they look at russia — a stagnant backwater — with envy
Trump and Musk are basically trying to deskill America:
1) kill all white-collar jobs and replace them with AI
2) kill universities
3) use tariffs to turn the U.S. into an economic island manufacturing, oil and ag hub
4) empty the cities
5) push men into manual labor & women back into the kitchen
1) kill all white-collar jobs and replace them with AI
2) kill universities
3) use tariffs to turn the U.S. into an economic island manufacturing, oil and ag hub
4) empty the cities
5) push men into manual labor & women back into the kitchen
March 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
they look at russia — a stagnant backwater — with envy
Measles has reached my rural backwater. Take caution.
April 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Measles has reached my rural backwater. Take caution.
thank you donald trump for your diligent work as you make the US a stagnant, backwater pariah state and playground for sociopathic tech oligarchs
April 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
thank you donald trump for your diligent work as you make the US a stagnant, backwater pariah state and playground for sociopathic tech oligarchs
four years of falling behind on this tech is going to make us such a backwater, man
Workers tend to herbs grown beneath solar panels in a photovoltaic plantation in Lihua, Lianyungang, Jiangsu.
An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,
Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
An aerial view shows residential buildings with roof-mounted photovoltaic-solar panels in Yinchuan,
Great photos of China's record smashing solar boom
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
July 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
four years of falling behind on this tech is going to make us such a backwater, man
POV: You’re a hungry citizen on a backwater world
October 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
POV: You’re a hungry citizen on a backwater world
A little brainworm about a sangheili living with humans on some backwater world.
May 21, 2026 at 4:03 AM
A little brainworm about a sangheili living with humans on some backwater world.
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
I bet you bumpkins from the backwater called "Los Angeles" aren't used to city folk, so let me tell you about something called "marketing."
June 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I bet you bumpkins from the backwater called "Los Angeles" aren't used to city folk, so let me tell you about something called "marketing."
adam says it much more succintly. the american right will happily impoverish the united states and make it an oversized backwater if it means they can dominate women and minorities and play act as a master class
They’d rather the country be poorer and whiter than rich and diverse. Of course when the pie shrinks, the rich will demand the same amount and will tell you the crumbs you’re left with are because of immigrants or trans people or DEI. bsky.app/profile/apne...
Green-card holders no longer qualify for loans from the Small Business Administration, eliminating a longtime source of financing for immigrants that advocates say will discourage job creation and harm the economy.
March 31, 2026 at 11:40 AM
adam says it much more succintly. the american right will happily impoverish the united states and make it an oversized backwater if it means they can dominate women and minorities and play act as a master class
Oh. So we’re gonna be a backwater within a generation. Great
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. https://scim.ag/43HgW4s
May 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Oh. So we’re gonna be a backwater within a generation. Great
Only a shithole country, a lawless backwater in the middle of a rapid downward spiral, would revoke a student visa over an op-ed.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Only a shithole country, a lawless backwater in the middle of a rapid downward spiral, would revoke a student visa over an op-ed.
backwater planets always have the best fast food
August 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
backwater planets always have the best fast food
My ass got trolled gettin on here late, backwater mongoloid clone dun stole the homies
February 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My ass got trolled gettin on here late, backwater mongoloid clone dun stole the homies
Alexander Grishkevich
Backwater
Backwater
July 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Alexander Grishkevich
Backwater
Backwater
Jizz wailing is their equivalent of country music, and it’s all anyone listens to in backwater hick hellholes like Mos Eisley
May 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Jizz wailing is their equivalent of country music, and it’s all anyone listens to in backwater hick hellholes like Mos Eisley
Soviets took their society from being a semi-feudal agrarian backwater to putting a man in orbit in 40 years
July 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Soviets took their society from being a semi-feudal agrarian backwater to putting a man in orbit in 40 years
There are 3000 counties in US and ~500 of them are blue. They house half the population and generate 72% of American wealth. They are the hubs for innovation and economic activity. If you want to live in a backwater, that’s fine, but drop the piety.
January 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
There are 3000 counties in US and ~500 of them are blue. They house half the population and generate 72% of American wealth. They are the hubs for innovation and economic activity. If you want to live in a backwater, that’s fine, but drop the piety.
September 25, 2026 at 8:04 PM
QAnon is just backwater redneck numerology
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
QAnon is just backwater redneck numerology
backwater charging station
January 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
backwater charging station
December 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
$50 billion gone
buff.ly
February 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
Slow Horses is the dramatic version of Hot Fuzz — British supercop forced into a backwater job filled with fuckups
February 25, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Slow Horses is the dramatic version of Hot Fuzz — British supercop forced into a backwater job filled with fuckups
I know Bluesky is the backwater lib bubble that will never matter in a million years or whatever but it's funny to note that the Washington Post has its Walgreens Bari Weiss podcast over here farming rage views because their engagement on YouTube is so bad
May 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I know Bluesky is the backwater lib bubble that will never matter in a million years or whatever but it's funny to note that the Washington Post has its Walgreens Bari Weiss podcast over here farming rage views because their engagement on YouTube is so bad
Senator from the tiny backwater state of California
July 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Senator from the tiny backwater state of California