The leaves are turning now, and hunting season is starting next weekend. The kudzu problem turned out larger than anticipated, and so i expect we will have to continue with it in the spring. I have continued to work on our indoor mosquito problem, though with a some difficulty. I decided setting up box-fans with mosquito netting over the front in the plant room was the best option, however people kept turning off the fans when they went in there to watch TV, which sort of defeated the purpose, and so the attempt was ended up sort of being botched. Based on the little data i was able to glean, i think having a more powerful fan and a different net that hangs off the outflow rather than over the intake and has a shape with which to funnel and collect the insects would perhaps make a difference in the number of mosquitos caught. However, setting up a larger fan and this sort of catch-net would not really fit in the space, and so i think a real solution will probably have to do with changing how the plants are potted, and moving away from the standard leca-semi-hydro potting method. As of writing this summary everyone has left for church except me, and as of yet i have not been swarmed this morning, however yesterday i did have a mosquito come find me downstairs. The only thing i can think is they are breeding in the houseplants. all sinks and drains get too much water flowing through them regularly to function as a breeding-ground. anyway, i have some other things i need to get on to today.
https://dph.illinois.gov/topics-services/environmental-health-protection/structural-pest-control/mosquitoes-disease.html "...The eggs hatch into worm-like larvae that usually lie just beneath the water’s surface, breathe through tubes on the tail end of their bodies, and feed on microscopic organisms, such as bacteria. Thus most mosquito larvae require water containing organic material, such as leaves or sewage to serve as food for microorganisms that will be consumed by the developing mosquito larvae... ...Mosquitoes can fly long distances; some more than 20 miles from the water source that produced them. But they don’t fly fast, only about 4 miles an hour. And because they typically fly into the wind to help detect host odors, fewer mosquitoes are about on windy days... ...Unfortunately, the mosquito’s saliva also may contain pathogens such as malaria parasites or encephalitis virus. This is how mosquitoes transmit disease... ...They cannot develop in running water and water that is present less than a week. Therefore, every effort should be made to prevent water from accumulating in containers or, at least, empty water out of them on a weekly basis..." - this article mentions various poison-control-methods, however i think it is worth mentioning natural predators for mosquitos and their larvae exist, and a more ecological method might be a smarter approach. note my current mosquito problem seems to be only indoors right now. weather is getting colder and outdoor insect levels are starting to reduce, however it was my observation that I did not really notice a mosquito problem outdoors this summer even though we have a pond and various creeks nearby. I was diligent about emptying buckets and containers around outside the house, which i think is important because natural mosquito predators might have trouble getting into a plastic bucket(similarly this is how floodwater-mosquitos reproduce naturally in puddles). the problem indoors has been consistent however. I don't dispute that there certainly are mosquitos outside though, but i expect there are other easier hosts all around, and i am usually moving around when outside and so probably not the easiest host. likewise, i have noticed indoors that when multiple people are around i am not as likely to get a bite unless i am sitting still or i am in the room with the potted plants. here a quick list of mosquito predators(from wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito#Predators_and_parasites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damselfly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirligig_beetle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerridae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitofish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_spadefoot_toad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eared_slider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empididae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolichopodidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apus_(bird) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrachnidia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucoma_(ciliate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsporidia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saprolegniaceae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophthoraceae ...neat, mosquitos will nectar on flowers - never knew that! i think it is also worth noting that overuse of insecticides on humans and pets who swim in water affects the ecology of the natural predators of mosquitos, and is probably a big reason why the illinois department of public health reported that natural predators are ineffective. i suspect this is more of a problem in urban areas where insecticide is more prevalent, and where people and their pets often go in the water. i'm pretty sure i read some reports about this previously. here they are: https://hopewellanimalhospital.com/2021/02/16/flea-and-tick-products-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482650-dogs-pollute-water-with-pesticides-even-weeks-after-flea-treatment/ these 2 articles both deal with wearable/topical tick treatments. i'm not sure if oral treatment is safe for the environment or not, though it seems like it should be at least an improvement as far as ecology goes. here is another good mosquito source: https://www.mosquito.org/faqs/ "...Many