Alex Ip 葉清霖
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Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com.
I made the "Generative AI Slop-free News Outlets" starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com.
I made the "Generative AI Slop-free News Outlets" starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Alex Ip 葉清霖
@alexip718.com
· Dec 17
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!
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My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
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In my reporting on “less lethal” projectiles in 2020, national police trainers told me that you should never try to skip them off the ground because you can’t control the trajectory. Also said never to use them for crowd control.
To illustrate, 40mm are on left, tend to look like blue foam. 37mm on right, like smaller black donuts intended to be skip-fired off ground. Both can main, but again 40mm seems worse.
More details on these and other police munitions in this visual field guide I made:
docs.google.com/presentation...
More details on these and other police munitions in this visual field guide I made:
docs.google.com/presentation...
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 AM
In my reporting on “less lethal” projectiles in 2020, national police trainers told me that you should never try to skip them off the ground because you can’t control the trajectory. Also said never to use them for crowd control.
January 17, 2026 at 4:41 AM
This completely slipped my mind, but here's Comrade Steve Nash with an astute critique of how extreme capitalism (in terms of pay-to-play in youth sports) leads to enshittification (in American player development)
www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Cd1O...
www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Cd1O...
From the nba community on Reddit: [Nash] on player development: "It's pay to play in the States. Capitalism is wonderful... not great for player development. In Europe, to play is free. You go to your...
Explore this post and more from the nba community
www.reddit.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:40 AM
This completely slipped my mind, but here's Comrade Steve Nash with an astute critique of how extreme capitalism (in terms of pay-to-play in youth sports) leads to enshittification (in American player development)
www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Cd1O...
www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/Cd1O...
In circa-2019 Hong Kong, Will Stancilist thought was expressed as 兄弟爬山，齊上齊落 (brothers scale up and down the mountain together) or 不割蓆，不篤灰，不指責 (no splitting, no snitching, no sniping at one another)
people keep being like “hey sorry for the beef last week/year/decade” and I cannot even describe to you how little you care about or even remember any internet beef when you see 50 cars full of masked paramilitaries roll into your immediate neighborhood every day. all is forgiven, fight with us
which way Western Man
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
In circa-2019 Hong Kong, Will Stancilist thought was expressed as 兄弟爬山，齊上齊落 (brothers scale up and down the mountain together) or 不割蓆，不篤灰，不指責 (no splitting, no snitching, no sniping at one another)
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Angie Craig is now arguing for the brilliant reform of ... making ICE wear body cameras.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
January 16, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Angie Craig is now arguing for the brilliant reform of ... making ICE wear body cameras.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
Angie, Jonathan Ross filmed himself killing a woman on his own phone and released it to the press.
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"The engine puttered; the inside of his 15-year-old hatchback was starting to smell like burning oil.
Within seconds Stancil was on the Expedition’s tail, no more than a few metres off the white bumper. He laid into his horn. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!' It sounded like the Roadrunner. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!'"
Within seconds Stancil was on the Expedition’s tail, no more than a few metres off the white bumper. He laid into his horn. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!' It sounded like the Roadrunner. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!'"
Richard Warnica: I spent the week in Minnesota. The only thing I’m sure of now is that more people are going to die
As confrontations between ICE and protestors and activists grow more common, the tension only rises.
www.thestar.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"The engine puttered; the inside of his 15-year-old hatchback was starting to smell like burning oil.
Within seconds Stancil was on the Expedition’s tail, no more than a few metres off the white bumper. He laid into his horn. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!' It sounded like the Roadrunner. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!'"
Within seconds Stancil was on the Expedition’s tail, no more than a few metres off the white bumper. He laid into his horn. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!' It sounded like the Roadrunner. 'Meep-Meep-Meep!'"
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Will Stancil, a man disliked for his inability not to annoy large numbers of people, being lauded for his complete commitment to fighting fascism on the frontline, puts him in the same category of basically half the special forces operatives of the second world war
January 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Will Stancil, a man disliked for his inability not to annoy large numbers of people, being lauded for his complete commitment to fighting fascism on the frontline, puts him in the same category of basically half the special forces operatives of the second world war
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alright here you go
ICE on Lake Street, Minneapolis - 1/13
YouTube video by Will Stancil
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:37 AM
alright here you go
They called it the Honda Jazz back home in East Asia, and man, that thing was a little whippersnapper
You guys have no idea how good this car is for what we’re doing. You can lurk in alleys or behind parked SUVs. It drives like a go-cart. You’re three feet off the ground with exceptional visibility so I can pull snap u-turns or cut behind convoys
January 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
They called it the Honda Jazz back home in East Asia, and man, that thing was a little whippersnapper
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Will Stancil is writing ad copy the Honda execs can just use. He's doing your job. Remember when Toyota got tagged for selling ISIS a bunch of pickup trucks? This is the opposite of that. He's handing you money, Honda. Fit is Fit to Fight ICE
You guys have no idea how good this car is for what we’re doing. You can lurk in alleys or behind parked SUVs. It drives like a go-cart. You’re three feet off the ground with exceptional visibility so I can pull snap u-turns or cut behind convoys
January 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Will Stancil is writing ad copy the Honda execs can just use. He's doing your job. Remember when Toyota got tagged for selling ISIS a bunch of pickup trucks? This is the opposite of that. He's handing you money, Honda. Fit is Fit to Fight ICE
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Increasingly adopting the position that when Donald Trump repeatedly called the legacy press "truly the enemy of the American people", he used the wrong formula to get the right answer
Christ, this (from Lizza's latest) is pretty fucking damning of...literally the entire media(?) What the fuck?
