#news in the shell

[newsintheshell]

BUON FERRAGOSTO A TUTTI! 🌞🍉🍻🥓🏖️

Art by Haraya Manawari ©

#spy x family #barbecue #ferragosto #august 15th #anime #manga #news in the shell #grill #camping #anya #yor briar #loyd forger #haraya manawari

[selfindulgentraptor]

Thinking about his wings

#he definitely has them #I wonder what he thinks of his new form (I imagine he digs it) #also wanted to try designing the egg bois #they hatched out of their shells like little hardboiled yolks and egg whites #but also golden egg motif #and top hat halos #I had so much fun with this #hazbin hotel spoilers #hazbin hotel #sir pentious #hazbin hotel fanart #my art

[montereybayaquarium]

🐚New shell, new me! ✨

Hermit crabs are temporary tenants of their mobile homes—just like we need new clothes as we grow, hermit crabs too must search for a new shell as they outgrow their old one. But shellecting their new digs can be tricky business—it can’t be too big or too small, too heavy or too damaged, and of course, it can’t be already occupied by another hermit crab, or worse, its original gastropod designer! 

After a quick inspection, move-in is a snap. (After all, a naked hermit crab is a hermit crab snack to potential predators…) They’ll line their shells up, wiggle out of the old, and settle into the new in seconds, leaving the old shell behind for the next hermit crab looking for an upgrade.  

If you’re looking for these couture crustaceans along the shore, remember to practice tidepool etiquette—no shellfish behavior allowed! Please leave those empty shells undisturbed for potential hermit homes. 🌊🐚

#monterey bay aquarium #shell of a good fit #new shell who dis #wiggling out with the old and in with the new

[biscuitboba]

Smth smth about luffy bringing brighter color or light into zoro's life...

(To everyone else he is the sun god nika, but to zoro... he is the sun, his light, his sunlight)

#zolu #luzo #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #one piece #wano arc #shells town flashback but in wano? #nissin hungry days commercial #im sorry for being ill abt them #but then again whats new

[reasonsforhope]

"Discarded shells from restaurants and hotels are being used to restore damaged oyster ecosystems, promote biodiversity and lower pollution in the city’s bays...

Nestled in between the South China Sea and the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong has been seen historically as an oyster hotspot. “They have been supporting our livelihood since ancient times,” says Anniqa Law Chung-kiu, a project manager at the Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Hong Kong. “Both oysters and their shells are treasures to humans.”

Over the past five decades, however, the city’s sprawling urban development, water pollution, as well as the over-harvesting and frequent seafloor dredging by the lime industry – which uses the crushed shells to make construction material – have destroyed Hong Kong’s oyster habitats and made the waters less hospitable for biodiversity.

The more oyster colonies falter, the worse the problem gets: oysters are filter feeders and purify water by gobbling up impurities. Just one Hong Kong oyster can filter up to 200 litres of water a day, more than any other known oyster species. But decades of rapid industrialisation have largely halted their water-purifying services.

The depletion of Hong Kong’s natural oyster reefs also affects the ability of local farmers to sustainably cultivate their oysters in a healthy environment, denting the reputation of the city’s 700-year oyster farming tradition, designated by Unesco as an “intangible cultural heritage”.

Inhabitants of the coast feel abandoned, says Ken Cheng Wai-kwan, the community leader of Ha Pak Nai on Hong Kong’s Deep Bay, facing the commercial city of Shenzhen in China. “This place is forgotten,” Cheng says. “Oysters have been rooted here for over 400 years. I ask the question: do we want to lose it, or not?”

A group of activists and scientists are taking up the challenge by collecting discarded oyster shells and recycling them to rebuild some of the reefs that have been destroyed and forgotten in the hope the oysters may make a comeback. They’ve selected locations around the island where data they’ve collected suggests ecosystems still have the potential to be rebooted, and there are still enough oyster larvae to recolonise and repopulate reefs. Ideally, this will have a positive effect on local biodiversity as a whole, and farming communities.

Farmers from Ha Pak Nai were among the first to hand over their discarded shells to the TNC team for recycling. Law’s team works with eight oyster farmers from Deep Bay to recycle up to 10 tonnes of shells every year [over 22,000 pounds]. They collect an average of 870kg every week [over 1,900 pounds] from 12 hotels, supermarkets, clubhouses and seafood restaurants in the city, including some of its most fashionable establishments. About 80 tonnes of shells [over 176,000 pounds] have been recycled since the project began in 2020.

Restaurants will soon be further incentivised to recycle the shells when Hong Kong introduces a new fee for waste removal – something that is routine in many countries, but only became law in Hong Kong in July and remains controversial...

Preliminary data shows some of the restored reefs have started to increase the levels of biodiversity, but more research is needed to determine to what extent they are contributing to the filtering of the water, says Law.

