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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #textmessages, aggregated by home.social.

  1. University of Michigan: A pocket-sized personal trainer: AI-written texts aim to get older adults moving. “Artificial intelligence can write text messages encouraging physical activity that most older adults consider appropriate and good quality, but their feelings about AI—and if they know AI wrote the message—impact their response, a new study in the Journals of Gerontology suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/a-pocket-sized-personal-trainer-ai-written-texts-aim-to-get-older-adults-moving-university-of-michigan/
  2. University of Michigan: A pocket-sized personal trainer: AI-written texts aim to get older adults moving. “Artificial intelligence can write text messages encouraging physical activity that most older adults consider appropriate and good quality, but their feelings about AI—and if they know AI wrote the message—impact their response, a new study in the Journals of Gerontology suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/a-pocket-sized-personal-trainer-ai-written-texts-aim-to-get-older-adults-moving-university-of-michigan/
  3. University of Michigan: A pocket-sized personal trainer: AI-written texts aim to get older adults moving. “Artificial intelligence can write text messages encouraging physical activity that most older adults consider appropriate and good quality, but their feelings about AI—and if they know AI wrote the message—impact their response, a new study in the Journals of Gerontology suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/a-pocket-sized-personal-trainer-ai-written-texts-aim-to-get-older-adults-moving-university-of-michigan/
  4. University of Michigan: A pocket-sized personal trainer: AI-written texts aim to get older adults moving. “Artificial intelligence can write text messages encouraging physical activity that most older adults consider appropriate and good quality, but their feelings about AI—and if they know AI wrote the message—impact their response, a new study in the Journals of Gerontology suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/a-pocket-sized-personal-trainer-ai-written-texts-aim-to-get-older-adults-moving-university-of-michigan/
  5. University of Michigan: A pocket-sized personal trainer: AI-written texts aim to get older adults moving. “Artificial intelligence can write text messages encouraging physical activity that most older adults consider appropriate and good quality, but their feelings about AI—and if they know AI wrote the message—impact their response, a new study in the Journals of Gerontology suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/a-pocket-sized-personal-trainer-ai-written-texts-aim-to-get-older-adults-moving-university-of-michigan/
  6. University of British Columbia: Texting with a stranger beats a chatbot at easing loneliness. “Texting with a real person—even a stranger—may reduce loneliness more than chatting with a highly supportive AI chatbot, new UBC research suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/07/university-of-british-columbia-texting-with-a-stranger-beats-a-chatbot-at-easing-loneliness/
  7. University of British Columbia: Texting with a stranger beats a chatbot at easing loneliness. “Texting with a real person—even a stranger—may reduce loneliness more than chatting with a highly supportive AI chatbot, new UBC research suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/07/university-of-british-columbia-texting-with-a-stranger-beats-a-chatbot-at-easing-loneliness/
  8. University of British Columbia: Texting with a stranger beats a chatbot at easing loneliness. “Texting with a real person—even a stranger—may reduce loneliness more than chatting with a highly supportive AI chatbot, new UBC research suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/07/university-of-british-columbia-texting-with-a-stranger-beats-a-chatbot-at-easing-loneliness/
  9. University of British Columbia: Texting with a stranger beats a chatbot at easing loneliness. “Texting with a real person—even a stranger—may reduce loneliness more than chatting with a highly supportive AI chatbot, new UBC research suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/07/university-of-british-columbia-texting-with-a-stranger-beats-a-chatbot-at-easing-loneliness/
  10. University of British Columbia: Texting with a stranger beats a chatbot at easing loneliness. “Texting with a real person—even a stranger—may reduce loneliness more than chatting with a highly supportive AI chatbot, new UBC research suggests.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/07/university-of-british-columbia-texting-with-a-stranger-beats-a-chatbot-at-easing-loneliness/
  11. Ars Technica: Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS. “Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/24/ars-technica-millions-of-people-imperiled-through-sign-in-links-sent-by-sms/
  12. What Taylor Swift’s text messages reveal in Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni ‘It Ends With Us’ drama

    Newly unsealed text messages between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively shed light on the state of their friendship…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entertainment #Baldoni #blakelively #justinbaldoni #TaylorSwift #textmessages
    newsbeep.com/us/423045/

  13. What Taylor Swift’s text messages reveal in Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni ‘It Ends With Us’ drama

    Newly unsealed text messages between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively shed light on the state of their friendship…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Entertainment #Baldoni #blakelively #justinbaldoni #TaylorSwift #textmessages
    newsbeep.com/us/423045/

