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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Collabed with the amazing @kattenbarge.bsky.social on a video talking about our very poor experiences with Chris Hansen. youtu.be/kc8K_tSZfww?...

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I Worked With Chris Hansen, He Sucks

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You ever see your hospital or insurance company with a huge ad at an MLB stadium and think wow thats wild I wonder where they got all that money to spend on baseball

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I finally finished reading MrBeast's book and felt an unholy urge to review it. I dont think i was prepared for how bad it was going to be youtu.be/FbshW3-O8UI?...

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MrBeast's Book Makes No Sense

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I deleted Twitter off my phone, its truly a freeing feeling.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ive finally made the jump and im launching a newsletter. Ill be talking about the internet and my reporting on YouTube. I made a whole teaser video for it! youtube.com/shorts/p9Exn...

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I'm Leaving the Mainstream Media

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I interviewed so many Hasan Piker fans to figure out why people like him. Here's my latest video i totally forgot to post here youtu.be/cuwPVzYTCjY?...

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Who Really Watches Hasan Piker?

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The kids are losing it over this on the other app

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Ive always wanted to react to a creator reacting to my YouTube video. And Hasan Piker (with a little help from Asmongold) made my dream come true. Come listen to @kattenbarge.bsky.social and I do some classic YouTube reacting! youtu.be/gLHAGKkF_Wg?...

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Reacting to Hasan and Asmongold Reacting to my Video

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Im on my honeymoon right now, but when im back @kattenbarge.bsky.social and I are going to react to the streamers who watched it

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My first video game media job paid by the click. All I could really write was what time a game/TV show/movie released and Fortnite guides. Because if I spent time doing stories on less popular games or investigations, I couldnt afford rent

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Asmongold is hard to watch. He says the most vile and deranged stuff imaginable, yet tens of thousands of people tune in To watch him everyday. Over the past six months, ive been speaking to his fans to figure out why people watch him. My latest video: youtu.be/CT5cJ-IkZxQ?...

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Inside the Mind of an Asmongold Viewer

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

There is no company on this beautiful globe that I hate more than @hewlettpackert.bsky.social It shouldn't take two hours to set up a printer and print a single page.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Can you own and license AI Brainrot? One French art collective thinks so- they managed to get Tung Tung Tung Sahur into Fortnite. Check out my latest YouTube video! youtu.be/tItznSIZ8Ng

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AI Brainrot is Ruining Fortnite

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Evelynn Z 🏳️‍⚧️ @sapphiresenatrix.gay · 02/04/2026

Maybe an all-timer YouTube comment on my Darwin's Paradox review.

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We wanted an unbiased review, this feels like the reviewers opinion on the a game that he/she didn't like.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I spent six months working on this story, which is a lot of time to think about Skibidi Toilet.

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Imad @imad.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I helped with the b-roll on @asarch.bsky.social latest video! Check it out! (I already know things I need to improve upon. Need some more lenses and a gimbal) youtu.be/yX9buYoYSUQ

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How YouTubers are Ruining Your Childhood

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

FaZe is a cultural juggernaut and has just lost every single one of its members over Christmas. I swear, it really is a big deal!

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 21/11/2025

MrBeast has a whole theme park now because big content creators can’t be cancelled anymore. @kattenbarge.bsky.social and @asarch.bsky.social explain:

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

My friend @asarch.bsky.social and I are soft launching our livestream about theme parks and internet culture with MrBeast’s controversial new venture in Saudi Arabia—you can watch it live now! www.youtube.com/live/G_nzPIf...

The teaser for YouTuber MrBeast’s temporary theme park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a part of the government’s plan to improve its cultural reputation. A yellow arrow points to a rule in the theme park that says visitors must adhere to Saudi Arabian cultural rules and values

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

X is down, now its BlueSky's time to shine!

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Blog idea: both the Try Guys and Good Mythical Morning have announced they are ending their long-running podcasts this year. Has the market become so overestimated that it's just not worth it to sit down and chat as content?

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Last year, the Theorists launched Creators in Fashion, a traditional runway show designed to highlight influencer clothing brands. This year, they flipped the format on its head and delivered a YouTube spirit with sketches, challenges, and more. My latest for Mashable: mashable.com/article/crea...

