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Anna Urbanek

@annaurbanek.bsky.social

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Writer, graphic designer, witch. I write books on magic and natural sciences. Trying to live slow and sustainably in Tampere, Finland. 50% of the @doubleproficiency.com, 0% generative AI.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, I love this! Thanks 💖

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks! I'm training my brain to stop assuming there's nothing but gray & darkness at this time of the year :)

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 3h

#ColorsOfFinland day 8. No matter the weather, moss never disappoints.

Colors of Finland, 26th October 2025. A photograph of moss on a waterlogged apple tree branch. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: a nice green-yellow-brown gradient.

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 6h

It's still raining. Sounds like I have a perfect excuse to draw birds all day for the new book.

A screen cap from "Zoologist's Primer, vol. 1: Birds" showing the five first entries, from albatross to blue jay.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 6h

The new season of "Only Murders in the Building" is full of birding fun! 🐦‍⬛💖

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 8h

We play a bunch of those, like One Night a Werewolf or Mascarade. I don't mind social deduction and bluffing games. I'll happily be a werewolf and talk people into getting rid of the local seer. I think it's specifically the fascist theme that made this game so appalling to me.

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 20h

Anyway, I learned that I am "scarily good at lying."

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 20h

There was only one person who was onto me. He says he knew I was a fascist from the beginning, because he watched me as I opened the envelope and winced. My bleeding leftie heart was crying already.

Secret Hitler is such a weird game. I'll happily not play it again.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 20h

We went out to play board games with strangers today, and I've never felt so dissatisfied winning a game.

Together with a guy looking like a young Fidel Castro, we played the whole table of liberals for fools and installed Hitler as the Chancellor at the first opportunity to win the game.

Oops.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 1d

#ColorsOfFinland day 7. Still raining, and the sky is flat gray, so it's best to look under your feet.

Colors of Finland, 25th October 2025. A photograph of wet, brown maple leaves on a meadow-type lawn. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: greens, browns, and orange.

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Dr Helen Scales @helenscales.bsky.social · 2d

New book out today!!

My latest collaboration with the amazing art duo Good Wives and Warriors

Join us on a journey around the ocean, from icy poles, to kelp forests, coral reefs and the mysterious deep, meeting all sorts of amazing animals along the way
🌊🐠🦭🦑🐋🦀🦈
www.laurenceking.com/products/oce...

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 2d

This looks amazing! Can't wait to read it. Congratulations! 🐬

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 2d

#ColorsOfFinland day 6. It's rainy and gloomy today, but the calendulas in the garden are still doing their best despite the weather. So, I guess I might as well 🌻

Colors of Finland, 24th October 2025. A photograph of calendulas covered in rain drops. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: greens, yellow, orange and red.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 2d

I infected children with "Over the Garden Wall" so that's parenting done for the month.

a cartoon of a pumpkin holding a knife with the cn logo in the background

Alt: a cartoon of a pumpkin holding a knife with the cn logo in the background

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Double Proficiency 🐦‍⬛🚀 @doubleproficiency.com · 2d

It always makes me smile when non-Polish people discover The Weirdness of our graphic design school. It's always a bit reductive ("it's communism!"), but it's likely as good as 12min video can be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpPB...

The Weird Rebellion of Polish Movie Posters

YouTube video by Pyramid Peak

www.youtube.com

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 3d

#ColorsOfFinland, day 5. Behold, the last blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) of the season in our garden. We always leave the last batch for the birds.

Colors of Finland, 23rd October 2025. A photograph of autumn highbush blueberry, with a single berry left over, surrounded by pale yellow leaves spotted red. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: blueberry blues, yellow, golden, and pinkish red.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 4d

I'd like to acknowledge that I am grateful for living in a place where I have to specify which lake I'm going to. We've got a bunch.

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 4d

#ColorsOfFinland Day 4: Every time we go to "The Big Lake", we travel through an underground pass with the most adorable street art. Meet Hoot the Hoot.

Colors of Finland, 22nd October 2025. A photograph of street art on an underground passage: an owl sitting on a white birch branch against multi-hued sky background. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: shades of blue, off-white, and orange-brown.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 4d

Ugh, *debatable, not: not debatable. I speak English poorly too every now and again.

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 4d

Hey @lizysimonen.bsky.social, I know we just met (and even that's not debatable), but as one librarian in Finland to another, I just wanted to say hi :) I too speak Finnish poorly 🇫🇮

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 5d

#ColorsOfFinland Day 3. Our new neighbors are coming closer and closer. Soon, they'll be close enough to take a good photo.

Colors of Finland, 21st October 2025. A photograph of a bunch of finches, robins, and tits rummaging through maple leaves. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: oranges, pinks, soft grays, and pale green.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 6d

Day two of #ColorsOfFinland. Our garden is still messy, but at least it has some color in it!

Colors of Finland, 20th October 2025. A photograph of pink heathers against a rocky garden. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: two hues of purple-pink, two deep greens, and a soft pale mint green.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 6d

Tired: "I know it sounds woo-woo, but it's not magic, it's psychology!"

Wired: "You can call it magic, you can call it psychology..."

Inspired: "...and that's why Zoroastrian Magi were right all along!"

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 6d

Day two of #ColorsOfFinland. Our garden is still messy, but at least it has some color in it!

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, congratulations! All the best to you both! 💖