Cypurr Collective

UPDATE: This event will also feature a Q + A from the Ridgewood Tenants Union discussing tenants rights and organizing in your building.

The Ridgewood Tenants Union is a volunteer anti-gentrification group working together to grow the power of tenants and unhoused peoples in Southern Queens

Text Description: Cypurr Session Landlord Surveillance. Brooklyn Public Library Grand Armou PLaza March 21st, 3-5 PM Image Description: Eye of Sauron over brooklyn shooting laser beams to different buildings while cameras fill the skies. A singular blue tenant watches on

Upcoming Cypurr Session on Landlord Tech at the @bklynlibrary.bsky.social with special speaker from the @legalaidnyc.bsky.social Paula Garcia-Salazar!

Check the link below for more info: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cyp...

Hi all!

Just plugging tomorrow's Cypurr Screening event, now with a speakback featuring film director Jazmin Jones!

Food and drink proceeds will be donated to the Immigrant Defense Fund.

Plus (!!) we’ll be giving away three DVDs to folks who donate

Hope to see you there!

-Cypurr Folk

Break Up With Google — WONDERVILLE Google… it's not me, it's you. And the AI overviews. Do you want to leave Google in 2025 but don't know where to start? Do you wish the process of moving your digital life over was a little less over...

Join Cache Me Outside & Cypurr Collective at @wonderville.nyc to break up with Google! Bring your laptop or phone & we'll lock in on alternate search tools, email services, browsers, migrating account data, removing ourselves from search results, and more!

RSVP: www.wonderville.nyc/events/break...

Cypurr Cinema Super Secret Matinee Presents: Seeking Mavis Beacon — WONDERVILLE For this month’s journey into tech-cinema, we’re taking a break from our usual 1995-cyberpunk-ethos to screen Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024, dir by Jazmine Jones), a film which “investigates the disappea...

Next Cypurr Event!

Catch us at @wonderville.nyc for a screening of Seeking Mavis Beacon (2024, dir by Jazmine Jones) which “investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology.”

Discussion to follow!

www.wonderville.nyc/events/cypur...

I am talking online age gates "at" the Brooklyn Library tomorrow (I'll be there by video -- but join the crowd there in person.

* Cypurr Session A Real Kick in the KOSA * 1/17/26, 3-5 PM, Brooklyn Library Infocomons, Grand Army Plaza * For this session, we'll take a dive into the rash of online safety bills that have been the talk of the internet lately (i.e. the Kids Online Safety Act [KOSA] and the like), and discuss how they affect folks of all different backgrounds. * Guest speaker TBA Reminder that our next Cypurr session is this Saturday! Plus, announcing our very special guest speaker: @eff Civil Liberties Director @davidgreene@mstdn.social who will be speaking on implications of internet-verification laws to individual liberties Check out his bio here: https://www.eff.org/about/staff/david-greene * Cypurr Super Secret Matinee: Seeking Mavis Beacon * 2/1/26, 3-5 PM, Wonderville (21+) * Come hang with us for this screening of Seeking Mavis Beacon (Trailer: * RSVP Page will be sent out in the coming week * Cache_me_Outside and Cypurr Present: I think we should see other Engines * 2/2/26, 7-Late, Wonderville (21+) * New Year, New You, less Google! Join Cache_me_Outside and the Cypurr Collective at Wonderville for an evening of Google detox, cybersecurity tips, DJs, live coders and more! Bring your computer or phone for hands-on-help, or just come by to talk and hang. Let's De-Google together!

Happy New year! Slate of Cypurr workshops coming up, check them out!

Tomorrow! @bklynlibrary.bsky.social talking KOSA with special guest @davidgreene.bsky.social from @eff.org

Plus a movie event and social at @wonderville.nyc in February

CyPurr Session: A Real Kick in the KOSA | Brooklyn Public Library For this session, we'll take a dive into the rash of online safety bills that have been the talk of the internet lately (i.e. the Kids Online Safety Act [KOSA] and the like), and discuss how they affe...

For this session, we'll take a dive into the rash of online safety bills that have been the talk of the internet lately (i.e. the Kids Online Safety Act [KOSA] and the like) @bklynlibrary.bsky.social

Speaker TBA

More Info: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cyp...

The Human Cost of Online Age Verification | Brooklyn Public Library Learn about the risks of age verification laws from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). We'll tune in together to the livestream of this latest in the EFFecting Change series, and participate in...

