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Lloyd Frank

@ljfrank.bsky.social
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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.

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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My man looks like the worst White Russian any bartender ever made.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Current mood as found this morning in the staff lounge at U Penn's Van Pelt Library:
Image shows a "humane" trap set up on the floor. Someone has made a clever sign, placed on top of the trap, which reads: Free peanut butter. It's delicious. Come and get it.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But ... I mean ... oooh, my head. I think I need to lie down now.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So. Much. Cognitive. Dissonance. Well, my gob is pretty smacked right now, too. Thanks for the link.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Is there a readily available clip from the movie? I can't even imagine how the Rameau is deployed.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Perfect summary of upcoming RNC midterm "convention." If I were this mannequin, I'd hide my head & hang it in shame, too. We are all #MerchMan.
Image shows a mannequin wearing a midterm convention hoodie with the text 2026 Midterm Convention Dallas Texas. It is also wearing a baseball cap with the text Dallas on it, and it is carrying a canvas bag on its left shoulder. It is part of a display of merchandise for sale at the RNC midterm "convention" in Dallas. The cap is low & tilted downward. If there is a head, we can't see it. The impression is of a person trying to avoid being recognized.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For my union siblings who, like me, are in contract negotiations:
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I joined my union siblings on Penn campus to encourage people to sign, then I signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Fair Contract Now for Penn Libraries and Dining Service Workers. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fa...
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Fair Contract Now for Penn Libraries and Dining Service Workers
Penn Libraries and Dining Service workers are the backbone of the University—we're here with a hot meal and a safe space to study when students are far away from their families. The Libraries and Dini...
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Fair Contract Now for Penn Libraries and Dining Service Workers. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fa...
actionnetwork.org
Fair Contract Now for Penn Libraries and Dining Service Workers
Penn Libraries and Dining Service workers are the backbone of the University—we're here with a hot meal and a safe space to study when students are far away from their families. The Libraries and Dini...
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Fair Contract Now for Penn Libraries and Dining Service Workers. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/fa...
actionnetwork.org
Fair Contract Now for Penn Libraries and Dining Service Workers
Penn Libraries and Dining Service workers are the backbone of the University—we're here with a hot meal and a safe space to study when students are far away from their families. The Libraries and Dini...
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NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO @nyclabor.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Get involved, stay active, and keep your union strong.
A pink background with four hands clasping each other at the wrist with blue lettering that reads: A union is only as strong as its members.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The time is now! #FightFor4
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
C'mon Penn, do better. Fair wages now! #FightFor4
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
How many workers' lives would be greatly improved if that money had gone toward wage increases that actually keep up with the rate of inflation?
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AFSCME Local 590 DC 47 @afscme590.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The difference between a 3% & a 4% increase across the entire Local 590 Founders unit is less than the salary + benefits for 1 year for this redundant, pointless library budget analyst. #FightFor4
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Hooray for a messy post-mortem process! Let the sunshine in! The only way forward for us is to let it all hang out. Can you imagine MAGA/GOP ever engaging in this kind of introspection? "The order is rapidly fadin'" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter (Gift Article)
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
No money for wages? But money for budget analysts? Here's some free analysis: put that damn salary into our wage increases. To post this position during active negotiations during a "hiring freeze" is next-level chutzpah. Penn, do better.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What took us so long?
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Sign me up!
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
3/3: share.inquirer.com/xUwZTc
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is running record deficits. The next few years look rocky.
The financial situation is “substantial, but solvable,” said PMA's director and CEO, Daniel H. Weiss.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
2/3: "Our staffing levels are already down. We don’t think that’s the answer. But there are certain things we can cut and manage better or maybe outsource or streamline to improve the operating budget.” Narrator voiceover: He is totally considering how to lay off museum workers.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
1/3: Reviewing the operating budget, [Philadelphia Museum of Art director, Daniel Weiss said in an article about the museum’s budget deficit,] “The operating budget can be improved, but there’s not a ton of opportunity for us, for example, to lay people off.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thank you for this thread! Neither a historian nor an author. Here for the recommendations.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
All of this!
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Kicking ass and taking names! Local 590 is ready to negotiate our new contract.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
$4 mil to spend on real estate, but no money to hire Union workers in the Libraries? No money for decent salary increases? I call BS! #workersoverbillionaires #faircontractnow www.thedp.com/article/2026...
