Alex Ip 葉清霖
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Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com.
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Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com.
I made the "Generative AI Slop-free News Outlets" starter pack so you don't have to
Signal: alexip.718
Email: alex@thexylom.com
Newsletter: buttondown.email/thexylom
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
I think something's broken with Bluesky Explore. It hasn't been returning results for the past four hours
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I think something's broken with Bluesky Explore. It hasn't been returning results for the past four hours
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Pro tip: for my fellow feline lovers, the search term you want to use to access a fire hose of Japanese language cat photos and illustrations is "猫" or "ねこ".
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Pro tip: for my fellow feline lovers, the search term you want to use to access a fire hose of Japanese language cat photos and illustrations is "猫" or "ねこ".
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
A Scott Foster Christmas masterclass!
December 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
A Scott Foster Christmas masterclass!
Here's the thing: I don't think they are factually wrong.
I think a Democrat would likely win the 2028 Presidential election, assuming free and fair elections.
Whoever's gonna go *after* them in 2032, after what is projected to be a brutal reapportionment and redistricting process, scares me
I think a Democrat would likely win the 2028 Presidential election, assuming free and fair elections.
Whoever's gonna go *after* them in 2032, after what is projected to be a brutal reapportionment and redistricting process, scares me
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Here's the thing: I don't think they are factually wrong.
I think a Democrat would likely win the 2028 Presidential election, assuming free and fair elections.
Whoever's gonna go *after* them in 2032, after what is projected to be a brutal reapportionment and redistricting process, scares me
I think a Democrat would likely win the 2028 Presidential election, assuming free and fair elections.
Whoever's gonna go *after* them in 2032, after what is projected to be a brutal reapportionment and redistricting process, scares me
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I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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could someone who knows how to create feeds make one for the #catsofbluesky, #Blueskyねこ部, and #caturday tags combined? I can pay you in cat pics?
Japanese cat accounts have also largely coalesced around the hashtag #Blueskyねこ部 (which roughly translates to "Bluesky Cat Club")
bsky.app/profile/pac2...
bsky.app/profile/pac2...
おはよーニャンちゅう
#Blueskyねこ部 部員No.22
#Blueskyねこ部 部員No.22
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
could someone who knows how to create feeds make one for the #catsofbluesky, #Blueskyねこ部, and #caturday tags combined? I can pay you in cat pics?
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Japanese posters are so much more organized than Americans lmao: @catclub.bsky.social, which runs the #blueskyねこ部 hashtag, requires users to register their cat's name and birth date before receiving a virtual membership card that allows their cat photos to be seen by the broader audience lol
🐈 #Blueskyねこ部 🐈⬛
からのお知らせ🐟
ねこ部には3つのフィードがあります
①ねこ画像部員フィード
掲載必須ワードは2つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
2️⃣部員No.◯
00m.in/DvCXc
⚠️部員No.はお申込みが必要です
②ねこ画像フィード
掲載必須ワードは1つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
00m.in/ZJDmj
③お知らせフィード
🐾リポスト(引用)🐾
リポスト&ベストショットをご希望されない場合は【ねこ部の付くタグ】【部員No.】をお外しください。この2つの条件のないポストはリポストや引用を控えますのでご安心ください🪴
よろしくお願いします🤲
からのお知らせ🐟
ねこ部には3つのフィードがあります
①ねこ画像部員フィード
掲載必須ワードは2つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
2️⃣部員No.◯
00m.in/DvCXc
⚠️部員No.はお申込みが必要です
②ねこ画像フィード
掲載必須ワードは1つです
1️⃣#Blueskyねこ部
00m.in/ZJDmj
③お知らせフィード
🐾リポスト(引用)🐾
リポスト&ベストショットをご希望されない場合は【ねこ部の付くタグ】【部員No.】をお外しください。この2つの条件のないポストはリポストや引用を控えますのでご安心ください🪴
よろしくお願いします🤲
December 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Japanese posters are so much more organized than Americans lmao: @catclub.bsky.social, which runs the #blueskyねこ部 hashtag, requires users to register their cat's name and birth date before receiving a virtual membership card that allows their cat photos to be seen by the broader audience lol
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A new study published on Dec. 8th in Nature calls for a cut in pesticide use to protect human health and ecosystems. Weak enforcement of pesticide laws has created public health risks.
“After a few days, I began to feel itching on the back of my hands," a Nigerian farmer says.
“After a few days, I began to feel itching on the back of my hands," a Nigerian farmer says.
Paraquat, A Banned Toxic Chemical, Is Leaking Into The Global Food Supply Chain
He was treated for skin burns at the hospital, yet more than a year and a half later, a numbness prevails in his groin and stomach. Ahmad still continues to use the herbicide in his crop, as it is…
www.thexylom.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A new study published on Dec. 8th in Nature calls for a cut in pesticide use to protect human health and ecosystems. Weak enforcement of pesticide laws has created public health risks.