Check out this upcoming talk on issues around age verification policies from @eff.org @genzforchange.org and Collaborative Research Center for Resilience coming up at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social on 1/15!

www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/hum...

more screenings coming up!

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2.check the links below for our presentations from Saturday. Thanks again for @bklynlibrary.bsky.social hosting and Cache Me Outside for her great presentation. Presentation video recording to come!

Cypurr Prez: Slides.com/cypurr/protest-privacy-11-25

Cache Prez: www.canva.com/design/DAG0q...

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4. join us in January for another set of events, announcement to come!

Have a safe new year everyone!

- meow

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3. hackers…what a great film! Fun facts:

-early film for Angelina Jolie, Johnny Lee Miller and Mathew Lilard with cameos from Penn Teller and Marc Anthony

-soundtrack and wardrobe is sick

-so much rollerblading!

Thanks again to @wonderville.nyc for hosting!

1. What a great Cypurr weekend! Thank you for everyone who joined! But if a recap below:

See y’all today!

Weekend of events starts Saturday! Hope to see y’all there

Text Reads: Cypurr Cinema Super Secret Matinee Presnts Hackers. Time to boot up or shup up with a free afternoon of film and cybersecurity discussion. Wonderville 1185 Broadway Brooklyn Ages 21+ November 23rd, 2:30 to 5:30 PM Image: Hackers flyers featuring four main acotrs

Catch us at @wonderville.nyc for our next Cypurr Matinee! We’re finishing up our trilogy of 1995 cyberpunk cinema w/ a screening of the Hackers (1995, Johnny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Dir: Iain Softley)! Movie followed by discussion on tech and cybersecurity

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Text Reads: Cypurr Session Protest and Privacy, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, November 22nd 3-5 PM. Image shows city with protestors on street with big person in suit with binoculars watching them

Catch our next Cypurr Session at the @bklynlibrary.bsky.social (Grand Army Plaza) on 11/22! This session’s focus is on Protest Digital Security, featuring a very special talk from members of Cache Me Outside!

See details here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cyp...

Sun, Nov 23 - Cypurr Cinema Super Secret Matinee Presents: HACKERS by Wonderville Learn more, get tickets, and follow this event

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11/23-Cypurr Cinema Super Secrete Matinee: Hackers
Wonderville (21+)
2:30-5:30 PM

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CyPurr Session: Protest and Privacy | Brooklyn Public Library This month, we’ll be talking about ways to secure your data when attending protests: what to be aware of, tips and tricks to help you feel more at ease, and overall how to reduce the impact of your di...

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11/22- Cypurr Session: Protest and Privacy
Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza
3-5 PM

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1/ Mark your calendars for our next slate of Cypurr events, coming up on 11/22 and 11/23. Check out descriptions below, and RSVP through the links below:

See ya Saturday! @freedom.press

CyPurr Session: Border Surveillance | Brooklyn Public Library This month, we'll be taking a look at ways you can protect your privacy at the border! Featuring a special guest from Freedom of the Press Foundation, we'll be discussing topics such as how CBP decide...

🐱 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT! 🐱

Catch us at the @bklynlibrary.bsky.social on 9/27 for a Cypurr Session on Border Surveillance featuring a talk from @freedom.press

www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cyp...
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2. Hope to catch you at your next super secret matinee. Plus keep an eye out for updates on our following events:

9/27- Cypurr Session: Border Surveillance, ft. @freedom.press at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social , 1-3 PM

9/27- Tabeling and workshop at the ABC NoRio zine fest at MayDay Space

1. Thanks to everyone who came out to the #JohnnyMneumonic screening on Sunday at @wonderville.nyc ! We had a great time watching this 90s gem, with a great talk afterwards.

EFF Statement on ICE Use of Paragon Solutions Malware This statement can be attributed to EFF Senior Staff Technologist Cooper QuintinIt was recently reported by Jack Poulson on Substack that ICE has reactivated its 2 million dollar contract with Paragon...

ICE reactivated its contract with spyware manufacturer Paragon Solutions. You can read more about it here, but what does that mean for using encrypted chat apps like Signal? 🧵(1/8)

See y’all today at @wonderville.nyc

Two days away! 💙

One week away!

NEXT EVENT

Catch Cypurr at @wonderville.nyc on 9/7 for a watch/talk on 90s classic Johnny Mnemonic!

Synopsis: A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza.

RSVP Here: withfriends.events/event/CHWXnJ...