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Sean McKnight
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Cartographer, Writer, Futurist, multiverse traveler. BLM / ACAB 🇺🇦
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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
Map Commission Breakdown
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gerrorforse.bsky.social
Recent comm work
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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proptermalone.bsky.social
this seems like the sort of thing you do to expand an internal revolt already in progress rather than to try to start one
slotkin.senate.gov Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 1d
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
ynot1989.bsky.social
Every industrialized country will have to abandon its more ethnonationalist tendencies to survive economically. Those who do so sooner and aggressively will be the winners of this century.

Those that delay, or try to seek more imperial solutions to export their industrial plant, will lose. Badly.
beijingpalmer.bsky.social BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
According to the CBO, America's population will start to decline around 2040 at the current birth rate. The only way you save your country from annihilation after that is by letting millions immigrate. You think our politics can sustain something like that? www.cbo.gov/publication/...
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ynot1989.bsky.social
Punching Nazis has a solid track record.
goad.bsky.social Goad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 3h
J6er Jake Lang got punched yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan during his anti-Muslim march.
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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refrag.bsky.social
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Nerdy kid at keyboard: Hi guys, I've noticed that it is International Men's Day today, and I'm confused. Why do we need a day to talk about men? We're not a marginalised group like women, queer people, or people of colour. The media is already full of stories about men. Big buff shirtless dude at keyboard: I'm glad you asked, champ. Whatever your view on men's place in society, it's still true that we face a lot of issues - like social isolation, risk of suicide, health problems, and attitudes towards sex and child rearing. Having a day to talk about those doesn't take away from anyone else's problems. In fact, having a day to talk about them helps us be more mindful, and listen better at other times. Second shirtless buff dude on a couch at his laptop: The chief here is really on to something. I want to echo what he said, and also point out that the idea we should remain silent about our problems actually contributes to a lot of our issues. We are human beings, with human needs. Seeking mutual support and understanding isn't the same thing as placing a burden on others. Especially if we're providing it for each other. Third buff dude at his laptop: Right on, my fellow kings. We've inherited a social legacy of competition and division, and a lot of what makes a man in our era is under question. IMD is a chance for us to examine and rethink what we are together, and build the bonds of solidarity and support that will make a better way possible - like in this meme. Because in our hearts, we're all curious kids and buff guys on keyboards.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
ynot1989.bsky.social
I mean... sortof? Deep urban centers, and a hanful of pilot projects like Culdesac, Tempe and SDSU Mission Valley. But by sheer land area, single-use zoning is VERY much the norm.
whstancil.bsky.social Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 3h
Guys, I promise there are lots of place in America where it's perfectly legal to build dwellings that aren't single-family homes. This is a weird urbanist myth. Lots of non-SFH housing gets built! That's good, we should build more, but it hasn't exactly ended demand for detached suburban units.
jakegotta.bsky.social Jake Gotta @jakegotta.bsky.social · 3h
Will do you have any data to support this argument? You keep saying “people want to live in X” when X is the only type of home that’s *legal to build*

Of course most people will opt in to the type of home that is the only option!
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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unavaleable.bsky.social
all i want for Christmas is Ann Wagner, Brain Fitzpatrick, Roger Marshall, and Dan Sullivan submitting resumes to McDonald's in 2027
unavaleable.bsky.social Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 3h
upgraded into the True Maximalist I Want To Believe Resist Lib Triumphalism
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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qsy.bsky.social
Hey asshole !

✨ the first piece you did in 2025
✨ your favourite piece of the year
✨ your most popular piece
✨ your most recent piece
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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alexbikes.bsky.social
This was published in '24, "95.80 percent of total residential land area in California is zoned as single-family-only."

Single-Family Zoning in California: A Statewide Analysis | Othering & Belonging Institute share.google/tkSh5H0mxOex...
Single-Family Zoning in California: A Statewide Analysis
This report culminates a six-year investigation into restrictive land-use policies in California — namely single-family residential zoning — and their ramifications for racial residential segregation,...
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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proptermalone.bsky.social
NARRATOR: Jim Jordan had previously wrestled with protecting innocent victims.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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thespaceshipper.com
[Ongoing thread] New Stargate TV show

We knew it was coming!

