Same vibes as the callous destruction of Bonwit Teller building and the Taliban blowing up the Bamiyan Buddhas back in the day.
October 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Same vibes as the callous destruction of Bonwit Teller building and the Taliban blowing up the Bamiyan Buddhas back in the day.
Same energy
Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddha statues in 2001
Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddha statues in 2001
May 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Same energy
Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddha statues in 2001
Taliban destroys Bamiyan Buddha statues in 2001
Tourist next to the Buddhas of Bamiyan
Afghanistan
1958
Edmund Melzl
Afghanistan
1958
Edmund Melzl
August 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tourist next to the Buddhas of Bamiyan
Afghanistan
1958
Edmund Melzl
Afghanistan
1958
Edmund Melzl
Grim "white-washing" of American history here. It immediately reminded me of the that moment when we heard the Taliban had blown up the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
blackpressusa.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Grim "white-washing" of American history here. It immediately reminded me of the that moment when we heard the Taliban had blown up the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
Just like the Taliban did with the Buddhas of Bamiyan
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Just like the Taliban did with the Buddhas of Bamiyan
Remember how shocked, saddened, disappointed, and angry we were when the Taliban blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan? We called them irresponsible ignoramuses. Yea, it’s like that.
August 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Remember how shocked, saddened, disappointed, and angry we were when the Taliban blew up the Buddhas of Bamiyan? We called them irresponsible ignoramuses. Yea, it’s like that.
did an obsessive little deep dive into Greco-Buddhist art earlier this year. the Bamiyan Buddhas that the Taliban blew up were Hellenic-influenced!
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
did an obsessive little deep dive into Greco-Buddhist art earlier this year. the Bamiyan Buddhas that the Taliban blew up were Hellenic-influenced!
Giant Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1931.
It doesn't exist anymore, the Talıban regime blew it up in 2001.
#sculpture #culture #archaeology #oldtimes
It doesn't exist anymore, the Talıban regime blew it up in 2001.
#sculpture #culture #archaeology #oldtimes
February 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Giant Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1931.
It doesn't exist anymore, the Talıban regime blew it up in 2001.
#sculpture #culture #archaeology #oldtimes
It doesn't exist anymore, the Talıban regime blew it up in 2001.
#sculpture #culture #archaeology #oldtimes
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The image of the Taliban destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan has crossed my mind.
September 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The image of the Taliban destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan has crossed my mind.
This is the American version of the Taliban blowing up the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This is the American version of the Taliban blowing up the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
The Taliban vs the NIMBYs who were against destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
If somebody demolished half of Buckingham Palace, and I live nowhere near it, but had an opinion, I would not be a "NIMBY" unless it was my back yard
Interesting example of an acronym/cliche as a barrier to thought by the writer
Interesting example of an acronym/cliche as a barrier to thought by the writer
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Taliban vs the NIMBYs who were against destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan.
JFC. That place is like the Vatican of graduate study in Comp Lit in America. No more Middle Eastern languages in the place that houses the Oriental Institute? And the DEAN is okay with this?
Trump is doing to US universities what the Taliban did to Bamiyan: irreversible cultural vandalism.
Trump is doing to US universities what the Taliban did to Bamiyan: irreversible cultural vandalism.
August 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
JFC. That place is like the Vatican of graduate study in Comp Lit in America. No more Middle Eastern languages in the place that houses the Oriental Institute? And the DEAN is okay with this?
Trump is doing to US universities what the Taliban did to Bamiyan: irreversible cultural vandalism.
Trump is doing to US universities what the Taliban did to Bamiyan: irreversible cultural vandalism.
at the Panda Express of Japan (Bamiyan)
January 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
at the Panda Express of Japan (Bamiyan)
Remember when the Taliban destroyed Bamiyan Buddhist sculptures? This is exactly the same degeneracy
May 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Remember when the Taliban destroyed Bamiyan Buddhist sculptures? This is exactly the same degeneracy
Im still pissed off to this very day about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan
September 11, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Im still pissed off to this very day about the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan
They are no better than the Taliban that blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas
May 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
They are no better than the Taliban that blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas
Like the taliban destroying the Bamiyan Buddhas.
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Like the taliban destroying the Bamiyan Buddhas.
6th Century Buddha of Bamiyan in Afghanistan before destruction by Taliban (photo by unknown) www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedP... #Buddhism #Taliban #photography #Afghanistan #religion #history #statues
December 26, 2024 at 1:28 PM
6th Century Buddha of Bamiyan in Afghanistan before destruction by Taliban (photo by unknown) www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedP... #Buddhism #Taliban #photography #Afghanistan #religion #history #statues
A reminder that destroying historic/heritage sites is a war crime. It is, to put it bluntly, a terrorist tactic, deployed by deplorable groups such as the Taliban (Bamiyan Buddhas) and ISIS (Palmyra).
THEY ARE BOMBING ISFAHAN
USA folks: Stop this. Now.
USA folks: Stop this. Now.
March 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A reminder that destroying historic/heritage sites is a war crime. It is, to put it bluntly, a terrorist tactic, deployed by deplorable groups such as the Taliban (Bamiyan Buddhas) and ISIS (Palmyra).
Been thinking about this image a lot in recent weeks
February 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Been thinking about this image a lot in recent weeks
“In defense of Taleban razing the Buddhas of Bamiyan”
October 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“In defense of Taleban razing the Buddhas of Bamiyan”
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
📸📷 Steve McCurry, 2006
📸📷 Steve McCurry, 2006
December 3, 2023 at 8:42 AM
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
📸📷 Steve McCurry, 2006
📸📷 Steve McCurry, 2006