#iconoclasm — Public Fediverse posts

Their likenesses were toppled, yet they still cast long shadows

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/news/their-likenesses-were-toppled-yet-they-still-cast-long-shadows

Their likenesses were toppled, yet they still cast long shadows

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.theblaze.com/news/their-likenesses-were-toppled-yet-they-still-cast-long-shadows

An Aboriginal rock shelter was demolished during construction of a Renewable Energy Zone in NSW and the native bird habitat was cleared
Iconoclasm: From cultural landscape to rubble

"The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) demolished the rock shelter during land clearing...It is the same company that was responsible for the displacement of about 60 native bird hatchlings, left homeless after the felling of trees."

"The federal environment department investigated the matter and said it found "no evidence of non-compliance" with conditions under it's environment protection and biodiversity conservation act." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/rez-rock-shelter-destruction-findings/106831784

NSW government, energy company under fire after native bird habitat cleared for renewables project >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/nsw-government-renewable-land-clearing-birds/106085764
#biodiversity #wildlife #birds #IndigenousPeoples #AboriginalHeritage #heritage #trust #respect #RenewableEnergy #consumption #CulturalLandscape #destruction #iconoclasm #WilfulBlindness #NSW #conservation

An Aboriginal rock shelter was demolished during construction of a Renewable Energy Zone in NSW and the native bird habitat was cleared
Iconoclasm: From cultural landscape to rubble

"The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) demolished the rock shelter during land clearing...It is the same company that was responsible for the displacement of about 60 native bird hatchlings, left homeless after the felling of trees."

"The federal environment department investigated the matter and said it found "no evidence of non-compliance" with conditions under it's environment protection and biodiversity conservation act." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/rez-rock-shelter-destruction-findings/106831784

NSW government, energy company under fire after native bird habitat cleared for renewables project >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/nsw-government-renewable-land-clearing-birds/106085764
#biodiversity #wildlife #birds #IndigenousPeoples #AboriginalHeritage #heritage #trust #respect #RenewableEnergy #consumption #CulturalLandscape #destruction #iconoclasm #WilfulBlindness #NSW #conservation

An Aboriginal rock shelter was demolished during construction of a Renewable Energy Zone in NSW and the native bird habitat was cleared
Iconoclasm: From cultural landscape to rubble

"The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) demolished the rock shelter during land clearing...It is the same company that was responsible for the displacement of about 60 native bird hatchlings, left homeless after the felling of trees."

"The federal environment department investigated the matter and said it found "no evidence of non-compliance" with conditions under it's environment protection and biodiversity conservation act." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/rez-rock-shelter-destruction-findings/106831784

NSW government, energy company under fire after native bird habitat cleared for renewables project >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/nsw-government-renewable-land-clearing-birds/106085764
#biodiversity #wildlife #birds #IndigenousPeoples #AboriginalHeritage #heritage #trust #respect #RenewableEnergy #consumption #CulturalLandscape #destruction #iconoclasm #WilfulBlindness #NSW #conservation

An Aboriginal rock shelter was demolished during construction of a Renewable Energy Zone in NSW and the native bird habitat was cleared
Iconoclasm: From cultural landscape to rubble

"The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) demolished the rock shelter during land clearing...It is the same company that was responsible for the displacement of about 60 native bird hatchlings, left homeless after the felling of trees."

"The federal environment department investigated the matter and said it found "no evidence of non-compliance" with conditions under it's environment protection and biodiversity conservation act." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/rez-rock-shelter-destruction-findings/106831784

NSW government, energy company under fire after native bird habitat cleared for renewables project >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/nsw-government-renewable-land-clearing-birds/106085764
#biodiversity #wildlife #birds #IndigenousPeoples #AboriginalHeritage #heritage #trust #respect #RenewableEnergy #consumption #CulturalLandscape #destruction #iconoclasm #WilfulBlindness #NSW #conservation

An Aboriginal rock shelter was demolished during construction of a Renewable Energy Zone in NSW and the native bird habitat was cleared
Iconoclasm: From cultural landscape to rubble

"The Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) demolished the rock shelter during land clearing...It is the same company that was responsible for the displacement of about 60 native bird hatchlings, left homeless after the felling of trees."

