Re: Well goddamn
Feb. 9th, 2024 07:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingPhilly Mayor’s Office Learns Not to Mess With Librarians
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/02/07/philadelphia-libraries-mayor-cherelle-parker/
Through their Instagram accounts, some local libraries began a rather amusing campaign calling out the Mayor’s Office for this silliness. By Wednesday morning, it appeared that said campaign had been effective. A quick survey of the Instagram accounts of other local libraries show us that things are, indeed, back to normal.
It’s long been said that the first rule of Philly mayoral politics is: Don’t cross the labor unions. I think what we just learned is that the second rule is this: Don’t mess with the librarians.
...by the way, if you click on this link, you should be aware that the top story about librarians is followed by a short blurb titled "Philadelphia Police Investigating 'Unusual' Incident at Mütter Museum." I laughed for a minute straight when I read about this, but it's really morbid, and maybe you don't want to look at it if you're squeamish.
If you're not familiar with the Mütter Museum, it describes itself as "helping the public appreciate the mysteries and beauty of the human body," but really it's a beautiful old Victorian building filled with horrible things in jars. Back in the day, I was offered a job there under the auspices of a good friend, and I was like: No.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/02/07/philadelphia-libraries-mayor-cherelle-parker/
Through their Instagram accounts, some local libraries began a rather amusing campaign calling out the Mayor’s Office for this silliness. By Wednesday morning, it appeared that said campaign had been effective. A quick survey of the Instagram accounts of other local libraries show us that things are, indeed, back to normal.
It’s long been said that the first rule of Philly mayoral politics is: Don’t cross the labor unions. I think what we just learned is that the second rule is this: Don’t mess with the librarians.
...by the way, if you click on this link, you should be aware that the top story about librarians is followed by a short blurb titled "Philadelphia Police Investigating 'Unusual' Incident at Mütter Museum." I laughed for a minute straight when I read about this, but it's really morbid, and maybe you don't want to look at it if you're squeamish.
If you're not familiar with the Mütter Museum, it describes itself as "helping the public appreciate the mysteries and beauty of the human body," but really it's a beautiful old Victorian building filled with horrible things in jars. Back in the day, I was offered a job there under the auspices of a good friend, and I was like: No.
