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

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...

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

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?

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...

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

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

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.

I need more eegelords and memes here

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

Eat an edible and watch this m.youtube.com/watch?si=8ga...

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.

I consider this a massive compliment!

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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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Unfortunately, he seems fine

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

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.

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

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

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

Twitch is going through a massive evolution, where the top streamers are being exposed for having thousands of fake viewers. This will be the week I start streaming.

Spent the morning watching TikToks of dogs getting adopted and kids being gifted their dream Pokémon cards, so now I'm just dehydrated from all the crying.

When someone online is deemed a "lolcow" their audience wants to see them crash out. They'll actively encourage their bad behavior with messages, donations, or gifts. To me, these viewers lack empathy and think their target rightfully deserves all that hate. Its like they don't view them as real.

It will always be the Rizzler room tour. There's no awkward celebrity interactions or AJ breathing down his neck for clout. Just some kid showing off his Funko pops and cool slide.

Allegedly last night, one of the internet's most ridiculed personalities KingCobraJFS was "found unresponsive with blue lips and no breathing." He was only 34 but had spent over a decade evolving into a massive alcoholic thanks to his viewers who enabled him. Lolcow culture is toxic.

I find predator hunting fascinating, especially how the platforms their policing hate their guts.

Trump loves AI slop because he can make himself way more competent and interesting than he actually is. My first opinion piece for MSNBC: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

RIP Waypoint (again)

YouTuber Ethan Klein says he is suing a man for copyright infringement because I called him (Ethan Klein) a misogynist—unless I apologize. The only problem is that I did not call him a misogynist. He does not accept. This is one of the most popular podcasters on YouTube!

My byline has appeared under two of these gorgeous mastheads

MrBeast is launching his own theme park land in Saudi Arabia. Jimmy has fully embraced the controversial nation (and their money). soulofsaudi.com/mrbeast-riya...

The two different responses I got from my closest friends about my wedding date.

I just hope MrBeast treats his crew members better and pays them more this time.

The h3 subreddit has become jam-packed with conspiracy theories, but this is one of my favorites.

A few weeks ago I lost my freelance gig at a Daily Dot vertical, it's truly rough out there

Heres what Logan Paul said about Coffeezilla in texts to friends according to a recent court filing: "Zilla will pay one way or another/I'll make sure of it." "I want people who wronged me to suffer/While I continue getting wins on their grave." www.reddit.com/r/youtubedra...

Anybody here watch Content Cop or are they all on the edgier app?

There's a Spectrum outage in my neighborhood, so I can't work right now. What do I do with my newfound free time? See how far I can walk in the rain before my legs fall off.