"The federal environment department investigated the matter and said it found "no evidence of non-compliance" with conditions under it's environment protection and biodiversity conservation act." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-23/rez-rock-shelter-destruction-findings/106831784

NSW government, energy company under fire after native bird habitat cleared for renewables project >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/nsw-government-renewable-land-clearing-birds/106085764
#biodiversity #wildlife #birds #IndigenousPeoples #AboriginalHeritage #heritage #trust #respect #RenewableEnergy #consumption #CulturalLandscape #destruction #iconoclasm #WilfulBlindness #NSW #conservation

ANYTHING FOR THE ICONS

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2118432/anything-for-the-icons

ANYTHING FOR THE ICONS

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2118432/anything-for-the-icons

ANYTHING FOR THE ICONS

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2118432/anything-for-the-icons

ANYTHING FOR THE ICONS

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2118432/anything-for-the-icons

ANYTHING FOR THE ICONS

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2118432/anything-for-the-icons

jam where it's images not allowed but in general like no image files/tags/etc #iconoclasm

jam where it's images not allowed but in general like no image files/tags/etc #iconoclasm

jam where it's images not allowed but in general like no image files/tags/etc #iconoclasm

jam where it's images not allowed but in general like no image files/tags/etc #iconoclasm

Taking the sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus

"The intentional targeting, damage or destruction of religious sites or places of worship is considered a violation of international humanitarian law under the Geneva Conventions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/israel-soldier-jesus-statue-sledgehammer-lebanon

#iconoclasm #violence

Taking the sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus

"The intentional targeting, damage or destruction of religious sites or places of worship is considered a violation of international humanitarian law under the Geneva Conventions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/israel-soldier-jesus-statue-sledgehammer-lebanon

#iconoclasm #violence

Taking the sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus

"The intentional targeting, damage or destruction of religious sites or places of worship is considered a violation of international humanitarian law under the Geneva Conventions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/israel-soldier-jesus-statue-sledgehammer-lebanon

#iconoclasm #violence

Taking the sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus

"The intentional targeting, damage or destruction of religious sites or places of worship is considered a violation of international humanitarian law under the Geneva Conventions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/israel-soldier-jesus-statue-sledgehammer-lebanon

#iconoclasm #violence

Taking the sledgehammer to a statue of Jesus

"The intentional targeting, damage or destruction of religious sites or places of worship is considered a violation of international humanitarian law under the Geneva Conventions." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/israel-soldier-jesus-statue-sledgehammer-lebanon

#iconoclasm #violence

#cesarchavez #iconography #iconoclasm When we memorialize “great” individuals by naming streets, schools & other public spaces after them, we effectively turn them into god-like people. I’ve never been comfortable with that concept. What do we do when we suddenly discover that a particular social icon was, in fact, a very flawed human? Do we simply scrub the name away and hope that eliminates the embarrassment? I hope not. What we should do is teach a balanced history, one where we acknowledge achievement, but do not shy away from teaching personal failures.

As an aside, I noticed that no one rushed to scrub the name of Thomas Jefferson after we learned about his non-consensual relationship with his slave.

Officials across the U.S. push to remove Cesar Chavez's name from streets, parks and holidays https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cesar-chavez-day-places-name-removed-abuse-allegations-dolores-huerta-rcna264116

#cesarchavez #iconography #iconoclasm When we memorialize “great” individuals by naming streets, schools & other public spaces after them, we effectively turn them into god-like people. I’ve never been comfortable with that concept. What do we do when we suddenly discover that a particular social icon was, in fact, a very flawed human? Do we simply scrub the name away and hope that eliminates the embarrassment? I hope not. What we should do is teach a balanced history, one where we acknowledge achievement, but do not shy away from teaching personal failures.

As an aside, I noticed that no one rushed to scrub the name of Thomas Jefferson after we learned about his non-consensual relationship with his slave.

Officials across the U.S. push to remove Cesar Chavez's name from streets, parks and holidays https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cesar-chavez-day-places-name-removed-abuse-allegations-dolores-huerta-rcna264116

#cesarchavez #iconography #iconoclasm When we memorialize “great” individuals by naming streets, schools & other public spaces after them, we effectively turn them into god-like people. I’ve never been comfortable with that concept. What do we do when we suddenly discover that a particular social icon was, in fact, a very flawed human? Do we simply scrub the name away and hope that eliminates the embarrassment? I hope not. What we should do is teach a balanced history, one where we acknowledge achievement, but do not shy away from teaching personal failures.

As an aside, I noticed that no one rushed to scrub the name of Thomas Jefferson after we learned about his non-consensual relationship with his slave.

Officials across the U.S. push to remove Cesar Chavez's name from streets, parks and holidays https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cesar-chavez-day-places-name-removed-abuse-allegations-dolores-huerta-rcna264116

#cesarchavez #iconography #iconoclasm When we memorialize “great” individuals by naming streets, schools & other public spaces after them, we effectively turn them into god-like people. I’ve never been comfortable with that concept. What do we do when we suddenly discover that a particular social icon was, in fact, a very flawed human? Do we simply scrub the name away and hope that eliminates the embarrassment? I hope not. What we should do is teach a balanced history, one where we acknowledge achievement, but do not shy away from teaching personal failures.

As an aside, I noticed that no one rushed to scrub the name of Thomas Jefferson after we learned about his non-consensual relationship with his slave.

