Tootfinder

Let’s not pretend this is all new. People have written funny/cryptic message on ammo for thousands of years, and the meanings are often inside jokes.
“But the British museum has sling shot, the actual projectiles used in slings and slingshots, that have funny little messages carved into them. Messages like ‘Catch!’ But, you know, the messages are written in Ancient Greek because they were carved 300 or so years before Jesus was born.”

Writing funny stuff on ammo is over 2000 years old
Do you have that buddy who scratches messages into his M4 rounds? Or maybe you're the sailor who Sharpies "This one's for you" onto JDAMs destined for a

Politico is using SMS to send news updates that sound "personal and urgent" to a select group of lawmakers, staffers, and lobbyists working at the US Congress (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-ameri

How Politico is using text messages to boost engagement on Capitol Hill
Politico has started texting an invite-only group on Capitol Hill so its breaking news coverage gets to their phone lock screens.

Toxic Ink on Immutable Paper: Content Moderation for Ethereum Input Data Messages (IDMs)
Xihan Xiong, Zhipeng Wang, Qin Wang, William Knottenbelt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10761

Toxic Ink on Immutable Paper: Content Moderation for Ethereum Input Data Messages (IDMs)
Decentralized communication is becoming an important use case within Web3. On Ethereum, users can repurpose the transaction input data field to embed natural-language messages, commonly known as Input Data Messages (IDMs). However, as IDMs gain wider adoption, there has been a growing volume of toxic content on-chain. This trend is concerning, as Ethereum provides no protocol-level support for content moderation. We propose two moderation frameworks for Ethereum IDMs: (i) BUILDERMOD, where bu…

Tyler Robinson's roommate who tipped off FBI is identified as family refuse to deny transgender motive for Charlie Kirk assassination (Josh Boswell/Daily Mail)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15095195/tyler-robinson-roommate-text-messages-cops-arrest-utah.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250913/p39#a250913p39

"Google is suing alleged members of one 'relentless' Chinese smishing group that it claims has tried to con people in more than 120 countries around the world."
https://www.wired.com/story/lighthouse-google-lawsuit-scam-text-messages/

This Is the Platform Google Claims Is Behind a 'Staggering’ Scam Text Operation
Google is suing 25 people it alleges are behind a “relentless” scam text operation that uses a phishing-as-a-service platform called Lighthouse.