#Via Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip7187:40 AM · May 18, 2026

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Alex Ip 葉清霖
@alexip718
7:40 AM · May 18, 2026

"If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States.

The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)"

https://www.giveinmay.org/story/alexip718

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Alex Ip 葉清霖
@alexip718
7:40 AM · May 18, 2026

"A bit about me: I'm a multimedia investigative reporter at the intersection of democratic backsliding and environmental justice.

I founded The Xylom, the nonprofit, worker-led news outlet y'all know and love. We are the only Asian American-run news outlet covering the health and climate beats."

https://www.thexylom.com/about-us

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

(Here he has a long thread enumerating an amazing array of accomplishments with links, I'll post an abbreviated version:)

[_l1vy_@mstdn.social]

#Via Alex Ip 葉清霖
@alexip718
7:40 AM · May 18, 2026

How Big Oil Ruined a Texas Town:

https://www.thexylom.com/read/tags/all-hell-breaks-loose

Research Institutions Rely on H1B Visa Holders:

https://www.thexylom.com/post/h-1b-visa-trump-uscis-research-university-medicine-engineering-funding-map

Only Refugees Admitted Now Are White South Africans:

[pdf link]
https://www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Refugee%20Arrivals%20by%20State%20and%20Nationality%20as%20of%20March%2031,%202026.pdf

- Assembled list of non-AI Slop news outlets [but it's on Bluesky, not linking]

- Tracked attendance of No Kings protests [in cooperation with a journalist on Substack, not linking]

- A lot of journalism & research awards.