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Amanda Shendruk writes Not-Ship, a personal blog at not-ship.com about data, politics and economics. Since 2026, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “America isn't exceptional – it's the exception”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.

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Why HN links it

HN readers link this site for its UN map page on cartography and an essay on debunking misinformation. The comments mention the site's visual style and cite the author's other articles without judging the writing.

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Not-Ship is a weekly newsletter that uses data to navigate the currents of our messy and uncertain world. It's the creation of visual journalist Amanda Shendruk.

Most-linked posts?

  1. America isn't exceptional – it's the exception
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-01-20
  2. The UN challenges five centuries of cartography
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-09
  3. Wikipedia's most-read pages reveal our shared curiosities
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-02

What Hacker News says?

  1. Really unfortunate how much I immediately associate this with vibe coded sites. So many models trend to this exact neobrutalist style when any semblance of Swiss design or minimalism is mentioned in the prompt. However, I really do like how the style looks on some sites, like in https://www.not-ship.com/united-nations-map/ which was on HN earlier.

    Comment linking /united-nations-map/

    on “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme”
  2. Submitted How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet as a story · 954 points

    HN discussion
  3. > It baffles me that anyone still uses Mercator projection for any serious purpose. The article is just strawmaning our past, as is fashionable. Ironically the same author published an article warning against misinformation just a week prior: https://www.not-ship.com/normalize-debunking-each-other/

    Comment linking /normalize-debunking-each-other/

    on “The UN challenges five centuries of cartography”
  4. Submitted The UN challenges five centuries of cartography as a story · 134 points

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  5. Submitted The map that keeps Burning Man honest as a story · 121 points

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  6. Submitted Banks are funding climate chaos. You don't have to as a story · 14 points

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  7. Submitted America isn't exceptional – it's the exception as a story · 5 points

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  8. Submitted America isn't exceptional – it's the exception as a story · 4 points

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  9. Submitted Huh. Apparently we can just end smoking as a story · 3 points

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  10. Submitted Most countries provide between 20 and 40 paid days off as a story · 2 points

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  11. Submitted Can you see three trees? as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted People don't linger like they used to as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted American federal data has a zombie problem as a story · 1 points

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  14. Submitted Do we know how to make cities safer for women? as a story · 1 points

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  15. Submitted Schools are closed, records are broken. Let's talk heatwaves as a story · 1 points

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  16. Submitted Summer reading list, based on the data as a story · 1 points

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  17. Submitted AI could mean the death of anonymity as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted Country Can't Feed You as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted Hosting the Olympics: the most expensive participation trophy as a story · 1 points

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  20. Submitted America isn't exceptional – it's the exception as a story · 1 points

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  21. Submitted When do most people have the day off? as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted Wikipedia's most-read pages reveal our shared curiosities as a story · 1 points

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  23. Submitted Wikipedia's most-read pages reveal our shared curiosities as a story · 1 points

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