Sorry about that. :-/ The long links were making it really difficult to compose my post. I too get annoyed at URL shorteners, but I thought the annoyance would

Sorry about that. :-/ The long links were making it really difficult to compose my post. I too get annoyed at URL shorteners, but I thought the annoyance would be offset by the convenience of having the short links inline (as opposed to placing the long links at the bottom via footnotes). In retrospect I wish I could edit my original post and just put the long links inline.