Officials across the U.S. push to remove Cesar Chavez's name from streets, parks and holidays https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cesar-chavez-day-places-name-removed-abuse-allegations-dolores-huerta-rcna264116

#cesarchavez #iconography #iconoclasm When we memorialize “great” individuals by naming streets, schools & other public spaces after them, we effectively turn them into god-like people. I’ve never been comfortable with that concept. What do we do when we suddenly discover that a particular social icon was, in fact, a very flawed human? Do we simply scrub the name away and hope that eliminates the embarrassment? I hope not. What we should do is teach a balanced history, one where we acknowledge achievement, but do not shy away from teaching personal failures.

As an aside, I noticed that no one rushed to scrub the name of Thomas Jefferson after we learned about his non-consensual relationship with his slave.

Officials across the U.S. push to remove Cesar Chavez's name from streets, parks and holidays https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cesar-chavez-day-places-name-removed-abuse-allegations-dolores-huerta-rcna264116

Duminica Ortodoxiei sau, mai bine spus, Duminica Triumfului Ortodoxiei, în care Sfînta Biserică prăznuiește întărirea credinței ortodoxe Dumnezeu să ne ajute să petrecem postul în vrednicie ca să ne bucurăm de slava Învierii lui Iisus Hristos! 👉 https://c.aparatorul.md/3bk6w 👈 #întărirea #Biserică #Credinței #Duminica #Dumnezeu #Iconoclasm #Justin #Nevoinţă #Ortodoxe #Ortodoxie #Ortodoxiei #Părintele #PărinteleJustinPârvu #post #Postul #PostulMare #PostuluiMare #...
https://c.aparatorul.md/3bk6w

HARU NEMURI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-8JDu2N-I
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #HARU_NEMURI #Japan #iconoclasm

HARU NEMURI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-8JDu2N-I
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #HARU_NEMURI #Japan #iconoclasm

HARU NEMURI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-8JDu2N-I
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #HARU_NEMURI #Japan #iconoclasm

HARU NEMURI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-8JDu2N-I
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #HARU_NEMURI #Japan #iconoclasm

HARU NEMURI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-8JDu2N-I
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #HARU_NEMURI #Japan #iconoclasm

I question the very idea that one can even be "good" at posting #iconoclasm

I question the very idea that one can even be "good" at posting #iconoclasm

I question the very idea that one can even be "good" at posting #iconoclasm

I question the very idea that one can even be "good" at posting #iconoclasm

I question the very idea that one can even be "good" at posting #iconoclasm

A quotation from Orwell

Back in the nineteen-hundreds it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H. G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers, with your future employers exhorting you to “get on or get out”, your parents systematically warping your sexual life, and your dull-witted schoolmasters sniggering over their Latin tags; and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the planets and the bottom of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-08), “Wells, Hitler, and the World State,” Horizon

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hgwells #adventure #author #books #future #iconoclasm #idealism #optimism #reading #progress #respectability #sciencefiction #society #speculation #youth

A quotation from Orwell

Back in the nineteen-hundreds it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H. G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers, with your future employers exhorting you to “get on or get out”, your parents systematically warping your sexual life, and your dull-witted schoolmasters sniggering over their Latin tags; and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the planets and the bottom of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-08), “Wells, Hitler, and the World State,” Horizon

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hgwells #adventure #author #books #future #iconoclasm #idealism #optimism #reading #progress #respectability #sciencefiction #society #speculation @youth

A quotation from Orwell

Back in the nineteen-hundreds it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H. G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers, with your future employers exhorting you to “get on or get out”, your parents systematically warping your sexual life, and your dull-witted schoolmasters sniggering over their Latin tags; and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the planets and the bottom of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-08), “Wells, Hitler, and the World State,” Horizon

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hgwells #adventure #author #books #future #iconoclasm #idealism #optimism #reading #progress #respectability #sciencefiction #society #speculation #youth

A quotation from Orwell

Back in the nineteen-hundreds it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H. G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers, with your future employers exhorting you to “get on or get out”, your parents systematically warping your sexual life, and your dull-witted schoolmasters sniggering over their Latin tags; and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the planets and the bottom of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-08), “Wells, Hitler, and the World State,” Horizon

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/37598/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hgwells #adventure #author #books #future #iconoclasm #idealism #optimism #reading #progress #respectability #sciencefiction #society #speculation @youth

A quotation from Orwell

Back in the nineteen-hundreds it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H. G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers, with your future employers exhorting you to “get on or get out”, your parents systematically warping your sexual life, and your dull-witted schoolmasters sniggering over their Latin tags; and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the planets and the bottom of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-08), “Wells, Hitler, and the World State,” Horizon

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/37598/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hgwells #adventure #author #books #future #iconoclasm #idealism #optimism #reading #progress #respectability #sciencefiction #society #speculation #youth

