By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/07/2026Onthisday in 1789, the Bastille was stormed in Paris, a key turning point of the French Revolution. 3.5 years later Louis XVI was executed by guillotine. We look at the deluge of prints that emerged depicting his death publicdomainreview.tumblr.com/post/8221146... 9303121
Kevin O'Dell @kevodell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Let's remember that @bootsriley.bsky.social released The Guillotine with The Coup... youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ?...youtu.beThe Coup - "The Guillotine"YouTube video by ANTI- Records 071
Purple Beast @purple-beast.bsky.social · 14/07/2026If you ask nicely, I’m sure France will send you some guillotines, America! You could use them. 000
Veryolympia @veryolympia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026And how did that work out for them? For me, it's the aftermath that's the real story. A bunch of zealots with a surfeit of righteous indignation, but little foresight and even less organizational skills. 010
Stefan Berreth @sberreth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026A brilliant example of a narrative invention becoming accepted as history over the events themselves. The “storming” was more a break-in to seize gunpowder, incidentally freeing a few thieves, a lunatic, and an aristocrat, than a pivotal triumph of freedom over tyranny. But hey. 250
twist @pvdork.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Wonder if Americans will take up this practice. @clc1905.bsky.social 180
Mndrew @mndrew.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again." 512827
MsRegiGirl @msregigirl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026We need to take a que from French History-we need a new revolution! 010