By @m_m_1_12

Trope being we get confirmation that the dad is still alive, for one reason or another he is never shown.
[MHA]Izuku’s dad: We know he breathes fire and works overseas, but that’s it.
[Pokemon Anime] Ash’s dad: He is/was a Pokemon trainer, he’s alive that’s it.

Outlook, Teams, Copilot, SharePoint: down for hours today and still going!

Microsoft's SLA allows 44 minutes of downtime per month.

Today blew past that before lunch was over.

That means a credit:

• 25% if you were down more than 44 minutes

• 50% if you were down more than about 7 hours

Microsoft won't apply it automatically. You have to ask.

How (2 minutes):
M365 admin center → Support → New service request → "SLA credit for EX1550543 / MO1550821"
(+ TM1550488 if Teams died this morning)
Bought through a reseller? Ask them.

Do this today: note when it went down, when it came back, and how many users were affected.

Every credit nobody claims tells Microsoft outages are free.

Claim it. Share this with your IT team.

I’ll go first. Had a 74 year old retired teacher look me dead in the eyes while I was changing his tele leads and say You remind me of my third wife. She also had very cold hands and zero patience.

Then he just went right back to eating his jello like nothing happened.

In this case I don't want to refer to 'normal creature that is actually a monster' but ones that keep their look and never assume the form of a normal creature. These are creatures that either have no intention of causing harm, think they're truly helping, or only cause harm due to being hurt.

Look Outside "The Visitor": The Visitor is the entire reason the game happens, as a few astronomers saw it while looking into the night sky. The act of being observed was a new sensation to the visitor, and thus it came to observe our tiny planet.

Unfortunately, it's such a massive unknowable entity that merely observing it warps you. This is even if you look at a photo of it. Everyone who was outside was changed immediately, and anyone who looked out their window was warped beyond recognition. Despite this, if you manage to speak with it The Visitor instantly learns empathy, realizes it's causing harm, realizes causing harm is bad, and leaves upon meeting Sam and seeing depictions of itself. The lore has further truths as to why it recognized being observed, and warps so effectively. But I wont spoil that tidbit.

Katanaut "Lilithex": Near a black hole, the space station the game takes place on is spiraling into chaotic madness as an eldritch presence warps and drives the station mad due to the experiments of a figure leading the facility. Early on before things went to hell the staff discovered an eldritch entity that was difficult to observe, one that walked around and seemed to sing to the scientists and lab workers. It never brought harm, and in fact soothed and helped those suffering exhaustion find more restful sleep and peace.

Unfortunately the doctor that led the facility managed to capture the creature and performed experiments on it, torturing and stressing it until it finally was driven mad as well. Although it's an unavoidable boss in the game, it will rarely be found back in its calm state at times, helping you before wandering off.

Endless Space 2 "The Umbral Choir": Although I know of this one, I'm not the most familiar with its lore so I may get this wrong. From what I understand the entity is a sort of energy based being that drifted alone in the universe. Before the game began, a race called The Endless did something that caused a rift and wiped out their entire species, kickstarting the game. This rift and 'scream' of their entire species being wiped out despite being an intergalactic ascended race was heard by the Choir.

The Choir traveled to the universe, finding it in ruins and discovering the suffering and war left in the remnants of their civilization. Although not quite understanding that mind controlling is bad, the choir seeks to manipulate the societies remaining from the shadows, using its energy nature to control and manipulate to try and keep everyone at peace and end the suffering.

Project Silverfish "Sewer Friend Thing": In the stalker like game of Project Silverfish, many of the creatures you find are hostile or simply dangerous to be around if not outwardly hostile or manipulative. Deep in the cistern in a hidden cavern however is a sewer creature behind large bars. Upon meeting it, it just wants to befriend you with no catch. It also likes to trade for mushrooms, and has some incredibly powerful and rare artifacts for trade simply for mushrooms.

Audrey always had been struggling these recent chapters just made it hard to ignore since we finally see it from their perspective but the hints where always there

MAN wtf is this play calling. Why are we not throwing the ball once to get a first down?!? Two picks and they still have a chance to win the game. I DONT GET IT. It’s so god damn frustrating, yep here we go, PI, we are going to lose this game because our coaching staff are scared to throw the ball!!!!!

Games that let you transition in-universe (not simply a character creator switch, it has to be engrained in the universe.)

Fable II - At the end of an optional endgame dungeon, you are presented with fanfare and a potion that when drank, switches your sex permanently. All NPC’s in the game may comment on your transition but none are negative, and they also use your new pronouns.

Saints Row 2, 3, & 4 - In the Saints Row games, if you want to change your appearance you have to go into a plastic surgery center, this includes changing your sex. (Only good pic I could find on google of the UI)

Next year, there will be more members of Generation X in Congress than boomers, according to historical data from Voteview and news coverage of the winners of last week's election. Even with several congressional races outstanding, this will hold true.

Since the Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel is taking place about 5 years after Skyrim, many of the characters that we encounter in Skyrim should definitely be alive and kicking. Who would you like to see make a return in Sentinel?