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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 · 10m

#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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 1d

#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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 2d

#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 · 3d

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 · 3d

#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 · 3d

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

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 4d

#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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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

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Kate 🍄 @kateammann.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Colors of Finland, 19th October 2025. A photograph of ice-covered nasturtium flowers and leaves. On the side, five colors chosen from the photo: two hues of warm orange, two soft greens, and off-white.

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 12d

Oh, awesome! Have fun! 💖

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 15d

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.

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 15d

I found a new band to listen to every day.

youtu.be/xcEvNwQ7v-U?...

Durry - idk i just work here (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by DurryVEVO

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 16d

Admittedly, I was also on acetaminophen / paracetamol at the time, so this likely would count as doping in the current climate.

Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 16d

What? It's not like librarianship is a real degree 💀
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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 16d

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

Dane of the Dead 🔜 LightBox Expo 313 @monkeyminion.com · 16d

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.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Anna Urbanek @annaurbanek.bsky.social · 24d

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?"

Mar, werewolf ABD @marscardua.bsky.social · 24d

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