Sean McKnight
@ynot1989.bsky.social
(He/Him)
Cartographer, Writer, Futurist, multiverse traveler. BLM / ACAB 🇺🇦
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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
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Patreon: patreon.com/SeanMcKnight
And I'm taking #commissions
#cartography #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #scifi
Gallery: deviantart.com/ynot1989
Patreon: patreon.com/SeanMcKnight
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Artemis II: Potential WDR 2 (Wet Dress Rehearsal) for SLS on Thursday, we understand. Will be pending NASA approval to proceed, etc. Official status will come from NASA/
Teams would need to enter Call To Stations ops on Tuesday if Thursday is indeed an option.
Sawyer Rosentien photo:
Teams would need to enter Call To Stations ops on Tuesday if Thursday is indeed an option.
Sawyer Rosentien photo:
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Artemis II: Potential WDR 2 (Wet Dress Rehearsal) for SLS on Thursday, we understand. Will be pending NASA approval to proceed, etc. Official status will come from NASA/
Teams would need to enter Call To Stations ops on Tuesday if Thursday is indeed an option.
Sawyer Rosentien photo:
Teams would need to enter Call To Stations ops on Tuesday if Thursday is indeed an option.
Sawyer Rosentien photo:
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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February 16, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
They said I was mad.
February 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
They said I was mad.
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Marshall said of World War II "I doubt there was any one thing, except the shortage of LSTs, that came to our minds more frequently than the political factors."
Every conflict where we translated military success into long-term success was because we had warrior-diplomats who brought together all elements of national power to do so.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Marshall said of World War II "I doubt there was any one thing, except the shortage of LSTs, that came to our minds more frequently than the political factors."
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Last week in science was a rough one, which is why we are organising the fight for science! We need you to join the fight! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to learn more! If you would like to donate, please visit standupforscience.net/donate
Thank you!
#EPA
#RFKJr
#science
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Thank you!
#EPA
#RFKJr
#science
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February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Last week in science was a rough one, which is why we are organising the fight for science! We need you to join the fight! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to learn more! If you would like to donate, please visit standupforscience.net/donate
Thank you!
#EPA
#RFKJr
#science
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Thank you!
#EPA
#RFKJr
#science
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恭喜发财!
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
February 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
恭喜发财!
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
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This raises some good points, particularly the notion that AOC's strengths are exactly those places where Dems were weakest in 2024: enthusiasm and Hispanic support. Trump picked up Hispanic support and many Biden voters stayed home that year. AOC offers a great theory of victory on both fronts.
Everyone on here at least seems to be coming around to the idea.
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This raises some good points, particularly the notion that AOC's strengths are exactly those places where Dems were weakest in 2024: enthusiasm and Hispanic support. Trump picked up Hispanic support and many Biden voters stayed home that year. AOC offers a great theory of victory on both fronts.
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Excuse me while I go rewatch Secondhand Lions.
Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Excuse me while I go rewatch Secondhand Lions.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Oh its Presidents' Day? Well how about a bit of #alternatehistory where LBJ didn't drop out of the 1968 Election, ended First Past the Post out of spite, and laid the foundation for a very different American political system.
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Oh its Presidents' Day? Well how about a bit of #alternatehistory where LBJ didn't drop out of the 1968 Election, ended First Past the Post out of spite, and laid the foundation for a very different American political system.
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Welp, I restarted Withering Rooms and was reminded of the many flavors of witchcraft it contains.
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Welp, I restarted Withering Rooms and was reminded of the many flavors of witchcraft it contains.
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Some more smaller scale efforts. The goal here was a MaK-style launch vehicle. Soft SF enabling compact SSTOs, ignoring aerodynamics, etc. I'm still not really happy with these, but they are a promising first step that I'll probably be returning to.
February 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Some more smaller scale efforts. The goal here was a MaK-style launch vehicle. Soft SF enabling compact SSTOs, ignoring aerodynamics, etc. I'm still not really happy with these, but they are a promising first step that I'll probably be returning to.
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The essence of the Big Lie
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 16, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The essence of the Big Lie
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Athenians famous for practicing restraint and peaceful coexistence throughout the Peloponnesian War.
Sparta also famous for winning the Peloponnesian War through their own efforts. Pure Spartan warrior ethos. No Persian cash at all.
Sparta also famous for winning the Peloponnesian War through their own efforts. Pure Spartan warrior ethos. No Persian cash at all.
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Athenians famous for practicing restraint and peaceful coexistence throughout the Peloponnesian War.
Sparta also famous for winning the Peloponnesian War through their own efforts. Pure Spartan warrior ethos. No Persian cash at all.
Sparta also famous for winning the Peloponnesian War through their own efforts. Pure Spartan warrior ethos. No Persian cash at all.
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Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Elimination of emissions standards was one of the pretty clear policy stakes of the 2024 election and it received about 1% as much coverage as whether Tim Walz retiring from the national guard after 21 years was cowardly.
Happy #MapMonday with this commission made by @matthewstien.bsky.social of an alternate Europe ca 1870.
#cartography #commissions #alternatehistory
#cartography #commissions #alternatehistory
February 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Happy #MapMonday with this commission made by @matthewstien.bsky.social of an alternate Europe ca 1870.
#cartography #commissions #alternatehistory
#cartography #commissions #alternatehistory
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Happy #MapMonday! This was inspired by Harry Turtledove's GUNS OF THE SOUTH, and shows a world where the Rivington Men win the war and get what they want.
But a hundred years later, it's not working out quite like they planned....
But a hundred years later, it's not working out quite like they planned....
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Happy #MapMonday! This was inspired by Harry Turtledove's GUNS OF THE SOUTH, and shows a world where the Rivington Men win the war and get what they want.
But a hundred years later, it's not working out quite like they planned....
But a hundred years later, it's not working out quite like they planned....
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I wouldn't make a big deal if I got rich but there'd be signs.
Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year.
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I wouldn't make a big deal if I got rich but there'd be signs.
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How old again?
The 62-year-old Kansas man was reportedly following his 18-year-old ex-wife when she called police on Thursday night in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood www.king5.com/article/news...
Kansas man accused of shooting at Seattle police officers
The 62-year-old Kansas man was reportedly following his 18-year-old ex-wife when she called police on Thursday night in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.
www.king5.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
How old again?