Lisa Angela❄️
@leeloowrites.bsky.social
imaginer, radical idealist, lover of great storytelling and music
"Turn the volume up
The devil's time is up"
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” - Arundhati Roy
"Turn the volume up
The devil's time is up"
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” - Arundhati Roy
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Lisa Angela❄️
@leeloowrites.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Hello, peoples 👋🏼
Proof that great journalism can still be a force for change 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
December 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Proof that great journalism can still be a force for change 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have upended industry.
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have upended industry.
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"Meta projected that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – $16B – from running ads for scams and banned goods"
"The team responsible for vetting questionable ads wasn’t allowed to take actions that could cost more than 0.15% of the total revenue"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"The team responsible for vetting questionable ads wasn’t allowed to take actions that could cost more than 0.15% of the total revenue"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Meta projected that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – $16B – from running ads for scams and banned goods"
"The team responsible for vetting questionable ads wasn’t allowed to take actions that could cost more than 0.15% of the total revenue"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"The team responsible for vetting questionable ads wasn’t allowed to take actions that could cost more than 0.15% of the total revenue"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
Very disappointed by Pluribus. Two episodes in and there has only been one bus, and it was only on screen for a few seconds.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Very disappointed by Pluribus. Two episodes in and there has only been one bus, and it was only on screen for a few seconds.
Obsessing over why people in your life do what they do never leads anywhere good and it steals moments you could be spending on what you enjoy.
Just reminding myself in public in case anyone else needs it too.
Just reminding myself in public in case anyone else needs it too.
December 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Obsessing over why people in your life do what they do never leads anywhere good and it steals moments you could be spending on what you enjoy.
Just reminding myself in public in case anyone else needs it too.
Just reminding myself in public in case anyone else needs it too.
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
VOTING RIGHTS ACT: Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.
From Stateline:
From Stateline:
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats in voting rights case, report finds • Nebraska Examiner
Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Acts, a new analysis finds.
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
VOTING RIGHTS ACT: Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.
From Stateline:
From Stateline:
Everything is so heavy and dark...
What's bringing you joy right now? I need inspo 😀
What's bringing you joy right now? I need inspo 😀
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Everything is so heavy and dark...
What's bringing you joy right now? I need inspo 😀
What's bringing you joy right now? I need inspo 😀
My votes were fully in line with the trends except for one 🙃
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My votes were fully in line with the trends except for one 🙃
I don't live in NC but this is actually genius. I hope other Democrat candidates follow suit.
December 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I don't live in NC but this is actually genius. I hope other Democrat candidates follow suit.
Let's play "How cold is it where you are?"
(I don't expect to win this game)
Checking in at a brisk, but sunny 23°F/-5°C in my hood.
(I don't expect to win this game)
Checking in at a brisk, but sunny 23°F/-5°C in my hood.
December 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Let's play "How cold is it where you are?"
(I don't expect to win this game)
Checking in at a brisk, but sunny 23°F/-5°C in my hood.
(I don't expect to win this game)
Checking in at a brisk, but sunny 23°F/-5°C in my hood.
With all the things that are happening in the country right now it's quite surreal to look at my professional network and see that the only thing people seem to be willing to take a public stand on is AI.
December 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
With all the things that are happening in the country right now it's quite surreal to look at my professional network and see that the only thing people seem to be willing to take a public stand on is AI.
One reason I know I can never work in an office again is now I say my first reaction to stupid shit out loud and I can't mute in person 😆
December 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
One reason I know I can never work in an office again is now I say my first reaction to stupid shit out loud and I can't mute in person 😆
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
"People with intellectual and developmental disabilities experience significantly higher rates of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and yet receive significantly lower rates of mental health screening, crisis support, and therapeutic services." Commentary from Julie Lago #NHPolitics
Mental health needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can't be ignored • New Hampshire Bulletin
William Skipworth’s three-part investigation in the New Hampshire Bulletin has laid bare the ongoing traumas experienced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The community’s…
newhampshirebulletin.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"People with intellectual and developmental disabilities experience significantly higher rates of abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and yet receive significantly lower rates of mental health screening, crisis support, and therapeutic services." Commentary from Julie Lago #NHPolitics
Is it just a human thing or something inherent in the dynamics of LinkedIn that deludes people into thinking they're being activists if they point out what's wrong over and over again?
Maybe it's the lure of the likes from saying shallow, easy things but never having to actually solve anything.
Maybe it's the lure of the likes from saying shallow, easy things but never having to actually solve anything.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Is it just a human thing or something inherent in the dynamics of LinkedIn that deludes people into thinking they're being activists if they point out what's wrong over and over again?
Maybe it's the lure of the likes from saying shallow, easy things but never having to actually solve anything.
Maybe it's the lure of the likes from saying shallow, easy things but never having to actually solve anything.
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
www.404media.co
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
“If she continues down this path, Gov. Whitmer risks turning a once strong, people-first record into a muddled story of corporate appeasement.” — Commentary from Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Jon King
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/05/w...
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/05/w...
