Lloyd Frank
@ljfrank.bsky.social
Musician, academic, union leader. So grateful to be able to weave music into many aspects of my life: scores cataloging & musicology @ Univ of PA; gigging violist; serious classical recording hobbyist; obsessive art music listener; married to a pianist.
Starbucks near U Penn Library are making their voices heard!! Proud to support my Union siblings in their fight for a fair contract.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Starbucks near U Penn Library are making their voices heard!! Proud to support my Union siblings in their fight for a fair contract.
Supporting my siblings! This member of Local 590 AFSCME won’t cross a picket line ever.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Supporting my siblings! This member of Local 590 AFSCME won’t cross a picket line ever.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Now. More than ever.
Thank god for Unions! Don't despair. Organize!!
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Opinion | For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment
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November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Now. More than ever.
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What's to weigh? It's a no.
It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities.
Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities.
Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Colleges weigh whether to sign on to Trump plan or forgo federal benefits
A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.
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October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What's to weigh? It's a no.
It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities.
Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities.
Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
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October 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Today's #MiniatureMonday is a Hebrew manuscript of prayers for the time of plague. Consists of selections from the Psalms and the "Parashat ha-Ḳeṭoret" (the Biblical and Talmudic passages detailing the creation of the incense in the Temple) (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 656)
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September 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today's #MiniatureMonday is a Hebrew manuscript of prayers for the time of plague. Consists of selections from the Psalms and the "Parashat ha-Ḳeṭoret" (the Biblical and Talmudic passages detailing the creation of the incense in the Temple) (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 656)
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The people have spoken. Always know that your voice matters. Never give up.
Breaking news: Jimmy Kimmel will return to television Tuesday, nearly one week after ABC took his show off the air under pressure from the Trump administration, station owners and critics over comments he made after the killing of Charlie Kirk.
Disney brings back Jimmy Kimmel, sidelined after Charlie Kirk comments
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC was taken off air following backlash from President Donald Trump, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Nexstar, Sinclair and a bevy of conservative critics.
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September 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The people have spoken. Always know that your voice matters. Never give up.
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sinclair pulled its kirk tribute six minutes before it was set to air on its abc affiliates
September 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
sinclair pulled its kirk tribute six minutes before it was set to air on its abc affiliates
Just read Heather Cox Richardson's latest @heathercoxrichardson.substack.com.web.brid.gy and it occurs to me that there are not enough posts in my feed about how the resistance to the Trump administration is succeeding. I'm asking for your help. A brief thread. 1/X
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just read Heather Cox Richardson's latest @heathercoxrichardson.substack.com.web.brid.gy and it occurs to me that there are not enough posts in my feed about how the resistance to the Trump administration is succeeding. I'm asking for your help. A brief thread. 1/X
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Age verification? I watched the Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action" the first time it was broadcast.
September 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Age verification? I watched the Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action" the first time it was broadcast.
The piece reminded me of the old SNL skit, George F Wills Sports Machine, where Tommy Lasorda asks Wills if he ever played the game. Has Loomis ever organized a union? Or negotiate a contract? Or gotten a fractious Local to come to consensus on anything? Doubt it.
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George F Wills Sports Machine - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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September 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The piece reminded me of the old SNL skit, George F Wills Sports Machine, where Tommy Lasorda asks Wills if he ever played the game. Has Loomis ever organized a union? Or negotiate a contract? Or gotten a fractious Local to come to consensus on anything? Doubt it.
youtu.be/3QcVhyAaLnM?...
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We’re kicking off Philadelphia’s 38th annual Labor Day parade with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, @afscme.bsky.social President Lee Saunders, @lettercarriers.bsky.social President Brian Renfroe and thousands of working people.
Philly is a union town! ✊
Philly is a union town! ✊
September 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We’re kicking off Philadelphia’s 38th annual Labor Day parade with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, @afscme.bsky.social President Lee Saunders, @lettercarriers.bsky.social President Brian Renfroe and thousands of working people.
Philly is a union town! ✊
Philly is a union town! ✊
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Local woman wakes up, celebrates unions and their workers, makes oatmeal.
September 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Local woman wakes up, celebrates unions and their workers, makes oatmeal.
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Who says unions aren't fighting back?
Here’s my local afl-cio labor council president protesting on behalf of federal workers at the Baltimore social security building- and later prevented from speaking by federal security.
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September 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Who says unions aren't fighting back?
Terrible framing below. My re-write: "While some unions have long resisted major organizing efforts," ... "many of the largest unions, including the teachers unions and service workers unions, have grown by organizing new workers and becoming politically powerful." Easy, no? 4/
September 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Terrible framing below. My re-write: "While some unions have long resisted major organizing efforts," ... "many of the largest unions, including the teachers unions and service workers unions, have grown by organizing new workers and becoming politically powerful." Easy, no? 4/
Loomis claims "we have barely heard a peep from unions" since Trump's attempt to strip Federal workers of their bargaining rights. But he fails to mention the ongoing fight in the courts to restore those rights. It ain't torches & pitchforks, but it ain't nothing neither. 3/
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Loomis claims "we have barely heard a peep from unions" since Trump's attempt to strip Federal workers of their bargaining rights. But he fails to mention the ongoing fight in the courts to restore those rights. It ain't torches & pitchforks, but it ain't nothing neither. 3/
Let's start with the title. Where does Loomis get off saying unions are so quiet? It's clear he wishes we could have national strikes, as they do in Europe and elsewhere. He sighs repeatedly over unions' supposed passivity. It is clear he does not get out much. 2/
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Let's start with the title. Where does Loomis get off saying unions are so quiet? It's clear he wishes we could have national strikes, as they do in Europe and elsewhere. He sighs repeatedly over unions' supposed passivity. It is clear he does not get out much. 2/
The NYT does it again. An opinion piece about labor rife with bad framings, wrong conclusions, and misplaced longing for a kind of labor movement that has never existed in the US. Here's a gift link. My rant follows. 1/
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Wiping Out Unions. Why Are They So Quiet?
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The NYT does it again. An opinion piece about labor rife with bad framings, wrong conclusions, and misplaced longing for a kind of labor movement that has never existed in the US. Here's a gift link. My rant follows. 1/
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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Hey Firefox users.
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey Firefox users.
Great stuff here. Much to ponder.
In “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library,” I examine LIS as in need of a values-realignment, asking readers to refuse the technosolutionism we are so often offered in place of human-centered possibilities, like taking racism, climate change, and labor rights seriously
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Project MUSE - Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library
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August 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Great stuff here. Much to ponder.
So whatever I thought was happening at the intersection of cataloging and automation, it turns out the reality is so much worse. A cautionary tale:
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism - The Scholarly Kitchen
In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices -- protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed ...
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August 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
So whatever I thought was happening at the intersection of cataloging and automation, it turns out the reality is so much worse. A cautionary tale:
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Come and play
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!
May 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Come and play
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!
Everything’s A-OK
Friendly Union members there!
Congratulations our friends at @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social on saying #UnionYes!