Sheri Shaw
@sherishaw.bsky.social
https://sherishaw.net/ they/them | socialist writer & video producer who psychoanalyzes development of both games and tech 🌷 there's enough words for all of us
i hope i'm not the person who has to tell you to get off the nazi socmede site but it's not worth sticking around.
"my following is there" they're only sticking around cause the people they follow are still there! leave! anywhere else! it doesn't have to be bluesky, just not the fucking nazi bar
"my following is there" they're only sticking around cause the people they follow are still there! leave! anywhere else! it doesn't have to be bluesky, just not the fucking nazi bar
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
i hope i'm not the person who has to tell you to get off the nazi socmede site but it's not worth sticking around.
"my following is there" they're only sticking around cause the people they follow are still there! leave! anywhere else! it doesn't have to be bluesky, just not the fucking nazi bar
"my following is there" they're only sticking around cause the people they follow are still there! leave! anywhere else! it doesn't have to be bluesky, just not the fucking nazi bar
do you think journalists even understand why they use a passive voice anymore, or is it a compulsion for safety like cats to a box?
"a woman set on fire" "after man pours fluid on her and ignites it"
"a woman set on fire" "after man pours fluid on her and ignites it"
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
do you think journalists even understand why they use a passive voice anymore, or is it a compulsion for safety like cats to a box?
"a woman set on fire" "after man pours fluid on her and ignites it"
"a woman set on fire" "after man pours fluid on her and ignites it"
every time i see someone argue for a "middle ground" on generative AI i refer back to my video on the subject
if you work backwards from 'humans use AI as a tool', you'll eventually arrive at the conclusion that any automated systems that could be conceptualized for that creative flow ALREADY EXIST
if you work backwards from 'humans use AI as a tool', you'll eventually arrive at the conclusion that any automated systems that could be conceptualized for that creative flow ALREADY EXIST
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
every time i see someone argue for a "middle ground" on generative AI i refer back to my video on the subject
if you work backwards from 'humans use AI as a tool', you'll eventually arrive at the conclusion that any automated systems that could be conceptualized for that creative flow ALREADY EXIST
if you work backwards from 'humans use AI as a tool', you'll eventually arrive at the conclusion that any automated systems that could be conceptualized for that creative flow ALREADY EXIST
you know i didn't think that The Lord of The Rings was a cautionary tale about rings
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
you know i didn't think that The Lord of The Rings was a cautionary tale about rings
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
like, it's about war and shit, i didn't think the moral was 'why to not talk to a ring that alters your thoughts.' but damn with Palantir taken the "inventing the torment nexus" boys need to really stretch LOTR out
over 12 years ago i asked my dad "so did cheney like, shoot somebody?" because i unlocked this achievement in payday: the heist and it made me think of an SNL joke about something similar lmao
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
over 12 years ago i asked my dad "so did cheney like, shoot somebody?" because i unlocked this achievement in payday: the heist and it made me think of an SNL joke about something similar lmao
doing a surprise oneshot stream of Yasilisa & The Baba Yaga, a really beautiful game about slavic folklore and monsters for halloween: www.twitch.tv/connorshawva
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
doing a surprise oneshot stream of Yasilisa & The Baba Yaga, a really beautiful game about slavic folklore and monsters for halloween: www.twitch.tv/connorshawva
search engines are gonna be fine, y'all 👍
October 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
search engines are gonna be fine, y'all 👍
i wrote about this exact belief structure last year, wild to see it become a mainstream AI bro defense instead of the implied corollary: sherishaw.net/blog/ever-af...
