Anna Urbanek
@annaurbanek.bsky.social
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. she/her
50% of the @doubleproficiency.com, 0% generative AI. she/her
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
The new Deathstalker movie sparks joy.
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The new Deathstalker movie sparks joy.
Today was a "take your kids to work day." We work from home.
It takes one almost-12yo to realize that most of my "creative workday" is, in fact, paying invoices, talking to accountants, sending/answering emails, writing to-do lists, and fiddling with commas and em-dashes.
She's so bored, y'all.
It takes one almost-12yo to realize that most of my "creative workday" is, in fact, paying invoices, talking to accountants, sending/answering emails, writing to-do lists, and fiddling with commas and em-dashes.
She's so bored, y'all.
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today was a "take your kids to work day." We work from home.
It takes one almost-12yo to realize that most of my "creative workday" is, in fact, paying invoices, talking to accountants, sending/answering emails, writing to-do lists, and fiddling with commas and em-dashes.
She's so bored, y'all.
It takes one almost-12yo to realize that most of my "creative workday" is, in fact, paying invoices, talking to accountants, sending/answering emails, writing to-do lists, and fiddling with commas and em-dashes.
She's so bored, y'all.
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I updated my neocities website with all the TTRPG panels I've hosted.
Is this necessary? No. It's just embedded youtube videos.
But there is a little kitty that will chase your cursor if you click it.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/panels
Is this necessary? No. It's just embedded youtube videos.
But there is a little kitty that will chase your cursor if you click it.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/panels
All My Friends Are Stories
beep beep!
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I updated my neocities website with all the TTRPG panels I've hosted.
Is this necessary? No. It's just embedded youtube videos.
But there is a little kitty that will chase your cursor if you click it.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/panels
Is this necessary? No. It's just embedded youtube videos.
But there is a little kitty that will chase your cursor if you click it.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/panels
I'm playing Shadowrun Returns to scratch an itch between Shadowrun sessions, and I'm just visiting Universal Brotherhood who invited me with a slogan: Build a Better Tomorrow.
Little do they know, my PC is called Tomorrow, and she's there to eat free cafeteria lunch and wreck stuff.
Little do they know, my PC is called Tomorrow, and she's there to eat free cafeteria lunch and wreck stuff.
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm playing Shadowrun Returns to scratch an itch between Shadowrun sessions, and I'm just visiting Universal Brotherhood who invited me with a slogan: Build a Better Tomorrow.
Little do they know, my PC is called Tomorrow, and she's there to eat free cafeteria lunch and wreck stuff.
Little do they know, my PC is called Tomorrow, and she's there to eat free cafeteria lunch and wreck stuff.
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Y'all: we love to get so many questions about our upcoming bird book!
We also love to answer some of them pre-emptively 💖
#ZoologistsPrimer
www.doubleproficiency.com/post/zoologi...
We also love to answer some of them pre-emptively 💖
#ZoologistsPrimer
www.doubleproficiency.com/post/zoologi...
Your Zoologist's Primer: Bird Book Questions Answered!
Anna's answering the burning questions about the upcoming bird book and the rest of the animal kingdom, tailor-made for your TTRPGs and worldbuilding.
www.doubleproficiency.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Y'all: we love to get so many questions about our upcoming bird book!
We also love to answer some of them pre-emptively 💖
#ZoologistsPrimer
www.doubleproficiency.com/post/zoologi...
We also love to answer some of them pre-emptively 💖
#ZoologistsPrimer
www.doubleproficiency.com/post/zoologi...
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Panel is now up on YouTube! Go leave a nice comment so the internet thinks I'm cool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llug...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llug...
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Panel is now up on YouTube! Go leave a nice comment so the internet thinks I'm cool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llug...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llug...
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Fish, unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In his clearing. Paws all up in other players' pockets. Flourishing.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Fish, unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In his clearing. Paws all up in other players' pockets. Flourishing.
Good news! New massive study about fibromyalgia dropped, and according to it, I only have *two* autoimmune disorders, not three 🥲
I'm also half-way through "It Doesn't Have to Hurt" and I've been telling my brain to shut up whenever fibro pain comes up... and it's working so far?
I'm also half-way through "It Doesn't Have to Hurt" and I've been telling my brain to shut up whenever fibro pain comes up... and it's working so far?
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Good news! New massive study about fibromyalgia dropped, and according to it, I only have *two* autoimmune disorders, not three 🥲
I'm also half-way through "It Doesn't Have to Hurt" and I've been telling my brain to shut up whenever fibro pain comes up... and it's working so far?
I'm also half-way through "It Doesn't Have to Hurt" and I've been telling my brain to shut up whenever fibro pain comes up... and it's working so far?
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Here is the first draft to my brief guide to the digital preservation of Actual Play, from a digital archives perspective, targetted at AP producers.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Here is the first draft to my brief guide to the digital preservation of Actual Play, from a digital archives perspective, targetted at AP producers.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
allmyfriendsarestories.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...
I say "brief guide" but, you know, I'm me.
