Was walking up 7th Avenue in #Manhattan when this giant rodent called my attention. I guess it's true that #NYC has a rat problem. #rats #inflatable #rat #newyork #midtown #funny

Apropos of this sighting of #Scabby the Rat:

“It’s an attention grabber,” said Benjamin Serby, a professor at Adelphi University who has written about the history of Scabby. “It’s something that just is very effective, for whatever reason, at making people walking by or driving by, stop and ask: ‘What’s going on here?’”

https://ktla.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/nationworld/headlines/on-the-front-lines-of-the-writers-strike-meet-the-true-rat-czar-of-nyc-scabby-the-rat/

#unions #protests #NYC

@vmramos
That’s what happens when you leave pizza out.
@vmramos That's Scabby, used nationally by union organizers to discourage people from crossing a picket line.
@dsacer Oh, I'm aware. Just being facetious.