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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky

@bmceuen.bsky.social

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Historian of science, focusing on genetics and eugenics in progressive era United States. Teaches the history of Detroit, Michigan, and the US at Wayne State University. Dad to Buddy (5) and Boogie (3). Gynocentric communicator. He/him 💖💜💙

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · Aug 23

Alright I have a little bit of time here before Boogie’s birthday party is starting up so I’ll make a little thread here of how this is the case. At least until I get called away to set something else up.

The “everything is eugenics” thread:

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · Aug 23

Welcome to the history of eugenics, where everything happening now is an extension of the eugenics program set about over 100 years ago

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · Aug 23

TIL marriage counseling was invented by a lunatic compulsory sterilization advocate who mentored James Dobson, which feels like a Behind the Bastards waiting to happen

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 8h

You can literally see it fading in real time

NBA basketball player Kawhi Leonard looking at a basketball game with his fingers on his chin in contemplation. You can visibly see where his hairline used to be with a few remaining wisps of hair followed behind by like 1 1/2” his new hairline where his corn row design starts.

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Amytiville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 8h

"i made a x" "new x or old thing?" meme from donnie darko

donnie darko: i made a new VEGETABLE

mother: new vegetable or brassica oleracea?

donnie: rassica oleracea again

(inset with a graphic showing cabbage, brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, kale, broccoli and cauliflower are all brassica oleracea)

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Adriana Hightower @adrianahightower.bsky.social · 8h

"I spoke with your tailor." Absolute chills. Horror movie shit.

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 8h

Just take a look at r/aeromorph and you’ll quickly learn the diversity of human sexuality

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 8h

I firmly believe every state needs more people from the Middle East i mean have you tried a lamb shawarma wrap

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 8h

Turned on this Clippers-Nuggets preseason game and my lord Kawhi Leonard’s hairline is FADING

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 8h

Still hard to see Sam Bernstein commercials without Sam Bernstein in them

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svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 10h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 15h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

Oh that’s a trap

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

wow i cannot believe they would do that how could they

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

The second he phoned that one guy’s tailor should have been the last time anyone took a run at him

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

Some fellow lions fans might not like to hear it but Goff ain’t that dude

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Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 10h

Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10h

the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)

Firings so far this season by Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Penn State, UAB, UCLA and Virginia Tech have those schools committed to buyouts totaling $93.9 million, subject to mitigation and offset, but not including amounts that also will be owed to assistant coaches

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

Honestly “agreeing with a woman is the same as supporting Elon Musk” might be even more ridiculous bsky.app/profile/elec...

@[email protected] on Mastodon @electricheadpt2.cryptoanarchy.network · 20h

This guy rocks (derogatory). You’re apparently a “thirst trap white woman” and were just all simps for thinking he’s a dumbass.

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.... • 18m
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As much disdain as I have for Large Accounts that do a bunch of venting on main like they're smol beans, I have a ton more for the army of followers who swarm people like "they're a human being, don't police their expression of emotions!" This is the same as simping for favor from the rich.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.... • 14m
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Just because you're simping for a leftist conventionally attractive thirst trap white woman doesn't make you any different from the people who spend all day doing the same on X for Elon Musk.

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

Orange man: BAD

Jeffrey Dahmer: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

Goddamn Herman Melville you were one horny mf

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 9h

I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

The crazy thing about the NBA is everyone admits it was David Stern tightening the dress code to prevent early-2000s Black clothes (baggy, huge shorts, etc.) that led to players experimenting with new things. It took like 10 years for that to take hold

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

It was very much a not-that-serious thumbs down. The only fanbase I’m kinda mad at right now is the mariners because I’m still processing that 15-inning game

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

One of the cooler parts of the NBA is how many players that are committed to showing off distinct styles

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

i mean so long as the drone consents who am i to judge

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

So it’s Goku doing the instant transmission kamehameha

Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

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Branden McEuen but he’s spooky @bmceuen.bsky.social · 9h

wtf am i looking at here