#foot in the door

[gennsoup]

We shall by morning Inherit the earth. Our foot's in the door.

Sylvia Plath, Mushrooms

[saintofpride201]

SAG-AFTRA just made a deal with an AI company behind its members' backs. No consent was given and no one was informed of this decision.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

An unbothered queen has entered, and subsequently left.

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[marybethlee]

Love Story

Speech Class. The class that stood between me and a degree. I was terrified of public speaking. I was just a kid, 18, sure if my path in life. Sure I could NOT give speeches. My professor, when I explained, was heartless. “You want a degree, right?” “Yes.” “Then you’ve got to take speech.” Ugh. It’s surprising they don’t require speech anymore. It’s not an essential course in Texas, even…

[simbalvr123]

I’ve got one foot in the door, and I’m holding it open. But there’s a line of people who are walking by, and I’m tired of being polite. Its hard to stand up for yourself when others keep pushing you back down. Will someone else please hold open the door? I can’t feel my feet anymore.

[hellenhighwater]

Can I ask did you build your catio from scratch or did you build it from one of those catio kits? I've been considering putting one on my balcony for the cats but I'm trying to figure out what options are out there that people recommend

I built mine from scratch and it's actually primarily an aviary--Arson and Larceny get the main space when the weather is above freezing at night; when it's too cold, they move into the house. Malice and Vice get the whole space when the doves are indoors, and when the doves are out, they just get the little "airlock" area that exists to keep the birds from having a straight shot to the sky when I open the main aviary door.

The prefab catios are a great option if you don't have the skills or tools to build one yourself. Depending on the shape of your balcony, you may actually be able to enclose it entirely. I can't recommend a specific product though.

If you're able to build something custom, it's likely to be less expensive than the purchased options and you can probably go bigger than most commercial options. For what it's worth, for anyone wanting a large outdoor "catio," you can pretty easily modify large covered dog kennels to be cat-proof--you can add zip ties to the tarp roofs to close gaps, cut an opening in the cage wall to make window access, and so on. Not quite as much work as building something wholly from scratch! As a random example, here's a $280 dog kennel vs a $280 catio, both on amazon.

If you're lucky, you can sometimes find these kinds of kennels secondhand on marketplace and just modify them from there. To be properly predator-proof, if that's a concern in your area, a structure should be covered in 1/2 in welded wire hardware cloth, which can be attached with screws and washers, wire ties, or industrial zip ties. (My aviary proper is predator proof but the airlock section is currently not. ) Ideally, you also want to cover down into the ground to prevent digging in/out, if you're on the dirt. If you're not able to fully predator proof, then make sure that your cats have an escape route to get quickly back into the house.

There's tons of options and it mostly depends on what you have space and resources for, but if you can make it secure, a catio is a great option for extra enrichment.

[srnileforme]

“I'm brushing my teeth, why did you come in? I forgot to put on my face cream.”

JACK & JOKER (2024) | EPISODE 6

[freshbeeth]

god dammit marina ida one day you will wear a shirt

[hyperfixatinator]

Have you heard of the show "Undercover Boss"? Where the CEOs of companies disguise themselves as entry level newbies to see what goes on under their noses?

I know the show itself is spiced up for TV drama, but I can definitely imagine this premise in a DPxDC scenario.

Picture Bruce Wayne (or Lucius Fox) disguised as a new hire within the aerospace division of Wayne Enterprises, with young mechanic Danny Fenton showing him around.

[victimized-martyr]

Silly insta prompt shenanigans+ panderverse!kenny commission 👑👸🏼

[teaboot]

i dont understand how people call you "basically a cop" when the most power you have is to tell someone to leave.... like?? you cant arrest people you cant detain them the most you can do is call the actual cops which...... literally ANYONE can do that like????

p much. Usually don't have to tho, people usually listen when you're calm and respectful- more than half the time I'm on the phone it's for an ambulance

People aren't kidding when they say it's basically babysitting

[amiracleilluminated]

[eggchef]

a commissioned comic for chthon's fic Say When

technically, it's about dean being castiel's server, but imagine that with 10x more mystery and it's also for adults only. but actually im doing it an injustice and you should read the author's tags/summary yourself

[goyurim]

after seok ryu being such a constant bulldozer in seung hyo's life it was so refreshing to see seung hyo be the bulldozer in seok ryu's life for once

[arkiwii]

Don't stop the music, darling 🎶

If anyone is curious, here's the concept sketch I did first - it was very experimental, I wanted to try and play with the colors and yup I had no idea what I was doing ✌ but it turned out good in the end, I believe, even tho there's ten thousand flaws I very much noticed but decided to ignore on purpose I was too lazy

[valyrfia]

charles’ latest instagram post….it might’ve been more subtle for him to walk into maranello with a loaded gun