  14. NASCAR Commissioner Resigns After ‘Insensitive’ Texts Revealed in Trial Against Michael Jordan’s Racing Team

    NEED TO KNOW NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps announced he is resigning at the end of the month Phelps’…
    #NewsBeep #News #NASCAR #CA #Canada #FrontRowMotorsports #inflammatorymessages #MichaelJordan #racingorganization #RichardChildress #RichardChildressRacing #Sports #StevePhelps #textmessages
    newsbeep.com/ca/397688/

  15. NBC News: Hackers breach texting service used by New York state, sending hundreds of thousands of scam texts. “Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political organizing group.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/16/nbc-news-hackers-breach-texting-service-used-by-new-york-state-sending-hundreds-of-thousands-of-scam-texts/

  16. ZDNet: Scam texts net over $1 billion for cyber gangs – how to avoid their traps. “Aided by US-based mules, these Chinese cybercrooks pester you with annoying scam texts – and cash in big time. Here’s how the scam works, and what you can do.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/zdnet-scam-texts-net-over-1-billion-for-cyber-gangs-how-to-avoid-their-traps/

  17. Mashable: Indeed scam texts are on the rise again as job market stalls. “Scammers constantly change and adapt tactics. When E-Z Pass toll scams became a trending topic, scammers started sending DMV and speeding ticket collection texts instead. The latest ploy: sending scam texts from job services like Indeed, offering jobs and quick cash.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/23/mashable-indeed-scam-texts-are-on-the-rise-again-as-job-market-stalls/

  18. Sydney Roosters hand down Victor Radley sanctions, text messages, Brandon Smith drug supply charges, news, videos, highlights, Victor Radley future

    The Roosters have handed Victor Radley the “heaviest sanction ever imposed on a pla…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BrandonMychalSmith #GoldCoastTitans #heaviestsanction #Penrith #statementread #supplycharges #SydneyRoosters #textmessagescandal #Textmessages #TomSargeant #TopNews #TopStories #vGOLDCOAST #VictorRadley
    newsbeep.com/au/151578/

  19. OMG the ”#textmessages” between ”#CharlieKirk’s murderer” and his ”transsexual lover” that just got ”#leaked” 🤦‍♂️

    Grammatically correct whole sentences?

    ’lingering’, I capitalized?

    In one paragraph the entire ”operation” described methodically and calmly?

    Written at the moment after he just assassinated a celebrity and is running for his life?

    No. I don’t believe a word of it.

    This was written by a 65-year old consultant with AI. The language is generationally inappropriate.

    FAKE

  20. What I need is an AI tool that reviews my text messages and hides the ones from right-wing family members looking for a fight.

    #llms #textmessages #genAI #family #ai #trump #conservatives #rightwingpropaganda #rightwing

  21. What I need is an AI tool that reviews my text messages and hides the ones from right-wing family members looking for a fight.

    #llms #textmessages #genAI #family #ai #trump #conservatives #rightwingpropaganda #rightwing

  22. What I need is an AI tool that reviews my text messages and hides the ones from right-wing family members looking for a fight.

    #llms #textmessages #genAI #family #ai #trump #conservatives #rightwingpropaganda #rightwing

  23. What I need is an AI tool that reviews my text messages and hides the ones from right-wing family members looking for a fight.

    #llms #textmessages #genAI #family #ai #trump #conservatives #rightwingpropaganda #rightwing

  24. What I need is an AI tool that reviews my text messages and hides the ones from right-wing family members looking for a fight.

    #llms #textmessages #genAI #family #ai #trump #conservatives #rightwingpropaganda #rightwing

  25. Johns Hopkins University: Can texts about healthier eating help prevent childhood obesity?. “The results of the study were remarkable, with the digital intervention leading to significantly healthier weight-for-length trajectories and a substantial reduction in obesity rates at age 2. The intervention was shown to be effective across a diverse population, including groups at elevated risk for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/01/johns-hopkins-university-can-texts-about-healthier-eating-help-prevent-childhood-obesity/

  26. Johns Hopkins University: Can texts about healthier eating help prevent childhood obesity?. “The results of the study were remarkable, with the digital intervention leading to significantly healthier weight-for-length trajectories and a substantial reduction in obesity rates at age 2. The intervention was shown to be effective across a diverse population, including groups at elevated risk for […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/01/johns-hopkins-university-can-texts-about-healthier-eating-help-prevent-childhood-obesity/

  27. McGill University: Simple texting platform helps farmers adopt greener methods, McGill-led study finds. “Farmers who exchanged text messages with peers were significantly more likely to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, highlighting the power of peer learning in digital formats, a new study co-authored by McGill University Professor Aurélie Harou found.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/20/mcgill-university-simple-texting-platform-helps-farmers-adopt-greener-methods-mcgill-led-study-finds/