"Amazon MGM Studios has greenlighted another series based on popular MGM IP, giving a series order to Stargate for Prime Video. The new installment in the classic sci-fi franchise comes from Martin Gero, a Stargate veteran and...."
a dark room with a light coming out of a hole in the wall
ALT: a dark room with a light coming out of a hole in the wall
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November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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qsy.bsky.social
Montjoie au Riche Duc !
The Burgundian fusiliers are here to hold the line against the horrors of the Black Grail, a little preview of a 2026 KS in cooperation with Black Knight Miniatures ;3
#art #trenchcrusade
Four Burgundian soldiers, meant to be used as proxies for New Antioch Yeomen. They are wearing navy and red uniforms styled after French examples from the late 19th century, with polished brass fittings and chrome plated guns giving them a very ostentatious look befitting of the richest duchy in Europe. It consists in a short jacket with button up flaps below the hips, with red piping, epaulettes, insignias and facings, the later of which are sometimes X-shaped as a call back to the cross of Burgundy. The trousers are slightly baggy and tuck in halfway down the calves inside red spats. The soldier on the left is a equipped for offense, with a Spencer shotgun and a large shield strapped with hand grenades on the inside. His uniforms is supplemented with white leather pteruges, a belt of full brass shot shells, a polished steel gorget and a matching burgonet with a a la romana crest. The second soldier is equipped as a voltigeur with a short jacket and a tasseled forage cap. The standard issue rifle she's holding is a musket-like Lebel with a removable box magazine and decorative grooves in its stock, with a yatagan type bayonet. The third soldier is equipped with a large harmonica carbine for which he is carrying several breech blocks in rows of pouches. He is wearing the standard issue shako of these troops fitted with braids, plumes and a polished brass crest. He is wearing a small target shield bearing the war flag of the dukes of burgundy on his left shoulder. The fourth soldier is facing away to showcase the backpack, which is modeled after the standard French kit from the Belle Epoque.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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mistyksnow.bsky.social
A lot of people seemed to have forgotten about this.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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poliakoff.bsky.social
I read a rather chilling account by @ynot1989.bsky.social on his Patreon about a vegetable president, close election and civil war triggered by a MAGA-like faction yesterday and didn’t sleep much last night.
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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dov.bsky.social
It's great how every day of this war I have to explain to Americans that Eastern Europeans are not stupid and if they are asked to capitulate to Russia or die we will literally choose the rational option: death.
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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ynot1989.bsky.social
Every day we get that much closer to the good ending.
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
ynot1989.bsky.social
Which Ukraine won't accept, neither will the EU, if for no other reason than that its obvious to everyone but Trump that they're winning.
christopherjm.ft.com Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 4h
New: I can confirm hasty US-Russia proposal being pushed to Ukrainians via Dmitriev-Witkoff to Umerov. It would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation, with people familiar saying it’s Kremlin’s maximalist demands.
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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levihastings.bsky.social
The last leaves of autumn glow even brighter to a hungry pair of Therizinosaurus, bulking up for a long winter. These strange dinosaurs are some of my favorites, and though they're slow movers, they made it just in time to be included in my new calendar!
Digital illustration of a pair of Therizinosaurus dinosaurs grazing autumn leaves in a forest. Art by Levi Hastings detail illustration of Therizinosaurus dinosaurs grazing autumn leaves in a forest. Art by Levi Hastings
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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sharonk.bsky.social
lol. lmao. lmfao.
• Bombshell about grand jury: Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan took the stand briefly Wednesday, saying only two grand jurors reviewed the final indictment it handed up against former FBI Director James Comey. Comey’s attorney then argued Halligan’s testimony indicates, “there is no indictment” against his client. Should it be tossed? A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, heard former Comey’s arguments for why his indictment should be dismissed. Comey’s attorney, Michael Dreeben, argued the case was brought at the direction of President Donald Trump and based on his animosity toward Comey. Prosecutor Tyler Lemons said that Halligan was “not a puppet” and the case was based on Comey’s alleged lie.
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Cruel, chaotic incompetence

That about sums it up
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ynot1989.bsky.social
It'd be a first.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Bondi's response to all questions about if the DOJ will follow through on releasing the Epstein files is "we will follow the law"
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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jamellebouie.net
one thing i want to emphasize is these "illiberal" and "postliberal" authoritarians are just thieves and crooks! trump is thief. orban is a thief. putin is the biggest thief of them all.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social
always be there
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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patdeklotz.bsky.social
She says “an oath *to protect and defend*” in this clip, but doesn’t say what the oath requires them to protect and defend.
Goose meme: protect and defend what
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM