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
Oh no, it might be that my constant hobby-switching and getting utterly bored with things that used to consume my every conscious second two weeks ago is just undiagnosed adhd.
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Oh no, it might be that my constant hobby-switching and getting utterly bored with things that used to consume my every conscious second two weeks ago is just undiagnosed adhd.
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I must thank wikipedia for having this image of a Gloster Fancy canary. It definitely made my morning :).
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I must thank wikipedia for having this image of a Gloster Fancy canary. It definitely made my morning :).
I'm trying to figure out LinkedIn, and I'm having trouble translating myself into a professional language. I squirm at the lingo.
LinkedIn Anna is an indie game designer and a successful writer. Bluesky Anna spent last three hours frying potato pancakes and listening to podcasts on AuDHD.
LinkedIn Anna is an indie game designer and a successful writer. Bluesky Anna spent last three hours frying potato pancakes and listening to podcasts on AuDHD.
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'm trying to figure out LinkedIn, and I'm having trouble translating myself into a professional language. I squirm at the lingo.
LinkedIn Anna is an indie game designer and a successful writer. Bluesky Anna spent last three hours frying potato pancakes and listening to podcasts on AuDHD.
LinkedIn Anna is an indie game designer and a successful writer. Bluesky Anna spent last three hours frying potato pancakes and listening to podcasts on AuDHD.
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POV you're me, looking in the mirror and telling myself to shave, then demand avoidance kicks in.
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
POV you're me, looking in the mirror and telling myself to shave, then demand avoidance kicks in.
Just had the order delivered from @bymossypine.bsky.social and it includes the loveliest lil' note for the birthday kiddo who absolutely adores all the blanket kitties and floral bunnies.
Thank you so much, she'll be so happy to have a personal message from her favorite artist ✨
Thank you so much, she'll be so happy to have a personal message from her favorite artist ✨
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Just had the order delivered from @bymossypine.bsky.social and it includes the loveliest lil' note for the birthday kiddo who absolutely adores all the blanket kitties and floral bunnies.
Thank you so much, she'll be so happy to have a personal message from her favorite artist ✨
Thank you so much, she'll be so happy to have a personal message from her favorite artist ✨
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After 10 successful ttrpg crowdfunds, I’m opening up slots for consultancy from January. If you have a project you’re bringing to Kickstarter or BackerKit in 2026, email to arrange a free 15min meeting to discuss your goals and needs.
[email protected]
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #crowdfunding
[email protected]
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #crowdfunding
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
After 10 successful ttrpg crowdfunds, I’m opening up slots for consultancy from January. If you have a project you’re bringing to Kickstarter or BackerKit in 2026, email to arrange a free 15min meeting to discuss your goals and needs.
[email protected]
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #crowdfunding
[email protected]
#Kickstarter #BackerKit #crowdfunding
I went to a webinar on personal branding on LinkedIn in an attempt to professionalize, and I can tell you that I'm now on my way to have ✨magpie vibes✨ on main.
... it feels weird to let people I know irl into my online presence.
... it feels weird to let people I know irl into my online presence.
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I went to a webinar on personal branding on LinkedIn in an attempt to professionalize, and I can tell you that I'm now on my way to have ✨magpie vibes✨ on main.
... it feels weird to let people I know irl into my online presence.
... it feels weird to let people I know irl into my online presence.
(This post is not entirely serious, I'm just venting)
I feel like I've been oversold on the promise of autism explaining all my life's struggles. My attention is actually fluctuating widely, I have no life-long special interest, I build routines that should feel perfect, but then /
I feel like I've been oversold on the promise of autism explaining all my life's struggles. My attention is actually fluctuating widely, I have no life-long special interest, I build routines that should feel perfect, but then /
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
(This post is not entirely serious, I'm just venting)
I feel like I've been oversold on the promise of autism explaining all my life's struggles. My attention is actually fluctuating widely, I have no life-long special interest, I build routines that should feel perfect, but then /
I feel like I've been oversold on the promise of autism explaining all my life's struggles. My attention is actually fluctuating widely, I have no life-long special interest, I build routines that should feel perfect, but then /
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The Magus was featured in a popular TikTok, and people have been really supporting the game.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The Magus was featured in a popular TikTok, and people have been really supporting the game.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
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I'm at Dragonmeet this weekend! L22. I'm bringing Carved in Stone and that's it, so buckle in for the longest Pictish rambles you've ever heard yet.
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I'm at Dragonmeet this weekend! L22. I'm bringing Carved in Stone and that's it, so buckle in for the longest Pictish rambles you've ever heard yet.
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I'm now co-ordinating with 20 different AP producers to start an AP collection on the Internet Archive 🤩
Step 1: get the list of contacts ✅
Step 2: get everyone to make accounts at archive.org and send me their handles
Step 3: start building records!
Step 1: get the list of contacts ✅
Step 2: get everyone to make accounts at archive.org and send me their handles
Step 3: start building records!
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm now co-ordinating with 20 different AP producers to start an AP collection on the Internet Archive 🤩
Step 1: get the list of contacts ✅
Step 2: get everyone to make accounts at archive.org and send me their handles
Step 3: start building records!
Step 1: get the list of contacts ✅
Step 2: get everyone to make accounts at archive.org and send me their handles
Step 3: start building records!
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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.