Whitmer’s data center enthusiasm will undo her record of putting the people of Michigan first • Michigan Advance
For most of her tenure as Michigan’s chief executive, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has earned her reputation the old fashioned way: by delivering results that matter to the people she represents. GOP propaga...
michiganadvance.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“If she continues down this path, Gov. Whitmer risks turning a once strong, people-first record into a muddled story of corporate appeasement.” — Commentary from Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Jon King
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/05/w...
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/05/w...
District 7, you can do this!
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Live Results: Tennessee 7th Congressional District special election
Less than a month after Democrats scored a string of victories over Republicans in the Nov. 4 general election, the next test at the ballot box for both parties heading into the 2026 midterm season wi...
www.pbs.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
District 7, you can do this!
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
I knew what company this was just from the headline. It's the same company that led me to quit my job at a consulting firm 10 years ago because my firm kept trying me to embed me with them to work on a system that spied on prisoner calls with their families.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls
The model is built to detect when crimes are being “contemplated.”
www.technologyreview.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I knew what company this was just from the headline. It's the same company that led me to quit my job at a consulting firm 10 years ago because my firm kept trying me to embed me with them to work on a system that spied on prisoner calls with their families.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...
I keep seeing posts about The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere in Vegas.
Am I the only one who hated The Wizard of Oz as a kid? Seeing in that format would be a nightmare for me.
Am I the only one who hated The Wizard of Oz as a kid? Seeing in that format would be a nightmare for me.
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I keep seeing posts about The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere in Vegas.
Am I the only one who hated The Wizard of Oz as a kid? Seeing in that format would be a nightmare for me.
Am I the only one who hated The Wizard of Oz as a kid? Seeing in that format would be a nightmare for me.
Sean Duffy thinks the real problem with air travel is what people are wearing 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sean Duffy thinks the real problem with air travel is what people are wearing 🙄
Seeing Mamdani do press with the orange one is wild 😜
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Seeing Mamdani do press with the orange one is wild 😜
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
🎸 Looking for musicians! 🎤🎹🎧
Do you record yourself performing along to your song- on phone, webcam, connected camera/DSL- and sync it to your DAW audio before posting online?
If that’s you (or someone you know), please let me know.
👉 DM me.
RTs appreciated 🤘🏼🎹🥁😎
Do you record yourself performing along to your song- on phone, webcam, connected camera/DSL- and sync it to your DAW audio before posting online?
If that’s you (or someone you know), please let me know.
👉 DM me.
RTs appreciated 🤘🏼🎹🥁😎
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
🎸 Looking for musicians! 🎤🎹🎧
Do you record yourself performing along to your song- on phone, webcam, connected camera/DSL- and sync it to your DAW audio before posting online?
If that’s you (or someone you know), please let me know.
👉 DM me.
RTs appreciated 🤘🏼🎹🥁😎
Do you record yourself performing along to your song- on phone, webcam, connected camera/DSL- and sync it to your DAW audio before posting online?
If that’s you (or someone you know), please let me know.
👉 DM me.
RTs appreciated 🤘🏼🎹🥁😎
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
Felipe Mendez lost his wife & son when tornadoes swept through Nashville in '23
A May traffic stop landed him in ICE custody, where the single dad was given a choice: "self-deport" or lose his surviving 2 sons to state custody
Story by John Partipilo & @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
bit.ly/49v0U1T
A May traffic stop landed him in ICE custody, where the single dad was given a choice: "self-deport" or lose his surviving 2 sons to state custody
Story by John Partipilo & @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
bit.ly/49v0U1T
A tornado and an immigration sting. The start and end of a life in Nashville. • Tennessee Lookout
Caught in an immigration sting, Felipe Mendez was ordered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave the U.S. or lose his children.
tennesseelookout.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Felipe Mendez lost his wife & son when tornadoes swept through Nashville in '23
A May traffic stop landed him in ICE custody, where the single dad was given a choice: "self-deport" or lose his surviving 2 sons to state custody
Story by John Partipilo & @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
bit.ly/49v0U1T
A May traffic stop landed him in ICE custody, where the single dad was given a choice: "self-deport" or lose his surviving 2 sons to state custody
Story by John Partipilo & @friedmanadam5.bsky.social
bit.ly/49v0U1T
Reposted by Lisa Angela❄️
One reason LLMs are so popular is the promise of seemingly private, judgment-free interaction. But once users internalize that their data is being recorded, studied, or reused, it could lead to a shift in how people think, speak, and even feel when using AI, says computer scientist Koustuv Saha.
The Risks of the 'Observer Effect' from Being Watched by AI | TechPolicy.Press
Dr. Koustuv Saha says if users begin to feel their privacy is compromised, they may stop using AI in the very ways that make it useful.
www.techpolicy.press
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
One reason LLMs are so popular is the promise of seemingly private, judgment-free interaction. But once users internalize that their data is being recorded, studied, or reused, it could lead to a shift in how people think, speak, and even feel when using AI, says computer scientist Koustuv Saha.