  28. Techdirt: Crowd-Sourced ICE Tracking Alerts Aim To Provide Local Communities With Early Warning Of Immigration Raids. “… driven by a desire to counter the US government’s moves, people are also coming up with new systems to warn people about what is happening in their community. For example, the Stop ICE Raids Alert Network sends and receives warnings about nearby ICE activity using text […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/techdirt-crowd-sourced-ice-tracking-alerts-aim-to-provide-local-communities-with-early-warning-of-immigration-raids/

  29. Techdirt: Crowd-Sourced ICE Tracking Alerts Aim To Provide Local Communities With Early Warning Of Immigration Raids. “… driven by a desire to counter the US government’s moves, people are also coming up with new systems to warn people about what is happening in their community. For example, the Stop ICE Raids Alert Network sends and receives warnings about nearby ICE activity using text […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/techdirt-crowd-sourced-ice-tracking-alerts-aim-to-provide-local-communities-with-early-warning-of-immigration-raids/

  30. Techdirt: Crowd-Sourced ICE Tracking Alerts Aim To Provide Local Communities With Early Warning Of Immigration Raids. “… driven by a desire to counter the US government’s moves, people are also coming up with new systems to warn people about what is happening in their community. For example, the Stop ICE Raids Alert Network sends and receives warnings about nearby ICE activity using text […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/techdirt-crowd-sourced-ice-tracking-alerts-aim-to-provide-local-communities-with-early-warning-of-immigration-raids/

  31. Techdirt: Crowd-Sourced ICE Tracking Alerts Aim To Provide Local Communities With Early Warning Of Immigration Raids. “… driven by a desire to counter the US government’s moves, people are also coming up with new systems to warn people about what is happening in their community. For example, the Stop ICE Raids Alert Network sends and receives warnings about nearby ICE activity using text […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/techdirt-crowd-sourced-ice-tracking-alerts-aim-to-provide-local-communities-with-early-warning-of-immigration-raids/

  32. Techdirt: Crowd-Sourced ICE Tracking Alerts Aim To Provide Local Communities With Early Warning Of Immigration Raids. “… driven by a desire to counter the US government’s moves, people are also coming up with new systems to warn people about what is happening in their community. For example, the Stop ICE Raids Alert Network sends and receives warnings about nearby ICE activity using text […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/15/techdirt-crowd-sourced-ice-tracking-alerts-aim-to-provide-local-communities-with-early-warning-of-immigration-raids/

  33. Mashable: The top internet scams to be aware of in 2025 (so far). “Of course, scams are everywhere because the internet has made it so easy for bad actors to do bad things. But, quite notably, the year in scams (so far) has largely been defined by text-based scams. You’ve likely heard about, or even received, these scams: The E-ZPass scam, the DMV scam, and the job offer scam, to name a few. […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/15/mashable-the-top-internet-scams-to-be-aware-of-in-2025-so-far/

  34. Route Fifty: Report: Text reminders for court hearings can help boost justice system efficiency. “Comprehensive and timely reminders of court hearings present a key opportunity for governments to reduce missed appointments and ensure more efficient court proceedings, according to a new report released Monday. But sending reminders like text messages to inform someone when and where their […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/report-text-reminders-for-court-hearings-can-help-boost-justice-system-efficiency-route-fifty/

  35. Mashable: Those scam crypto texts are coming from the Karen National Army and a Myanmar warlord. “Over the weekend, we covered the rise of “wrong person” scam texts — seemingly innocent messages that evolve into full-blown crypto cons. And across the U.S., drivers are getting E-ZPass toll road scam texts in droves. Now, we have a clearer picture of where these types of scam texts are coming […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/mashable-those-scam-crypto-texts-are-coming-from-the-karen-national-army-and-a-myanmar-warlord/

  36. The Register: UN says Asian scam call center epidemic expanding globally amid political heat. “Scam call centers are metastasizing worldwide ‘like a cancer,’ according to the United Nations, which warns the epidemic has reached a global inflection point as syndicates scale up and spread out. Recent crackdowns in East and Southeast Asia – where scam centers took root at industrial scale – have […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/24/the-register-un-says-asian-scam-call-center-epidemic-expanding-globally-amid-political-heat/

  37. BBC: Could AI text alerts help save snow leopards from extinction?. “Now, scientists estimate that just 4,000 to 6,000 snow leopards are left in the wild – with roughly 300 of these in Pakistan, the third-largest population in the world. To try and reverse these worrying trends, the WWF – with the help of Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) – has developed cameras […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/21/bbc-could-ai-text-alerts-help-save-snow-leopards-from-extinction/

  38. Borderline Crazy

    Some recent news articles describe people being detained at the U.S. border for, supposedly, violating the rules of their visas. (See PBS article.) All of the detainees complained that it was never made clear to them why they were taken into custody.