Aboriginal cultural heritage site: The kuyang - A giant 300 metre eel arrangement

"All it is is rocks in a paddock," Mr McMaster (farmer)

"Adrian McMaster allegedly used an excavator to remove rocks from an ancient stone arrangement resembling an eel on his Lake Bolac property, between Ballarat and Dunkeld, in 2021. I was moving the stones so I could get the [weed sprayer] in there," the 65-year-old told Ballarat Magistrates Court."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adrian-mcmaster-in-court-heritage-damage-lake-bolac-eel-rocks/105116232
#AboriginalHeritage #destruction #iconoclasm #kuyang #RockFormation #CulturalLandscape #culture

Aboriginal cultural heritage site: The kuyang - A giant 300 metre eel arrangement

"All it is is rocks in a paddock," Mr McMaster (farmer)

"Adrian McMaster allegedly used an excavator to remove rocks from an ancient stone arrangement resembling an eel on his Lake Bolac property, between Ballarat and Dunkeld, in 2021. I was moving the stones so I could get the [weed sprayer] in there," the 65-year-old told Ballarat Magistrates Court."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adrian-mcmaster-in-court-heritage-damage-lake-bolac-eel-rocks/105116232
#AboriginalHeritage #destruction #iconoclasm #kuyang #RockFormation #CulturalLandscape #culture

Aboriginal cultural heritage site: The kuyang - A giant 300 metre eel arrangement

"All it is is rocks in a paddock," Mr McMaster (farmer)

"Adrian McMaster allegedly used an excavator to remove rocks from an ancient stone arrangement resembling an eel on his Lake Bolac property, between Ballarat and Dunkeld, in 2021. I was moving the stones so I could get the [weed sprayer] in there," the 65-year-old told Ballarat Magistrates Court."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adrian-mcmaster-in-court-heritage-damage-lake-bolac-eel-rocks/105116232
#AboriginalHeritage #destruction #iconoclasm #kuyang #RockFormation #CulturalLandscape #culture

Aboriginal cultural heritage site: The kuyang - A giant 300 metre eel arrangement

"All it is is rocks in a paddock," Mr McMaster (farmer)

"Adrian McMaster allegedly used an excavator to remove rocks from an ancient stone arrangement resembling an eel on his Lake Bolac property, between Ballarat and Dunkeld, in 2021. I was moving the stones so I could get the [weed sprayer] in there," the 65-year-old told Ballarat Magistrates Court."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adrian-mcmaster-in-court-heritage-damage-lake-bolac-eel-rocks/105116232
#AboriginalHeritage #destruction #iconoclasm #kuyang #RockFormation #CulturalLandscape #culture

Aboriginal cultural heritage site: The kuyang - A giant 300 metre eel arrangement

"All it is is rocks in a paddock," Mr McMaster (farmer)

"Adrian McMaster allegedly used an excavator to remove rocks from an ancient stone arrangement resembling an eel on his Lake Bolac property, between Ballarat and Dunkeld, in 2021. I was moving the stones so I could get the [weed sprayer] in there," the 65-year-old told Ballarat Magistrates Court."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/adrian-mcmaster-in-court-heritage-damage-lake-bolac-eel-rocks/105116232
#AboriginalHeritage #destruction #iconoclasm #kuyang #RockFormation #CulturalLandscape #culture

Fossil fuel expansion in Murujuga Cultural Landscape?

"No federal government should prioritise short-term economic gain over Earth’s climate and human health." >>
https://theconversation.com/woodsides-bid-to-expand-a-huge-gas-project-is-testing-both-labor-and-the-coalitions-environmental-credentials-247340
#FossilFuels #WA #extractivism #FastTrack #pollution #ParisAgreement #ClimateBreakdown #Murujuga #IndigenousHeritage #RockArt #iconoclasm #loss

Fossil fuel expansion in Murujuga Cultural Landscape?

"No federal government should prioritise short-term economic gain over Earth’s climate and human health." >>
https://theconversation.com/woodsides-bid-to-expand-a-huge-gas-project-is-testing-both-labor-and-the-coalitions-environmental-credentials-247340
#FossilFuels #WA #extractivism #FastTrack #pollution #ParisAgreement #ClimateBreakdown #Murujuga #IndigenousHeritage #RockArt #iconoclasm #loss

Fossil fuel expansion in Murujuga Cultural Landscape?

"No federal government should prioritise short-term economic gain over Earth’s climate and human health." >>
https://theconversation.com/woodsides-bid-to-expand-a-huge-gas-project-is-testing-both-labor-and-the-coalitions-environmental-credentials-247340
#FossilFuels #WA #extractivism #FastTrack #pollution #ParisAgreement #ClimateBreakdown #Murujuga #IndigenousHeritage #RockArt #iconoclasm #loss