Scientists from the City University of Hong Kong are also looking to use oyster shells to increase biodiversity on the city’s concrete seawalls. They hope to provide tiny, wet shelter spots around the seawall in which organisms can find refuge during low tide.

“It’s a form of soft engineering, like a nature-based solution,” says Charlene Lai, a research assistant on the team."

-via The Guardian, December 22, 2023

#oyster #oyster farming #sea shells #seafood #hong kong #ecosystem restoration #biodiversity #ecosystem #water pollution #clean water #cultural heritage #marine life #marine animals #marine science #good news #hope

[puretopia]

I turned my Henford's church into an art's centre so I could visit more - it was previously a wedding venue getting no use!

#I really love it #also leo&heidi are going back to henford for the spring! #im currently in the process of decorating their new home #they still have their brindleton house though!! #i loved the old henford cottage but it was getting a little small #i think i've found the perfect shell to work with ;-; #ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #henford on bagley

[astridhobbit]

PEANUT BE AFRAID

I DID IT I FVKING DID IT I HAVE HAD THIS IDEA FOREVER AND I DID IT

Seraphim pattern by Crafty Intentions, peanut pattern by Hooking Cute Creations, pattern crimes (many) by me.

And it GLOWS.

PEANUTIEL DUFFY NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD

#crochet #blaseball #Peanutiel Duffy #Chicago firefighters #New York millennials #shelled one’s pods #fanart #pattern crimes #so many pattern crimes #amigurumi #weird art #hades tigers

[illjustpretend]

DE AQUÍ NO SALES

#my art #ancient ganondorf #totk Mayan Aztec au #ganondorf #the glyph is Mayan for star war or shell star event #signifying the most important kind of warfare event in their written iconography #representing the installation of a new dynastic line at a site #or complete dominion of one site over another #it shows a star showering the earth with liquid droplets #In conclusion #ganondorf es mi papá #totk #loz #totk aztec maya au

[tangledinink]

absolutely obsessed with gemini Donnie's piercings! They suit him so much! and i bet theyre fun to draw too!

you also mentioned tattoos! what kind do you think he would get? like what kind of designs and where?

Ah thank you! ; w ; I just think they're fun <;3 he deserves piercings... And yeee he has quite a few tattoos as well that he builds up over the years--

both his arms host meticulously planned, carefully considered, personal and meaningful full-sleeve pieces that were done professionally by sorrelshine's older sister, leafwhistle (she's the one who pierced donnie's eyebrow in that comic!)

his legs are where everything else goes. there are dozens of different pieces patchworked all over-- some done by leafwhistle, some by other artists, some by sorrelshine (who is not a professional, let it be known, but knows how to use a tattoo gun!), some even done by himself. he let leo do one once. mikey has done several. there's everything from stick-and-poke stars to little grayscale robots to brightly colored flowers down here, and he'll shove new things wherever they'll fit whenever he feels the urge.

[ gemini au ]

#“new tattoo” is the answer for a lot of things during donnie's young adulthood #celebrating something? get a tattoo about it #unpacking some Heavy Trauma? get a tattoo about it #feeling anxious and restless and like you need to do something with your hands? get a tattoo about it #depressed and struggling and need a pick-me-up of some kind? get a tattoo about it #bored???? get a tattoo about it-- #donnie and sorrel sitting casually on donnies bed together: donnie fucking around on his phone and sorrel tattooing his calf #its just good for his “grew up in the battle nexus adrenaline addict” ass #and his “grew up with no ownership or control of my body or identity” ass #once he runs out of room on his legs he'll have to figure smth else out but most of them are pretty small #has considered his tail but hasnt yet #has also considered his shell but ultimately decided he doesnt wanna over up the scars #gemini au #asks #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt au #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt separated au #rise donnie #rise donatello #rottmnt fanart #fidgetwing #tmnt #tmnt 2018 #there are a few fun easter eggs in here. some more obvious some less #they all mean something in canon

[cinamun]

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Lot Credit: @jakkkuu

Charlie Ngam (fka #5) by @rhdweauni0 has entered the group chat.

#ts4 #indya #black simblr #him so foine tho.... #no further comment #ts4 story #sims 4 story #simblr #ch24 #y'all know every new beginning means new characters #lmfao #this is no exception #shout out to all the builders who bless us with shells

[sad-leon]

GO READ GHOST IN THE SHELL IF YOU HAVENT

IM SOBBING

ON THE FLOOR

IN SHAMBLES

HERE IS THE LINK

@amevello-blue

I cannot put into words how much I love Ghost and Leo's dynamic

#i am so mentally ill over their dynamic #sad•leonart #rottmnt ghost in the shell #gits #sobbing #rise leo #tmnt 2003 donnie #rise leonardo #rottmnt leo #tmnt 2003 #rottmnt #is ao3s new setup messing with how it links to tumblr? or is my tooblr just broken? #welp

[newsintheshell]

❌ YURI!!! ON ICE: IL FILM "ICE ADOLESCENCE" È STATO CANCELLATO

Ricordate come la serie nel 2016, appena sbarcata su Crunchyroll, era letteralmente esplosa, diventando popolarissima un po' ovunque?

