Michael Garfield, The High-Tech Texan Show
Oct 17, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 23 segments
Michael Garfield breaks down the Tesla Roadster demo—is it the real deal or smoke and mirrors? Plus, ways to reduce political spam texts and calls, and the pros and cons of Wi-Fi calling.
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[clicks tongue] How many of you are sick of all these spam texts and spam calls about this upcoming election? And I'm gonna tell you right now, by this time, I should be best friends with Ken Paxton and, and James Talarico.
We're less than a few weeks away from the election, and that's what's happening right now.
But other times of the year, there's other spam, and I, I, I always read these press releases that cell phone companies, data companies, they're trying to stop the spam and do that.
I, I, I think these, and in this case, these, you know, political advertisers, for lack of a better term, they're making up, you know, 10 digits.
And so I don't respond, but, um, on my phone actually, um, I do have a block and send to spam.
And so what it'll do, and I do this for every single one, because I don't care all the political crap, all that.
Uh, I will block it, and then it'll send it off to, like, my provider, uh, uh, that this is spam.
But you know what happens? 10 minutes later, here comes another one, and then another one, and then another one.
Spam calls should be a bygone concern, but they're still plaguing so many of us.
And so I, I, I'm, I'm gonna give you a few tips over here, see if I can do it in the next two to three minutes before the first break.
But if you wanna filter unwanted calls, and if you have an iPhone, I want you to go to Settings, Apps, Phone.
[clicks tongue] How many of you are sick of all these spam texts and spam calls about this upcoming election? And I'm gonna tell you right now, by this time, I should be best friends with Ken Paxton and, and James Talarico.
We're less than a few weeks away from the election, and that's what's happening right now.
But other times of the year, there's other spam, and I, I, I always read these press releases that cell phone companies, data companies, they're trying to stop the spam and do that.
I, I, I think these, and in this case, these, you know, political advertisers, for lack of a better term, they're making up, you know, 10 digits.
And so I don't respond, but, um, on my phone actually, um, I do have a block and send to spam.
And so what it'll do, and I do this for every single one, because I don't care all the political crap, all that.
Uh, I will block it, and then it'll send it off to, like, my provider, uh, uh, that this is spam.
But you know what happens? 10 minutes later, here comes another one, and then another one, and then another one.
Spam calls should be a bygone concern, but they're still plaguing so many of us.
And so I, I, I'm, I'm gonna give you a few tips over here, see if I can do it in the next two to three minutes before the first break.
But if you wanna filter unwanted calls, and if you have an iPhone, I want you to go to Settings, Apps, Phone.
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