this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2025
244 points (97.7% liked)

News

30260 readers
3866 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The Louvre’s spontaneous strike erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel refused to take up their posts in protest over unmanageable crowds, chronic understaffing and what one union called “untenable” working conditions.

It’s rare for the Louvre to close its doors. It has happened during war, during the pandemic, and in a handful of strikes — including spontaneous walkouts over overcrowding in 2019 and safety fears in 2013. But seldom has it happened so suddenly, without warning, and in full view of the crowds.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Headline makes it sound like the Louvre closed forever. Turns out, it's just the French being French. They didn't even overturn a car and set it on fire in the parking lot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Give it time, we'll get our fire.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Not even a single burning car? Shite party. I'm not going.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That sucks, I had this on my bucket list, but now I don't know. Hope workers get what they want. I wonder why not have people make reservations and take only certain number of visitors a day?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because that’s not how you maximize profits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nordic countries we visited: smaller museums (musea?) but free to enter. No profit there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Free‽ No profit‽‽

Where's the profit in that!?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

unmanageable crowds

Oh wow. Even with timed entry