Short links roundup: Smores for Darfur

BB reader Derek points us to the snapshot above, and says "The state of political action at Yale today. I'm afraid this is serious. The text chalked on the sidewalk in front of Yale's main library says it all: 'Smores for Darfur, All You Can Eat $2.'"

In presumably unrelated news, Richard Stallman visits the Yale Political Union, hijinks ensue. Link.

People are filesharing the new Radiohead album anyway. Link. Many fans are irked about the MP3 compression rate: Link. Lefsetz has a righteous rant about that issue and others which cause many to believe the band kind of blew it here: Link. Idolatr concurs: Link. Anyway, here are some fan-made alternative album covers for "In Rainbows": Link.

Historical ecology: Yucatan jungles are actually feral Mayan gardens. Link.

Here's a music video from the late '90s featuring human/robot interspecies sex. NSFW, animated. Link.

John White, the photographer who claims ownership of the "O RLY owl" photo, is mad at webcomic artist Jeffrey Rowland, for adapting that now-ubiquitous internet meme as part of an "internet ouijah board." Link.

Silver-and-blue nudibranch (undersea critter) is about the size of a quarter and attacks Portuguese men-of-war. Looks like an overeager Dallas Cowboys fan. Link.

San Fernando Valley guy triumphs over gridlock freeway traffic by kayaking to work 52 miles downstream on the L.A. River. Link.

Andy Riley, who has been chronicling "bunny suicides" for years online, has a new book out. Link to preview.

Portfolio, the relatively new biz mag from Conde Nast, has a story out on YouTube vs. Porn Valley. Link. Susannah Breslin has a post about it here: Link.

"Two elephants at the Chiang Mai Night Safari have died from flatulence, possibly from eating insecticide-contaminated grass, veterinarians said." Link.

Greepeace uses Google Maps to track hunted whales: Link.

Ape Lad draws the 300th Laugh Out Loud cat episode. Itz a thing of byooty. Let me show u it. Link.

(Thanks, Keith Putnam, Dave Walsh, Dennis, Andrew, Alexis, Marilyn Terrell, Gabrielle, Geo Lobo, Domi, Partha, Susannah Breslin, Henrik)

[#1 posted by franko , October 19, 2007 12:31 PM]

i have that "internet ouija board" shirt, and i totally love it. i can't believe this guy has any sort of case. that owl's been around for years online, and he freely posted it online in the first place, didn't he? what did he expect? and wouldn't his *lawyer* be contacting the t-shirt guy, anyway? i smell a get rich quick scheme...

[#2 posted by cavalaxis , October 19, 2007 1:12 PM]

"the blue fleet is a term coined by Sir Alistair Hardy to describe a community of floating animals including the infamous bluebottle, blue dragon nudibranchs, violet snails and other associated organisms. a floating raft of monochrome drifters, the blue fleet sails the world's oceans at the whim of the tides, winds and currents. humans generally only become aware of them when they are blown onto beachs and become stranded en masse at the hightide line. "

More on the blue dragon nudibranch and the rest of the Blue Fleet @ Spy's Spice.

[#3 posted by devophill , October 19, 2007 1:57 PM]

"...or I'm a monkey's strumpet!" I'm really going to have to find a way to work that phrase into everyday conversation.

[#4 posted by Provlear , October 19, 2007 2:52 PM]

That Andy Riley 2 pack you linked to is just a collection of his two books that have been out for acuple of years now. Not that he doesn't deserve a link as they are hilarious and totally worht buying/bookmooching.

[#5 posted by License Farm , October 19, 2007 5:50 PM]

That "Metal Fingers In My Body" video is surprisingly (though not unwelcomely) explicit (yet I get annoyed by animation that skimps by repeating sequences to fill time). Who knew Louise Brooks digs on droids? You can use R. Steven's robot-loving Diesel Sweeties to connect it to his Dumbrella partner Jeffrey Rowland's nastygram. C whut I did ther?