There *may* be purple jurisdictions where this isn't true, and that's depressing, but there is no way the party should let the messaging required for that hypothetical backwater dictate what elected officials in safe seats say and do. Trans rights are human rights. Protect your neighbors.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
October 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM
There *may* be purple jurisdictions where this isn't true, and that's depressing, but there is no way the party should let the messaging required for that hypothetical backwater dictate what elected officials in safe seats say and do. Trans rights are human rights. Protect your neighbors.
THE EARTH IS ISOLATED IN A BACKWATER OF THE UNIVERSE. NO HABITABLE PLANET ANYWHERE WE CAN GET TO. WE ARE SUCK HERE TOGETHER PROTECTED BY A THIN BLUE LINE THAT SEPARATES US FROM OBLIVION.
THE MEN WHO RULE THIS EARTH ARE KILLING IT. THEY ARE MONSTERS.
IF WE WANT TO LIVE WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM.
THE MEN WHO RULE THIS EARTH ARE KILLING IT. THEY ARE MONSTERS.
IF WE WANT TO LIVE WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM.
Donald Trump Raining Money with Bitcoin
ALT: Donald Trump Raining Money with Bitcoin
static.klipy.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:02 PM
THE EARTH IS ISOLATED IN A BACKWATER OF THE UNIVERSE. NO HABITABLE PLANET ANYWHERE WE CAN GET TO. WE ARE SUCK HERE TOGETHER PROTECTED BY A THIN BLUE LINE THAT SEPARATES US FROM OBLIVION.
THE MEN WHO RULE THIS EARTH ARE KILLING IT. THEY ARE MONSTERS.
IF WE WANT TO LIVE WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM.
THE MEN WHO RULE THIS EARTH ARE KILLING IT. THEY ARE MONSTERS.
IF WE WANT TO LIVE WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM.
The only democracy in the middle east ...yeah right...a genocidal backwater outpost!
October 1, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The only democracy in the middle east ...yeah right...a genocidal backwater outpost!
"godsticks for some backwater shitty little gods"
You absolute marvel, you.
You absolute marvel, you.
October 1, 2026 at 11:39 AM
"godsticks for some backwater shitty little gods"
You absolute marvel, you.
You absolute marvel, you.
Snippet from the drafts folder. Might this character and their plotline make it into the book? Some ideas have to go to make room for the story to breathe. So tricky. Argh!
October 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Snippet from the drafts folder. Might this character and their plotline make it into the book? Some ideas have to go to make room for the story to breathe. So tricky. Argh!
[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: Who lost Afghanistan?, by Matthew Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-lost-afghanistan
October 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: Who lost Afghanistan?, by Matthew Yglesias https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-lost-afghanistan
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The more I read about AI the happier I am to live in a beautiful little backwater country where smartphones are still a novelty.
I want nothing to do with it.
The more I read about AI the happier I am to live in a beautiful little backwater country where smartphones are still a novelty.
I want nothing to do with it.
'Things may get ugly': Meta's new AI Muse is about to make the internet more annoying
Someday we'll redesign the internet for tools like this. Until then, you're in for a wild ride.
www.bbc.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:36 AM
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The more I read about AI the happier I am to live in a beautiful little backwater country where smartphones are still a novelty.
I want nothing to do with it.
The more I read about AI the happier I am to live in a beautiful little backwater country where smartphones are still a novelty.
I want nothing to do with it.
"It's genuinely quite relevant that for the critical early years in Afghanistan, we had more than 10x the troop levels over in Iraq on a mission with dubious legal and moral grounding while treating a much more legitimate effort as a backwater until it was too late." This is excellent👇
The war in Afghanistan wasn’t doomed and wasn’t an overreaction — Bush lost a just and winnable war by invading Iraq instead of securing the country.
www.slowboring.com/p/who-lost-a...
www.slowboring.com/p/who-lost-a...
Who lost Afghanistan?
George W. Bush blundered away a winnable war.
www.slowboring.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
"It's genuinely quite relevant that for the critical early years in Afghanistan, we had more than 10x the troop levels over in Iraq on a mission with dubious legal and moral grounding while treating a much more legitimate effort as a backwater until it was too late." This is excellent👇
Would monks be seeking out remote areas for their monasteries? I see the article says it wasn't "a small island church in an overlooked backwater".