studies have been conducted on this issue in the United States and abroad. To my knowledge, there has never been a successful transfer of the virus from an infected source to another host by bloodfeeding insects under experimental conditions. The experts have concluded that the insects are not capable of such transmission. Many biological reasons would lead one to this same conclusion, but the extensive experimental studies are the most powerful evidence for the conclusion. HIV DOES NOT replicate in mosquitoes. Thus, mosquitoes cannot be a biological vector as they are for malaria, yellow fever, or dengue. In fact, mosquitoes digest the virus that causes AIDS. There is no possibility of mechanical transmission (i.e., flying contaminated syringes); even though we all know that HIV can be transmitted by dirty needles. However, the amount of "blood" on a mosquitoes' mouth parts is tiny compared to what is found on a "dirty" needle. Thus, the risk is proportionally smaller. Calculations based on the mechanical transmission of anthrax and Rift Valley fever virus, both of which produce very high titers in blood, unlike HIV, showed that it would take about 10,000,000 mosquitoes that first fed on a person with AIDS and then continued feeding on a susceptible person to get 1 transmission. Mosquitoes are not flying hypodermic needles. Mosquitoes regurgitate saliva into the bite wound (the normal route for disease transmission) through a separate tube from that through which it imbibes blood..." - so the nature of how mosquitos suck blood actually make them pretty safe as far as not transmitting a wide range of blood-born pathogens, and the specific diseases they do transmit are only because those pathogens are evolved to get into the mosquito's saliva. i guess already knew the data around things like this was pretty safe, but I never knew why before. now i know
I was out doing some work on some kudzu and ailanthus infestations, and made some observations that got me thinking about the invasive insect the Spotted Lanternfly. Also, I'm still suffering along with Brown Marmorated Stinkbugs for how many years in a row. here are some notes I made on the subject: (note need to improve the workflow for this micro-blog. custom editing html in a body of text is kind of a drag. also, i need to start carrying a small camera with me. android-file-transfer.app is kind of slowing me down - also still manually editing photos.) -------------------------------------------------- First Lanterflies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_lanternfly ...apparently the lantern-fly(Lycorma delicatula) primarily lives on Ailanthus trees though can also feed on and damage many other species, some even allowing them to complete their life-cycles. https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly-management-guide ...good description of life-cycle ...walnut is also affected ...pen-state main lantern-fly page: https://extension.psu.edu/spotted-lanternfly ...another good article(shorter): https://entomologytoday.org/2020/09/10/list-known-host-plants-grows-invasive-spotted-lanternfly/ ...apparently the adults will attack maple trees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spotted_Lanternflies_Red_Maple_2019-10-17.jpg ...I noticed sooty mold on kudzu vine while working on some infestations recently, as well as some very dead Ailanthus trees with sooty mold and lantern-flies still on the tree: https://entomologytoday.org/sooty-mold-caused-by-spotted-lanternfly/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueraria_montana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_altissima Lanterflies spoil apples and other fruit(orchardists have been spraying non-stop): https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/whats-bugging-you/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly-damage https://www.fws.gov/story/stopping-spotted-lanternfly-its-tracks https://www.thepacker.com/news/produce-crops/preventing-spotted-lanternflies-damaging-apple-orchards https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-diseases/slf -------------------------------------------------- On to Stinkbugs: good article on stinkbug: https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/8/1/11/3745633 "...Stink bugs are pests of numerous crops, including soybean and corn..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_marmorated_stink_bug "...In the U.S., the brown marmorated stink bug feeds, beginning in late May or early June, on a wide range of fruits, vegetables, and other host plants including peaches, apples, green beans, soybeans, cherries, raspberries, and pears... ... They feed on a wide array of plants including apples, apricots, Asian pears, cherries, corn, grapes, lima beans, peaches, peppers, tomatoes, and soybeans..." do they affect chestnuts? i do see a lot of stinkbugs flying around when over at the chestnut orchard during harvest(also some lanternflies). i have not witnessed them on the nuts however. perhaps the shells are to thick? there are all sorts of other trees in the areas so maybe they just come in from the forest. supposedly they live on almonds pecans and walnuts https://www.stopbmsb.org/where-is-bmsb/host-plants/ also supposedly hazelnuts: https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/nut/hazelnut/hazelnut-brown-marmorated-stink-bug -------------------------------------------------- Still having trouble with technology: https://academic.oup.com "browser out of date" - academics are such a bunch of dummies. ...though it seems to work today?! ...hey it doesnt work again! note: still on firefox esr https://cvillerightnow.com seems to hate non-chromium web-browsers ...it also doesn't like my old version of vivaldi(cert error) (note: vivaldi is the opera spin-off after opera got bought and the founder left) https://www.walmart.com/ "Sorry... We’re having technical issues, but we’ll be back in a flash."
