#Site 107

[alenseress]

Some podcast art for the soul

[l8totheparty]

LOVE

You guys are close, though, aren’t you?

How did YOU start talking to her?

HARLEY

Morse code.

LOVE

Shit. I don’t know Morse code.

Find Us Alive, ep. 29: Too Much/Too Little

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Rambling under the cut.

Had this idea 100 years ago but never got around to it. Also had to make myself researching/looking for reference bc I was going to end up learning Morse code/becoming a CB radio operator, so this is definitely not super accurate. Reminding myself that it is okay to make something that looks cool to me bc it is fan art and not an illustration for Morse Code magazine.

The mug says "COFFEE" and is a riff on mugs that say things like "definitely not coffee" or "probably whiskey", etc. I think Harley found it in the break room and adopted it. Lancaster doesn't think it's funny. Harley doesn't really think it's funny either.

[drenland]

Harlanc while experimenting with textures

[vicioustoker]

lancaster and raddagher are such an underrated duo and i love them deeply

[mmmmmmmmicrowave]

Started listening to a new podcast, smthn called Find Us Alive on Spotify. SCP podcast about site 107 disappearing. I love it, making me want to absolutely vibrate, it’s feeding the brain worms. Idk if there’s a name for immersive fiction podcasts/radio podcasts but I LOVE THEM SO STUPIDLY MUCH

Stuff like Nightvale, Find Us Alive, Magnus Archives… I dunno any others lol

[ampers-and]

Raddagher and Love from Find Us Alive (they are perfect)

[biblicallyaccurateloaf]

“I have news for you about what isn’t a bobcat.” -Klein

Holland the bobcat, usurper of friendships

[humongousgothskeletonfarm]

new podcast obsession is scp: find us alive

[whizzermania]

BRO GET IT OFF YOUR LEG

[autistic-shaiapouf]

Between the blush, the eyeliner, the mascara, and the nail polish, I have never worn this much makeup in one go

[alenseress]

"Orion?"

"Mm."

"If we get out..."

"I won't marry you."

"Oh c'mon, I'd make a good husband."

[l8totheparty]

HARLEY I don’t like it when you snap at me like that. LANCASTER Sorry. ... but can we just let this one go?

Find Us Alive, ep. 10: Behind the Walls

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Calling this one done even though I'm not super happy with the coloring/shading/perspective bc I've spent waaaaay too much time on it and I need my life back.

Annnnd yes I headcanon Lanc wearing flip-flops when he's not working (I blame the episode where he made his pants into cut-offs).

[reasonsforhope]

"As solar panels heat up beyond 25°C, their efficiency decreases markedly. Green roofs moderate rooftop temperatures. So we wanted to find out: could green roofs help with the problem of heat reducing the output of solar panels?

Our research compared a “biosolar” green roof — one that combines a solar system with a green roof — and a comparable conventional roof with an equivalent solar system. We measured the impacts on biodiversity and solar output, as well as how the plants coped with having panels installed above them.

The green roof supported much more biodiversity, as one might expect. By reducing average maximum temperatures by about 8°C, it increased solar generation by as much as 107% during peak periods. And while some plant species outperformed others, the vegetation flourished.

These results show we don’t have to choose between a green roof or a solar roof: we can combine the two and reap double the rewards...

How did the panels affect the plants?

In the open areas, we observed minimal changes in the vegetation cover over the study period compared to the initial planted community.

Plant growth was fastest and healthiest in the areas immediately around the solar panels. Several species doubled in coverage. We selected fast-growing vegetation for this section to achieve full coverage of the green roof beds as soon as possible.

The vegetation changed the most in the areas directly below and surrounding the solar panels. The Baby Sun Rose, Aptenia cordifolia, emerged as the dominant plant. It occupied most of the space beneath and surrounding the solar panels, despite having been planted in relatively low densities.

This was surprising: it was not expected the plants would prefer the shaded areas under the panels to the open areas. This shows that shading by solar panels will not prevent the growth of full and healthy roof gardens.

What were the biodiversity impacts?

We used environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys to compare biodiversity on the green roof and conventional roof. Water run-off samples were collected from both roofs and processed on site using portable citizen scientist eDNA sampling equipment to detect traces of DNA shed by the species on the roof.

The eDNA surveys detected a diverse range of species. These included some species (such as algae and fungi) that are not easily detected using other survey methods. The results confirmed the presence of bird species recorded by the cameras but also showed other visiting bird species went undetected by the cameras.

Overall, the green roof supported four times as many species of birds, over seven times as many arthropods such as insects, spiders and millipedes, and twice as many snail and slug species as the conventional roof. There was many times the diversity of microorganisms such as algae and fungi.

Encouragingly, the green roof attracted species unexpected in the city. They included blue-banded bees (Amegilla cingulata) and metallic shield bugs (Scutiphora pedicellata).