October 1, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Would monks be seeking out remote areas for their monasteries? I see the article says it wasn't "a small island church in an overlooked backwater".
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October 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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Hun har nu sandsynligvis pådraget sig en hjerneskade. Hold nu kæft mand, hvor er USA et middelalderligt og umenneskeligt backwater land.
Amerikansk kvinde er stadig i live efter henrettelsesforsøg
De fremmødte journalister blev bedt om at forlade stedet under henrettelsen.
nyheder.tv2.dk
October 1, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Hun har nu sandsynligvis pådraget sig en hjerneskade. Hold nu kæft mand, hvor er USA et middelalderligt og umenneskeligt backwater land.
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October 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Maybe Kevin Bacon could make a movie about this backwater town where Flashdance isn't allowed.
October 1, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Maybe Kevin Bacon could make a movie about this backwater town where Flashdance isn't allowed.
Listen the Pittsburgh renfest being a backwater festival is part of its charm
October 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Listen the Pittsburgh renfest being a backwater festival is part of its charm
‘The finds have shown that rather than being a small island church in an overlooked backwater, the monastery of Lios Mór, founded by Saint Mo Luóc or Moluag (in the sixth century), was a high-ranking site of international importance’.
‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity
Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
‘The finds have shown that rather than being a small island church in an overlooked backwater, the monastery of Lios Mór, founded by Saint Mo Luóc or Moluag (in the sixth century), was a high-ranking site of international importance’.
Absurdly Jacques ze Whipper is going to be at my local backwater Renaissance festival this weekend so even though we're kinda crazy busy rn we're absolutely squeezing in time to see him lmao
October 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Absurdly Jacques ze Whipper is going to be at my local backwater Renaissance festival this weekend so even though we're kinda crazy busy rn we're absolutely squeezing in time to see him lmao
The killer argument IMO is to point to Alberta’s growing political and economic power within Confederation as a sign that the status quo is changing. Within my father’s lifetime the prairies have gone from a backwater to increasingly youthful, growing powerhouses within Canada.
September 30, 2026 at 11:09 PM
The killer argument IMO is to point to Alberta’s growing political and economic power within Confederation as a sign that the status quo is changing. Within my father’s lifetime the prairies have gone from a backwater to increasingly youthful, growing powerhouses within Canada.
Nope, that's the consequences little shitsmear backwater redneck states get for being abusive violent little racist misogynistic wannabe theocratic fratboy Klansmen
September 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Nope, that's the consequences little shitsmear backwater redneck states get for being abusive violent little racist misogynistic wannabe theocratic fratboy Klansmen
...deniability... I know our troops are probably stealing oil and getting cheap slave labor abroad, but i'm not directly involved and those backwater countries are terrible anyway so they need help and deserve the beating. The truth is we have colonized South America, Japan, and tried in the...
September 30, 2026 at 10:22 PM
...deniability... I know our troops are probably stealing oil and getting cheap slave labor abroad, but i'm not directly involved and those backwater countries are terrible anyway so they need help and deserve the beating. The truth is we have colonized South America, Japan, and tried in the...
In certain backwater communities...
F) All of the above and her uncle too.
F) All of the above and her uncle too.
September 30, 2026 at 10:11 PM
In certain backwater communities...
F) All of the above and her uncle too.
F) All of the above and her uncle too.
Donald Trump supports data centers since he doesn't care about the climate damage from fossil fuels. He'd hand the auto industry's future (electric vehicles) to China and other countries who look ahead. USA may become an economic backwater like Russia where only oligarchs thrive.
September 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Donald Trump supports data centers since he doesn't care about the climate damage from fossil fuels. He'd hand the auto industry's future (electric vehicles) to China and other countries who look ahead. USA may become an economic backwater like Russia where only oligarchs thrive.
I'm old enough & came from enough of a backwater that I tried reading "Green Mansions" (and gave up).
September 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I'm old enough & came from enough of a backwater that I tried reading "Green Mansions" (and gave up).
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September 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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The X-factor of interviewing a career prosecutor who has led The Hague Tribunal by backwater hicks with a govt salary.
September 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The X-factor of interviewing a career prosecutor who has led The Hague Tribunal by backwater hicks with a govt salary.