walmart.com appears to be down(tried both linux and old mac palemoon and firefox). hopefully it is not just me. my brain is fried from chestnuts. i have so much to catch up on. ...and i need to buy stuff from walmart - i don't want to drive there just to check their inventory.
btw, the cell-network has been totally screwed up the past few days. the only thing i can think is all the people around for this big music festival they are having. you can see the spotlights and lasers all the way over here in Roseland - and sometimes catch a bit of bass-beat.
Hooray! i finally finished recording all my spam texts from over the past 2 years. I stayed home today to work on this while mom handled thins for me in the orchard. We had a fair number of people there taking advantage of the free pick-your-own when i went by to bring her lunch. However, the rate of the nut-fall for this season has diminished enough now that we decided conclude this year's commercial harvesting this week. It started late and ended early this year. We did have a late frost this year, though my blame goes more to the small drought we had through August and September - there were lots of brown leaves on the trees. Anyway, here is a pic from the last day with my pickers:
1.312.473.8351 23456(latest spam on the 10th) 1.332.265.1153 1.540.216.0656 1.718.750.4973 1.771.249.1570 1.332.265.1704 1.937.249.8805 1.202.771.5553 1.470.852.8392 1.202.754.9886 ... oct 2025 ...more sep-oct recorded previously... 1.771.243.2054 1.608.571.0003 1.771.888.6770 1.771.243.1215 1.771.243.2081 1.771.246.1437 1.771.217.5589 1.541.373.6279 1.937.284.5928 1.771.243.1406 1.771.208.5295 1.771.243.1219 1.771.243.0682 1.771.243.0569 1.202.771.2807 1.202.836.8137 1.771.888.6861 1.771.243.2125 1.771.243.0566 1.771.208.5220 1.771.243.0480 1.771.243.1216 1.771.243.0452 1.771.243.0590 sep 2025 1.771.243.1366 1.771.243.0563 1.771.243.2043 1.771.243.1273 1.202.864.2975 1.771.243.1382 1.202.864.3051 1.771.243.1421 1.771.243.1359 1.771.888.6321 1.771.246.1394 1.571.367.1278 1.202.771.2818 1.771.243.1069 1.771.243.0528 1.771.888.6225 1.771.246.1416 1.771.243.1339 1.771.208.5293 1.771.243.1333 1.771.246.1466 1.262.222.5455 1.771.217.5798 1.771.243.1393 1.771.243.0623 1.202.800.9943 1.771.243.0462 1.202.864.2724 1.771.243.0490 1.771.243.0483 1.771.246.1669 1.770.525.0877 1.202.771.2761 1.771.243.2077 1.771.243.0596 1.771.243.0477 1.771.217.5372 1.771.243.2060 1.771.246.1481 1.771.243.0470 1.771.217.5697 1.771.243.0843 1.771.246.1440 1.302.469.6384 1.771.243.0505 1.202.771.2822 1.771.243.0603 1.771.246.1448 1.771.243.1188 1.771.243.2064 1.771.246.1384 1.771.243.0498 1.771.243.0586 1.771.243.0629 1.771.217.5695 1.771.208.5213 1.771.243.1279 1.771.243.1394 1.771.243.0577 1.771.888.6304 1.202.428.4233 1.771.208.5199 1.771.246.1381 1.771.243.0576 1.771.246.1398 1.771.243.0589 1.771.243.2051 1.771.243.0600 1.771.246.1433 1.202.771.2823 1.771.246.1387 1.202.864.0162 1.202.864.2760 1.771.246.1436 1.202.771.2811 1.771.246.1423 1.771.243.1190 1.771.208.5217 1.202.864.0779 1.771.243.0612 1.771.246.1415 1.771.243.0514 1.771.243.0476 1.771.243.2058 