Sean McKnight
@ynot1989.bsky.social
(He/Him)
Cartographer, Writer, Futurist, multiverse traveler. BLM / ACAB 🇺🇦
Patreon: http://patreon.com/SeanMcKnight
dA: ynot1989.deviantart.com
Beehiiv: https://sean-mcknight.beehiiv.com/
Cartographer, Writer, Futurist, multiverse traveler. BLM / ACAB 🇺🇦
Patreon: http://patreon.com/SeanMcKnight
dA: ynot1989.deviantart.com
Beehiiv: https://sean-mcknight.beehiiv.com/
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Sean McKnight
@ynot1989.bsky.social
· Jan 15
I'm Sean McKnight, I make #maps, #flags, and stories of worlds that never were or are yet to be.
And I'm taking #commissions
#cartography #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #scifi
Gallery: deviantart.com/ynot1989
Patreon: patreon.com/SeanMcKnight
And I'm taking #commissions
#cartography #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #scifi
Gallery: deviantart.com/ynot1989
Patreon: patreon.com/SeanMcKnight
GF and I are watching our favorite Valentine's Day RomCom.
a man and a woman are standing next to each other .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other .
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
GF and I are watching our favorite Valentine's Day RomCom.
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Is he cooking? It's too early to say.
February 15, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Is he cooking? It's too early to say.
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the most powerful failwoman in the kalzinn military!
February 15, 2026 at 1:29 AM
the most powerful failwoman in the kalzinn military!
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The problem is the information environment is shit because the news is evil.
February 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The problem is the information environment is shit because the news is evil.
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“Children are property of their parents” is a view that southern conservative Christians continue to hold and no joke it is a residuum of the slave power
He would be the first to tell you it’s a thought which was not original to him, but Kermit Roosevelt III’s The Nation that Never Was (arguing that there is no founding but the Second Founding and Lincoln is its prophet) really drove home the point that a very large portion of American slavery was…
February 15, 2026 at 12:03 AM
“Children are property of their parents” is a view that southern conservative Christians continue to hold and no joke it is a residuum of the slave power
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the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
The backlash to Prop 187 in California wasn't just from Hispanics. It offended every demographic, including those who voted for the ballot measure, to the point where Republicans became politically irrelevant in the state.
Now its playing out nationally.
Now its playing out nationally.
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The backlash to Prop 187 in California wasn't just from Hispanics. It offended every demographic, including those who voted for the ballot measure, to the point where Republicans became politically irrelevant in the state.
Now its playing out nationally.
Now its playing out nationally.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
February 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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Degenerate gamblers is putting it kindly.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Degenerate gamblers is putting it kindly.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
The only goal in the antebellum south was to be a planter. Every enterprise, all learning and skills, were acquired in the effort to become a planter.
Despite this, they were all terrible at running plantations with no-cost labor. Nigh universally in debt.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Most people here understand this but for those of you who don't, we're in a fight here, not a Goddamn debate club. Fight or die, nerds.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Most people here understand this but for those of you who don't, we're in a fight here, not a Goddamn debate club. Fight or die, nerds.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
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Feeling a little goth after Halloween? Want some badass punk siter stickers from @bigmsaxon.bsky.social ? Well you're in luck, God has blessed you!
crippledgiraffdecals.bigcartel.com/product/punk...
crippledgiraffdecals.bigcartel.com/product/punk...
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Feeling a little goth after Halloween? Want some badass punk siter stickers from @bigmsaxon.bsky.social ? Well you're in luck, God has blessed you!
crippledgiraffdecals.bigcartel.com/product/punk...
crippledgiraffdecals.bigcartel.com/product/punk...
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I was browsing my old Steven Universe posts on Tumblr, and it made me really emotional remembering how I felt when I drew it. Something that often feels missing in my art now- and I think it's the idea of "play". Drawing for fun. Drawing for joy. 1/
a cartoon character with a pearl on his head holding a spoon
Alt: Pearl from Steven Universe blushing and tapping a box with a spoon
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I was browsing my old Steven Universe posts on Tumblr, and it made me really emotional remembering how I felt when I drew it. Something that often feels missing in my art now- and I think it's the idea of "play". Drawing for fun. Drawing for joy. 1/
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I drew this 12 years ago, lol
February 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I drew this 12 years ago, lol
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A fun one is attempting to get an explanation of how this is different than FAMM and why, if this was truly a thing SOCOM thought they needed, they wouldn't just throw in to buy some extra FAMMs
"Stuff is more better when RDT&E is MFP11" is basically what it boils down to
"Stuff is more better when RDT&E is MFP11" is basically what it boils down to
USSOCOM investing in cruise missiles is a kind of mission creep that, if you saw Wendy's abandoning The Baconator and instead buying riverboat gambling paddleships, you'd think the management had completely lost the plot.
But since it's The Innovation Ecosystem and there's no scorekeeping at all...
But since it's The Innovation Ecosystem and there's no scorekeeping at all...
February 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A fun one is attempting to get an explanation of how this is different than FAMM and why, if this was truly a thing SOCOM thought they needed, they wouldn't just throw in to buy some extra FAMMs
"Stuff is more better when RDT&E is MFP11" is basically what it boils down to
"Stuff is more better when RDT&E is MFP11" is basically what it boils down to
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No problem. I'm a trained historian (PhD). I try my best to write approachable reviews that sometimes, if I have time, engage with larger historical issues. Definitely check out the website.
For example: sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/09/13/e...
For example: sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/09/13/e...
Exploration Log 5: “We Must Start Over Again and Find Some Other Way of Life”: The Role of Organized Labor in the 1940s and ’50s Science Fiction of Clifford D. Simak
Cover art by Atun Purser My article on organized labor in the 1940s and ’50s science fiction of Clifford D. Simak went live! I’d love to hear your thoughts. I’ve spent the last ha…
sciencefictionruminations.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
No problem. I'm a trained historian (PhD). I try my best to write approachable reviews that sometimes, if I have time, engage with larger historical issues. Definitely check out the website.
For example: sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/09/13/e...
For example: sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/09/13/e...
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Saturn Saturday
One of the largest spheres in human space. Dozens of nations thrive within the “ring worlds”
#hibourverse #scifi #spaceart
One of the largest spheres in human space. Dozens of nations thrive within the “ring worlds”
#hibourverse #scifi #spaceart
February 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Saturn Saturday
One of the largest spheres in human space. Dozens of nations thrive within the “ring worlds”
#hibourverse #scifi #spaceart
One of the largest spheres in human space. Dozens of nations thrive within the “ring worlds”
#hibourverse #scifi #spaceart
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One of the most popular Valentine's Day cards in Ukraine this year.
Will you share yours?
Will you share yours?
February 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
One of the most popular Valentine's Day cards in Ukraine this year.
Will you share yours?
Will you share yours?
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It's okay if you're having a rough Valentine's Day, it will still be a #cutiesaturday to all you cuties.
February 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
It's okay if you're having a rough Valentine's Day, it will still be a #cutiesaturday to all you cuties.
And? It will be challenged immediately and overturned by the courts well before the election.
This may be the most dangerous development of all. It will give Trump fake legal pretext to reject Nov election results. American democracy has like 9 months left.
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/t...
Trump says he will issue executive order to get voter-ID requirements before midterms
President Donald Trump proclaims that he will find a way to implement national voter-ID requirements by November's elections.
www.cnbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:17 PM
And? It will be challenged immediately and overturned by the courts well before the election.