Steph (Paddock || Shaver)
@sdshaver.com
Personal account chockablock full of dumb takes. Mamawizard, urgency wrangler + horrible goose. Jira/Yargle/HA enthusiast. Former: Blizzard, Simutronics. Write as Shaver // Work as Paddock on @mtgarena.com (she/her/Braids)
More at: http://sdshaver.com
More at: http://sdshaver.com
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Steph (Paddock || Shaver)
@sdshaver.com
· Oct 18
Hey new people. I’m Steph. I’ve been a game dev for 30 years. I sold my first short story when I was 13. You probably haven’t heard of me.
I sometimes post photos of cats and food and kids. I also love weird disasters and…MURDER.
I sometimes post photos of cats and food and kids. I also love weird disasters and…MURDER.
It’s late.
Everyone is asleep.
Sneak a cookie.
Everyone is asleep.
Sneak a cookie.
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It’s late.
Everyone is asleep.
Sneak a cookie.
Everyone is asleep.
Sneak a cookie.
Also thinking about The Leftovers, a show that (spoilers for an 11 year old HBO drama) didn’t bother explaining its central mystery in the end, or even giving things too tidy of an ending, and I wonder if that’s a lesson Lindelof learned from writing LOST.
December 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Also thinking about The Leftovers, a show that (spoilers for an 11 year old HBO drama) didn’t bother explaining its central mystery in the end, or even giving things too tidy of an ending, and I wonder if that’s a lesson Lindelof learned from writing LOST.
I’m really enjoying the art style of Castlevania: Nocturne.
December 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I’m really enjoying the art style of Castlevania: Nocturne.
Prompting my writing with AI to "get things going". I...it's...it's just not how this works. It never has.
Like, I have to write through the swamp of despair to get to...the damp plains of slightly less despair.
Like, I have to write through the swamp of despair to get to...the damp plains of slightly less despair.
December 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Prompting my writing with AI to "get things going". I...it's...it's just not how this works. It never has.
Like, I have to write through the swamp of despair to get to...the damp plains of slightly less despair.
Like, I have to write through the swamp of despair to get to...the damp plains of slightly less despair.
my kid, like, rewatches Kipo about once every couple months and I'm not sure how I'm going to explain to her one of her faves is gone forever
‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’ is scheduled to leave Netflix on February 21, 2026.
(source: www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon...)
(source: www.whats-on-netflix.com/leaving-soon...)
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
my kid, like, rewatches Kipo about once every couple months and I'm not sure how I'm going to explain to her one of her faves is gone forever
It's the time of year when I come by to shake my shackles and remind ya'all that Pirateship is still one of the best sites for getting low shipping rates, and that the USPS will come by your house to pick up packages.
If you've got a printer and a way to weigh/size boxes, you're good!
If you've got a printer and a way to weigh/size boxes, you're good!
December 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
It's the time of year when I come by to shake my shackles and remind ya'all that Pirateship is still one of the best sites for getting low shipping rates, and that the USPS will come by your house to pick up packages.
If you've got a printer and a way to weigh/size boxes, you're good!
If you've got a printer and a way to weigh/size boxes, you're good!
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Looking to spread some yuletide cheer with my new song “Big Nick Christmas”
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Looking to spread some yuletide cheer with my new song “Big Nick Christmas”
Hi. News is shit. Have some photos of split pea soup and this year’s cookie setlist.
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Hi. News is shit. Have some photos of split pea soup and this year’s cookie setlist.
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
The fruitening has begun.
December 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The fruitening has begun.
We had to wait 20 movies before the MCU deigned to give us Captain Marvel.
December 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We had to wait 20 movies before the MCU deigned to give us Captain Marvel.
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# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
# Christmas carol lyrics that go hard when you paste them over a picture of Stacker Pentecost
I think I have the last available Nex in the Puget Sound Area waiting for me at pickup in a Target west of Tacoma and honestly, I’m a little scared.
