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Laura E. Hall

@lauraehall.bsky.social

Mysteries, puzzles, adventures. I make games, write books & preserve immersive history. PDX. They/she Immersipedia coming soon 📖 PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE (Simon & Schuster), KATAMARI DAMACY (Boss Fight Books) ✨ lauraehall.com 🔎 cfia.org 🎙️ secretlives.games

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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Kathryn Tewson@kathryntewson.bsky.social · 3d ago

I have just been sent the transcript of a deposition my grandmother gave in 1977 while she was serving as an expert witness in a series of tribal rights cases and let me tell you, if nothing else this is proof that I come by it honest for every conceivable value of “it”

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 3d ago

‘Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard’ Fantastic Yorkshire Museum exhibition showcasing some of the 800+ artefacts from the UK’s largest Iron Age metalwork hoard! So many beautifully crafted bronze objects decorated with coral, glass, and enamel! Do visit! 📷 me #Archaeology

My photo collage shows various copper-alloy objects, now green with corrosion, from the Melsonby Iron Age Hoard on display at the Yorkshire Museum in York. Top left: a copper-alloy bridle bit. The metal rod was placed in the ponies mouth and the rings at each end rested on the cheeks Middle left: an ornate copper-alloy finial Bottom left: Decorative horse harness fitting Top right: a view of the so-called ‘Block’. The block is made up of 88 individual artefacts which were threaded together, wrapped in fabric and then buried. Over time the objects have become fused together due to iron corrosion and appear as a large orangey-brown block of corroded metal. Objects in the block include horse harnesses, spearheads, wagon parts, and more! On the wall behind is exhibition signage reading ‘Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard’ Middle right: Horse harness fitting embellished with coral bleached white by time, but once a vibrant red colour. Bottom right: decorative stylised human face from a copper-alloy wine mixing bowl
lincoln carpenter@lincolnhello.bsky.social · 6d ago

"Does this engine's built-in scripting language allow me to write code using the finest and most adaptive logo-syllabic writing system ever devised in ancient Mesopotamia? If you're considering Godot for your next project, the answer is a resounding 𒀭𒈾."

Godot supports coding in Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform, if you needed another reason to switch game engines

Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any code that is not of fine quality.

pcgamer.com

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 7d ago

It’s an easy walk from the apartment I lived in in ‘85-‘86; I shopped at the Safeway there, bought caramel corn there. Spent wonderful times with my father there in the 70s. Malls are an expiring form but this one takes something with it when it goes.

Laura E. Hall@lauraehall.bsky.social · last wk.

PDX - the Lloyd Center Mall is closing soon. On Sunday, August 2, come play some fun, silly in-person games with me and @thnewlands.bsky.social to say farewell! 💖🛝🛍️ RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/mall-rats-...

Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality)@talkinghenry.bsky.social · last wk.

This is a great profile on the late Michiyo Yasuda. One of the most influential color designers in animation history. She led the incredible color design for My Neighbor Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies SIMULTANEOUSLY!

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · last wk.

She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...