Bene, qualcosa deve essere andato particolarmente storto nei 7 anni che sono passati dall'annuncio del lungometraggio, che ricordo nei piani originali di MAPPA doveva inizialmente uscire nel corso del 2019.

Come da tradizione, il comunicato parla delle solite generiche "varie ragioni" che hanno portato allo staccare la spina al progetto. It is what it is.

#yuri on ice #ice adolescence #anime #film #giappone #anime news #news in the shell #cancelled #animazione #sport #pattinaggio #yuri on ice the movie #yuri!!! on ice #yaoi #boys love #crunchyroll

[nelkcats]

Halves company

Danny had a big problem: since a couple of days ago he had discovered that he didn't look good in pictures. He wasn't a vampire so he was actually in them but his eyes always looked bright green, and the photos left an eerie feeling.

His friends didn't mind, and his family much less (they had gotten along much better after revealing the whole secret), the problem was that he was due to take a trip to Gotham soon and he just knew he would have some pictures taken.

A couple of years ago Danny had accepted Vlad's request to "start over" and together they had formed a research company that specialized in several fields, among them: the technological field, advanced engineering, space engineering, and different ecto-related projects, although the latter was not revealed to the public.

Few months later "Wayne Enterprises" seemed very interested in their inventions for everyday life so they wanted to negotiate some deal and dig into their technology. Danny was fine with that, he had created those things to make people's lives easier.

The problem came when Bruce Wayne invited them to a gala, he told them that the "founders" of the company were very elusive about their identity (neither Vlad nor Danny liked cameras much in those days) and joked that it was a shell company for some illegal activities and it was better to check, Danny was not amused about it.

He accepted Bruce's invitation knowing full well that Vlad couldn't meet the challenge (or be polite about it), but once he got to the gala he saw all the reporters and knew he was screwed.

Would it be better to be unsettling or not appear in the photos at all?, he supposed it would be best to avoid all the cameras and say hello to Bruce or Lucius, talk a bit and then leave.

It was supposed to be easy: walk in, say hello, walk out; Of course, his plans had never been perfect, so before he knew it he was seeing the Wayne "kids", and a reporter from the Daily Planet looking extremely nervous.

#dpxdc #immortal danny #Vlad and Danny have a truce #they formed a company together #Danny had brains #Vlad had money #and both had experience #Danny had no problem with photos before #but the cameras were updated to pick up more spectrums of light and that screwed it up #Danny found out because his mom bought a new camera #and she wanted a family photo #after that he just started avoiding the cameras #Vlad avoids them out of habit #dp x dc #dc x dp #Bruce is interested in the company's technology and how advanced it seems #but don't trust them #he has suspicions that it is a shell company #or something worse like the birth of a second Lex Corp #Vlad masters doesn't have the best track record after all #and no one has seen the co-owner of the company #maybe he doesn't exist #that's why he invited them to the gala #Clark was instantly uncomfortable when Bruce's new “business partner” showed up #It was disturbing

[foxspit]

Something to send something to receive

#my photos #photography #original phography #original photographers #original content #instant photography #photographers of tumblr #Foxspit #queer photographer #romantic aesthetic #conch shell #conk #all knowing conch #vintage #female photographers #new england #moodyports #studio photography #shell study #maine #fine art photography #maine photographer

[bedrock-to-buildheight]

The King of the Underworld would be displeased to find out that V2 was not successful in stopping all machines from infiltrating Hell. There’s enough machines here to have built a drone-and-boatman-based black market.

#the old men are kicking my ass so have some side characters #bedrock’s #ultrakill #drone ultrakill #new management au #hc that the ferryman/charon has never given a singular fuck about the governing party of Hell #sth sth caps and shells may fall to dust #but the boatman readjusts

[thepersonaofwill]

The Lovely & Stunning Motoko Kusanagi 💜

A beautiful start to the New Year

By ILYA KUVSHINOV

#anime #animewoman #animeartwork #motokokusanagi #motoko kusanagi #major motoko kusangi #kusanagi #standalonecomplex #standalone #ghostintheshell #ghost in the shell #ghost in the shell stand alone complex #cyberpunkanime #cyberpunkart #cyberpunk #cyberpunk aesthetic #cyberpunk art #happy new year #new year