1.771.243.0560 1.202.771.2772 1.202.864.2726 1.202.864.0002 1.771.246.1397 1.771.243.1252 1.771.243.2048 1.771.246.1801 1.771.208.5206 1.202.771.2821 1.771.246.1408 1.771.243.0570 1.771.246.1478 1.771.243.0650 1.771.243.1151 1.771.243.0615 1.771.243.0621 1.771.246.1536 1.771.243.1261 1.771.243.0659 1.771.246.1386 1.771.246.1429 1.771.243.0534 1.202.771.2808 1.771.243.0567 1.202.836.8167 1.771.246.1754 1.771.243.1218 1.771.243.0492 1.771.243.0592 1.202.864.2994 1.771.243.0587 1.771.888.6402 1.771.243.0561 1.202.771.2773 1.771.243.0845 1.771.888.6397 1.771.243.2175 1.771.243.0458 1.771.243.1277 1.771.243.0598 1.771.243.0658 1.771.243.1347 1.771.243.0588 1.417.380.6830 1.771.246.1759 1.771.243.0582 1.771.243.1341 1.771.243.2068 1.771.243.1420 1.771.246.1733 1.771.243.1365 1.771.243.0697 1.771.243.0649 1.771.243.0585 1.771.243.0648 1.771.888.6915 1.771.243.1271 1.771.243.2149 1.771.243.2171 1.771.243.0824 1.771.243.1380 1.771.243.2148 1.571.367.1282 1.771.246.1421 1.771.243.2057 1.346.577.4554 1.771.243.1410 1.771.208.5196 1.771.243.0601 august 2025 1.771.243.0820 1.771.243.2052 1.771.208.5191 1.771.243.0677 1.771.243.0580 1.771.246.1753 1.771.243.2143 1.771.243.0489 1.771.243.0461 1.703.349.5058 1.771.208.5214 1.771.243.1241 1.771.246.1544 1.771.243.0500 1.771.243.0557 1.771.243.0568 1.771.208.5288 1.771.243.1374 1.771.243.0660 1.771.243.1280 1.771.243.1414 1.771.243.1336 1.771.217.5718 1.771.243.0686 1.771.243.0481 1.202.771.2763 1.202.771.2812 1.771.243.0499 1.771.217.5411 1.771.243.0559 1.202.771.2760 1.771.243.1338 1.771.243.1157 1.771.243.0583 1.771.217.5923 1.771.243.1145 1.771.243.0558 1.771.243.1403 1.771.208.5273 1.771.243.2056 1.771.243.2121 1.202.836.8148 1.771.243.0551 1.771.243.0799 1.771.243.1337 1.771.243.0646 1.771.243.0579 1.202.771.2778 1.771.243.1398 1.771.243.0833 1.773.840.1849 1.202.864.0714 1.202.836.8159 1.702.725.0364 1.804.369.9418 1.771.208.0498 1.771.243.0617 1.202.771.2768 1.771.243.1351 1.771.208.5183 1.771.243.0694 1.771.243.0840 1.202.771.2817 1.771.243.0826 1.771.243.0605 1.771.243.1155 1.771.243.0662 1.771.243.2073 1.771.208.5290 1.771.243.0504 1.771.243.0572 1.771.243.0506 1.771.208.5189 1.202.864.0777 1.771.243.0453 1.771.243.0675 1.202.864.2993 1.771.243.1423 1.771.243.0456 1.771.243.0681 1.771.243.0494 1.832.219.9298 1.202.864.0783 1.771.888.6993 1.771.243.0837 1.771.243.1412 1.771.243.0636 1.771.243.0831 1.771.243.0597 1.771.243.0625 1.771.243.0457 1.771.208.5210 1.920.335.3767 1.771.243.0639 1.202.864.2800 1.771.243.2078 1.771.243.0546 1.771.243.2069 1.771.888.6307 1.771.243.0821 1.771.243.0651 1.771.246.2310 1.202.836.8163 1.771.243.0609 1.771.243.1392 1.771.243.0800 ^^^july 2025 continued
i spent some more time recording spam-numbers(also the cell network has been finicky today). oops looks like i made a typo in the previous post about spam(i will leave it there). here is this past year's (partial)list. the previous was from 2024. i'm only copying numbers and deleting threads now. i have given up on reporting to Verison. this still takes a really long time. i wish kyocera-os had a better method for this sort of thing.
