Stephanie Vee

Boo! Cult of the Lamb (which looks amazing) is out on iOS today... but it's not available as a standalone app and requires an Apple Arcade subscription to play. I'm so freaking sick of subscription services.

#gaming #mobilegaming

Plus, there’s so much LLM-generated bullshit on Substack now. It’s like LinkedIn.

Own your music
Own your video games
Own your art
Own your books
Own it all

If you sell it, then host it.

Stop fucking renting it all and relying on platforms that can remove it at will, change the content, censor it, track your data, take money from you…

Right? I got my PlayStation in 1996, and that was only like ten years ago! Surely?!

Any decent offline Diablo-esque ARPGs for iOS you’d recommend? Or Metroidvanias?

Thanks to Dead Cells and my new SCUF Nomad, I’m *finally* getting into iOS / mobile gaming. I can tell that Dead Cells will keep me entertained for a good long while, but I’d like to have some other options to try out when I’m travelling this month.

#iosgaming #mobilegaming #gaming

Monthly Rewind: November 2025 | Stephanie Vee A look back at what I added to my website in November 2025.

My latest monthly rewind is up! stephvee.ca/blog/rewinds... I wasn't able to add as much to my site this month as I would have liked, but any amount of time spent on the personal web is worth the effort, IMO.

#indieweb #blog #blogging

There’s still fun to be had! Just have to leave the search engines behind. I find loads of cool websites via the indieweb hashtag on Mastodon, or via forums like 32-Bit Cafe or the Melonland forums.

I guess she nibbled me to death with those fearsome teeth of hers. #catsofbsky

Agreed. It's a gorgeous, incredibly immersive game, but it's awful if you're a completionist and gets overwhelming very quickly. I'm generally a fan of RPGs, but I prefer those that provide a good balance between a tight main narrative and interesting OCCASIONAL side quests.

I loved the first Outer Worlds. ALMOST bought the sequel during the current sale, but was more tempted by Cyberpunk 2077 and now have regrets...

Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...

AI porn generator and ERP chatbot Secret Desires left millions of images and videos exposed in unsecured cloud storage. I took a look and found folders called "faceswap," where people had uploaded tons of stolen content and random photos of women www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

Welp, Smart Earrings Are a Thing Now Lumia is ready to release its health-tracking smart earrings to the masses.

"The Lumia 2, according to the company, can 'continuously track real-time blood flow to your head, giving anyone instant insight into how blood flow affects energy, focus, and mental clarity.'"

And we need to track this info ... why, exactly?

gizmodo.com/lumia-smart-...

YouTube video by gieco53 The System Is Down- Strongbad

Everyone with a website on Cloudflare today:

youtu.be/ILVfzx5Pe-A

imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum

your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️

AI companies like "our product will convince you to kill yourself, then monetize your spouse's grief with microtransactions while it also sexts with both them and your child. We lose billions of dollars a month btw"

And almost half the US stock market is now inextricably tied up in them.

Squeeze treats straight from the tube are also off limits for our void. Little dude turns into a fiend…

Won’t someone think of the poor LinkedIdiots who increasingly call Substack home? Don’t crush their LLM-driven passive income (extreme emphasis on “passive”) side hustle dreams!

PRIORITY ONE: ENSURE INTEGRATION OF GENERATIVE AI IN ALL SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS.

ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS SECONDARY.

HUMAN LABOUR EXPENDABLE.

I try to switch things up as well, but every so often I think “fuck it, I’m only reading Terry Pratchett this month.”

Fingers crossed! I’m taking a wait and see approach at this point in time, as I don’t really have any need to use the new software, and will continue to use V2 until my Mac can no longer run it.

... you sign up for a "free" account. When you sign up for a "free" service, you are completely at the company's mercy; they can gate features behind the optional subscription plan at any time. This is not the case for software purchased under a perpetual license model.

Glad you liked the article! I can see how the new model could be conceived of as a sort of "perpetual license," but I do think it's different. When you buy something that is advertised as a "perpetual license," you've entered into a very different relationship with that company than you do when ...

Affinity – my favourite one-time purchase graphic design software – just went "freemium." Sigh... Time will only tell if this is the first step towards enshittification. Some thoughts here: stephvee.ca/blog/tools/e...

#indieweb #blogging #blog #design #enshittification

AI browsers are here, and they're already being hacked Hackers can target AI browsers with prompts hidden in websites.

Say what you want, but these companies’ commitment to releasing half baked, insecure, or just plain dangerous products is something to behold.

Monthly Rewind: October 2025 | Stephanie Vee A look back at what I added to my website in October 2025.

Happy Halloween, Bluesky! My monthly recap is up: stephvee.ca/blog/rewinds...

I unfortunately didn't have a chance to write all of the horror-related blog posts I had planned for this month, but I *did* get through a creepy novel that's worth checking out.

#indieweb #blogging #blog #halloween

Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.

Moving On After a Screentime Setback | Stephanie Vee Setting screen time limits is wise, but setbacks are to be expected. Don't beat yourself up when they happen (and they will).

I had a major screen time setback yesterday and squandered almost the entire day on Reddit... Here's a short blog post on how I plan to deal with this sort of problem going forward: stephvee.ca/blog/digital...

#indieweb #blogging #socialmedia #digitalminimalism

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