Carlos Villalobos Jr

(CJ Villa) Songwriter, Producer, Composer. Carpenter, car & bike nut.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Let me explain exactly why your phone seems to read your thoughts, because the real answer is more invasive than telepathy.

Every time you open a website or app, a real-time bidding auction fires in under 100 milliseconds. Your GPS coordinates, browsing history, device fingerprint, age, gender, income bracket, and hundreds of inferred interest categories get packaged into a “bid request” and broadcast to hundreds of companies simultaneously. One company wins the ad slot. All of them keep the data.

This happens thousands of times per day per person. A 2018 New York Times investigation found 75 companies pulling precise location data from apps, with some users tracked up to 14,000 times in 24 hours.

In 2012, a Target statistician identified 25 products that, purchased in combination, could predict a customer was pregnant and estimate her due date. A teenager’s father discovered she was pregnant because Target sent baby coupons to the house before she told anyone. That was one retailer. Store receipts only. Fourteen years ago.

Now scale that. Your phone pings GPS while you sleep. Data brokers link your phone, laptop, and tablet through probabilistic matching of IP addresses, WiFi networks, and behavioral patterns without you ever logging in. The FTC caught two brokers in 2024 categorizing people by visits to reproductive health clinics, political protests, and religious services, then selling those profiles to law enforcement.

The algorithm doesn’t hear your thoughts. It compares your behavioral fingerprint against millions of similar profiles and predicts your next interest before you’re consciously aware of it. It makes hundreds of predictions per day. You ignore the misses. The five hits feel like telepathy.

You paid for the phone. You pay for the data plan. You generate the signal. And every time a page loads, your identity gets auctioned to the highest bidder before the content even renders.

They called it “personalized advertising” because “real-time mass surveillance funded by the people being surveilled” doesn’t fit on a consent banner.

[2000's WWE @2000s_WWE]

Shawn Michaels breaks out of his heel character to help a child with Down Syndrome who tried jumping into the ring and was grabbed by security. Respect to HBK 💔

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

We will take from him, EVERYTHING!

[Steven Cravis @StevenCravis]

@ZelenskyyUa Please forgive us for our embarrassing reporters, like the one who commented on your clothing. Many millions of us in America respect and care about you, your country and the citizens of Ukraine unlike the hostility and disrespect that was shown by the elected president and vice president. People will try to troll my comment because of how Elon pushes only a one sided algorithm. #FreeSpeech #Democracy #Freedom #USA #Ukraine

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

This gentleman is spot-fucking-on. 🎯🎯🎯👇

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

BREAKING: In a stunning leaked video, Donald Trump was caught partying with Jeffrey Epstein. No wonder Trump won’t release the Epstein files.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

She signed a living will—but was kept alive for years because her sister didn't honor it. What to learn from the tragic family fight. https://t.co/ZjFMEF6K6M

[Carlos Villalobos Jr @LosLobosJr]

https://t.co/L6A1evzOuB

[Eoin Tighe @eointighe]

So my legend of a cousin Lorcan just realised he was kind of important to the creation of @foofighters @FooFightersUK He saw a video by Dave Grohl talking about why he got back to work after a visit to Ireland. Lorcan was out hitchhiking wearing his nirvana top when Dave stopped

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a terribly embarrassing moment for Trump, Fox News has to cut away from his speech because he isn’t making any coherent sense. It’s beyond clear Trump is senile. Retweet so all Americans see this.

[Carlos Villalobos Jr @LosLobosJr]

@ComcastILLINOIS Day 2. My service is still down. I use it for work. The Xfinity app is “non responsive”. When will this be repaired? How do I get credit for lost days?

[Foreigner @ForeignerMusic]

Happy birthday to the man who shreds, “Shoeless” Bruce Watson!

Photo by Brian Kruse

[Alex Pfeffer @alexpfeffer]

Music pricing tips: Beginners €200-300, Intermediate €500-600, Pros above. #musicproduction

[Ann Autumn @The_LadyAnn]

You guys. We passed this couple in the cemetery today. They were putting these flowers on every grave. When I asked if this were a Memorial Day gesture, she said, "No, we just got married and we wanted to do something meaningful with the flowers left over from our wedding." ❤️!

[Carlos Villalobos Jr @LosLobosJr]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Prospect Band @prospectband]

Please help us celebrate Bella today! Congratulations and all the best in the future. #classof2024

[Carlos Villalobos Jr @LosLobosJr]

Puremix & Liquidsonics Giveaway https://t.co/amJGDQropk

[Foreigner @ForeignerMusic]

Mick Jones, renowned for his songwriting, penned “I Want To Know What Love Is,” which is in the top 25 most performed songs in the @ASCAP catalog. Jones’ songwriting talents are also evident in his collabs, co-writing these songs:

[The Tonight Show @FallonTonight]

.@MarkRonson brings a video message from @PaulMcCartney endorsing his push for @ForeignerMusic to join the @rockhall! #FallonTonight

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Ben Affleck predicted Spotify before it existed.

[Noble Ron @perry_ron]

What do you think?