Reading List #74

Here's a few things you need to know about the world. 

• Check out some amazing street art shaming NYPD's love of pre-emptive violence. 
• McDonald's is betting the McRib can save them around the holidays. 
• You're civil rights are eroding. Twitter was holding out from turning over personal info to the government without a subpoena, but that's over now. They turned over records of Occupy protester to police this week. 

Random Goodness #3

 

Here are a few tasty more tasty morsels from across the sprawling bounty of the digital info harvest: 

• I was never a huge fan of Richard Florida's economic principles (ie - creative urban redevelopment is really just a matter of attracting artists and gay people to economically depressed areas with unique real estate potential), but I am intrigued by this map for the Geography of Stuck that he shared (via the Atlantic).
• If you've been looking for some interesting perspective on the nationwide crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street movement, definitely read Naomi Wolf's piece in the Guardian that describes (and links to) some really crazy stuff about lobbying firms soliciting the American Banking Association for counter-ops + involvement by the Department of Homeland Security. Read it here.
• Finally, on a lighter note, Brooklyn rappers Tanya Morgan have a free EP called You and What Army that is definitely worth a listen. You can download it for free, or support them financially by pairing it with t-shirts or other merch. Via Bandcamp.

Random Goodness #2

A few more things worth sharing:

• via McSweeney's - A great piece about playing chess for money in Zucotti Park and waiting for the cops to come and break up the Occupy scene. Read it here.
• via New Yorker - A 1978 profile of Atlantic records mastermind Ahmet Ertegun. Read it here.
• via RCRD LBL - a nice remix of a new Tom Vek song: