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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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#ColorsOfFinland day 7. Still raining, and the sky is flat gray, so it's best to look under your feet.
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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...
This looks amazing! Can't wait to read it. Congratulations! 🐬
#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 🌻
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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.
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The Weird Rebellion of Polish Movie Posters
YouTube video by Pyramid Peak
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#ColorsOfFinland, day 5. Behold, the last blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) of the season in our garden. We always leave the last batch for the birds.
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.
#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.
Ugh, *debatable, not: not debatable. I speak English poorly too every now and again.
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 🇫🇮
#ColorsOfFinland Day 3. Our new neighbors are coming closer and closer. Soon, they'll be close enough to take a good photo.
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Day two of #ColorsOfFinland. Our garden is still messy, but at least it has some color in it!
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!"
Day two of #ColorsOfFinland. Our garden is still messy, but at least it has some color in it!
Oh, congratulations! All the best to you both! 💖
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Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜
As we head into 6 months of winter, I've decided to do my best and find color in this challenging (to me, at least) time.

19th October: The first frost.
Oh, awesome! Have fun! 💖
Sending warmth from one cold place to another! We still have barnacle geese on the lake, so by all accounts, it's currently too warm here.
Admittedly, I was also on acetaminophen / paracetamol at the time, so this likely would count as doping in the current climate.
What? It's not like librarianship is a real degree 💀
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I wrote every single chapter of my Master's thesis the night before they were due, and the final version—again—the night before it was due. Ended up with an MA and 120+ page thesis.

Last-minute panic > AI slop
I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.
My twenties were probably the loneliest I ever felt. Now that I am 36, I indeed find making friends surprisingly simple. "You seem cool, we've been bouncing special interests off each other for 20 minutes straight - wanna be friends?"
Age 5: Hi! Wanna be friends? :D

Age 14: Hi! Wanna be friends? :D

Age 23: People will always leave. And as an adult, you have no place in others' lives. You need to steel your heart to survive the bleak reality of human condition: we're born alone, and die alone.

Age 36: Hi! Wanna be friends? :D