... 1.202.836.8165 1.771.243.2066 1.771.243.0802 1.771.243.0593 1.202.836.8168 1.771.243.0482 1.771.243.0513 1.771.243.0484 1.771.243.1144 1.771.243.0692 1.771.243.0816 1.771.246.2228 1.771.243.0644 1.434.732.6501 1.771.243.0695 1.202.864.3005 1.771.346.2425 1.771.243.0632 1.771.246.2202 1.771.243.0496 1.771.243.1205 1.771.243.2036 1.771.243.0839 jul 2025 1.771.243.0486 1.771.249.3382 1.771.249.3233 1.202.771.2857 1.771.249.3246 1.771.243.2120 1.771.249.3492 1.771.246.2341 1.771.249.3305 1.771.246.2396 1.771.249.3570 1.202.864.0782 1.771.243.2050 1.771.249.3293 1.771.888.6412 1.771.243.1207 1.771.243.0556 1.771.243.0830 1.202.771.2843 1.771.249.3259 1.202.771.2877 1.332.238.4168 1.771.243.0575 1.207.209.2246 1.202.771.2837 1.771.243.0689 1.771.249.3304 1.202.771.2834 1.771.249.3520 1.771.243.2037 1.771.243.0696 1.771.249.3255 1.202.771.2840 1.202.864.0715 1.771.243.0674 1.771.246.2431 1.332.238.1191 1.771.243.1211 1.771.249.3426 1.771.249.3343 1.771.249.3359 1.771.249.3584 1.332.238.2158 1.771.243.1222 1.771.249.3482 1.202.771.2861 1.771.243.1407 1.202.771.2867 1.771.243.2122 1.771.243.1221 1.771.243.1409 1.771.243.1209 1.771.243.0521 1.771.243.0545 1.771.246.2372 1.771.243.1180 1.771.243.0526 1.708.907.0257 1.771.246.2325 1.771.243.0536 1.413.265.3112 1.216.345.5743 1.771.243.0533 1.771.243.1177 june 2025 1.771.243.0531 1.771.243.1152 1.771.243.1154 1.630.358.9926 1.215.528.7927 1.323.243.8546 1.206.970.6734 1.771.243.0552 1.202.864.2999 1.626.830.9843 1.771.246.2368 1.771.246.2309 1.771.243.1139 1.626.830.6963 1.229.550.7523 1.313.482.9831 1.202.864.0786 1.771.243.1138 1.771.246.2357 1.771.246.2367 1.771.243.0525 1.250.858.8329 1.319.302.7095 may 2025 1.516.253.0963 1.434.344.0001 1.484.396.0451 1.312.796.6678 1.978.609.2533 1.227.239.8250 1.224.351.3960 apr 2025 1.630.703.1394 1.630.703.1441 1.703.982.6684 1.626.760.1410 1.877.790.4251 1.770.741.6411 atlanticunionbanks@joyhivepro.com - WITWCT! an email sent me text! 1.830.217.0014 1.804.255.9095 1.866.969.3819 1.516.226.2340 mar 2025 1.567.213.1132 1.888.906.1787 1.434.201.8786 1.517.798.3707 1.844.482.7676 feb 2025 1.804.985.3183 jan 2025 1.833.822.7429 1.618.794.4324 1.833.380.3783 1.945.237.1810 december 2024 1.828.705.9170 1.833.365.5161 1.833.367.3344 1.434.238.3309 november 2024
i couldn't finish today. i will have to finish the rest of july+august+september later. i'd love write an apk for aosp some time, and maybe improve the situation with these lesser known phones. hopefully i can get to actually playing around with my phone some time. i have previous dev experience in FOSS, so i think writing an apk might be realistic(or contributing to an existing one). I just got to finish my big to-do list first. p.s. read reports should be crime against humanity copying this by hand is such a chore. also a fair percentage of these were repeat spammers/scammers. my phone was completely clogged and useless(and still sort of is). I wish service providers valued their customers more. or should i blame the FCC?
