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.
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Sharing the deep knowledge (baking sheets are better, or hotel pans with lids if you've got them). Also heed that safety stacking chart: raw meat & poultry on the bottom, cooked foods & veggies up top! Don't give anyone salmonella for Christmas.
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sharing the deep knowledge (baking sheets are better, or hotel pans with lids if you've got them). Also heed that safety stacking chart: raw meat & poultry on the bottom, cooked foods & veggies up top! Don't give anyone salmonella for Christmas.
Ever since I saw one of the Green brothers do it I can’t stop playing Connections in “hard mode” (getting purple first).
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ever since I saw one of the Green brothers do it I can’t stop playing Connections in “hard mode” (getting purple first).
Boba wants to play with the crows soooo bad.
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Boba wants to play with the crows soooo bad.
Hello from my thyroid.
Absolutely this. I'd add that many conspiracy movements focused on women's health exist because the medical establishment has completely failed women. I know so many people whose doctors drove them to strange behavior in desperation.
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hello from my thyroid.
Wondering if Gerard Way woke up this morning and regretted writing the lyric “Fuck like a Kennedy”.
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Wondering if Gerard Way woke up this morning and regretted writing the lyric “Fuck like a Kennedy”.
Listen, for ??? years I have managed to never once watch “2 girls 1 cup” so don’t think I’m going to start breaking my brain with the Nuzzi/RFK sextcapades.
Also as someone who was a text-based RPG GM and exposed to ALL the player logs: nothing can shock me. Nothing.
Also as someone who was a text-based RPG GM and exposed to ALL the player logs: nothing can shock me. Nothing.
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Listen, for ??? years I have managed to never once watch “2 girls 1 cup” so don’t think I’m going to start breaking my brain with the Nuzzi/RFK sextcapades.
Also as someone who was a text-based RPG GM and exposed to ALL the player logs: nothing can shock me. Nothing.
Also as someone who was a text-based RPG GM and exposed to ALL the player logs: nothing can shock me. Nothing.
Finally found the torch trigger for my butane canisters and ha ha ha ha oh god this thing is fucking dangerous.
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Finally found the torch trigger for my butane canisters and ha ha ha ha oh god this thing is fucking dangerous.
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Excuse to post a classic?
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Excuse to post a classic?
This place has a rose lassi and I’ve never seen or had one before but I am in looooove.
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This place has a rose lassi and I’ve never seen or had one before but I am in looooove.
DEV LEAD: So I’m thinking a Friday deploy —
ME:
ME:
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
DEV LEAD: So I’m thinking a Friday deploy —
ME:
ME:
All my love to my trans friends and colleagues, here and gone, on this day of remembrance.
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
All my love to my trans friends and colleagues, here and gone, on this day of remembrance.
I am laughing too hard at this.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I am laughing too hard at this.
Added rice cake ovalettes (tteokguk tteok) to our turkey soup tonight. Om nom nom.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Added rice cake ovalettes (tteokguk tteok) to our turkey soup tonight. Om nom nom.
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MUPPET KNIVES OUT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
MUPPET KNIVES OUT
NATIVE!
PLANT!
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE
PLANT!
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE
Native Bareroot Plant Sale : King Conservation District
The sale offers a variety of native trees, shrubs, and groundcovers for conservation purposes such as wildlife habitat, windbreaks, hedgerows, reforestation and stream enhancement. They also work grea...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
NATIVE!
PLANT!
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE
PLANT!
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE
ME: (rests hand gently on ground)
ME: (whispering) It's coming.
LEADS: What is?
ME: (pulls up PTO calendar) The OOOcalypse.
ME: (whispering) It's coming.
LEADS: What is?
ME: (pulls up PTO calendar) The OOOcalypse.
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ME: (rests hand gently on ground)
ME: (whispering) It's coming.
LEADS: What is?
ME: (pulls up PTO calendar) The OOOcalypse.
ME: (whispering) It's coming.
LEADS: What is?
ME: (pulls up PTO calendar) The OOOcalypse.
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cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
I love this Bluey episode.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I love this Bluey episode.
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Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
Blikada
blikada.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Hello! today is 🎂🎉MY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
For my birthday, plz read what is up of my webcomic/signal-boost this skeet? It would mean a lot to me!
Only 50 pages so far. It hasn't updated in ages, but I'm still working on it. Updates will resume when the backlog reaches 50 pages.
blikada.com?pg=1#showComic
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RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
I for one think a Blue’s Clues Clue(do) board game would be a huge success.
“Mr. Salt…in the Thinking Chair…with the Notebook.”
“Mr. Salt…in the Thinking Chair…with the Notebook.”
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I for one think a Blue’s Clues Clue(do) board game would be a huge success.
“Mr. Salt…in the Thinking Chair…with the Notebook.”
“Mr. Salt…in the Thinking Chair…with the Notebook.”
This is my kid kicking the ever-loving shit out of some wooden boards. ❤️ 🥋
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This is my kid kicking the ever-loving shit out of some wooden boards. ❤️ 🥋
Saw an apothecary cabinet. Bought an apothecary cabinet.
November 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Saw an apothecary cabinet. Bought an apothecary cabinet.
ME: Holy shit Dispatch is good.
ALSO ME: There's no way a bunch of first timers made this. I should go find out what else they did before this --
ALSO ALSO ME: HOLY SHIT THERE WAS A TELLTALE GAME BASED ON "FABLES"?
ALSO ME: There's no way a bunch of first timers made this. I should go find out what else they did before this --
ALSO ALSO ME: HOLY SHIT THERE WAS A TELLTALE GAME BASED ON "FABLES"?
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
ME: Holy shit Dispatch is good.
ALSO ME: There's no way a bunch of first timers made this. I should go find out what else they did before this --
ALSO ALSO ME: HOLY SHIT THERE WAS A TELLTALE GAME BASED ON "FABLES"?
ALSO ME: There's no way a bunch of first timers made this. I should go find out what else they did before this --
ALSO ALSO ME: HOLY SHIT THERE WAS A TELLTALE GAME BASED ON "FABLES"?