🌹Sweet Bea🌹
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28- They/them of the American summer night
Film/TV/music obsessive
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🌹Sweet Bea🌹
@beatcharacter.bsky.social
· Apr 13
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Weekly essays and opinions on media I’m currently enjoying (including film, television, music, literature, and video games)
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In Super Paper Mario, Mr. L is actually much smaller than Mario and Luigi, and gets scaled up at runtime. The game was originally developed for the GameCube before moving to Wii; Mario and Luigi received new Wii graphics while Mr. L was stuck with small GameCube textures.
January 11, 2026 at 5:03 PM
In Super Paper Mario, Mr. L is actually much smaller than Mario and Luigi, and gets scaled up at runtime. The game was originally developed for the GameCube before moving to Wii; Mario and Luigi received new Wii graphics while Mr. L was stuck with small GameCube textures.
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do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
January 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
do you guys hear that bell tolling? wonder who it’s for. it’s so loud lmao
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British Teen Returning From Semester In U.S. Regales Friends With Tale Of Food That Tastes Good
British Teen Returning From Semester In U.S. Regales Friends With Tale Of Food That Tastes Good
LONDON—Delighting his schoolmates as he weaved a rich tapestry of life in the United States, newly returned British exchange student Ethan Rowe, 15, reportedly regaled his friends Tuesday with stories...
theonion.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
British Teen Returning From Semester In U.S. Regales Friends With Tale Of Food That Tastes Good
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It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
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Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
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PSA: If you get a Discord message from someone named Chuckster, DO NOT REPLY! They will claim to help you get the Shine Sprite, but in reality they will just throw you into the abyss.
January 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
PSA: If you get a Discord message from someone named Chuckster, DO NOT REPLY! They will claim to help you get the Shine Sprite, but in reality they will just throw you into the abyss.
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Okay please believe me when I say that The People’s Joker is a significant exploration of the ways you can use film to tell stories and if it’s gonna be on Tubi you have no excuse not to watch it.
After a contentions debut at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, The People's Joker is about to reach its widest audience yet.
The Joker movie DC didn't want you to see will start streaming for free this month
After a contentions debut at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, The People's Joker is about to reach its widest audience yet.
www.polygon.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Okay please believe me when I say that The People’s Joker is a significant exploration of the ways you can use film to tell stories and if it’s gonna be on Tubi you have no excuse not to watch it.
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A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
January 11, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march
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Breaking: Zohran announced today that he will be fixing that one thing that has ambiently pissed you off for like 14 years.
January 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Breaking: Zohran announced today that he will be fixing that one thing that has ambiently pissed you off for like 14 years.
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liberals are impossible to satirize
January 11, 2026 at 5:03 PM
liberals are impossible to satirize
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Can't believe I haven't seen this before. Huge potential here
January 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Can't believe I haven't seen this before. Huge potential here
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These anti-Nick Shirley flyers have gone up around South Minneapolis — person who took these pictures said they are all over.
January 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
These anti-Nick Shirley flyers have gone up around South Minneapolis — person who took these pictures said they are all over.
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extremely funny youtube thumbnail I just saw
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
extremely funny youtube thumbnail I just saw
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At long last, we have created the tyrannical king from the classic declaration
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
At long last, we have created the tyrannical king from the classic declaration
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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the DSA, the Federal Reserve, and the ladies who lunch have formed a popular front — it remains only to see if any elected Democrats will join them.
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
the DSA, the Federal Reserve, and the ladies who lunch have formed a popular front — it remains only to see if any elected Democrats will join them.
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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Timmy’s pivoting to the middle for that Oscar www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
A Sobering Awards-Season Pivot
After winning a Golden Globe for Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet did something surprising.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Timmy’s pivoting to the middle for that Oscar www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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If anyone has room for one more top 10 list, here are my favorites of 2025:
January 10, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If anyone has room for one more top 10 list, here are my favorites of 2025: