On this day in 1848, more than 40,000 French workers initiated the June Days Uprising after the state closed National Workshops that provided work to the unemployed, causing 10,000 casualties and 4,000 workers to be deported to Algeria.
The National Workshops had only been formed a few months earlier, when, on February 25th, a group of armed workers interrupted a session of the provisional government to demand "the organization of labor" and "the right to work".
In late June, the Second Republic began planning to close the workshops, leading to a national uprising. In sections of the city, hundreds of barricades were thrown up. The National Guard was sent in to quell the rebellion, and workers seized weapons from local armories to fight back.
The violence, which lasted just three days, resulted in more than 10,000 casualties and 4,000 participants to be deported to Algeria. Among the dead was Denis Auguste Affre, Archbishop of Paris, killed while trying to negotiate peace with an angry crowd.
The rebellion was successfully crushed, and the episode put a hold on revolutionary ambitions of radical Republicans at the time. In its aftermath, the French Constitution of 1848 was adopted, mandating that executive power be wielded by a democratically elected president.
The first president under this framework was Napoleon Bonaparte, who dissolved the constitution during his first term in office.
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someone give me a hug i spooked myself too hard watching backrooms videos and now I'm scared to even leave my room
:meow-hug:
there's nobody else in the house anymore so it's just me renting a room in an empty house
it's an old house too...
:blob-help:
Oh you're fine then! The ghosts will keep you company :Care-Comrade:
Looking to fill the other room/s at all? Or get a pet to keep you company?
it's a very messy house
it's inbetween tenants rn except for me
it has a basement
that's where the only bathroom is
and I need to use it
:blob-help: :blob-help: :blob-help:
throwback to that place I lived with an external laundry and outhouse only and the leaseholder was a hoarder
It was cheap, but it wasn't worth it.
best time to use the outhouse is at 5am in the dead of winter
snow on the ground
as you leave your house the power goes out
you close the door to the outhouse and when you do you start hearing weird sounds, almost mechanical...
When it rained the water would pour out of the kitchen ceiling light, and I had a funnel and a bucket pinned to the ceiling in my room to catch the water that would fall on my pillow/head otherwise.
Apparently someone died in one of the rooms and there were the stains to match.
would not recommend
jesus fuck :scared:
phew! :sweat: made it to the bathroom
I think the paranoia is lessening
this is why I've never tried weed
You did it! Congrats. Also I like weed because then I'm responsible for how anxious I feel
Thank you!
additional kudos goes to panic beer and :comfy: Montreal metro
there's a ghost in my home but it's better than being alone 👻
My favourite chill :comfy: song about friendly ghosts and it's a side project of Dirk from Tocotronic:
Phantom Ghost - Relax It's Only A Ghost