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Alex Ip 葉清霖

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Freedom through Truth for Service. Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com. Signal: alexip.718 Email: [email protected]

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 12d

Here we go!

Over 13,000 H-1B workers have joined 200+ land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions so far this fiscal year.

I also found that public institutions in large, Republican states are disproportionately affected by Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee.

Find your state or your school:

The Xylom @thexylom.com · 12d

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 3h

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 1h

There are too many rich white people who've had no challenges in life working in media...is a thought I had when one of them was saying recently they appreciate how Bari Weiss challenges their perspective. Babe, most folks don't need that, it doesn't make you open-minded and intellectually curious.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 50m

Thank you for clarifying! Great work!

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 52m

Yes... Ha ha ha... YES!

RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 3h

The greatest 7 weeks of the year begin today!

Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1h

This is needlessly cruel from The Washington Post's management. And because they claim they root for free markets and free thought now, with the goal of manufacturing consent from the Trump regime, they will never be accused of being antisemitic

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 2h

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1h

Our webinar about this reporting project is also starting in a couple of hours! It's not too late to register:

www.eventbrite.com/e/1744237444...

Who Are the H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions?

Alex Ip shares our new, exclusive analysis of USCIS data on the H-1B skilled workers joining America’s top research institutions.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1h

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 1h

To put this on the record: @thexylom.com scooped Forbes by a full 12 days!

Unlike Forbes, whose data only has 25 universities, our database has all 212 land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 institutions affected by Trump's $100,000 H-1B fee.

And we didn't hide our reporting behind a paywall either:

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 8h

A total of 50 films have been required to be edited, and 13 titles have not been approved for screening on national security grounds since HK amended the Film Censorship Ordinance in 2021, according to authorities. In full: buff.ly/roPWvdO

HK bars 13 films from screening on nat. sec grounds since 2021 censorship law

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 9h

A group of Hong Kong activists marched in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday to condemn Israel’s war on Gaza and to call for a ceasefire, marking two years since the latest conflict in the Palestinian territory began.

In full: buff.ly/9AMvHLf

Photos: James Lee/HKFP.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12h

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19h

Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 16h

Today is the 109th anniversary of one wild day in football

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 16h

City of Atlanta Chief Policy Officer and Chief of Staff Courtney English confirms that Atlanta's proposed TAD extension will include light rail on the BeltLine Southside Trail, extending the Atlanta Streetcar east and west, and four marta heavy rail infill stations at the BeltLine.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 16h

marta Interim CEO Jonathan Hunt says he expects 9-12 new CQ400 cars to be in service by the 2026 World Cup, and that marta will indicate new trains on the marta on the go app.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 16h

BREAKING: marta will launch its Tap to Pay, new CQ400 railcars. bus network redesign, *and* the RAPID-A Line BRT connecting downtown to Summerhill in April 2026

Atlanta News First @atlantanewsfirst.com · 1d

‘Future of Transit in Atlanta’ town hall will explore solutions to area’s traffic, transportation

The ‘Future of Transit in Atlanta’ town hall will explore solutions to Atlanta’s traffic, transportation.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18h

Seriously, no better way to understand another country's culture by observing what they eat, why it is eaten the way they do, and how people buy food for sustenance and enjoyment

C🎃th @cathinator.bsky.social · 1d

Have introduced my family to the best travel experience of all time: going to a grocery store in another country

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18h

A lot of folks are heading to the transit town hall at the Central Library so thanks for sharing!

I did the full ride from Georgia Tech to Downtown Decatur Saturday, just 2-3 more large gaps away from a very safe multimodal corridor!

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Atlanta News First @atlantanewsfirst.com · 1d

‘Future of Transit in Atlanta’ town hall will explore solutions to area’s traffic, transportation

The ‘Future of Transit in Atlanta’ town hall will explore solutions to Atlanta’s traffic, transportation.

www.atlantanewsfirst.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 19h

another thing Weiss does is give other very dull people a vehicle to spout bog-standard right-wing ideas and pretend they're being iconoclasts or innovative.

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 19h

Weiss very intentionally does not describe herself as a conservative or Republican and wraps her politics in terms like "free press." That makes more useful at advancing Trumpism than explicitly right-wing figures. newrepublic.com/article/2014...

MAGA Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous

The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 20h

The U.S. government is considering cancelling $12 billion in Congressionally-mandated funding for clean energy projects beyond the cuts announced last week, a list of targeted projects seen by Reuters showed.

Trump administration mulls additional $12 billion clean energy funding cut

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 19h

Any visuals we can see?

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 22h

Bengals and Browns face one another again on January 4th, probably with top draft positions on the line 👀

Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 22h

The Bengals are trading for Joe Flacco, per me and
@tompelissero.bsky.social

Just a wild turn of events. Cincy has been calling around for 48 hours. Now turn to Joe Flacco to keep their playoff hopes alive. A stunner.