Peter Gleickpetergleick@fediscience.org
Oct 19, 2026, 4:29 AMOther than whatever Trump is saying now, this is one of the most annoying lies today:
"Reply STOP to opt out."
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Roadskater, Ph.D.roadskater@mastodon.socialOct 19, 2026, 4:47 AM@petergleick When you reply STOP, they just pass your number to the drone in the next cubicle and say, "We've got a live one that actually reads their texts."
Oct 19, 2026, 4:52 AM@roadskater @petergleick and by blocking that number, don’t you stop yourself from being able to get any text ever from that number, which is from what I understand often from a pool of numbers that are used by multiple different operations over the long run, maybe? It’s not like every campaign has a permanent forever number do they?