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Briefly put, we played Root with friends, an rpg based on the Root boardgame, and my character was a possum thief named Fish. Kids enjoyed listening and making up stories about him, so when we saw a crocheted possum plushy on a medieval festival stand he got instantly adopted, and now helps me write
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Briefly put, we played Root with friends, an rpg based on the Root boardgame, and my character was a possum thief named Fish. Kids enjoyed listening and making up stories about him, so when we saw a crocheted possum plushy on a medieval festival stand he got instantly adopted, and now helps me write
The weather here finally got below freezing, so instead of gray and wet we have a sunny blue sky and fresh air with the tiniest bite of frost spice. Instant +300% boost to morale.
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The weather here finally got below freezing, so instead of gray and wet we have a sunny blue sky and fresh air with the tiniest bite of frost spice. Instant +300% boost to morale.
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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His name is Fish and he's a lovable, but dastardly rogue. Fish's knife was made by my daughter :). And yeah, maybe he should become a character in something rather than merely a muse?
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
His name is Fish and he's a lovable, but dastardly rogue. Fish's knife was made by my daughter :). And yeah, maybe he should become a character in something rather than merely a muse?
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I just realized how peculiar my writing notes must look from the outside... meh, as long as I know what I meant it's all good.
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I just realized how peculiar my writing notes must look from the outside... meh, as long as I know what I meant it's all good.
In Finland, once a year we get the receipts of people who earn above a certain amount, and we can see exactly how much they paid in taxes last year.
In our municipality, the highest earner got ca. €26,000,000, and paid ca. €9,000,000 in taxes.
See how easy it is to tax them...?
In our municipality, the highest earner got ca. €26,000,000, and paid ca. €9,000,000 in taxes.
See how easy it is to tax them...?
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
In Finland, once a year we get the receipts of people who earn above a certain amount, and we can see exactly how much they paid in taxes last year.
In our municipality, the highest earner got ca. €26,000,000, and paid ca. €9,000,000 in taxes.
See how easy it is to tax them...?
In our municipality, the highest earner got ca. €26,000,000, and paid ca. €9,000,000 in taxes.
See how easy it is to tax them...?
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I haven't seen a lot of talk online about this new tv show that's supposedly good. Probably because "de pluribus non est disputandum."
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I haven't seen a lot of talk online about this new tv show that's supposedly good. Probably because "de pluribus non est disputandum."
Thanks to @jakubwisz.bsky.social, we're getting back to Shadowrun tonight, with a brand new group of street level shadowrunners with 0 experience and 3% self-preservation instinct. My PC is a indie spell designer, with a boutique occult store deep in debt to an angel (gang) investor.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thanks to @jakubwisz.bsky.social, we're getting back to Shadowrun tonight, with a brand new group of street level shadowrunners with 0 experience and 3% self-preservation instinct. My PC is a indie spell designer, with a boutique occult store deep in debt to an angel (gang) investor.
I wonder if YouTube ever understands that I'd rather never watched *anything* on their platform ever again than disable my ad block.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I wonder if YouTube ever understands that I'd rather never watched *anything* on their platform ever again than disable my ad block.
#ColorsOfFinland day 23. Looks like we moved to The Other season! Poinsettia's red leaves are equivalent to Christmas here!
One day, my cats stop eating every single plant I house, and I'll be free to have some of those 😅
One day, my cats stop eating every single plant I house, and I'll be free to have some of those 😅
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#ColorsOfFinland day 23. Looks like we moved to The Other season! Poinsettia's red leaves are equivalent to Christmas here!
One day, my cats stop eating every single plant I house, and I'll be free to have some of those 😅
One day, my cats stop eating every single plant I house, and I'll be free to have some of those 😅
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If you see this, post your bird art! 🐦
#ZoologistsPrimer
#ZoologistsPrimer
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
If you see this, post your bird art! 🐦
#ZoologistsPrimer
#ZoologistsPrimer
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Please consider helping out even in tiny ways. The Philippine Red Cross accepts monetary donations via PayPal: bit.ly/prcpaypal
If you email me or quote post this with a proof of donation—any amount—I will send you copies of my games.
If you email me or quote post this with a proof of donation—any amount—I will send you copies of my games.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Please consider helping out even in tiny ways. The Philippine Red Cross accepts monetary donations via PayPal: bit.ly/prcpaypal
If you email me or quote post this with a proof of donation—any amount—I will send you copies of my games.
If you email me or quote post this with a proof of donation—any amount—I will send you copies of my games.
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Any information professionals or recent grads in the USA who are interested in digital preservation, here is a grant for professional developement!
Y'all!
Our friends at @dpoe-n.bsky.social have funding for #digitalPreservation training and education!
Learn more here:
www.dpoe.network/professional...
#libraries #culturalHeritage
Our friends at @dpoe-n.bsky.social have funding for #digitalPreservation training and education!
Learn more here:
www.dpoe.network/professional...
#libraries #culturalHeritage
Professional Development Funding – Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network
www.dpoe.network
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Any information professionals or recent grads in the USA who are interested in digital preservation, here is a grant for professional developement!
I'm in a Finnish class, and the word of the day is 'kaamos', a perfectly innocent word for polar night or general darkness, and its related word 'kaamosmasennus,' because of course this country has a special word for the dark-time flavor of depression 🙃
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm in a Finnish class, and the word of the day is 'kaamos', a perfectly innocent word for polar night or general darkness, and its related word 'kaamosmasennus,' because of course this country has a special word for the dark-time flavor of depression 🙃