We have been having all sorts of new fun with my sister's houseplants. She seems to have special method she uses incorporating something called LECA(lightweight expanded clay aggregate). To be honest, i am still a bit suspicious, and i have noticed the odd mosquito flying around the house lately. i decided i should learn more about it, while i take a break from recording all last year's spam numbers from my phone: Why Plants Always Look WORSE In Your Home (2:00) light is important (3:55) use a hygrometer+thermometer (4:15) misting/ humidifying can be unrealistic, and certain species may not be appropriate for living in the conditioned open-air-space of a home. (7:30) fertilizing + watering (8:50) overwatering: accommodate for soil-type and drainage What Pros Know About Soil That Beginners Don't (1:10) peat/coir+perlite/leca+mulch/compost = potting mix (3:00) choose soil with water retention to match variety (3:50) roots also need oxygen is leca in stagnant water a good way to get oxygen to roots? (answer in next video) (5:35) key concepts for potting: drainage, aeration, and moisture-retention (7:30) pot material vs porosity(plastic vs terracotta) (11:18) leca(see next video) Changing THIS Will Make Your Snake Plant THRIVE (3:20) "semi-hydro" with leca partially submerged in water isn't this a mosquito party? maybe other bugs too? (5:00) leca holds oxygen, aerating the water, allowing plant to survive in stagnant water longer (7:20) nutrients and leca and "plant food" (8:40) pH issues (9:19) flush leca and change water occasionally this is probably also smart to help prevent mosquitoes I'm still not sure i understand the full reason why leca is so much better than regular soil in draining pots? skipping through some more videos i'm told soil has all sort of benefits like preventing fungus gnats, though i definitely am experiencing a mosquito around here lately(i'm pretty sure coming from the pots of standing water and leca). Idk, it is not my project. i am though slightly concerned about the increased humidity from all the pots of water everywhere. i measured 85-90% at it's peak indoors this summer. i guess that is what the houseplants need? is there a way to not humidify the whole house?
Still no replies on my latest verizon community post(i don't expect i will get any). here is the link to my first post: Below is long list of spam texts numbers from this past year until the last time i cleared spam from my phone. Perhaps there was a better way to get all these numbers, but i don't know about it, so i just typed them out, and consequently there could be a few typos. that said. i was very careful typing, and there do exist area-codes that are single digit swaps of one another. and point worth noting is that people change there numbers, so eventually this list may become out of date, though many entries here were repeat offenders:
23456 repeat 5 digit number - verizon won't let me block it 1.812.609.0350 1.602.428.2493 1.833.216.2403 1.517.705.3049 1.804.293.5510 1.725.485.1207 1.872.299.5928 1.517.939.1687 1.833.601.5288 1.703.213.5245 1.517.939.1681 1.928.470.0396 1.570.848.3012 1.803.679.5265 1.803.991.5717 1.561.463.3034 1.906.397.9677 1.313.499.9874 1.313.548.2910 1.561.449.8491 1.202.984.9773 1.267.609.7754 1.574.297.0222 1.346.358.9404 1.517.939.1689 1.561.463.4261 1.571.832.0277 1.401.812.3811 1.517.939.1712 1.561.532.0226 1.561.363.0519 1.838.217.2867 1.517.939.1673 1.771.888.2370 1.847.597.1317 1.424.290.0508 1.517.939.1683 1.209.691.3047 1.434.290.0348 1.346.476.0966 1.616.221.5958 1.202.984.2657 1.202.963.2330 1.843.214.2635 1.832.481.2349 1.484.820.2867 1.517.939.1720 1.346.295.9980 1.771.244.5995 1.346.295.8736 1.202.984.1588 1.202.963.2530 1.832.365.3060 1.843.214.2679 1.843.214.2693 1.771.213.1732 1.571.390.6326 1.832.481.3394 1.571.390.6358 1.571.390/6380 1.517.939.1722 1.202.984.1573 1.518.243.0080 1.855.428.2128 1.202.938.3099 1.252.513.7747 1.202.963.1938 1.771.213.0818 1.571.832.0605 1.345.595.9312 1.771.208.0064 1.202.984.1605 1.724.274.1654 1.571.390.6399 1.202.984.2665 1.771.212.8953 1.832.447.1358 1.956.232.8082 1.346.476.0040 1.202.984.1603 1.855.401.2532 1.434.290.0387 1.571.390.6360 1.571.390.6351 1.771.222.3615 1.771.222.1682 1.771.213.1733 1.771.222.3650 1.804.818.6572 1.571.390.6267 1.434.290.0382 1.571.901.9631 1.773.657.2383 1.202.984.2664 1.202.984.2672 1.434.290.0386 1.669.279.2487 1.985.364.1064 1.571.390.6321 1.517.939.1707 1.202.936.7359 1.771.244.6761 1.833.601.5285 1.202.984.1666 1.561.356.8236 1.434.290.0571 1.213.263.3354 September/2024 1.410.914.1096 1.931.226.4868 1.507.810.2313 1.855.428.4998 1.507.739.6569 1.571.931.5040 1.216.532.0653 