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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!
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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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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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HEY ROMANCELANDIA! @sesmith.lol is one of the very few writers I will accept an interview request from in January or February, which is basically the highest honor a romance author can bestow.
And Scarleteen is an AMAZING resource!
If you've got some $$$ throw it that way!
And Scarleteen is an AMAZING resource!
If you've got some $$$ throw it that way!
Today is my birthday. I would like many things but from you specifically I want $2,500 for @scarleteen.com's annual fundraiser, which is supporting staff & volunteer healthcare this year. We need $2,500 to unlock a $10,000 match and this would really make my day! Donate to my campaign page here.
Scarleteen Staff and Volunteer Healthcare Fund
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www.classy.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
HEY ROMANCELANDIA! @sesmith.lol is one of the very few writers I will accept an interview request from in January or February, which is basically the highest honor a romance author can bestow.
And Scarleteen is an AMAZING resource!
If you've got some $$$ throw it that way!
And Scarleteen is an AMAZING resource!
If you've got some $$$ throw it that way!
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"The more prepared you are, the more people you can save, and the more evidence you can collect to eventually enable our nation to bring the perpetrators of this horror to justice,” Biss wrote. “Because when ICE or CBP shows up, fear will spread fast. But courage can spread faster.”
As immigration enforcement surges in North Carolina, Chicagoans share advice, whistles
Local organizations are sharing lessons learned here and in Los Angeles with rapid-response teams in the Charlotte area, where federal agents began operations over the weekend.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
"The more prepared you are, the more people you can save, and the more evidence you can collect to eventually enable our nation to bring the perpetrators of this horror to justice,” Biss wrote. “Because when ICE or CBP shows up, fear will spread fast. But courage can spread faster.”
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This moral radicalization happened at all levels in the Union army, very much including Ulysses S. Grant.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
“I’ll fight until hell freezes over and then I’ll cut the ice and fight on”
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This moral radicalization happened at all levels in the Union army, very much including Ulysses S. Grant.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
A lot of Northerners needed to SEE it to become true believers in the cause. But they did. It’s all there if you listen to the lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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This is my awards eligibility thread for poetry for 2025, this year with Helpful and Clever Graphic. For those who don't know, I'm Elizabeth R. McClellan, and my poetry can be found at popelizbet.com.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is my awards eligibility thread for poetry for 2025, this year with Helpful and Clever Graphic. For those who don't know, I'm Elizabeth R. McClellan, and my poetry can be found at popelizbet.com.
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Further evidence that I did in fact leave the house 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Further evidence that I did in fact leave the house 🤣
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
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Steal.
The verb for taking things from people without their consent is "to steal".
Stop hiding government evil behind euphemisms.
The verb for taking things from people without their consent is "to steal".
Stop hiding government evil behind euphemisms.
"People seeking asylum in the UK could be stripped of assets including jewellery to cover the costs of their accommodation, the government confirmed on Monday."
UK asylum seekers face seizure of jewellery to pay for accommodation
New powers to confiscate high-value items are among measures intended to curb number of small boats crossing the Channel
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Steal.
The verb for taking things from people without their consent is "to steal".
Stop hiding government evil behind euphemisms.
The verb for taking things from people without their consent is "to steal".
Stop hiding government evil behind euphemisms.
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The inevitable “dump” part of the pump and dump scheme. These creeps have run this scam on us again (subprime mortgage bubble, dotcom bubble, etc.) and again and used trillions of our tax $$ to bail them out. Not again. Not a dime for these evil fucks.
Softbank sold all it's Nvidia stock (www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/s...)
Michael Burry of The Big Short fame's stock portfolio is now ONLY short positions in Nvidia & Palantir (www.ft.com/content/7fe1...)
Peter Thiel sold all his Nvidia stock (& 76% of his Tesla, but that's just deliciously petty) (👇🏾)
Michael Burry of The Big Short fame's stock portfolio is now ONLY short positions in Nvidia & Palantir (www.ft.com/content/7fe1...)
Peter Thiel sold all his Nvidia stock (& 76% of his Tesla, but that's just deliciously petty) (👇🏾)
Peter Thiel dumps top AI stock, stirring bubble fears
A quiet selloff raises fresh questions about AI’s surge.
www.thestreet.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The inevitable “dump” part of the pump and dump scheme. These creeps have run this scam on us again (subprime mortgage bubble, dotcom bubble, etc.) and again and used trillions of our tax $$ to bail them out. Not again. Not a dime for these evil fucks.
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Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Police contact of any kind is not innocuous: most police killings start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.
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This thread. I think it's incredibly important to remember that the TERF fragility/rabidity started to take off right around the height of me too, and the main message they had was "men are inherently violent."
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
MeToo was intentionally co-opted by the type of 'feminist' that berates and abuses people for not conforming to gender, while insisting that a uterus makes a woman...
1/2
1/2
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This thread. I think it's incredibly important to remember that the TERF fragility/rabidity started to take off right around the height of me too, and the main message they had was "men are inherently violent."
