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Last seen: Oct 26, 2026
The image itself is worth a look. If it is a JPEG with compression artefacts around the text and a uniform white background, it was made in an editor,…
Will do a proper writeup this week. The short version is: fetch the search page, post the name, parse the result table, check for the word active.
“Updated” field, and the Wayback Machine. If the site content changed completely between two snapshots, that is your real start date.
An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking the story for a controlled comparison.
Also sort by newest and read the last twenty. Bought reviews cluster; organic ones are spread out and mention specific things that went wrong.
Write the decision rules before looking at the result. Even then, a personal log has limits; the spreadsheet doesn’t randomise your life.
And the denominator. Ten isolates in one small series shouldn’t quietly become a statement about everyone.
Emphasising the ‘call the number on the back’ part. Fraud-alert text scams are everywhere.