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Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · Apr 19

Are you having trouble finding things now that google search fucked itself with AI garbage?

Take a look and see if a website you were trying to find is listed on Links That Burn, the link directory for useful/fun/informative websites with a narrow scope and specific purpose.

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Links That Burn - Big Tools Won't Save Niche Websites

A catalog of useful links to niche websites - find something useful, fun, and/or informative today!

linksthatburn.com

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 13h

it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 13h

ok. I don't know this guy's music. but he's bringing it here, I'll say that.

P R ∆ J | is making beats for a boring dumb bitch @prajxl.bsky.social · 14h

*adds Bryan Andrews to 'mildly decent white people' playlist*

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Jill Weinberger @jillybobww.bsky.social · 15h

In Mar 2020 I wrote ep 3 of Leverage: Redemption, in which Brianna mentions growing up w/ "the return of actual Nazis". It aired in July 2021, AFTER a Capitol rioter wore a "Camp Auschwitz" shirt, & reviewers on IMDb quoted the Nazi line & complained Leverage had gone woke.

And here we fucking are.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

deeply sick of all the goddamn nazis

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14h

excited to watch people lose their entire damn minds over this

👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 14h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 14h

BEEP BOOP THIS IS NORA'S AUTOMATED STRETCH CHECK. today is Wednesday. everyone do your stretchies. 💪🤖

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Fiasco the cat @fiascothecat.bsky.social · 14h

Fiasco am TALL!

... Big Friend is all "No no ur not supposed to be up there, ur supposed to rest that paw!!"

Pfffft, Fiasco do what hims want

me, fiasco, a fluffy grey tabby with a white bib, sitting on top of a very high cabinet (near the ceiling)

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 14h

I am in general skeptical of the value of liberals going on Fox News. You have to be very good at a specific kind of media interaction and most people just aren’t.

This is what it looks like to be good at it.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 15h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 14h

OOP!!!! I love that. “ChatGPT is for third party thinkers.”

We have no choice but to drag them.

Tayci @taycibear.bsky.social · 14h

When I asked my eldest if he's ever used that he said he's not a third party thinker.

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Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · 14h

Different heart emojis in combination with other emojis might put content on different feeds. The blue heart and the book stack emoji put things on BookSky, for example. It all depends on what the feed is set up to aggregate.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 15h

Zohran Mamdani uses his appearance on Fox News to "speak directly to the president," since "he might be watching right now."

Mamdani looks straight into the Fox camera as he says this >>>

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WingsNDNSilver @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 16h

For Halloween, Spooky Season, Gothic, witchy, haunted, or similar vibes, you literally cannot go wrong with Hillary's work, or with @peculiarityshop.bsky.social generally.

I have . . . hmm . . . far too much of their work 😳, and it's all gorgeous, incredibly well-made, and with fabulous prices.

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 16h

I've got a few bills coming up and YOU might have a need of some spooky stuff. So, a thread. Please mute if my art offends.

Handcast, painted, and sealed.

Skulls so blue, $27.20.

www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Hillary's Skulls So Blue | Peculiarity Shop

Hillary crafted and handpainted these skulls to adorn your ears. Components: plaster of Paris, epoxy clay, acrylic paint, Mod Podge, stainless steel posts Lead/nickel free

www.peculiarityshop.com

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14h

They restored all the titles & I want to point out that the reasoning was (stars are mine lol):

"... and in light of the *****overwhelming feedback from our community****** the Georgia HRRB State Steering Committee has voted to reinstate all 20..."

so, BE LOUD AS HELL & PROTECT THE RIGHT TO READ

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 14h

writing tip: trim your word count by reducing entire chapters to a single mysterious glyph

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Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · 14h

Hopefully someone who actually knows this process can help 😂, because that's not me.

Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · 15h

If you're not using it already, PDS MOOver might be able to help.
I haven't done this myself (since I'm waiting for Northsky) but I've been keeping track of the guides/help stuff.
pdsmoover.com

PDS MOOver

ATProto account migration tool

pdsmoover.com

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Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social · 15h

Taking in refugees isn't just a nice thing we do — we have a legal obligation. The 1951 Refugee Convention came about specifically because countries like the US refused entry to Jews who were trying to escape Germany, because the world didn't ever want that to happen again.

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 6d

I'd like to thank the Center for Cultural Innovation - AmbitioUS!
Their support of Blacksky Algorithms with a $30K grant will help us further our development of infrastructure for online communities (moderation, deliberation, and peer-to-peer payment tools). 🎉

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Esmeria @esmeria.me · 8d

1/🧵 For those who may be migrating away from the Bluesky PDS to Blacksky, and want to use the blacksky.community client instead of bsky.app, you can use a uBlock Origin filter to automatically redirect bsky.app links

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 1d

We're launching Mastodon to Bluesky/Blacksky/etc migrations next week!

If you're interested in trying it before the rollout, reach out - we're looking for testers.

A New Social @anew.social · 7d

Today, we announced our next Bounce Beta that lets you migrate your Mastodon profile into any existing ATProto account, whether you're on Bluesky or any other PDS provider!

We'll be going live with Bounce Beta 2 on October 20th.

Read more here:

Bounce from Mastodon to Bluesky

With our next Bounce Beta, you will be able to Bounce your Mastodon account to Bluesky!

blog.anew.social

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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 17h

Seeing reports that the main bluesky instance is freaking out for some users right now. Thanks to @rude1.blacksky.team & everyone else working on Blacksky, blacksky.community & the associated PDSes seems to be working just fine. Amazing work, clearly worth the recurring contribution.

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 16h

Cawthon: i know what you're thinking
Cawthon: "oh, animatronic pizza chain robots? that's just a passing fancy, like ninjas or pirates!"
Cawthon: not so, my friend
Cawthon: with the blood of our savior jesus christ and the beatific sainthood of beloved leader donald trump, all things are possible

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 16h

Scott Cawthon: i have big news about the new five nights at freddys movie!!!
King: there's a new five nights at freddys movie?
Cawthon: yeah! the kids will love it!
Cawthon: no way has the animatronic pizza robot fad died down!
Cawthon: this party ain't ever gonna end!

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 18h

The funniest part of all the billionaires are building bunker stories is the part where they’re sure the class hierarchy will survive the apocalypse.

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 21h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 16h

and frankly even if teenage boys are talking about raping and genocide and loving the Nazis, that's a problem? but these aren't "kids" or "young boys", they're grown men. Actual Black boys are fair game for prison and murder by police, but grown white men get to be "kids" into their 30s.

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Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · 16h

Here's directions on how to migrate from Bluesky to a different server. There are several options, but Blacksky is the most developed right now.

leaflet.pub/1960400b-dd5...

So, You Want to Leave Bluesky...

The most important thing you need to know is:

leaflet.pub