Steven Asarch
@asarch.bsky.social
Freelance Writer On The Internet // Bylines Newsweek, Insider, Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed News, and many others // worked on a docu-series once // will take memes as tips
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Steven Asarch
@asarch.bsky.social
· Mar 1
How a 'Beast Games' crew member was nearly crushed on set: 'I don't want to die'
A 24-year-old crew member had been on the set of MrBeast's "Beast Games" for only a few hours when disaster struck.
www.businessinsider.com
Four months ago, I learned about a September 11 accident on the set of the Beast Games, where a crew member was crushed and hospitalized.
One month ago, I got in contact with Sam, the 24-year-old who had only worked one day on set.
Today, I tell his story.
www.businessinsider.com/beast-games-...
One month ago, I got in contact with Sam, the 24-year-old who had only worked one day on set.
Today, I tell his story.
www.businessinsider.com/beast-games-...
Reposted by Steven Asarch
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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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...
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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!
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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?
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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...
My latest for Mashable:
mashable.com/article/crea...
Creators in Fashion: Influencer show displays the future of the creator economy
YouTubers strudded their stuff at an influencer show called Creators in Fashion.
mashable.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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...
My latest for Mashable:
mashable.com/article/crea...
The Hasan story is destroying my sanity but I do appreciate a good meme
Still think Hasan Piker is a good leftist?? Explain this!
October 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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
I know editing is tough but I didn't think I'd lose everything lol
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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
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.
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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
“Bluesky isn’t fun” problem and “Bluesky is the only social media platform where you will actually see the news” problem are the same problem
October 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjnrjrn/
Thanks #MrBeast and #MooseToys for the Hybrids Hyper Fusion Hybrid Lab! #journalism
TikTok video by Internet Archeologist
www.tiktok.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Just posted my first TikTok, which is an absolutely completely normal unboxing of some MrBeast toys...
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjnrjrn/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjnrjrn/
Eat an edible and watch this m.youtube.com/watch?si=8ga...
The Legend of Ethan Klein | Aamon Animations
YouTube video by Aamon Animations
m.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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.
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.
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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.
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!
One of the weirder stories I've edited recently. By @asarch.bsky.social.
Where's Tung Tung? Why This AI Wooden Log Man Was Yanked From a Popular Roblox Game
Tung Tung Tung Sahur's removal from Steal a Brainrot stems from an intellectual property dispute. But can an AI-generated character be copyrighted?
www.pcmag.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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...
Those lobbyists MrBeast pays for must be putting in work.
governor.nc.gov/news/press-r...
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...
governor.nc.gov
September 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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...
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.
September 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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.
September 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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.
September 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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.
September 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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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We need video game journalists at every outlet and on every cable news channel
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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!
If none of what's going on makes any sense to you, congrats you are normal!
September 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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!
If none of what's going on makes any sense to you, congrats you are normal!
Reposted by Steven Asarch
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
September 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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.
MrBeast or the production company he's worked with has not acknowledged it once.
Four months ago, I learned about a September 11 accident on the set of the Beast Games, where a crew member was crushed and hospitalized.
One month ago, I got in contact with Sam, the 24-year-old who had only worked one day on set.
Today, I tell his story.
www.businessinsider.com/beast-games-...
One month ago, I got in contact with Sam, the 24-year-old who had only worked one day on set.
Today, I tell his story.
www.businessinsider.com/beast-games-...
How a 'Beast Games' crew member was nearly crushed on set: 'I don't want to die'
A 24-year-old crew member had been on the set of MrBeast's "Beast Games" for only a few hours when disaster struck.
www.businessinsider.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Today marks one year since this accident.
MrBeast or the production company he's worked with has not acknowledged it once.
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.
So I decided enough was enough, blocked him, and said I wouldn't respond anymore.
He is not taking it well.
September 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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.
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.
September 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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.
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.
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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.
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.