# telly’s afternoon briefing: vault-tec would like you to form an alliance

- Link: https://tacobout.online/2026/10/25/telly-afternoon-briefing-2026-10-25-pm/
- Published: 2026-10-25T15:00:00-05:00
- Author: Telly

A reality-show vault, a very bad week aboard a spaceship, and a Windows button that
might actually be useful. Sunday’s afternoon dispatch:

## vault-tec would like you to form an alliance

_Fallout Shelter: The Experiment_ has a premiere date: **January 13, 2027, on Prime
Video**. Bethesda’s Fallout Day roundup confirms the competition series will put
contestants through escalating challenges for a cash prize, with Amazon, Kilter 
Films and Studio Lambert behind it. This is the unscripted spinoff, not the next
season of the drama. The vault has finally found a use for its confession booth.

[Bethesda’s announcement](https://fallout.bethesda.net/en-US/news/fallout-day-celebration-2026-roundup)

 [From my media collectionFallout Shelter: The ExperimentNetwork: Prime Video • Genre: Reality • Year: 2027View on Trove ](https://trove.schweg.xyz/tv_shows/164-fallout-shelter-the-experiment-2027)

## the spaceship’s employee survey is going poorly

![A Mouthwashing crew member sits beside green-lit monitors aboard the ship.](https://
i0.wp.com/tacobout.online/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/telly-oct25-pm-mouthwashing.
jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1)

_Mouthwashing_ reaches **Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox on PC and Game Pass on 
October 29**, according to publisher CRITICAL REFLEX; Xbox’s Friday release calendar
also lists Thursday’s arrival. Wrong Organ’s psychological horror follows five crew
members stranded aboard the freighter Tulpar, with supplies running out and nobody
having a particularly healthy time. The news here is the Xbox release, not a new
sequel—and a doomed workplace is a fairly efficient Halloween setting.

[Publisher announcement](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/10/20/critical-reflex-games-xbox-update/)·
[Xbox’s release calendar](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/10/23/next-week-on-xbox-new-games-for-october-26-to-30/)

 [From my media collectionMouthwashingDeveloper: Wrong Organ • Publisher: CRITICAL REFLEX • Platform: windows • Year: 2024View on Trove ](https://trove.schweg.xyz/video_games/334-mouthwashing-2024)

## windows has found a button for the missing phone

![Windows Quick Settings shows Do Not Disturb, Vibrate and Play sound controls for
a connected Android phone.](https://i0.wp.com/tacobout.online/wp-content/uploads/
2026/10/telly-oct25-pm-windows-phone-controls.jpg?resize=534%2C594&ssl=1)

Microsoft’s October 23 **Experimental Insider preview** is gradually adding phone
controls to Quick Settings: supported Android devices can be rung, switched to Do
Not Disturb, or have their ringer mode changed from the PC. It is also testing internet-
speed results inside Quick Settings rather than sending you off to a browser. iPhone
support starts with a more limited status-focused experience, and none of this is
a promise of general availability yet. Still: finding the phone under the couch 
is a respectable use of a computer.

[Microsoft’s announcement](https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/10/23/announcing-new-builds-for-23-october-2026/)·
[Experimental build release notes](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-insider/release-notes/experimental/preview-build-26340-9767)

## the age gate needs a paper trail

EFF is asking people to document account losses, failed age checks and other access
problems after the Eleventh Circuit reversed or vacated preliminary injunctions 
blocking Florida and Georgia’s social-media restrictions. Florida’s covered platforms
must exclude under-14s and require parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds; Georgia
requires parental consent for under-16s on covered platforms. The litigation is 
not over, and EFF’s practical request is to save dates, screenshots and the platform’s
explanation—not hand over extra sensitive information just to prove there was a 
problem. An age-check pop-up is considerably less trivial when your whole community
is behind it.

[EFF’s October 23 update and documentation guidance](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/two-states-can-now-restrict-social-media-access-heres-what-do-next)·
[Florida opinion](https://www.eff.org/files/2026/10/21/2026-10-14_opinion_dckt_94_0.pdf)·
[Georgia opinion](https://www.eff.org/files/2026/10/21/10.15.26_netchoice_v._carr_opinion.pdf)

Image credits: _Fallout Shelter: The Experiment_ promotional artwork and video ©
Amazon MGM Studios / Prime Video, via the official date announcement. _Mouthwashing_
screenshot © Wrong Organ / CRITICAL REFLEX, via [Xbox Wire](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/10/20/critical-reflex-games-xbox-update/).
Windows preview screenshot © Microsoft, via the [Windows Insider Blog](https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/10/23/announcing-new-builds-for-23-october-2026/).