bookish, 1 month ago to random

Refaat Alareer, a timeline.

2023 (November 1): Refaat Alareer posts poem “If I must die” for his daughter Shaimaa.

2023 (December 7): Refaat Alareer killed by targeted Israeli airstrike

2024 (April 19): B’nai Brith asks #TorontoPublicLibrary to remove poem. TPL immediately complies.

2024 (April 26): Shaimaa killed. (+ her husband + their 2-month-old baby)

#Gaza #censorship #Alareer #IfIMustDie

danamcfarland, 1 month ago to random

Looks like this title is in demand, along with other by Refaat Alareer, and the Library should be licensing more copies.

Gaza writes back : short stories from young writers in Gaza, Palestine : eBook : #TorontoPublicLibrary
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp;jsessionid=JyX6cgdIM1K60WgtOWjWiigk.tplapp-p-1b?Entt=RDM4456964&R=4456964

markgrieveson, 6 months ago to Toronto

Who the fuck would attack the computer systems of the library? I love the library. What's wrong with some people?

https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/tpl_maintenance/toronto-public-library-website-maintenance.html

#Toronto #Library #TorontoPublicLibrary

pluralistic, 6 months ago to Toronto

Metro Ref

#Toronto #TorontoPublicLibrary #MetroRef

The grand, modernist atrium of Toronto's Metro Reference Library
The grand, modernist atrium of Toronto's Metro Reference Library

pluralistic, 6 months ago to Toronto

Ignite Minds, Not Books

#Toronto #TorontoPublicLibrary #MetroRef #BannedBooks #MomsForLiberty

The grand, modernist atrium of Toronto's Metro Reference Library with a banner reading "IGNITE MINDS NOT BOOKS"
The grand, modernist atrium of Toronto's Metro Reference Library with a banner reading "IGNITE MINDS NOT BOOKS"
The Tower of Banned books, a sculpture composed of a cylinder of stacked banned books.

deltatux, 6 months ago to infosec

Toronto Public Library has confirmed that during the cyberattack back on October 27 resulted in the loss of personal data of their staff dating as far back as 1998.

The library system confirmed that the attackers made off with personal information such as names, birthdates, social insurance numbers and home addresses.

For more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-public-library-ransomware-employee-data-1.7028982

#infosec #cybersecurity #ransomware #databreach #TorontoPublicLibrary #PublicLibrary #Toronto #Ontario #Canada

ap236, 6 months ago to Toronto

Toronto Public Library says sensitive data may have been exposed in cybersecurity incident | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3QwzT2V #topoli #TPL #Toronto #Cybersecurity #TorontoPublicLibrary #DataBreach #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

cardamomaddict, 6 months ago to random

Augh. Going after hospitals and libaries is really low and hurts the community's most vulnerable. But that's the point with these guys, isn't it?

#Libraries #TorontoPublicLibrary #ransomeware

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/a-ransomware-attack-hit-toronto-public-library-here-s-what-that-means-1.6634968

ap236, 8 months ago to onpoli

Toronto Public Library piloting virtual interview rooms for job seekers | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3PGWXgb #topoli #VirtualMetings #TorontoPublicLibrary #Interviews #VirtualInterviews #onpoli @onpoli