Link Anthology 4/14/09, the Secret Giveaway Edition

* I have 3 Dreamwidth invite codes to give out, anyone want? Comment with your email address (comments are screened) and I will update here with the number remaining. ETA: Gone already! That was fast.

* Vermont legalizes gay marriage through a legislative override of a governor veto. seth_dickinson is proud, I'm sure.

* Voluntary Human Extinction Movement!

* Via yhlee and VSL, a neat musical game called BallDroppings.

* On AmazonFail/TrollWin: mac_stone alerts me first to markprobst's post, Amazon Follies. fireriven then points me to rosefox's linkage summary; Dear Author also chimes in. Finally, tehdely points out the traits of trolling, Bantown, and similarity to Strikethrough; over at brutal_honesty, weev claims responsibility for propagating the lulz.

* Via netmouse from racism_101, an illuminating pictorial comparison of AvatarFail. Racebending has also started a petition.

* Belatedly, the first Asian Women's Carnival is just awesome. I've collected a lot of good stuff from that and previous RaceFail fallout; there's enough for one loooong Link Anthology, even discounting the ones I want to discuss in full-length posts. Haven't decided yet whether the discussion will be flocked.

* In non-activism news, an interesting article about linguistics and speech development, courtesy of StumbleUpon.

* Also via StumbleUpon, trees in stitches!

* ZOMG CUTE Tweenbots--little cardboard robots in NYC--via yhlee and others.

* nihilistic_kid talks about how to write a term paper.