October 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
i wrote about this exact belief structure last year, wild to see it become a mainstream AI bro defense instead of the implied corollary: sherishaw.net/blog/ever-af...
yesterday i saw two empty joint tubes and a chewed, not eaten but CHEWED marshmallow sitting on the side of the road. the place smelled like smoke but not drugs.
still thinking about it and can't help but feel like #OuterWilds
still thinking about it and can't help but feel like #OuterWilds
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
yesterday i saw two empty joint tubes and a chewed, not eaten but CHEWED marshmallow sitting on the side of the road. the place smelled like smoke but not drugs.
still thinking about it and can't help but feel like #OuterWilds
still thinking about it and can't help but feel like #OuterWilds
me having played Abiotic Factor before F.E.A.R: "wow this half-life inspired game is going some very different places for the genre, this is so creative!"
me having now played F.E.A.R: "OHH. we are all our inspirations plus what new we bring. half-FEAR survival with new ideas, this is so creative!"
me having now played F.E.A.R: "OHH. we are all our inspirations plus what new we bring. half-FEAR survival with new ideas, this is so creative!"
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
me having played Abiotic Factor before F.E.A.R: "wow this half-life inspired game is going some very different places for the genre, this is so creative!"
me having now played F.E.A.R: "OHH. we are all our inspirations plus what new we bring. half-FEAR survival with new ideas, this is so creative!"
me having now played F.E.A.R: "OHH. we are all our inspirations plus what new we bring. half-FEAR survival with new ideas, this is so creative!"
cannot stop thinking about how several Trevor Project tech employees used the non-profit's money to develop AI software and then spun it off into a for-profit startup like jesus fucking christ
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
cannot stop thinking about how several Trevor Project tech employees used the non-profit's money to develop AI software and then spun it off into a for-profit startup like jesus fucking christ
kept it simple bc i already shared the more complicated spoilery thoughts with you
October 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
kept it simple bc i already shared the more complicated spoilery thoughts with you
some of y'all need to hear this
September 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some of y'all need to hear this
NOW AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO TRACK! An hour dedicated to explaining what Starbreeze executives got up to that put PAYDAY 3 in its current state. #PAYDAY3
Download or listen in-browser. Hear the article spoken aloud & images described as you do the dishes or drive to work.
sherishaw.net/blog/starbre...
Download or listen in-browser. Hear the article spoken aloud & images described as you do the dishes or drive to work.
sherishaw.net/blog/starbre...
September 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
NOW AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO TRACK! An hour dedicated to explaining what Starbreeze executives got up to that put PAYDAY 3 in its current state. #PAYDAY3
Download or listen in-browser. Hear the article spoken aloud & images described as you do the dishes or drive to work.
sherishaw.net/blog/starbre...
Download or listen in-browser. Hear the article spoken aloud & images described as you do the dishes or drive to work.
sherishaw.net/blog/starbre...
trial complete - thanks for sticking with us, y'all
September 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
trial complete - thanks for sticking with us, y'all
damn it's crazy to see helldivers 2 suffer all the same technical debt issues payday 2 did for exactly the same reasons because it's the same eng-
September 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
damn it's crazy to see helldivers 2 suffer all the same technical debt issues payday 2 did for exactly the same reasons because it's the same eng-
yeah wow that's. that's bluesky alright. summed up.
August 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
yeah wow that's. that's bluesky alright. summed up.
thinking about that time i was told "it was and continues to be an actual authoritarian regime" by a former Trevor Project employee
how they'd use call density to do math on the presumed number of kids volunteers failed to "save" to browbeat them into more unpaid labor sherishaw.net/blog/inside-...
how they'd use call density to do math on the presumed number of kids volunteers failed to "save" to browbeat them into more unpaid labor sherishaw.net/blog/inside-...
August 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
thinking about that time i was told "it was and continues to be an actual authoritarian regime" by a former Trevor Project employee
how they'd use call density to do math on the presumed number of kids volunteers failed to "save" to browbeat them into more unpaid labor sherishaw.net/blog/inside-...
how they'd use call density to do math on the presumed number of kids volunteers failed to "save" to browbeat them into more unpaid labor sherishaw.net/blog/inside-...
thanks for joining, y'all 👍
August 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
thanks for joining, y'all 👍
damn hardspace guy's got a bigass shoulder
August 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
damn hardspace guy's got a bigass shoulder
hitman NPCs will see this guy and be like "ah new guy, working hard or hardly working?"
August 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
hitman NPCs will see this guy and be like "ah new guy, working hard or hardly working?"