January 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Increasingly adopting the position that when Donald Trump repeatedly called the legacy press "truly the enemy of the American people", he used the wrong formula to get the right answer
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Folks are about to learn a lot about the Eighth Circuit (the federal appeals court the jurisdiction of which includes Minnesota).
It has 11 active judges; 10 appointed by Republican presidents (including four by Trump). And the one senior judge still hearing cases is also a Republican appointee.
It has 11 active judges; 10 appointed by Republican presidents (including four by Trump). And the one senior judge still hearing cases is also a Republican appointee.
January 17, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Folks are about to learn a lot about the Eighth Circuit (the federal appeals court the jurisdiction of which includes Minnesota).
It has 11 active judges; 10 appointed by Republican presidents (including four by Trump). And the one senior judge still hearing cases is also a Republican appointee.
It has 11 active judges; 10 appointed by Republican presidents (including four by Trump). And the one senior judge still hearing cases is also a Republican appointee.
In case this isn't obvious, "history" here also refers to the recent history of Republican states like Oklahoma or Texas approving religious charter schools or billion-dollar "school choice" accounts.
The goal of the Trump administration, Project 2025, etc. is forced resegregation using rule by law
The goal of the Trump administration, Project 2025, etc. is forced resegregation using rule by law
January 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
In case this isn't obvious, "history" here also refers to the recent history of Republican states like Oklahoma or Texas approving religious charter schools or billion-dollar "school choice" accounts.
The goal of the Trump administration, Project 2025, etc. is forced resegregation using rule by law
The goal of the Trump administration, Project 2025, etc. is forced resegregation using rule by law
You're correct! And Oklahoma
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 AM
You're correct! And Oklahoma
"school choice" vouchers
January 17, 2026 at 1:44 AM
"school choice" vouchers
History suggests that these parents would withdraw their kids from public schools en masse, place them at religious private schools with tacit approval from feds and state authorities, and push to siphon taxpayer funds to prop up an unaccountable, Christian Nationalist parallel system via vouchers
does anyone know like, what republican parents of schoolchildren think of this? do they not sign up for these watch groups? think it’s woke if their child can’t get tear gassed on the playground?
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
History suggests that these parents would withdraw their kids from public schools en masse, place them at religious private schools with tacit approval from feds and state authorities, and push to siphon taxpayer funds to prop up an unaccountable, Christian Nationalist parallel system via vouchers
does anyone know like, what republican parents of schoolchildren think of this? do they not sign up for these watch groups? think it’s woke if their child can’t get tear gassed on the playground?
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
History suggests that these parents would withdraw their kids from public schools en masse, place them at religious private schools with tacit approval from feds and state authorities, and push to siphon taxpayer funds to prop up an unaccountable, Christian Nationalist parallel system via vouchers
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton launched investigations into Colgate-Palmolive’s and Procter & Gamble’s fluoride toothpastes, calling their marketing “misleading, deceptive and dangerous” to parents and children.
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources
Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating barrie...
www.propublica.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton launched investigations into Colgate-Palmolive’s and Procter & Gamble’s fluoride toothpastes, calling their marketing “misleading, deceptive and dangerous” to parents and children.
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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🚨 No accident they just announced a DOJ probe into Walz and Frey—potential pretext for Insurrection Act. Trump literally said this, as I detailed in my story
“We have an Insurrection Act for a reason...if governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“We have an Insurrection Act for a reason...if governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
🚨 No accident they just announced a DOJ probe into Walz and Frey—potential pretext for Insurrection Act. Trump literally said this, as I detailed in my story
“We have an Insurrection Act for a reason...if governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“We have an Insurrection Act for a reason...if governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
MLK Day is next Monday (It's also the anniversary of Trump's inauguration.)
I'll be watching keenly in Atlanta what local Black church leaders, including Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, have to say about ICE.
I'll be watching keenly in Atlanta what local Black church leaders, including Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, have to say about ICE.
My @rns.org story: religionnews.com/2026/01/16/b...
Black church leaders aid Minneapolis, seek laws curtailing federal agents' mask usage
(RNS) — Minneapolis-area AME Church officials stated Renee Good’s death 'never should have happened' and listed more than a dozen ways they have tried to meet community needs there.
religionnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
MLK Day is next Monday (It's also the anniversary of Trump's inauguration.)
I'll be watching keenly in Atlanta what local Black church leaders, including Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, have to say about ICE.
I'll be watching keenly in Atlanta what local Black church leaders, including Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, have to say about ICE.
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FYI: Black faith leaders are part of pushback to ICE/DHS, but as my colleague Adelle reports here, if major Black church leaders start to get even *more* heavily involved, that is not a small thing.
My @rns.org story: religionnews.com/2026/01/16/b...
Black church leaders aid Minneapolis, seek laws curtailing federal agents' mask usage
(RNS) — Minneapolis-area AME Church officials stated Renee Good’s death 'never should have happened' and listed more than a dozen ways they have tried to meet community needs there.
religionnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
FYI: Black faith leaders are part of pushback to ICE/DHS, but as my colleague Adelle reports here, if major Black church leaders start to get even *more* heavily involved, that is not a small thing.
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If Minn Attorney General Keith Ellison criminally charges the ICE officer for murdering Renee Good, we can expect Trump to have his DOJ prosecute Keith Ellison. It's what fascists always do to send a message.
NEW!! "DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents" Reminder that the first people Hitler put in camps were his political opponents. This is right from the FASCIST playbook! www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:45 PM
If Minn Attorney General Keith Ellison criminally charges the ICE officer for murdering Renee Good, we can expect Trump to have his DOJ prosecute Keith Ellison. It's what fascists always do to send a message.