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Creators in Fashion: Influencer show displays the future of the creator economy

YouTubers strudded their stuff at an influencer show called Creators in Fashion.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The Hasan story is destroying my sanity but I do appreciate a good meme

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Trying to teach myself Capcut and when I went to export my entire computer crashed (and may be completely busted). I know editing is tough but I didn't think I'd lose everything lol

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Man it really sucks to work on a story for a year, only for it to get killed for reasons way out of your control.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I need more eegelords and memes here

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Just posted my first TikTok, which is an absolutely completely normal unboxing of some MrBeast toys... www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjnrjrn/

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Thanks #MrBeast and #MooseToys for the Hybrids Hyper Fusion Hybrid Lab! #journalism

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

So YouTube is actually broken. According to ViewStats, these are the five Shorts that got the most views in August. One is AI slop, two are reposts and none look like they are from the original creator.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I consider this a massive compliment!

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

It slipped under the cracks, but last week North Carolina announced that the state would be giving $15 million of grant money to the Beast Games. That's way more than the state gave any other production. Those lobbyists MrBeast pays for must be putting in work. governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...

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Governor Stein Announces NC Film and Entertainment Grant Program Awardees

Today in Wilmington, Governor Stein joined small business owners and members of North Carolina’s TV and film industry to announce that three television-streaming series and four independent feature-le...

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Ned Fulmer interviewing his ex-wife is the most painful video on YouTube to watch and the first one I've ever given a dislike.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Filmed for a documentary about an alleged child predator today, my expertise might be niche but every day becomes more mainstream.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Weird request: I'm looking for an international copyright lawyer willing to talk about AI memes.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Im working on scripting my first YouTube video right now, this shit is hard. Adapting to an entirely new medium requires a brand new set of skills.

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

We need video game journalists at every outlet and on every cable news channel

A Geraldo Rivera tweet that reads: whether Tyler Robinson face is expiring squad in Utah for the murder of Charlie Kirk my guess is the accused killer will probably have been motivated more by halo and similar fantasy role-play by substantive political discord the game features grants versus elites I’m guessing nobody wants to be an elite

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

I spent YEARS covering shooter manifestos, which are always coated in irony-pilled 4chan memes. They are supposed to be gibberish to the average person, but a very specific dog whistle to those in edgelord spaces. If none of what's going on makes any sense to you, congrats you are normal!

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

weird to see the culture move from “video games cause violence” to “video games are the only Rosetta Stone we have for discerning the mind of violent people” in my lifetime

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Today marks one year since this accident. MrBeast or the production company he's worked with has not acknowledged it once.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Over on the other app, I have this MrBeast super fan who responds to nearly every one of my tweets, trash-talking me and my reporting for the past year So I decided enough was enough, blocked him, and said I wouldn't respond anymore. He is not taking it well.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I love having cats, but constantly having to fight off a small furry beast trying to eat and claw my feet for hours a day is really testing my fortitude.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

A couple of weeks ago I interviewed this YouTuber Schlep, who had been banned from Roblox for posting YouTube videos catching predators he had found through the game. Since then the story has become a culture war talking point co-opted by some (IMO) bad people with an agenda and content to shill.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Hello fellow kids energy in this ad

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Unfortunately, he seems fine

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I was supposed to film for a documentary today but I got the rona. I'm sad and sick, the worst combo.

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

a frustrating side effect of the gradual enshittification of everything is that, as a reporter, it's increasingly difficult to get ahold of people to give them the opportunity to comment on things, esp at big companies. everything is filtered through call centers and contact forms.

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I've worked at quite a few outlets that just expect you to do extra work when they fire your coworkers. Good on IGN!

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Beast Games finished filming season two after starting in Vegas in June. I've been keeping a very close eye on things and hope to have more info to share soon. If you want to keep up with my MrBeast research, follow me here. I've been told this is the hip place to be

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Steven Asarch @asarch.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Just binged all of Long Story Short on Netflix and it's amazing. If Bojack was designed for me in my 20s, this show represents my 30s. From struggles with Judaism to the death of a family figure, it has it all

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