1.571.901.9632 1.520.606.0077 1.202.968.7660 1.838.231.4948 1.571.583.0816 1.307.285.9473 1.434.352.1213 1.608.740.5058 1.623.283.3127 1.771.222.9527 1.726.262.0445 1.571.899.3805 1.202.773.5028 1.330.767.9486 1.463.348.1158 1.272.999.6263 1.747.200.0085 1.202.908.1441 1.202.990.5152 1.442.313.7259 1.202.920.1239 1.571.831.0501 1.934.223.1764 1.202.984.1576 1.262.594.0667 1.202.984.1578 1.571.390.6370 1.504.429.6179 1.541.452.6689 1.501.491.0328 1.414.279.0372 1.202.983.5495 Aug/2024 1.559.282.8697 1.202.952.0726 1.712.201.5838 1.771.222.0525 1.509.796.0968 1.202.984.1583 1.202.899.8723 1.571.293.6182 1.571.293.6078 1.571.584.1512 1.202.984.1564 1.571.831.0605 1.424.502.2438 1.651.448.2381 1.571.534.1432 1.843.253.8299 1.571.584.1526 1.412.205.8610 1.571.584.1546 1.571.390.6316 1.202.869.2369 1.202.807.5515 1.313.482.9831 1.833.365.4491 1.520.476.0397 1.956.731.0243 1.571.584.1518 july/2024 1.571.390.6327 1.202.849.5831 1.571.390.6355 1.610.275.4703 1.260.703.7059 1.928.612.5382 1.779.899.2361 468.311 six digits only - something about veterans 1.337.333.1068 1.888.587.9467 1.570.382.9551 1.205.289.8025 1.208.219.7167 1.559.729.0250 1.833.705.3815 1.770.526.0176 june/2024 1.217.834.4742 1.833.705.3739 1.217.404.3069 1.252.513.4711 1.217.404.3068 1.667.276.4022 1.934.667.2016 may/2024 1.855.401.2385 1.855.428.2241 1.572.205.2453 1.771.777.3549 1.307.886.4613 1.231.497.1757 1.888.865.1799 1.929.693.7753 1.329.208.0597 1.810.673.7064 april/2024 1.970.481.1939 1.936.679.8702 1.216.490.0759 1.833.959.0885 1.240.256.6754 march/2024 1.833.772.9988 1.447.442.1724 1.928.735.3746 1.833.945.4955 1.804.533.7561 ...it appears i deleted all spam older than this already.
i suspect the moral of the story is never donate to any causes or political campaigns using a credit-card. It also probably doesn't help that we are living though some times of relative polarization and increasingly lawlessness(especially for white collar crime).
Edit(11:50pm): it appears after further research that Verizons call-filter function only works on calls and has no effect on text messages. so they haven't improved their product, and i am a dumbass for waisting an afternoon trying block spammers and expecting verizon to help me out. at this point i should just stop using phones - they suck! i think i'll leave the rest of the post below, as a memorial to time well spent. also, in other news google is trying to butcher their brand by becoming apple(full story on tempasta). I spent some time this afternoon reporting spam on verizon's (new to me)call-filter page. i ran out of steam and was only able to do the last 30 days - it was alot! i made the decision fairly early in the process to start saving each number in a list - i'm not sure if i trust verizon yet to actually take care of the problem until i get some time to assess the results.
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i think that comes out to be about 4 spam texts a day over the course of the last month. it's kind of debilitating as far as using my phone goes. i got a bit happy near the end and decided to include some screenshots. no reply yet on my post about blocking short-code numbers(give it time):
Hi, I posted many months back about my incredible problem with SPAM. I am happy to see that Verizon seems to have enabled call filtering for more customers now, and so i am beginning to take advantage for the feature myself. i am however running into a problem in that the one of the repeat offenders spamming me is a so-called "shortcode number". the number in question is "23456". It is definitely spam, possibly some kind of swindle, and i am wise enough to not interact with swindlers, and i sort of see it as Verizon's job to take care of this for me(the customer). I have already reported the spam via android-os, and typed the number it into the automated message you get, and my phone recognizes it as spam now, but i still keep getting the messages. I would really like to fix this, and while call-filtering seems to work on 10-digit numbers, it appears there is a problem doing 5-digit shortcode numbers. i try to report the number, but the page says "Please enter a valid Mdn", and will not accept my submission. i read in this other post(https://community.verizon.com/t5/Other-Phones-Archive/Blocking-an-SMS-Shortcode-Number/td-p/685336) that there is a way to block shot-codes all together, however i don't think that would work for me since i think i get texts from various places i do business with, including my doctor, and so this would sort of be a problem. that said, is there a way to block a specific short-code number(like "23456")? Please help and thanks in advance!
