Seems not everyone knows, SS channels have baturl enabled as well, all you
need to do to make an url shortened is to add a '@' sign infront of it. Like:
root+ say I've got this funny thing here @http://www.google.com/?q=a+nice+new_c
omputer+for+zero+cash.
Be aware, that doing that, makes the url publically listed on the urls webpage
on www.bat.org.