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Beatrice Murch
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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 & Observer.
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Delicate beauty holding on and persevering in a hostile environment.
Small green fern growing in a white wall
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Listening to beautiful jazz, drinking a cappuccino in a sweet cafe in Lisbon before the GLAM Wiki conference starts. Sometimes work isn’t so stressful but it sure is pouring rain outside ☔️ #glamwiki2025 #lisbon
Cappuccino in a brown cup and saucer and a laptop in the background Street scene of parked cars and an awning as rain pours down on everything.
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Beautiful exhibition at SFO Terminal 1 of #WomenofAfroFuturism with a dark passageway and calming music. A lovely interlude before boarding our flight back to Europe.
WOMEN OF AFROFUTURISM Afrofuturism; an artistic and sociopolitical liberation movement, examines the past, questions the present, and reimagines the futures of Black people. The term was first coined in the 1993 essay "Black to the Future by writer Mark Dery. Afrofuturism explores the Black experience through a combination of science fiction, magical realism, mythology, history, and technology in genres ranging from literature and music to fashion, film arts. Afrofuturism may incorporate a range of components-from outer space to the natural world and popular culture. Long before the term Afrofuturism existed, visionary Black women served as spearheads of the movement. Katherine Johnson and other Black female computers contributed to grendbreaking projects at NASA that helped launch rockets and'astronauts into space in the 1960s. Nichelle Nichols appeared on the television series Star Trek in 1966—one of the first substantial roles for a Black woman on television. Two decades later, Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to join NASA's astronaut training program before traveling to space in 1992. Speculative fiction, or fiction that departs from realism, such as science fiction, fantasy, and superhero narratives, has long *allowed people to explore alternative realities. Octavia E. Butler, the first nationally recognized African American woman science fiction writer, published her novel Patternmaster in 1976. Butler paved the way for a host of Black women speculative fiction writers working today, such as N.K. Jemisin, who also penned the Far Sector comic starring the superhero Sojourner "Jo" Mullein. Ytasha L. Womack wrote what remains a quintessential primer on Afrofutufism in 2013, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture. For decades, Black musicians have infused Afrofuturist themes into their music. Immensely influential, experimental jazz musician Sun Ra pioneered the genre through his music, persona, album cover artwork, and fut… An exhibition of portraits of African American Women of AfroFuturism Three headless mannequins are decorated in futuristic costumes influenced by African American culture. A painting of an African American woman looking to the left. The costume and the background are a multicolored jumble which look Klimt inspired.
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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@archive.org is ready for Wednesday’s event! Celebrating 1Trillion web pages archived. Congrats to everyone who has made this possible over the years. Find Wednesday’s event over on Eventive
Internet Archive San Francisco headquarters has a banner celebrating 1,000,000,000,000 web pages archived.
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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#NoKings protest in the sleepy NorCal town of Pt Reyes. Easily 400 people turned out to protest. 🪧
We only need one monarch and it’s a butterfly Frog suit at the protest A large hand with middle finger and thumb together about to flick Trump No Faux King Way
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Am on an Aer Lingus flight to SFO and it is quite empty. I had read about the state of travel to the US, but it’s another thing to see it.
Middle section of an airplane with two rows of empty seats.
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Damn this feels icky. Filling out "Advanced Passenger Information" for an upcoming work trip to the US and not only is the information really invasive and awkward - who has two phone numbers these days? this "disclaimer" that you may be criminally liable if you fill in incorrect information. UGH /1
Acknowledgement and Confirmation screen from filling in Advanced Passenger Information with a checkbox stating: "I understand that the U.S. Government requires me to provide my contact information and that failure to provide complete and accurate information may result in criminal penalties."
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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It’s fall and the leaves are turning red and pumpkins are ready for soup and Jack’o lanterns… 🍁🎃
Red leaves on the brick ground with two black boots A display of a multitude of different colored and sized squashes Medium-small sized deep orange pumpkins in a bin ready for sale and to be turned into soup at home. A table with three large pumpkins at the back and three small soup pumpkins in front.
October 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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NO TYRANTS 2 RALLY
18 OCTOBER 2025, 1-3 PM @ US CONSULATE AMSTERDAM, Museumplein 19, 1071 DJ Amsterdam

We rose up once, and on October 18 we’ll rise again—because one protest isn’t enough to protect our democracy. Rise up and say it loud: no thrones and no crowns for a wannabe tyrant king! 🚫👑
A woman speaks into a megaphone in front of a crowd of people.