p.s. i just got two more spams. i hope this call-filter kicks in soon!
Well, i got the final nail in the coffin for Protonmail. It says on their site that they support palemoon, however in reality i have found this is not the case. I'm not interested in their apps and fomo, and so i am quitting. it looks like they on the hook me for another year though - Dang! They seem to put a lot of effort into telling a good story, but i find basic functionality kind of lacking. maybe it is better in their app, but i'm not interested. So, i'm switching to Mailfence(note to not forget the parent company is Contact Office Group. or is it ContactOffice Group? it is impossible to find anywhere on their site that provides this info). Also, i expect i will be falling back again on my various Big-Tech accounts. maybe i'll also try looking into using my various domain names more? anyway, hopefully i can find a solution since email is kind of necessary for me. and it was sort of proven technology a long time ago. i'm not sure why everything needs to be reinvented all the time. Tutanota appears mangled on firefox-esr, and palemoon. that must be why i don't have an account there. also, icloud now appears to not support palemoon or firefox-esr anymore, so i guess i'm done there too now. hopefully google, yahoo, and aol continue to work for awhile longer. it makes me sad how many companies don't put in enough effort to find good web-developers and make there sites run. i guess i'm not reading AP anymore or shopping at Zoro(also Lowes and various other hardware-store websites seem be giving me trouble lately).
In brighter news, I'm very happy to say that it appears Verizon has extended call-filtering to all their customers, so it looks like i can finally get about reporting all my mountain of spam messages and voicemails! there site is a little buggy though. hopefully they don't break it entirely, and i can continue to use the service without buying a new computer.
Well, things have been pretty busy recently. In addition to it being chestnut season, it is also the annual stinkbug season, and so i took some spare time to apply what i learned during my chestnut vacuum build to make myself some cyclone vacuums for stinkbugs using hardware store 5-gal buckets. Results so far are much better than last year using a regular vacuum cleaner - less stinky! It does however still take time which is limited right now during chestnuts, and i have still not really been able to keep up. I had one bug in my fresh pair of underpants last night after getting out of the shower. I hate stinkbugs! This a major issue every year! And they never go away, continuously crawling out of the woodwork all winter, until they finally dissipate some time middle of spring. I have tried building traps in previous years, with the inverted funnel from a 2-liter bottle trick being the most recent interest - that one works okay. Perhaps i will get some time soon to work more on this problem. I would like to not live in stinkbug hell again this winter. Anyway, about chestnuts. Sorry, no harvest pictures(i guess forgot), though i did take some while mowing in the orchard. Many thanks to my high-school-helpers! The chestnut vacuum is showing great promise, though i need to make some more tweaks. I think it should be good to go now for the future when we get drowned in chestnuts. I also have been trying out to a new harvesting+mowing procedure this season whereby i follow my pickers with the mower. The result is i think the grass looks much better this year than last - things got away from us a bit last year. Short grass really makes a difference as far as finding all the nuts on the ground under a given tree. This harvest has been relatively light, and so it has been easy to keep up and cover the whole orchard each day. I am hoping that, with my new chestnut-vacuum prototype and the new picking+mowing harvest-procedure, we should be able to keep up with things better going forward, and in future seasons the grass will always be kept short and the nuts picked up, aside from those freshly fallen on a given day. However for this season, it seems to be going kind of slow, as far as getting sales, and also the harvest is perhaps beginning to tail-off a bit. We will be there this afternoon, but I am going to have to figure out an alternative schedule for next weekend. Today might be the last day of regular hours. We might do appointments only next weekend and order-by-email. IDK, i will have to make a decision on this soon. p.s. i found some milkweed and some hickory nuts