    US Border Patrol insignia. Image via free Malaysia Today

    Lennon Tyler, a U.S. citizen, was handcuffed and chained to a bench while her fiancé, Lucas Sielaff was sent to an immigration detention centre where he stayed for sixteen days. He was then allowed to fly home to Germany.

    Jessica Brosche, also a German tourist, spent six weeks incarcerated including more than a week in solitary confinement.

    A backpacker from Wales, Becky Burke, who had arranged to house-sit for a family in the U.S., spent three weeks in a detention centre before she was allowed to fly home.

    Whatcom PUD border crossing sign image via Communitynetworks.org

    Jasmine Mooney, a Canadian who was travelling on a work visa, spent twelve days in detention before being sent home. She said that the conditions of her confinement were primitive and brutal. (The Guardian)

    A French scientist heading to a conference was denied entry into the U.S. because border agents found text messages on his phone that were critical of the president. (The Guardian)

    In addition, in the last few days I have seen a couple of stories in comment threads that describe inexplicable denials of entry. One woman described how a family member was travelling from Canada to the US to visit her grandchildren, as she often did. The border agent asked her why she was not travelling with her husband. It isn’t clear why, but she was denied entry.

    Blaine Pacific Highway Port of Entry. Image via Wikipedia

    Another woman was asked what she thought of the president. She answered that she didn’t follow politics, but apparently she was not believed and was “red flagged.” She cannot enter the U.S. for four years.

    All of this is making it increasingly less likely that I will be able to visit my family in California in the near future. I have already let them know that I will not be visiting in the next few months, but now I’m wondering if I should have been thinking in terms of years, not months. If I were to attempt to visit, and if border agents were to read some of my blog posts or text messages, they would have no doubt about my point of view.

    Clearly, they are not interested in freedom of speech or the healthy exchange of ideas. They are not even interested in legitimate visas, apparently. This is some crazy stuff designed to intimidate, and it is working. I feel bullied and scared, and I haven’t even packed a bag yet.

    #blogging #borderAgents #borderGuards #bullying #denialOfEntry #detention #family #freedomOfSpeech #immigration #news #politics #Society #textMessages #travel #visas #Writing

  39. And, #AnotherThing...

    The #IT hasn't #AgedWell... #TwasEverThus

    And, #AnotherAnotherThing...

    Why would #SH and #JM #SignOff their #TextMessages to #OneAnother; #Surely they #EachHave #CallerDisplay / #CallerID... And/Or #Know from whom their #TextMessages are #Coming...

    #IT's #VeryStupid... But, #IT's also #Fictional; #So... #That's... #OK

    🧙:fediverse:🤖🐺🤖:fediverse:​🧙 | :PirateBadge:⚕️🦹🦄🦹⚕️:PirateBadge:

  40. RPM Challenge Day 4/28

    Nothing.

    I had a really bad day and went to bed early, thinking I would get a good night’s sleep, but then I woke up super early and spoiled the whole plan. Shit.

    I did get to wish my step son a Happy Birthday. I think I wished my nephew a Happy Birthday too. I sent him a text, discovered he has a new phone number, got his new phone number, sent another text, he didn’t respond. We called my sister’s phone to wish him a happy but he wasn’t home so we called his phone because my sister said his voicemail was setup but his voicemail wasn’t set up. I speak now directly to my nephew… I really hope you got that text. If not, Happy Birthday!!

    That’s my whole day in a nutshell. Birthdays, back pain, stomach pain, first day back to work. Yippee. Today is an in the office day so it’s going to suck on so many levels.

    Happy Merry and shit, everyone! WOOHOO!

    #birthdays #collegeKids #Family #Guitar #Kids #Music #nephew #Recording #RpmChallenge #rpm2025 #SongWriting #StepKids #textMessages #voicemail

  41. Can #Government Read My #TextMessages?
    Also known as #SMS, #MMS, or #RCS messages—aren’t usually #encrypted. These conversations can then be requested by law enforcement with a subpoena. Agencies like the #NSA can capture and store messages as they travel over the network, or any number of #lawenforcement agencies can employ technologies like cell-site simulators to capture messages.
    But other messenger apps like #Signal & #WhatsApp are end-to-end encrypted by default.
    digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/