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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I just submitted my comment but of course no comments are being reviewed nor posted until the US Gov comes back online. There are no public statements since Sept 30. Whomp whomp…
Graphic showing comment submitted but not reviewed nor posted: “Your comment has been sent for review. This process is dependent on agency public submission policies/procedures and processing times. Once the agency has posted your comment, you may view it on Regulations.gov using your Comment Tracking Number.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Glad to know my ballot was received and counted, but it feels sort of like the last time this will happen as I live outside the US and I am a woman. I hope I am wrong. /1 #YesonProp50 #DemocratsAbroad
This is a message from the California Secretary of State on behalf of Marin Elections Department. Your ballot for the November 4, 2025, Statewide Special Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!
October 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Woohoo! Got my “prik” from the Dutch Health Department. Masking up as last year when I got my vaccine, I got Covid in the waiting room and was in bed for two months. Do not want a repeat this year. #GGDrU #ikhebdieprik #samensterk
A woman in a mask and glasses has a band-aid on her upper arm. She is giving thumbs up.
October 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Beautiful morning walk in MaximaPark today with these awesome ladies. The fall colors were beautiful.
Sunday’s shining through the trees in a chess park. Three women smile at the camera with red ivy leaves behind them.
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Cannot wait - but first see you in SF in October for the 1 Trillion webpages celebration! 🎉
Brewster Kahle stands in front of an audience and on the screen behind him it reads 1,000,000,000,000 (1 Trillion) web pages archived
September 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Went for a “stupid” walk for my “stupid” mental health and guess what? I feel better….
Two rows of poplar trees on either side of a grassy field go off into the distance. Twilight / sunset peeks out in the middle of the end of the trees. Pink clouds in the sky are framed by houses and trees in silhouette in the foreground. Two men fishing off a pier and a swan in the lake are silhouetted against the golden sky.
September 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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My friends went here in Utrecht in July and they loved it! Want to go together next Sunday? www.vensterutrecht.nl
Op 14/09/2025 van 14h00 tot 19h00 - Louisiana Crawfish Boil
Al bijna 10 jaar organiseren we Louisiana Crawfish Boils.
Soms wekelijks, soms maandelijks en soms een paar maanden niet.
Screenshot from Google Maps of Crawfish boil at Venster Restaurant in Utrecht. A pile of boiled crawfish and potatoes on top of newspapers on a table.
September 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Bit of a difference from last week….
Woman with shoulder length hair and glasses standing in front of the sunrise over train tracks.
September 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Absofuckinglutely! Back in 2018 in Buenos Aires, I started reading your book and downloaded Duolingo even before we moved. I just say “Ik wil oefenen alsjeblieft” with a smile when they switch to English. But I get it, it’s hard….
Close up of the book “Why the Dutch are Different - A Journey into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands” by BEN COATES 'An insightful gem' SCOTSMAN BOOKS OFTHEYEAR
September 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Well that’s shorter than I was expecting - but it’s not awful - I’ll take it. 🤣🤷‍♀️
Woman with a bob and glasses with a black Internet Archive shirt Cut hair on the ground of a hair salon
September 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Home sweet home - cat seems to have forgiven us our trespasses… #roadtrip #backsafely #caturday
Tuxedo cat seen from above accepting skritches.
August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Gutentag Remagen - Rhein… #roadtrip #river #europe #summer #lunchbreak
A row of tables, chairs and umbrellas next to the Rhine river.
August 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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I grew up in a small town of mostly white hippies. Glad to have that ethos in my veins.
“Elderly white hippies don’t die, they just fight fascists.” written on a tiedye background with a VW van facing a black ICE van.
August 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Gutentag Winthertur #roadtrip #rosegarden
Orange roses in a rose garden full of many varieties. A fountain with a bronze statue of a woman holding a fish. Behind her are old swiss buildings with green shutters and red painted wood on white walls.
August 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Good morning Switzerland - what a beautiful sunrise over Lake Neuchâtel. #roadtrip #sunrise
Sunrise over a lake with trees and greenery in silhouette in the foreground.
August 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Goodnight Switzerland 🇨🇭 #bigdipper #northstar #etoilepolar #stargazing
Skyline including the Big Dipper and the North Star
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM