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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Made a new robot out of spare parts. 1lb, Plastic Antweight class. Not my design - my first kitbot, a Force Knight (https://teammalice.com/index.php/scar-kit-and-spares/scar-plastic-antweight-electronics-kit/). I just realized I had like 80% of the parts in my spare parts drawer already (and even the OG color filaments) and didn't have a plantweight yet.
It's got a big wedge for horizontal spinners and some forks to get under other verticals and control bots.
I don't really like the 1lb classes - it's too small and cramped - but the local arenas aren't built for my preferred 3lb Beetleweight class.
Anyways, off to make a 3lb hammersaw as my next project. Or maybe even a 12lb idk.
Its so cute!
Wait so is it a battlebot?
Yeah!
THATS SO. COOL! How many have you made?
I've made a few, but most of them have never fought
This is GIANT ENEMY CRAB, my first actually functioning bot. It's 1lb plastic antweight class, made of PETG (not actually ideal - most people use PLA+). He hangs out on my bookshelf, never got to fight but would probably shatter on first impact anyways.
my bots
I've also had a bunch half-brewed and aborted projects that I'll probably never actually build. Like this abomination that uses rotating front forks to high-center the opponent before hammersaw swings at them.
This is what I do instead of video games.
That's so cool! Bbygirl and Jackalope are my favorite designs. When did you start building them?
its so fucking cool