per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
Why is Trump fixated on Greenland? @sbg1.bsky.social recalls what he told us in 2021: "I said, 'Why don’t we have that?' You take a look at a map...I love maps. And I always said 'Look at the size of this, it’s massive and that should be part of the United States.'" www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Why Donald Trump Wants Greenland (and Everything Else)
There’s no Trump Doctrine, just a map of the world that the President wants to write his name on in big gold letters.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
per my point about the mercator projection being the root of this whole thing
Trump's Greenland obsession is a very concrete example of why the Mercator projection is bad.
January 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump's Greenland obsession is a very concrete example of why the Mercator projection is bad.
UN votes 164-1 to adopt Equal Earth map projection, replacing centuries-old Mercator distortion
September 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
UN votes 164-1 to adopt Equal Earth map projection, replacing centuries-old Mercator distortion
Dead serious: it’s because it’s huge on a Mercator projection
Trump: “We need Greenland…We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of ‘do you think we can do without it?’ We can’t.”
March 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Dead serious: it’s because it’s huge on a Mercator projection
A yet another vizualization of the distortions of the Mercator projection.
A #roguelike map using the Mercator projection is projected back on a sphere. In the map, all the characters are of the same size.
A #roguelike map using the Mercator projection is projected back on a sphere. In the map, all the characters are of the same size.
July 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A yet another vizualization of the distortions of the Mercator projection.
A #roguelike map using the Mercator projection is projected back on a sphere. In the map, all the characters are of the same size.
A #roguelike map using the Mercator projection is projected back on a sphere. In the map, all the characters are of the same size.
mercator projection theory remains undefeated
“Trump himself cannot articulate [why] exactly he needs to own Greenland. Plenty of others will try to rationalize his statements anyway. [But] in Copenhagen (and not only in Copenhagen) people suspect a far more irrational explanation: Trump just wants the U.S. to look larger on a map.”
Apparently Trump directly threatened Denmark on his first phone call the other day with their Prime Minister. The "conversation" has set off major alarm bells in Copenhagen and other NATO capitals. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
January 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
mercator projection theory remains undefeated
fuck the mercator projection. all the real homies hate the mercator projection
March 10, 2024 at 4:28 PM
fuck the mercator projection. all the real homies hate the mercator projection
the mercator projection and its sins
I'm really curious if someone will eventually write a book on why Trump's dying brain decided he hated Canada so much. Is there some aide who brings him diet coke and has a terrible memory of pissing his pants in Toronto? Did he just confuse it for Greenland? I'm really curious.
August 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
the mercator projection and its sins
i <3 the mercator projection
March 29, 2026 at 4:17 AM
i <3 the mercator projection
Mercator a encore frappé 🗺️
#Projection
#Projection
April 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Mercator a encore frappé 🗺️
#Projection
#Projection
Mercator size vs. true country size
by @neilrkaye.bsky.social
by @neilrkaye.bsky.social
November 10, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Mercator size vs. true country size
by @neilrkaye.bsky.social
by @neilrkaye.bsky.social
doing war crimes and shattering the NATO consensus because of the fucking mercator projection
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 AM
doing war crimes and shattering the NATO consensus because of the fucking mercator projection
If Trump saw a globe rather than a Mercator projection he might notice that Greenland is actually smaller than Algeria.
January 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
If Trump saw a globe rather than a Mercator projection he might notice that Greenland is actually smaller than Algeria.
Trump wanting Greenland because he doesn’t understand the Mercator projection…we live in the dumbest possible timeline.
January 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump wanting Greenland because he doesn’t understand the Mercator projection…we live in the dumbest possible timeline.
Mercator Projection you continue to betray me
December 11, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Mercator Projection you continue to betray me
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
This is nothing deeper or more complicated than a Mercator projection
January 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is nothing deeper or more complicated than a Mercator projection
Trump’s obsession with Canada and Greenland is probably just because of the Mercator projection
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Trump’s obsession with Canada and Greenland is probably just because of the Mercator projection
Mercator projection
February 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mercator projection
Trump is really going to try to invade Greenland and destroy NATO in the process all because he's too stupid to understand the Mercator projection, huh?
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Trump is really going to try to invade Greenland and destroy NATO in the process all because he's too stupid to understand the Mercator projection, huh?
the mercator projection is bullshit
August 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
the mercator projection is bullshit
I am 99% sure that this whole Greenland thing is because he can’t comprehend the Mercator projection
March 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I am 99% sure that this whole Greenland thing is because he can’t comprehend the Mercator projection
Kendrick Lamar has so diminished Drake, and thus Canada as a whole, that I believe we need to reevaluate our critique of the Mercator Projection.
May 6, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Kendrick Lamar has so diminished Drake, and thus Canada as a whole, that I believe we need to reevaluate our critique of the Mercator Projection.
True Size vs Mercator projection
January 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
True Size vs Mercator projection