Beatrice Murch

@blmurch

Program Manager of @internetarchive.eu – opinions strictly my own. Photographer, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Cat Servant, Coffee Lover, Immigrant, Traveler, Geek, Participant & Hope Junkie. 🇺🇸&🇬🇧 🥰💍🇦🇷&🇪🇸 🏠 🇳🇱

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Beatrice Murch@blmurch· 5d

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Beatrice Murch@blmurch· 5d

What an incredible experience to have witnessed and shared with so many people and our little family in Valencia Spain.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· 26d

Bonjour de Paris! Lucky enough to be here for #wikimania2026 this week. So far it has been an incredible event. Looking forward to more great interactions.

A woman stands in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· 29d

Husband brought home this swag t-shirt from a tech conference and obviously no one on this team was female…. #HRT means something very different to women 🤣 (Hormone Replacement Therapy)

Grey t-shirt with HRT in a box on the front of the shirt.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jul 8

On our way to @getdweb.net camp this week, I just had to stop by the side of this field to take in and capture the beauty of the scene to share. #sunflower #summer

A field full of yellow sunflowers. The sky is covered in grey-blue cloud cover.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jul 2

Pecan-almond shortbread now cooling and firming up. Sure is gooey!

Shortbread just out of the oven in a 9x13 inch glass pan in baking paper.

Stirring the caramel mixture for the pecan/almond mixture.

Pecan/almond shortbread out of the oven cooling on the stove.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jul 1

Today I was privileged to attend a powerful presentation by @ifightforbooks.bsky.social at @kb.nl wearing my @internetarchive.eu hat. Thank you for your time and for tirelessly working to support freedom of access to information.

Three women sit at a red couch for a discussion about book banning in the US and how it could affect the Netherlands.

Q&A with
Leila Green Little
& Wilma van Wezenbeek
nationale bibliotheek

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jun 27

Happy #Caturday morning with a happy fresh catnipped kitty. 🐈‍⬛

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jun 22

Hopefully you did it again…

Messi after scoring a goal against Austria looks to the sky and points his index fingers up.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jun 22

lureaux.com/schoenen/vet...

Six pairs of very colorful leather shoes for sale in two rows of three boxes each.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jun 20

Sheet lightening in the layered sky from our house in Utrecht before it got to us.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jun 11

A woman on the train sketched me during our trip from Amsterdam to Utrecht. I had no idea until she was almost finished. What a wonderful way to pass the time. I was answering emails to @annaleen.bsky.social 🤣

A woman holds up a sketch of a woman wearing glasses.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· May 30

Noooo 😭 Sending light and love to all who were lucky enough to know her. Marcia was the best. I have such fond memories of her even though I was so young. May her memory be a blessing.

Eight people in a group look at the camera. There are three women, four men and one blond child.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· May 27

Yay - no sticker - but confirmation that my vote in California was received and will be counted. #democracy #democracyisnotaspectatorsport

Hello Beatrice Murch,

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Beatrice Murch@blmurch· May 25

I made some tonight to celebrate May 25, but I am a bit far away, sorry! Jamon y queso & Carne cortado a cuchillo.

11 empanadas on a circular wooden platter with a bottle of Malbec behind.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· May 16

I looked out the bedroom window earlier and saw this swan. The world is crazy but life is beautiful. Now, I am listening to my husband learn to play the guitar downstairs- total bliss. 🥰🎸

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· May 11

DigiD werkt niet - maandag 11 mei. ooops #digid #overheid #digitalsovereignty #status #ssl #isitdown

Loading error when trying to access digid.nl "This site can't provide a secure connection" "digid.nl sent an invalid response." "ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR"

Screenshot from the phone app

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Beatrice Murch@blmurch· May 4

Whizzing through Germany in the ICE train, the rapeseed fields almost burst through the windows. I actually like that the camera lens couldn’t focus.

Green trees and fields next to train tracks with yellow rapeseed flowers in the distance.

Green bushes next to train tracks with a field of yellow rapeseed flowers taking up almost all the scenery behind.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Apr 22

Beautiful view over the Japanese garden in MaximaPark in Utrecht today on our group morning walk.

