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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Just a proud dad post. One off to university to be an environmental engineer, the other tearing up the record book for high school track and field.

My kids as babies in somewhat matching Jammie’s.

My daughter with signs announcing her high school graduation and University of Illinois future.

My son anchoring the 4x400 relay that would get them to the state championship.

Both kids standing next to the Grand Canyon. Let me tell you, that canyon is grand.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

@majorleaguebaseball every time I think you couldn’t possibly ruin the American pastime you always come through with some all-new level of shit.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Am I peeking you or are you peaking me? Parakeet on Hampstead Heath.

Green parakeet looking at me through the green leaves.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I saw this flitter on my way to Hyde Park, and found this great tit on a windowsill. Luckily, I got these shots! First time I’ve seen one! #birds

Great tit. A sparrow sized bird with a black cap, white cheeks, greenish underparts and white on the black wings.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Male tufted duck, Regent’s Park, London, UK #birds

Male tufted duck stares me down. Black head and breast, blue-black bill and yellow eye.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Egyptian gosling, Regent’s Park, London, UK #birds

Tiny Egyptian gosling swimming, surrounded my it’s own ripple.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Mallard duckling and mama, Sefton Park, Liverpool, UK #birds

A baby mallard swims towards the camera, its mother close - but not too close - behind.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Ask Grover Cleveland how well deploying the National Guard against a governor’s wishes go. #pullmanstrike #eugenevdebs

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Tree swallow keeping an eye on things. #birds

Head and shoulders of a tree swallow looking into the camera. Tree swallows are black beak, iridescent bluish green wings and head and a white throat and chest.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I get paid to do this stuff! #userexperience opportunities to build your dream library means a penguin staffing a circulating tool collection.

Diorama of an imagined library space showing a wall of tools and a circulation counter staffed by a green and black penguin.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Belted Kingfisher at Kickapoo State Recreation Area #birds #birdingillinois

Belted kingfishers are mostly blue-grey birds with white fronts and a blue Mohawk of top feathers. Females have an orange apron across their breast but this bird’s Brest is hidden from the camera.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

#birds were abundant this morning! Sandhill crane at Heron View boardwalk. #birdingillinois

Sandhill cranes are tall shorebirds standing around 3-4 feet with grey lower feathers, muddy brown wings and neck and a red forehead.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines: pay attention to how they are treating our veterans. That’s what’s in store for you when you are no longer useful to their aims.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

@durbin.senate.gov - you knuckleheads think they are playing checkers while you’re playing chess. But you’re playing chess while they’re playing Nahtzee.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Please share: 8 great reasons to attend #UXLibs (User Experience in Libraries) in Liverpool in June 2025, based on the experiences of last year’s attendees… www.linkedin.com/posts/andypr...

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Andy Priestner on LinkedIn: #userexperience #libraries #uxdesign #uxresearch #servicedesign…

8 GREAT REASONS TO ATTEND UX IN LIBRARIES 2025 The idea of this post is to offer you 8 great reasons why you should attend the 2025 User Experience in…

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Kai Wong bringing fire energy to advocacy! #axecon

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Screen legend, Danville native. I hope Gene Hackman bursts through the pearly gates exclaiming, “Alright, Popeye’s here!”

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

“Compliance is the starting block, inclusion is the finish line.” - Craig Abbott #axecon

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Anyone else attending #axecon this week? #accessibility work is one way to take a stand against the cruelty that seems to be America’s desired commodity these days.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

New speakers announced for the UX in Libraries conference in Liverpool 2025! Plenaries: Joel McGeorge, Debbie Morris & Kate Kluttz Workshops: Dilay Sarpay, Scott Young Find out more at: uxlib.org/uxlibs2025/ #userexperience #uxdesign #uxresearch #libraries

Poster with a Liverpool waterfront backdrop also showing portrait photos of eight speakers.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Just pulled a footlong clog from the shower drain and, as an American in 2025, it’s the only thing I’ve been proud of this year.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Now more than ever.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hey, do you like #goodmusic? I saw this guy play at the Six Bells in Cambridge, England and he’s phenomenal. New single out now! #imlac

Sreenshot of Kinesis single by Imlac on my music app.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A hermit thrush and I meet face-to-face; game recognizes game. #birds

Hermit thrush amongst dry grass, leaf litter and patches of snow.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

From May 2023, baby bald eagles don’t get their signature piebald feathers until after their first year. This one has strong Muppet vibes. #birds #baldeagle #birdingillinois

A young bald eagle looks over the edge of its nest in a sycamore tree.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Please share… Bookings are now open for UX in Libraries 2025 in Liverpool! If you’re involved in user experience work in libraries you won’t want to miss this conference. Find out about this years event & our two keynotes: Venessa Bennett and @stephaniewalter.bsky.social at: uxlib.org/uxlibs2025/

A Liverpool skyline at night and images of our keynotes Venessa Bennett and Stéphanie Walter.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” - Abraham Lincoln, 1838

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Spent some time with this beautiful lady this afternoon. #pileatedwoodpecker #birding #addbirder

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This is the best woodcarving I’ve ever done. I was asked to create something that captured a mother’s grief at losing her adult child in an accident. It was an honor to even try.

Basswood carving of a kneeling figure weeping into their upturned palms.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Just bringing a few of my all-time favorites with me: a female pileated woodpecker. The second largest American woodpecker if you include the ivorybilled which I still believe is out there somewhere.

Female pileated woodpecker on a sycamore tree. They have a black and white body and a brilliant red cap of feathers on their heads.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Toilets have come to occupy much of my thinking in #userexperience / #ux work from both an accessibility and inclusion frame of reference so I end up awkward photographing toilet setups I like. This is at the botanical garden in Cambridge, England. Wish it were wheelchair accessible.

This is a completely enclosed gender neutral toilet that includes a personal sink. Although not wheelchair accessible, it is closer to what I would like to see more often in the U.S.

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Andy Priestner @andypriestner.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Please share… There’s less than a month until this year’s #UXLibs Call for Papers closes. Do you want to present on user experience initiatives at your academic or public library at our conference in Liverpool? All the details you need: uxlib.org/2024/11/14/c... #libraries #userexperience #UX

Microphone on stand and blue-pink lighting

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

A leucistic goldfinch was hanging around my in-laws’ backyard. This is a genetic issue that keeps the melanin from reaching all its feathers. So this normally yellow and black bird is all white except for its light yellow head.

Leucestic goldfinch on the branch of a dogwood tree.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Hey, can I get a whiteboard as big as my office? I have some stuff to keep track of.

Mobile whiteboard six feet wide and six and a half feet tall.

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Winter birding gloves. Left hand holds the camera so just needs warmth. Right hand clicks the button so index finger is a convertible. Not a pair, but they match my needs. UX is like that. #ux #userexperience #uxlibs

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thanks to Rosario’s mad skills, we’re launching our UX zine at the library, hoping it’s a fun de-stresser and users might share their insights with us. #ux #userexperience #uxlibs

Stack of zines designed to look like composition books with the title “My Book of University Library Feels!”

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John Laskowski @procardigan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The rare day working from home gives me the even rarer chance of catching up on reading. Now: let’s see if this @andypriestner.bsky.social has any clue what he’s on about! #uxlibs

Copy of A Handbook of User Experience Reseach & Design in Libraries by Andy Priestner laying on an open laptop computer.

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