Nathan Grayson
@nathangrayson.bsky.social
Co-founder and reporter @aftermath.site. Beats: labor, livestreaming. My book about Twitch, Stream Big, is available now. Formerly: The Washington Post. Send tips to [email protected] or nathangrayson.666 on Signal
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Nathan Grayson
@nathangrayson.bsky.social
· Oct 17
I’m nathan
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website: @aftermath.site (please subscribe)
book about twitch: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Stream... (please preorder)
cat: biscuit (please appreciate)
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two years into a business called "aftermath" and we finally got our second dre request
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
two years into a business called "aftermath" and we finally got our second dre request
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November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Ryan Lizza is doing with his Substack what YouTubers have already perfected: taking serious allegations they’re personally involved with and turning them into melodrama to deflect from any of their own culpability and wrongdoing and monetize the shit out of it. Not journalism plus it’s embarrassing
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Ryan Lizza is doing with his Substack what YouTubers have already perfected: taking serious allegations they’re personally involved with and turning them into melodrama to deflect from any of their own culpability and wrongdoing and monetize the shit out of it. Not journalism plus it’s embarrassing
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I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I spoke with people role-playing ICE raids in video games to help educate people on their rights and what to do in real-life situations. Tonight, they're holding an event in Fortnite www.wired.com/story/activi...
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There's a lot to say about the Roblox CEO interview, and the right place to start is definitely his answers on children's safety, because that's kind of the fire that is hottest and closest.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
There's a lot to say about the Roblox CEO interview, and the right place to start is definitely his answers on children's safety, because that's kind of the fire that is hottest and closest.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
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post leftist intercept comment section types are just so eager to buy into the delusion that fascism can be negotiated with
Trump is shallow and was briefly charmed by a charismatic man, by tomorrow he'll be threatening to nuke woke daycare centers again
there is no coalition with fascism
Trump is shallow and was briefly charmed by a charismatic man, by tomorrow he'll be threatening to nuke woke daycare centers again
there is no coalition with fascism
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
post leftist intercept comment section types are just so eager to buy into the delusion that fascism can be negotiated with
Trump is shallow and was briefly charmed by a charismatic man, by tomorrow he'll be threatening to nuke woke daycare centers again
there is no coalition with fascism
Trump is shallow and was briefly charmed by a charismatic man, by tomorrow he'll be threatening to nuke woke daycare centers again
there is no coalition with fascism
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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I can attest: It was a vibe.
November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I can attest: It was a vibe.
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MrBeast has a whole theme park now because big content creators can’t be cancelled anymore. @kattenbarge.bsky.social and @asarch.bsky.social explain:
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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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November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Wrote down my thoughts about Lumines Arise, earnestness, and how it serves as a reminder of what games can and should be. aftermath.site/lumines-aris...
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Wrote down my thoughts about Lumines Arise, earnestness, and how it serves as a reminder of what games can and should be. aftermath.site/lumines-aris...
if zohran ever thought he could compromise his way into accomplishing his (still very modest!) agenda, this should serve as a wake up call
4 senior House Dems — Hakeem Jeffries, Katherine Clark, Pete Aguilar, & Ted Lieu — voted for a Republican-led resolution to “CONDEMN SOCIALISM,” a symbolic measure that passed the chamber on Wed. The vote comes as NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with Pres. Donald Trump at the WH today.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
if zohran ever thought he could compromise his way into accomplishing his (still very modest!) agenda, this should serve as a wake up call
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this piece has everything
(1) passionate creative team going balls to the wall on a fun concept
(2) hockey players going with it
(3) funniest journalistic disclosure i've ever read
(1) passionate creative team going balls to the wall on a fun concept
(2) hockey players going with it
(3) funniest journalistic disclosure i've ever read
![After the team "auditioned" a few players, they unanimously agreed that Gendron nailed it. Several other players and staff show up throughout the video, down to Chrin playing Gendo Ikari, as well as the people who clean off the ice with shovels during TV timeouts. [Disclosure: Nicole shovels ice for her local AHL team.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5mxzxtqkots72grxslxghwvi/bafkreihh2cz6unggsd36e5oeb3rwj3uzhxhjmr6a4qytgggf5d7mpfphwe@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
this piece has everything
(1) passionate creative team going balls to the wall on a fun concept
(2) hockey players going with it
(3) funniest journalistic disclosure i've ever read
(1) passionate creative team going balls to the wall on a fun concept
(2) hockey players going with it
(3) funniest journalistic disclosure i've ever read
for those who missed it, we relaunched @aftermath.site last week! here’s why
Worker-owned newsroom Aftermath just moved to Ghost last week. Why?
Upgrading their revenue tools with Outpost was a big motivator.
Read more in my latest for Project C
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Upgrading their revenue tools with Outpost was a big motivator.
Read more in my latest for Project C
newsletter.projectc.biz/p/aftermath-... @aftermath.site
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
for those who missed it, we relaunched @aftermath.site last week! here’s why
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On today’s stream, we’re joined by @kattenbarge.bsky.social and Steven Asarch to talk about why Mr Beast’s new theme park in Saudi Arabia looks so bad. Also, age verification in Roblox and the looming specter of even more online surveillance. We go live at 4 PM ET
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On today’s stream, we’re joined by @kattenbarge.bsky.social and Steven Asarch to talk about why Mr Beast’s new theme park in Saudi Arabia looks so bad. Also, age verification in Roblox and the looming specter of even more online surveillance. We go live at 4 PM ET
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
twitch.tv/aftermathdot...
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private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money
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psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
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Not now, not ever.
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Not now, not ever.
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A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
$1! The deal of a lifetime! If you've been on the fence, it's time to climb down and read some blogs
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JACK DONAGHY: Lemon, Don Geiss is telling me we need to find a way to make Jenna appeal to the [strained air quotes with fingers] "youth" demographic, maybe a song?
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
Someone found an mp3 of the creepy "Jailbait" song Olivia Nuzzi released when she was 16 🫣
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
JACK DONAGHY: Lemon, Don Geiss is telling me we need to find a way to make Jenna appeal to the [strained air quotes with fingers] "youth" demographic, maybe a song?
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
LIZ LEMON: No! We all know what happened last time-
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American “public health” has been fully remade into the eugenics based view that the weak will die and the strong survive. This is fascism 101 and it’s the use of natural methods to enact genocide.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.
To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says
The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
American “public health” has been fully remade into the eugenics based view that the weak will die and the strong survive. This is fascism 101 and it’s the use of natural methods to enact genocide.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
It’s a form of auto genocide and part of MAHAs expressly murderous plan globally.
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the actual reason for this is so that robots can be easily plugged into human roles. the more human-like a robot is, the more readily it can replace a human.
one of the things I really do not understand is why so much of the development of robots seems to be focused on making them bipedal like humans. Why? It's an insane allocation of resources when it would be much easier to give them three or four "legs" or come up with some new system
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
the actual reason for this is so that robots can be easily plugged into human roles. the more human-like a robot is, the more readily it can replace a human.