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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 nathan@aftermath.site or nathangrayson.666 on Signal

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I mean, good I guess, but also what did these people think they were signing up for by joining the company that's literally named after the evil surveillance orb from lord of the rings

27.01.2026 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff

26.01.2026 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6370    ๐Ÿ” 1220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

May he never know a moment's peace for the rest of his miserable life

26.01.2026 23:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 237    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

on an internet ruled by cynics, clip farmers, and ragebaiters โ€“ and built by those who seek to profit off them โ€“ highguard never stood a chance of having a normal launch

26.01.2026 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 164    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Oh itโ€™s not your jam?? FINE subscribe to @rascal.news @aftermath.site @theflytrapmedia.com @flaminghydra.com @51st.news @404media.co @19thnews.org @defector.com @videogameschronicle.com
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instead why donโ€™t you??

26.01.2026 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Man I wish there was some sort of new, fresh, queer, woman owned publication I could subscribe to to support independent journalism and a freer internetโ€ฆ (cough cough mothership.blog)

26.01.2026 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 124    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

you can subscribe here btw: aftermath.site#/portal/signup

26.01.2026 19:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

idk if Iโ€™d position my work as so important that itโ€™s a โ€œbig help,โ€ but itโ€™s certainly a help

26.01.2026 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we didn't finish denazification. we didn't finish desegregation. we didn't finish reconstruction. every opportunity for transformative change was deliberately sabotaged by american leaders who knew their wealth would not survive a world freed from eugenics, white supremacy, and war profiteering.

25.01.2026 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3800    ๐Ÿ” 1403    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

The average fascist is a follower. The average fascist is frightened of life. The average fascist needs the backing of the state to do evil. Without the backing of the state, they're just your neighbor who wishes you were dead but is too terrified of consequences to say it.

25.01.2026 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 332    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Weโ€™re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.

Here it is:

25.01.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27352    ๐Ÿ” 6430    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 476    ๐Ÿ“Œ 216

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here

> "system crashโ€ deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility

that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

25.01.2026 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15294    ๐Ÿ” 6110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 254    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117
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Board the Mothership. You're just in time. A couple weeks from now, on January 26, 2026, we'll be launching the full version of our new gaming website, Mothership, which aims to analyze games specifically through the...

today is the last day you can take advantage of the mothership.blog pre-launch sale! because tomorrow we will have articles on the site. you get 15% off your subscription for life if you grab it now though.

25.01.2026 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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The Queenโ€™s Golden Wii (With Keza MacDonald)

Was a total delight talking to my old Kotaku work buddies at @aftermath.site - come for Nintendo book chat, stay for the bit about our favourite journalism rabbit holes at the end

open.spotify.com/episode/2dl7...

23.01.2026 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore โ€” and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

25.01.2026 17:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12818    ๐Ÿ” 3818    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96

i once asked an older greek anarchist how it is that greek protestors go so hard and he said that having overthrown a fascist regime in living memory, everyone knows what the cops are and whose side they're on and i think we're getting there.

25.01.2026 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 591    ๐Ÿ” 229    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

pokemon game where abortion rights were never eroded on a national level

25.01.2026 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

pokemon game where the point is to make as many enemies as possible: pokemon foe

25.01.2026 05:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Iโ€™ve been encouraged to post more of the things I say out loud, which I think is the wrong thing to encourage from me

25.01.2026 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lose the tradwife and get with the chadwife

25.01.2026 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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HAPPENING NOW: Protesters forced federal police to retreat from the intersection where they were concentrated. Theyโ€™ve totally barricaded the street with dumpsters.

24.01.2026 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 427    ๐Ÿ” 141    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

a fighter, amid a shouted post-fight speech made up entirely of rhyming couplets, just said โ€œn-word pleaseโ€ (as opposed to the actual slur; no, he was not black)

24.01.2026 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

travis barker, who suddenly joined the broadcast for no apparent reason

24.01.2026 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
r/ufc thread with a picture of the ufc commentator desk + travis barker for some reason?

r/ufc thread with a picture of the ufc commentator desk + travis barker for some reason?

ufcโ€™s paramount era is off to a great start

24.01.2026 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

24.01.2026 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33651    ๐Ÿ” 10479    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 448    ๐Ÿ“Œ 429
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Some of the signs at this rally in the cold in Union Square this afternoon:

24.01.2026 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 185    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

24.01.2026 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10533    ๐Ÿ” 2871    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 100    ๐Ÿ“Œ 108

The Republicans could not do this without the assistance of the Democrats. There is always enough Democrats to keep the money flowing. There are always enough Democrats to get the fascists in their chairs in committees and Congress. Always enough to shut down protests. They are a part of the engine.

24.01.2026 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Clear and clean, two things are true. One, accepting this responsibility, people have been fighting back against fascism and this particular future for ages in the US and despite their effort it obviously didn't stop this point from occurring.

Two is the Democrats knowingly stood in their way.

24.01.2026 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 92    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m so sick of people throwing their hands up and saying abolishing ICE isnโ€™t possible right now. Abolishing ICE is extremely popular and calls to do so will only continue to grow, meanwhile conservatives manage to do incredibly unpopular things all the time because nobody stops them

24.01.2026 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4423    ๐Ÿ” 1022    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

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