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Beatrice Murch

@blmurch.com
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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.com · 11/09/2026
I really like this Venn diagram where it puts it all in perspective. It seems to me like the Serenity Prayer in Venn Diagram form. I am not ignoring the world, but also not letting anxiety get the better of me by focusing too much on the “Circle of Concern”. /1
Three circles all starting from the bottom inside each other as they grow. Largest is the circle of concern. Inside that is the circle of influence. Smallest is the circle of control.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 06/09/2026
Happy Sunday morning folks! Thank you Canada 🇨🇦 for yummy maple syrup 🍁 & internet for yummy and mostly healthy recipe - oatmeal banana blended pancakes which we put in the waffle maker. And thank you to my birth family for instilling a fun and yummy weekend ritual to carry on with my little family.
Breakfast of oatmeal banana pancakes topped with fruit (peaches, strawberries and blueberries) and maple syrup and coffee.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 05/09/2026
So beautiful
Peach sunset with silhouetted trees
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 05/09/2026
@artistrubylee.bsky.social I was watching Criminal Minds and this piece was in an episode. This is your work, yes? I immediately thought of you and had to take this photo…
TV screen grab of an art piece
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 12/08/2026
And after a bit of editing!
Total eclipse of the sun
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 12/08/2026
What an incredible experience to have witnessed and shared with so many people and our little family in Valencia Spain.
Total eclipse of the sun
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 22/07/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 19/07/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 08/07/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 02/07/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 01/07/2026
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
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 27/06/2026
Happy #Caturday morning with a happy fresh catnipped kitty. 🐈‍⬛
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 22/06/2026
Hopefully you did it again…
Messi after scoring a goal against Austria looks to the sky and points his index fingers up.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 22/06/2026
lureaux.com/schoenen/vet...
Six pairs of very colorful leather shoes for sale in two rows of three boxes each.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 20/06/2026
Sheet lightening in the layered sky from our house in Utrecht before it got to us.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 11/06/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 30/05/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 27/05/2026
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.com · 25/05/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 16/05/2026
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. 🥰🎸
A swan at the edge of a natural canal.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 11/05/2026
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

DigiD app temporarily unavailable 
The DigiD app is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. 
OKScreenshot from https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/digid.nl
Is Digid.nl down?
It's not just you! digid.nl is down.
Last updated: May 11, 2026, 1:15 PM (6 seconds ago)
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 04/05/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 22/04/2026
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
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 09/04/2026
@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
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 08/04/2026
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.”
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 06/04/2026
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.”
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 28/03/2026
Getting ready for No Tyrants 3 in Amsterdam this afternoon. About 320 people showed up. #notyrants3nl #notryantsnl
Three people at a table making protest signsA crowd around a statue in a park
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 11/03/2026
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".
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 25/02/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 15/02/2026
London calling! 🇬🇧 ☎️
The steep and long escalator going up at Tottenham Court Road tube station. Two people going down the escalator smile at the cameraLondon 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
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 14/02/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 02/02/2026
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”
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 24/01/2026
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.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 24/01/2026
#Caturday #Sunday #LazyFunday #Sunlight
A tuxedo cat rests on top of pillows on a couch. Sitting in direct winter sunlight.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 24/01/2026
Mom and son day out at the Video Game Museum in Zoetemeer. He is playing OldSkool Sonic in a room fashioned to be a vintage living room with a red couch and two old big box TV 📺 sets
A child (face blurred) plays OldSkool Sonic at the Video Game Museum in a room fashioned to be a vintage living room with a red couch and two old big box TV 📺 sets
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 20/01/2026
NL in solidarity with FreeAmerica Walkout. I really hope people will join me at noon today Utrecht Train Station. I’m quite nervous - company would be amazing and helps me have the courage to do this and not care if people think I look stupid or should shut up.
Netherlands Walkout *Free America * Tuesday January 20 @ 12 pm. Join us all across the Netherlands in solidarity with Women’s March. tinyurl.com/FreeAmericaWalkoutNLIce Out
Due Process
No Gestapo
Stop FascismHands off GreenlandNo you can’t have Greenland. You haven’t finished your Venezuela yet
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 12/01/2026
Buy our house and be our neighbor as we move across the street! Viewings next week - Jan 19 & 20. www.funda.nl/detail/koop/...
Screenshot of a house for sale on Funda.nl
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 10/01/2026
My son wanted me to try and I didn’t fall! 🤣
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 07/01/2026
The last train didn’t stop at our station but at one before so we walked 2km from Leidsche Rijn but we made it! Now to sleep in our own beds. Kerplonk! Welterusten allemaal!
Young boy walking in the snow at night
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 07/01/2026
Train to Utrecht from Rotterdam!!! So close. Then on to Terwijde, then walk home and do our best not to slip ass over tea kettle 🤣🤞🏼
NS yellow and blue train pulling into the platform at Rotterdam Central Station.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 07/01/2026
Beautiful train ride from Paris to Rotterdam on the Eurostar. Cannot believe it we actually might be sleeping in our own beds tonight.
Countryside covered in snow with the weak sunlight shining over the field as seen through the train window.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 07/01/2026
Getting on board with 30 min delay. WOW!
People waiting in line to board the Eurostar
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 07/01/2026
30 min delay but not cancelled from Paris to the Netherlands - they keep on dealing out that sweet hit of hope… 🤣 🤞🏼🙏🤞🏼🙏🤞🏼
Train schedule at Gare du Nord showing a 30 min delay to the NL.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 07/01/2026
Bonne journée de Marseilles ! A little bit of a delay leaving this morning but hopefully we will get to Paris not too late and hopefully we will leave for the NL. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Dawn over Marseilles France.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 06/01/2026
First leg of our multi day train trip to get back to the Netherlands after two cancelled flights and the next offer was Friday. So hopefully today we go Valencia -> Barcelona-> Marseilles. Today’s first train is an hour delayed… Luckily we have 4 hours in Barcelona…. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 🚆 🚆🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Top of the train station “Valencia del Nord”.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 02/01/2026
Flamingo at the Oceanográfico in Valencia.
Flamingo standing on one leg reflected in the water.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 29/12/2025
I made a list called “Friends” and it is the first one on my screen.
Screenshot of Bsky app with “Friends” and “Internet Archives” and “Morning Walk” as the first feeds to see.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 27/12/2025
Spanish tuxedo cat in the cafe. Feliz #caturday
Black and white tuxedo cat sitting on the bar stool.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 27/12/2025
Hola desde España! Such beautiful countryside and lovely to see the sun and mountains! Two things that are in constant short supply in the Netherlands.
A lake reflects the clouds above. The lake is surrounded by dry countryside with short trees and bushes.The lake perfectly reflects the hillside.
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Beatrice Murch @blmurch.com · 25/12/2025
The real Christmas movie…. 🎄 🍿 🎃
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas on a TV screen
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