building is in the foreground to the right and a historic building that seems to be a courthouse is on the left side. There is a decent amount of snow on the ground and rooftops.
January 26, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by Shanks
noelcandelaria.bsky.social
🕯️❄️ NEA MLT/WLT-West Tonight.
In the snow.
Together.

Educators and community members across the country are lighting our lights in solidarity with Minnesota.

📍 Step outside.
🕯️ Shine a light.

#ShineALight #StandWithMinnesota #ICEOutNow
@neatoday.bsky.social
@educationmn.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(I asked the bartender at the hotel bar for a local beer he'd recommend and couldn't really hear what he said and now I'm drinking a beer made by Phyllis Schlafly's fucking nephew. 😭😭😭

So I sent an extra contribution to Fund Texas Choice.)
A bottle of Schlafly Pale Ale Screenshot of a confirmation thanking me for my "generous" contribution to Fund Texas Choice.
January 25, 2026 at 4:44 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(Updated view at lunch today.)
Snapshot of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis with an office building in the foreground on the right, along with what seems to be an old courthouse on the left side. The city is now covered in a layer of snow.
January 24, 2026 at 9:06 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Jems, mine hoom half forgor dis Shanks to see yours frend in Misery???

( @jlms-qkw.bsky.social , my human 'forgot' this Shanks to see your friend in Missouri???

[I had a feeling she might be there but only just had a chance to look at the program.])
Screenshot of the PDF program for the 2025-2026 Minority Leadership and Women's Leadership Training Programs Seminar to Advance Racial and Social Justice - East. It is a blue tinted document with circular photos and graphics. The NEA logo is in the upper right corner.
January 23, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Reposted by Shanks
smillapanfur.bsky.social
EMerGenc sEa caT picTs
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Bert am saying dis am an emergent sea, so hear am dis Shanks, I'm guessing.

( @banditelli.org says this is an 🚨 emergency 🚨, so here is this Shanks, I guess.)
Close-up of a ginger Persian on her person's chest in bed. She is fairly disheveled.
January 22, 2026 at 4:02 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(Well, I have _A_ tortie in the carrier, so off the the vet we'll go...)
A fluffy tortie looks up from inside an open soft-sided carrier lined with a fluffy pet blanket.
January 20, 2026 at 9:53 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(Somebody is very sleepy after NOT going to her vet appointment this morning. We're going to try again tomorrow. 😭😤😭)
A short-haired tortie curls up sleeping in a tight ball on a brown fleece blanket with white paw prints.
January 19, 2026 at 9:59 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Hoom half hers hot oitters back but still needing halp clinning hers self??

(The human has her hot water back but still needs help cleaning herself??

[I was trying to pet Dolores, who tends to be reluctant, but she gave my hand a thorough licking.])
A short-haired calico licks the index finger of her person.
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by Shanks
felinegoodar.bsky.social
This is Chunk Norris.
He's a big cheeked man that made a poor life decision one night being greedy with wet food. But that decision has had positive outcomes.
#CatRescue #TNR
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
(I've also been revisiting this old fave while I'm running errands and doing things around the house and was reminded that Dr. King included a warning about our fuckery in Venezuela sixty years ago in his brilliant Beyond Vietnam speech.)
Screenshot of the audiobook The Radical King, unfortunately in the Audible app because it is one of their exclusives, but it is an excellent production with some amazing narrators. Screenshot from the transcript of Dr. King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech. Text reads: In 1957, a sensitive American official overseas said that it seemed to him that our nation was on the wrong side of a world revolution. [This next sentence has been highlighted on the screenshot] During the past ten years we have seen emerge a pattern of suppression which has now justified the presence of U.S. military advisors in Venezuela. This need to maintain social stability for our investment accounts for the counter-revolutionary action of American forces in Guatemala. It tells why American helicopters are being used against guerrillas in Cambodia and why American napalm and Green Beret forces have already been active against rebels in Peru. It is with such activity in mind that the words of the late John F. Kennedy come back to haunt us. Five years ago he said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." Increasingly, by choice or by accident, this is the role our nation has taken: the role of those who make peaceful revolution impossible by refusing to give up the privileges and the pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investments. I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin, we must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. [The screenshot ends in the middle of that sentence because of a page break in the PDF, but I included the rest here.]
January 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Wott I'm read with mine hoom dis weak end.

(What I'm reading with my human this weekend.)
Screenshot of the e-book cover "All Labor Has Dignity" by Martin Luther King, Jr., edited and introduced by Michael K. Honey. The cover shows a photo of Dr. King on a picket line with striking workers. I think they are sanitation workers, but their signs are difficult for me to read because the photo gets grainy when I try to enlarge it. A ginger Persian lies on her person's chest in bed. Her chin rests on the woman's shoulder. The woman's face can only be seen from the nose up and is also partly blocked by her pillow.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Shanks
swagmastarpaul.bsky.social
(Hey friends, recently I had the flu and missed two weeks of work which has resulted in being behind on bills for this month and I need some help. You can also check out my website blackspurgoods.com if you’d like. Thank you 🤍)
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
ladydingleberry.bsky.social
Dere was an flutterby - or jigantik moff - on mine portch, so Babbey Huelga am halp with #Hedgewatch dooties.

(There was a butterfly - or huge moth - on my porch, so Baby Huelga helped with Hedgewatch duties.)
A ginger Persian sits on the window still staring out intently. A fluffy brown tabby tripod says on a slightly lower unseen surface behind her (it's a mini fridge), also staring intently out the window. And the window exterior is ridiculously dirty (again!), especially around the far side, but that is not what they are currently looking at.
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 AM