View of Japanese garden in MaximaPark Utrecht with a pagoda and beautiful blue sky

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Apr 9

@anildash.com - I'm working on a presentation about social networks over history and found you! 😂 web.archive.org/web/20010206...

Screenshot of a webpage from 2001 from anil dash with short posts

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Apr 8

Hugs. This cartoon is sadly evergreen…. 🌲

Two people walking “My desire to be well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.”

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Apr 6

It is interesting to read the reasons here on BSky I see over and over as to why Kegsbreath is firing US Generals - because he won’t promote POC and Women. It makes much more sense if they are being fired because they won’t go along with war plans.

Arash Reisinezhad @arashreisi

“Firing top U.S. generals is not routine; rather it signals resistance inside the military to a ground invasion of Iran. When seasoned commanders are sidelined, it suggests the push for escalation is political, not strategic.
History is clear: Ignore the counsel of experienced generals, and failure may follow!”

Arash Reisinezhad ~
@arashreisi
“Emerging evidence suggests that U.S. operations south of Isfahan (marked in red on the map were unrelated to any pilot rescue mission.
The downed American pilot was reportedly located in southwest Iran, near Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province (marked in blue on the map), not central Iran.
Instead, this appears to have been a failed heliborne insertion aimed at locating uranium within Iran.
The recent dismissal of seasoned U.S. generals may not be coincidental; it may reflect internal resistance to such high-risk operations.
Given Iran's increasingly effective air defense, and the apparent failure of this mission, the viability of future heliborne incursions deep into Iranian territory is now in serious doubt and may ultimately be abandoned.”

“deep inside the mountains of Iran. The Iranian Military was looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close. He is a highly respected Colonel. This type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to "man and equipment." It just doesn't happen! The second raid came after the first one, where we rescued the pilot in broad daylight, also unusual, spending seven hours over Iran.”

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Mar 28

Getting ready for No Tyrants 3 in Amsterdam this afternoon. About 320 people showed up. #notyrants3nl #notryantsnl

Three people at a table making protest signs

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Mar 11

Reminds me of this meme. Seems like a lifetime ago

A meme of a woman serving mashed potatoes to a man eating dinner. He is obviously Trump with his back to the viewer. Text above says "No you can’t have Greenland. You haven’t finished your Venezuela yet".

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Feb 25

Beautiful morning walk with a friend in MaximaPark Utrecht. The crocuses and snowdrops are out!

Two shadows of people walking along an asphalt footpath in a park next to a canal of water.

Purple crocuses and white snowdrops in a grass field.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Feb 15

London calling! 🇬🇧 ☎️

The steep and long escalator going up at Tottenham Court Road tube station.

Two people going down the escalator smile at the camera

London view over the Thames with St Paul Cathedral off in the distance.

London skyline at night over the Thames. The London Eye lit in blue is on the left. The Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower which holds Big Ben is on the right

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Feb 14

Great afternoon event at work, now off to London for a week’s vacation with the family before an intense two months of work.

Red Eurostar train (formerly Thalys) pulling into the platform at Amsterdam Centraal.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Feb 2

Started by Americans living abroad, and welcoming any like minded people. We stand up for democracy and against fascism. Please follow Indivisible NL here on BSky and elsewhere. Full chapter and website coming soon @indivisiblenetherlands.nl

Green chalk board with writing: “Democracy is not a spectator sport”

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jan 24

I freaked out July 2024 when he was given immunity. People told me I was over reacting. “First, none of the participants … considered the scenario unrealistic, especially after the supreme court’s decision in Trump v United States, which granted the president criminal immunity for official acts.”

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While our hypothetical scenario picked a different city and a slightly different sequence of events, the conclusions we reached about the possibility of green-on-green violence are directly applicable to the current situation. First, none of the participants – many of them senior former military and government officials – considered the scenario unrealistic, especially after the supreme court’s decision in Trump v United States, which granted the president criminal immunity for official acts.

Beatrice Murch@blmurch· Jan 24

#Caturday #Sunday #LazyFunday #Sunlight