“After a few days, I began to feel itching on the back of my hands," a Nigerian farmer says.
“After a few days, I began to feel itching on the back of my hands," a Nigerian farmer says.
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Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Thunder, you are *not* the 2016 Warriors
December 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Thunder, you are *not* the 2016 Warriors
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A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A government that can officially declare that Jesus is your savior can just as easily declare the opposite.
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Even more irony not mentioned in in this post,
The Capcom contest rules disqualify your entry if you share it on any other social media platform other than Twitter.
The Capcom contest rules disqualify your entry if you share it on any other social media platform other than Twitter.
More irony: Last week, Capcom, one of the most successful Japanese video game companies, warned users participating in their ongoing Mega Man boss design contest not to use generative AI.
Winners would have their design incorporated into the new game and their names included in the credits.
Winners would have their design incorporated into the new game and their names included in the credits.
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Even more irony not mentioned in in this post,
The Capcom contest rules disqualify your entry if you share it on any other social media platform other than Twitter.
The Capcom contest rules disqualify your entry if you share it on any other social media platform other than Twitter.
Shaq just "broke" the Studio J wall during the Inside the NBA halftime show lmao
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Shaq just "broke" the Studio J wall during the Inside the NBA halftime show lmao
I was forced to watch this 2009 Folgers "Brother and Sister" Christmas commercial against my will and now you have to too.
December 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I was forced to watch this 2009 Folgers "Brother and Sister" Christmas commercial against my will and now you have to too.
Reposted by Alex Ip 葉清霖
A starter pack of news outlets that reject AI slop is the gift that keeps on giving
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A starter pack of news outlets that reject AI slop is the gift that keeps on giving
Reposted by Alex Ip 葉清霖
[flashes copies of Catland like a beacon]
Pro tip: for my fellow feline lovers, the search term you want to use to access a fire hose of Japanese language cat photos and illustrations is "猫" or "ねこ".
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
美しいおひげ
December 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
[flashes copies of Catland like a beacon]
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Elon Musk fixing Bluesky's notorious problems attracting brands and government/quasi-governmental institutions by personally chasing the entire Japanese internet off Twitter for no reason
If — if! — Elon Musk's Generative AI "edit image" button forces Japanese video game companies like Capcom, Nintendo, and Sega to jump ship, it would be the greatest Christmas gift Bluesky has ever received. These companies are notoriously obsessive about protecting their intellectual property.
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Elon Musk fixing Bluesky's notorious problems attracting brands and government/quasi-governmental institutions by personally chasing the entire Japanese internet off Twitter for no reason
Reposted by Alex Ip 葉清霖
Japanese cat accounts have also largely coalesced around the hashtag #Blueskyねこ部 (which roughly translates to "Bluesky Cat Club")
bsky.app/profile/pac2...
bsky.app/profile/pac2...
December 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Japanese cat accounts have also largely coalesced around the hashtag #Blueskyねこ部 (which roughly translates to "Bluesky Cat Club")
bsky.app/profile/pac2...
bsky.app/profile/pac2...
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Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara documented the bond between her grandmother, Misao and her beloved cat Fukumaru in a series of many images #WomensArt
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara documented the bond between her grandmother, Misao and her beloved cat Fukumaru in a series of many images #WomensArt
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jackpot
Pro tip: for my fellow feline lovers, the search term you want to use to access a fire hose of Japanese language cat photos and illustrations is "猫" or "ねこ".
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
Here's a timeline cleanser:
bsky.app/profile/mnt....
美しいおひげ
December 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
jackpot
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Reposted by Alex Ip 葉清霖
I need to start working on my night shift material for the burgeoning Japanese audience.
UPDATE: We may see the first time English is displaced as the most popular language among Bluesky posters as soon as Americans head to sleep tonight.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
Japanese users were close to achieving that feat at 7 am Eastern Time, and their activity is increasing at an exponential pace. This is remarkable.
December 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I need to start working on my night shift material for the burgeoning Japanese audience.
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The whole thing is the epitome of anti-Christ in a very fundamental way
There’s something in here about how after Jesus was born, Joseph fled with Jesus and Mary to Egypt under the cover of night…for ~4 years until Herod died.
December 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The whole thing is the epitome of anti-Christ in a very fundamental way
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December 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
And also, please help @thexylom.com, which I founded to report on global health and environmental disparities, meet its $30,000 year-end fundraising target!
bsky.app/profile/thex...
bsky.app/profile/thex...
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Last big influx of Japanese users came in Jan 2024 when the emergency warning systems in japan got rate limited on X during an emergency.
bsky.app/profile/xunl...
bsky.app/profile/xunl...
See that cluster on the top left? It's gonna get a whole lot bigger by the end of the week.
a zoomed out view looking at language. might need to pull out all the language specific posts and do individual clustering by language
December 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Last big influx of Japanese users came in Jan 2024 when the emergency warning systems in japan got rate limited on X during an emergency.
bsky.app/profile/xunl...
bsky.app/profile/xunl...