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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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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 3h

I want to once again recommend one of the single greatest podcast episodes of all time

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 3h

“In fact, let me put it a little simpler: all of those data center deals you’ve seen announced are basically bullshit. Even if they get the permits and the money, there are massive physical challenges that cannot be resolved by simply throwing money at them.”

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Premium: The AI Bubble's promises are impossible. NVIDIA's customers are running out of money, GPUs die in 3-5 years, most 1GW data centers will never get built, and OpenAI's Abilene data center doesn't won't have the power it needs before 2028 - if it ever does.
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The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises

Readers: I’ve done a very generous “free” portion of this newsletter, but I do recommend paying for premium to get the in-depth analysis underpinning the intro. That being said, I want as many people ...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 3h

Hey, Sydette needs help. She is one of the people who makes the world brighter and better simply by existing. If you have the capacity, please consider dropping her what you can.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 7h

What do I want from Sarah McBride?

I want her to fight for trans people. I want her to talk about what trans kids are going through every day. I want her to ask why a trans person has to be white and cis passing to get into Congress.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9h

Had an honest convo with a good friend yesterday and I had to really just lay out the truth as I saw it. Enough with the handwringing from them about 'not knowing what to do.' They know what to do & the question for them was whether they will choose to take the actions. I think they are ready now.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 9h

Time for those Black students to revive direct action protests. Many of them know the history & legacy - it's why they are on these campuses in the first place. Time to do their part in the ongoing struggle.

Calder 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ktg48.bsky.social · 10h

UNC just removed their long-standing space for the Black Student Movement to gather, in yet another stunning capitulation to the toddler-man’s anti-DEI demands.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10h

www.dailytarheel.com/article/e9c7...

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 9h

I really recommend browsing a reddit called "Is this AI?" for this purpose. people post questionable images and commenters weigh in on their validity, but are required to provide specifics as to their reasoning. once you start seeing the signs, it gets easier and easier over time

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 9h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 9h

I am so tired of explaining to people why they shouldn't generate text or images or video with "AI", why they shouldn't share "AI"-generated content from other people, and why none of this is "inevitable".

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Masterpiece of Turkey Cleverness @turkeycleverness.bsky.social · 10h

And if you're not in NYC right now, you can get all these books at discoverinheritance.com :). I can't recommend them highly enough!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 10h

BEEP BOOP THIS IS NORA'S AUTOMATED MED CHECK. today is Saturday. everyone take your meds 🤖💊

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Books That Burn @booksthatburn.com · 23h

Link.

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 23h

Link.

It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · 23h

Link.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 5d

What if we all just post the word Link over and over again repost it and like then until even the normies are bothered?

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 23h

Link.

It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · 23h

Link.

C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 23h

Link.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23h

hello i am going to do a thread with some stuff i made and some stuff about it

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

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

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

BIG NEWS, GANG.

HOEP U LIEK CAT CARTOONS.

Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 1d

Hey everyone, we have some big news to share!

LACKADAISY - Last Call

A preview of Lackadaisy Season One - the Speakeasy is in its prime as Mitzi and the band regale the crowd with an original musical number, Last Call. This seemed like the ideal way to announce that Lackadaisy is now officially a ‪Glitch‬ Production!!

youtu.be

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Apparently people have been getting their needs fully met from that thread I started as well as the multiple other threads inspired by Link.

If this doesn’t demonstrate Link’s impact and the value of BlueSky as a mutual aid network, I don’t know what can.

Keep it up y’all.

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AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 1d

You will be shocked to hear this, but there are still GAY BOOKS at #NYCC!

Level 1, Hall 1B, Writers Block (behind the JSA stand), Table WB-4. GIANT NEON SIGN! You know how it goes 😏

AK Faulkner @ NYCC @poopraven.bsky.social · 2d

#NYCC COME GET YOUR GAY BOOKS!

Hall 1B, Table WB-4, Writers Block - behind the JSA booth near Artists Alley 😘

Photo of my table at NYCC 2025. It has a lilac tablecloth with "AK Faulkner, Ravensword Press" in white on it.

On the table are many gay books, a shelf of more gay books, and a big neon sign which reads "GAY BOOKS"

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

look, RFJ Jr is the fucking Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

In the face of this fucking nightmare? I'm going to sacrifice the discussion of p values and Hill's causation criteria for simple, plain, understandable statements.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

As y'all have probably heard, there has been a lot of ICE activity on the North Side of Chicago today. At least four people were kidnapped by ICE in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Folks mobilized throughout the day to do ICE Watch and Rapid Response work.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 2d

OOP, it’s always eugenics!! Damn.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

The existence of even one Catholic convert dismantles the central lie of religion, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

See I can make bullshit, nonsense arguments too, Heritage Foundation.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 3d

Collective survival and liberation also means collective struggle. And yes, it means everyone who gives a damn has some basic collective duties to do certain things and not indulge in others.

That's also the reality, and it's the only way we — on any scale that matters — win against these evils.

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