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
They targeted trans WOMEN, while at the same time excusing actual violence from cis men.
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Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bluesky has finally, quietly posted a position for a one-year remote contract Policy Lead, Trust & Safety position.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
Trans people who qualify, apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
We need someone competent in this role if this place is going to survive.
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I just got an ad from a random podcast for Palantir the pitch of which is you're being sold an AI future that will replace you but Palantir is making good AI that helps American workers??????
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I just got an ad from a random podcast for Palantir the pitch of which is you're being sold an AI future that will replace you but Palantir is making good AI that helps American workers??????
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
[Black & white illustration based on the book Charlotte's Web with a pig looking at a spider's web that says "fuck ICE" with the spider hanging off the bottom]
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My little big dude Hobbs has claimed my chair and I can’t say he isn’t using it better than I would.
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My little big dude Hobbs has claimed my chair and I can’t say he isn’t using it better than I would.
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There's a lot we can win. There really is. But it's a consistent fight.
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
There's a lot we can win. There really is. But it's a consistent fight.
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Oh
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Oh
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the reason you don’t chase reactionaries is they’ll demand you make your platform worse and then vote for someone even worse than that anyway, the best you can ask is that they stay home
the people who want to leave the cult, those you can give a cookie and a trans rights manifesto
the people who want to leave the cult, those you can give a cookie and a trans rights manifesto
November 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
the reason you don’t chase reactionaries is they’ll demand you make your platform worse and then vote for someone even worse than that anyway, the best you can ask is that they stay home
the people who want to leave the cult, those you can give a cookie and a trans rights manifesto
the people who want to leave the cult, those you can give a cookie and a trans rights manifesto
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Anyone
A N Y O N E
ANYONE leaving MAGA at this point, is only upset about one thing...and they were okay with ALL THE REST.
Or, they're using one thing to bail on someone who's 'not harming the right people!!!!' meaning leopards ate their face.
They still want the evils they voted for.
A N Y O N E
ANYONE leaving MAGA at this point, is only upset about one thing...and they were okay with ALL THE REST.
Or, they're using one thing to bail on someone who's 'not harming the right people!!!!' meaning leopards ate their face.
They still want the evils they voted for.
they can come into the tent when they admit they were wrong and change their views
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
we all joke about Woke Bill Kristol but he is for the most part the perfect example - he has, legitimately, become much more progressive
you can’t bring in people who are mad he’s not delivering on horrible shit
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Anyone
A N Y O N E
ANYONE leaving MAGA at this point, is only upset about one thing...and they were okay with ALL THE REST.
Or, they're using one thing to bail on someone who's 'not harming the right people!!!!' meaning leopards ate their face.
They still want the evils they voted for.
A N Y O N E
ANYONE leaving MAGA at this point, is only upset about one thing...and they were okay with ALL THE REST.
Or, they're using one thing to bail on someone who's 'not harming the right people!!!!' meaning leopards ate their face.
They still want the evils they voted for.
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Knowing the key to understanding right-wing politics in the US is understanding wrestling, they see government as kayfabe, I will ask my more wrestling-adjacent friends if this MTG/Trump break is a face turn by MTG (still a racist anti-semite, don't get me wrong) or a false break like Musk/Trump.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Knowing the key to understanding right-wing politics in the US is understanding wrestling, they see government as kayfabe, I will ask my more wrestling-adjacent friends if this MTG/Trump break is a face turn by MTG (still a racist anti-semite, don't get me wrong) or a false break like Musk/Trump.
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Just for my own edification, if you are BIPOC and living in Canada and write gothic horror do you mind saying hi to me on this thread?
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just for my own edification, if you are BIPOC and living in Canada and write gothic horror do you mind saying hi to me on this thread?
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
Off the bat respectfully I know of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Premee, Nalo Hopkinson, I love all of their work and have their books.
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Good Morning BlueSky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading the impressive historical fantasy Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella which is a treat! What are you reading at the moment?
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Good Morning BlueSky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading the impressive historical fantasy Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella which is a treat! What are you reading at the moment?
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There is an issue in some romantasy circles (writers *and* readers, I have to clarify) that assumes every single woman writing fantasy is writing romantasy or adjacent, and cannot wrap their heads around splattered in the blood of her enemies is fantasy by a woman.
November 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There is an issue in some romantasy circles (writers *and* readers, I have to clarify) that assumes every single woman writing fantasy is writing romantasy or adjacent, and cannot wrap their heads around splattered in the blood of her enemies is fantasy by a woman.
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just put up 5 wreaths. these ones are in slightly wonky shapes. nora.jewelry
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
just put up 5 wreaths. these ones are in slightly wonky shapes. nora.jewelry
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Me: It’s kinda homophobic to cast terrible and powerful men as being gay for each other
The news in 2025: lol
The news in 2025: lol
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Me: It’s kinda homophobic to cast terrible and powerful men as being gay for each other
The news in 2025: lol
The news in 2025: lol