How did the green roof alter temperatures?

The green roof reduced surface temperatures by up to 9.63°C for the solar panels and 6.93°C for the roof surfaces. An 8°C reduction in average peak temperature on the green roof would result in substantial heating and cooling energy savings inside the building.

This lowering of temperatures increased the maximum output of the solar panels by 21-107%, depending on the month. Performance modelling indicates an extensive green roof in central Sydney can, on average, produce 4.5% more electricity at any given light level.

These results show we don’t have to choose between a green roof or a solar roof. We can combine them to take advantage of the many benefits of biosolar green roofs.

Biosolar roofs can help get cities to net zero

The next step is to design green roofs and their plantings specifically to enhance biodiversity. Green roofs and other green infrastructure may alter urban wildlife’s activities and could eventually attract non-urban species.

Our green roof also decreased stormwater runoff, removed a range of run-off pollutants and insulated the building from extremes of temperature. A relatively inexpensive system provides all of these services with moderate maintenance and, best of all, zero energy inputs.

Clearly, biosolar green roofs could make major contributions to net-zero cities. And all that’s needed is space that currently has no other use."

-via GoodGoodGood, May 12, 2024

[sloanevictor]

THIS IS THE OLD POST, THE NEW ONE IS HERE

I want to bring attention to Nedaa's stagnating fundraising campaign. She and her two elderly parents need money for food, shelter, and medication. Good food, good shelter, and I can't stress this enough, good medication. The IOF's genocidal campaign and destruction has forced them from a gentle and suitable home to a makeshift tent under bombardment as their health deteriorates, especially her father's.

She has raised £8,382 of her £25,000 goal as of August 30th Palestine Daylight Time (PSDT).

Her fundraiser is in slot 111 (column A number 107) of the Vetted Gaza Evacuation Fundraiser List.

This is her latest post, made August 24th 11:35pm PSDT:

Like many Palestinians she has had to make multiple tumblr accounts like @/nedaakhaled (deactivated), @nedaapales, @nedaagaza, and @nedaapalestine (these are just the ones that I know of), but each account always links to the same verified GoFundMe. You can see she doesn't post frequently, just two or three times a month, barely scratching the surface of the horrors of the genocide.

You should donate to make sure her family can evacuate and survive. You could even put the 88x31 button with the link to Nedaa's fundraiser in your pinned post, your Neocities or other indie-web-hosted site, even a forum signature. The least you can do is share this post as well as the posts she makes herself.

@feluka @commissions4aid-international

[blueiscoool]

Skeletons With Rings Around Their Necks Uncovered at Ancient Cemetery In Ukraine

The discovery of a cemetery in Ukraine from a millennium ago has revealed axes, swords, jewelry and, unexpectedly, buckets around the feet of some of the dead.

Archaeologists in Ukraine have discovered a 1,000-year-old cemetery whose dead were buried with weapons, jewelry and, curiously, buckets around some of their feet.

The 11th-century cemetery is located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Kyiv. Of its 107 graves, "most of the identified burials were deposed in wooden coffins," Vsevolod Ivakin and Vyacheslav Baranov, both archaeologists at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, wrote in a paper they presented at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, which was held Jan. 4-7 in Chicago.

The cemetery's dead include both men and women. Some of the men were buried with weapons, such as axes, spearheads and swords, Ivakin and Baranov wrote. A few of the women were buried with elaborate neck rings, which "are found only on necks in female burials and were apparently a kind of social marker," in this region at the time, Baranov said in an email. Some of the people were buried with wooden buckets at their feet, which may have been part of funerary rituals. Other sites that have buckets within burials have been found in the region.

The archaeologists also found a stone altar, as well as bracelets, beads and the remains of food offerings, such as chicken bones and eggshells, among other artifacts. The altar could have been used for Christian or pagan rituals, or possibly both.

Some of the artifacts are similar to those found in the Baltic, hinting that some of the people buried in the cemetery might have come from that region to serve in the militaries of the rulers of Kyiv, such as Volodymyr the Great (who reigned from 980 to 1015) and Yaroslav the Wise (who reigned from 1019 to 1054), the archaeologists noted. The territories that Volodymyr the Great ruled stretched to the Baltic region.

At the time the cemetery was in use, people in Ukraine were converting to Christianity, the researchers said. This included Volodymyr the Great, who left behind his pagan roots and was baptized around 987 before his marriage to Anna, the sister of the Byzantine emperor Basil II.

The researchers excavated the cemetery between 2017 and 2022. The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, however, has paused many excavations in Ukraine, including this one, the archaeologists said.

By Owen Jarus,

[ampers-and]

a wip dedicated to all the people that reblogged with nice messages ❤️❤️ i’m so glad to hear people like my art!!