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Penn purchases old Hummus Grill property with plans for new restaurant
“We expect to announce a new restaurant tenant for the ground-floor space in the near future,” Real Estate Services Associate Vice President Rachel Siegert wrote to the DP.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Outrageous that Penn spends like a sailor on shore leave for hotel renovations, but has no money for decent wage increases! Priorities all screwed up. Negotiations gonna be lit! #workersoverbillionaires www.thedp.com/article/2026...
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Penn Sheraton hotel completes $60 million renovation
According to a release, the renovation aimed to modernize the property through choices that capture the environment of Penn’s campus.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
And of course the scare poster can't even manage to get the quotations right.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Outrageous that Penn spends like a sailor on shore leave for hotel renovations, but has no money for decent wage increases! Priorities all screwed up. Negotiations gonna be lit! #workersoverbillionaires www.thedp.com/article/2026...
thedp.com
Penn Sheraton hotel completes $60 million renovation
According to a release, the renovation aimed to modernize the property through choices that capture the environment of Penn’s campus.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
$4 mil to spend on real estate, but no money to hire Union workers in the Libraries? No money for decent salary increases? I call BS! #workersoverbillionaires #faircontractnow www.thedp.com/article/2026...
thedp.com
Penn purchases old Hummus Grill property with plans for new restaurant
“We expect to announce a new restaurant tenant for the ground-floor space in the near future,” Real Estate Services Associate Vice President Rachel Siegert wrote to the DP.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Spot on!
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I love this!
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Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Motherfucker can't even win a war against algae.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Trump really does think we are stupid. He thinks he can just slip his pet voter suppression bill into a bonkers chain-of-fools paranoia fest about his nominees and we won't see the non-sequiter? Get lost!
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Love, love, LOVE this!
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This video is hands down the best thing I've seen today.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Footnote vii did not fail to disappoint!
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
So, my wife & I were riffing on captions for a post she saw on Facebook, and this is the result:
Image shows Donald Trump in front, JD Vance next to him, Marco Rubio behind and between them, and Pete Hegseth in the back. In white lettering at the top of the image is printed: The Four Assholes. In white lettering at the bottom of the image is printed: Of the Apocalypse.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Please consider supporting this GoFundMe campaign. I have worked closely with Mark for quite a few years. He is a wonderful musician and all-around nice guy. He is already a good conductor, and I support his efforts to become a great conductor. gofund.me/4cd9f4f9b
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Donate to Send Mark to the LA Film Conducting Intensive, organized by Mark Inchoco
I’m Mark Inchoco, a conductor based in Philadelphia, and I was just admitte… Mark Inchoco needs your support for Send Mark to the LA Film Conducting Intensive
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Banana Sciatica
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I saw this on my timeline, and I like it! Depluralize a movie: Of Mouse and Man
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Depluralize a movie: One Short Film About Glenn Gould
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Higher ed is slow to the party. Although the kiddos we will see in 10 years are moving on from AI, we are in the midst of debating AI policies and implementation. It's time to wake up! 4/4
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
It's all entertaining for a moment or two, but then, once the novelty wears off (quickly), it shows itself for the slop that it is. The backlash is already happening at the elementary and secondary school level. Parents and teachers alike despise the AI instruction that schools tried to impose. 3/4
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Claude? ChatGPT? Gemini? Grok? Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. And we are supposed to trust AI for medical diagnoses and surgeries? Are you kidding me? "Vibe coding?" Get that shit away from me. Music creation? Art creation? Literature? No, no, and no. 2/4
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Rant incoming: Let's just stop with the AI-is-going-to-take-care-of-everything nonsense. Please. Real-world AI has failed me everytime: HR chatbot can't answer a simple payroll question. Car insurance chatbot can't even confirm my account. Amazon? Bank? Credit card? Health insurance? Fail! 1/4
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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
163 - Organize Your Library We’re joined by the authors of the new book Organize Your Library to talk about library labor, the future, the ALA union drive, and more!
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163 - Organize Your Library | librarypunk
We’re joined by the authors of Organize Your Library to talk about library labor, the future, the ALA union drive, and more!   Media mentioned Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of...
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Doing my part to get #sendbarron trending. Share and like if you agree. "Let's all go barmy..." youtu.be/UXrY0wRLAQ0?...
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The Threepenny Opera: "Army Song"
YouTube video by UWEC Opera
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Derik Kaufmann is a snowflake on steriods.
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Lloyd Frank @ljfrank.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
What. The. Actual.
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