It's National Library Week. We still care about your privacy at the library. The Library Freedom Project has a great set of resources to help you do things like:

- strip AI from your Gmail
- avoid digital scams
- understand Big Data
- reduce harm from doxxing
- using Signal as safely as possible

They're written in plain English and try to help you do things better acknowledging that there's no such thing as perfect privacy.

https://libraryfreedom.org/resources/

Now seems like a good time to share the film “Persepolis.” If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

The animated film is an autobiographical story about a young woman coming of age during Iran’s revolution in the 70s.

Marjane Satrapi is an multi-disciplinary artist. Her art and storytelling is brilliant.

https://letterboxd.com/film/persepolis

#Iran #Persepolis #Film #Movie #MarjaneSatrapi #Animation

Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility!
We're everywhere and we're cool.

Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️‍⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.

Today is the International Day of Trans Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

Transgender people have always existed and always will. At the Newsmast Foundation, we will always advocate for the trans community and work hard to ensure that the spaces we build feel welcoming to trans people.

If you'd like to learn more about trans visibility and equality, please see this resource by the Human Rights Council: https://www.hrc.org/campaigns/international-transgender-day-of-visibility

#TransDayOfVisibility #Trans #LGBTQ #TDOV2026

The government says journalists and sources who are living in the United States illegally don’t have First Amendment rights.

But the First Amendment was written to limit government power, not let officials decide whose voices are worth hearing.

https://freedom.press/issues/no-first-amendment-for-some-immigrant-journalists-or-sources-govt-says/