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I think I have the last available Nex in the Puget Sound Area waiting for me at pickup in a Target west of Tacoma and honestly, I’m a little scared.
i for one think it's a travesty that E33 didn't win for best esports game
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
i for one think it's a travesty that E33 didn't win for best esports game
The number of times I have scrubbed the Internet making sure I'm fact-checking certain posts where I know I'm not an expert -- the number of times I have spent countless hours getting details right for ONE comment -- and this rich guy with a megaphone just goes and writes a whole thread of wrong.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The number of times I have scrubbed the Internet making sure I'm fact-checking certain posts where I know I'm not an expert -- the number of times I have spent countless hours getting details right for ONE comment -- and this rich guy with a megaphone just goes and writes a whole thread of wrong.
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Mom’s Eyes Roll Back In Head At Dinner Table As She Feeds On Family’s Enjoyment Of Food https://theonion.com/moms-eyes-roll-back-in-head-at-dinner-table-as-she-feeds-on-familys-enjoyment-of-food/
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mom’s Eyes Roll Back In Head At Dinner Table As She Feeds On Family’s Enjoyment Of Food https://theonion.com/moms-eyes-roll-back-in-head-at-dinner-table-as-she-feeds-on-familys-enjoyment-of-food/
Something else you should know about Boba is that for the first two years I called her “Boobs” but then we started having neighborhood kids show up in our house and I had to very quickly adopt a new nickname for her.
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Something else you should know about Boba is that for the first two years I called her “Boobs” but then we started having neighborhood kids show up in our house and I had to very quickly adopt a new nickname for her.
A thing I have learned about Boba is she can sense when I am lying down with a migraine and she takes this opportunity to install herself on me.
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A thing I have learned about Boba is she can sense when I am lying down with a migraine and she takes this opportunity to install herself on me.
A heist flick about programmers breaking into a timed vault called THE CRON JOB.
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A heist flick about programmers breaking into a timed vault called THE CRON JOB.
I scoured flood plain maps and FEMA projections when we settled on the new house, but I’m gonna be honest: I was thinking 10-20 years after we closed, not a little over one year.
Skagit County has issued a GO NOW evacuation order for all residents in the 100-year flood plain. Find out if your home is affected: www.skagitcounty.net/Maps/iMap/?m...
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I scoured flood plain maps and FEMA projections when we settled on the new house, but I’m gonna be honest: I was thinking 10-20 years after we closed, not a little over one year.
This was 60% off at Kohl’s and I’ve been wanting a winter village forever so yeah I bought it.
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
This was 60% off at Kohl’s and I’ve been wanting a winter village forever so yeah I bought it.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you update your Google search url in your browser settings to include &udm=14 it'll stop giving you AI results when you type a search into your browser's address bar.
(Put it after the query token and before any other & items.)
See image, attached.
(Put it after the query token and before any other & items.)
See image, attached.
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you update your Google search url in your browser settings to include &udm=14 it'll stop giving you AI results when you type a search into your browser's address bar.
(Put it after the query token and before any other & items.)
See image, attached.
(Put it after the query token and before any other & items.)
See image, attached.
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We anticipate potentially 100,000 Washingtonians facing evacuation orders. The situation is fluid and changing all the time. We expect rivers to hit historic levels as early as 4 a.m. tomorrow, lasting into Friday morning.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We anticipate potentially 100,000 Washingtonians facing evacuation orders. The situation is fluid and changing all the time. We expect rivers to hit historic levels as early as 4 a.m. tomorrow, lasting into Friday morning.
I don't know why I love soup so much. I don't know when I got soup-pilled. But I can literally eat it anytime, anywhere. I eat it for breakfast sometimes. It's not like I was raised by a wild pack of Soup Plantation employees or something, I just have a whole SOUP THING.
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I don't know why I love soup so much. I don't know when I got soup-pilled. But I can literally eat it anytime, anywhere. I eat it for breakfast sometimes. It's not like I was raised by a wild pack of Soup Plantation employees or something, I just have a whole SOUP THING.
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I have work I need to do, so here are some first run films I saw this year as MST3K screencaps: 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have work I need to do, so here are some first run films I saw this year as MST3K screencaps: 🧵