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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Apr 18

Good to see the truth finally starting to come out: www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru... #covid19

THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak

www.whitehouse.gov

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Mar 10

Correction: This is the correct video (the previous one was corrupted and looped for 11 hours): www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA9q...

Jeffrey Sachs Roaring Ukraine Speech At EU Parliament; Blasts U.S., Says 'Not Putin's Puppet'

YouTube video by Times Of India

www.youtube.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Mar 10

If you've heard of this "Ukraine War" thing you should probably read this article too:
www.racket.news/p/timeline-t...

Timeline: The War in Ukraine

Where to find relevant documents, videos, translations, and procurement statistics for the conflict that began with a Russian incursion in February, 2022

www.racket.news

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Mar 10

Everyone who has heard of this thing called the "Ukraine War" should watch this video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAWk...

Jeffrey Sachs STUNS U.S Europe On 'NATO Enlargement'; Blames Biden For Ukraine War I FULL SPEECH

YouTube video by Times Of India

www.youtube.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Mar 7

There are few as delusional as those who fled Twitter for other social networks because of fear of "nazis".
disinformationchronicle.substack.com/p/twitter-fi...

TWITTER FILES: Internal Company Emails Expose Why Privileged Reporters Likely Hate Elon Musk and Twitter 2.0

Musk denied special access to Twitter’s “trusted reporters,” and allowed outside journalists entrée for a more independent examination

disinformationchronicle.substack.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Mar 7

A pretty excellent article that explains where some of the recent societal changes pushed from above have come from, why they became "norms", and why there has been a pushback against them: www.tabletmag.com/feature/rapi...

Rapid-Onset Political Enlightenment

Tablet features news, essays, podcasts, and opinion, covering arts, pop culture, technology, holidays, sports, and more.

www.tabletmag.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Feb 3

Wonder why USAID is being destroyed by the new administration? It's because they're a front for the CIA and are a sinkhole of corruption, e.g. x.com/ShadowofEzra...
and
x.com/MarioNawfal/...
and
x.com/WCdispatch_/...
and
x.com/MikeBenzCybe...
and
x.com/MikeBenzCybe...
and
x.com/MikeBenzCybe...

x.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Jan 29

An excellent two minute summary of RFK Jr's agenda and his qualifications for being HHS Secretary:
x.com/newstart_202...

x.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Jan 29

An excellent op-ed in favor of RFK Jr:
www.realclearhealth.com/articles/202...

Fight Knee-Jerk: Robert F. Kennedy May Surprise You

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was fighting mercury contamination in fish, he was considered a champion of environmental health and a “Hero for the Planet” by Time magazine. &n

www.realclearhealth.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Jan 29

For people who don't know, in 1986 the US government's government officially declared vaccines to be "unavoidably unsafe". #TheMoreYouKnow
brownstone.org/articles/the...

The 99th Congress That Called Vaccines “Unavoidably Unsafe” ⋆ Brownstone Institute

Meet “Conspiracy Theorists,” 99th Congress, who passed into law “medical misinformation” that vaccines potentially caused autism.

brownstone.org

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Jan 29

Please take a few minutes today to help push our politicians to confirm the most honest, most knowledgable, most suitable person to run the Health & Human Services department of the US government:
p2a.co/ro4Rjow #KennedyConfirmation

Help Us Confirm RFK Jr.—Act Now!

p2a.co

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Jan 25

"Common side effects of SSRIs (and SNRIs) include sexual dysfunction (which is often permanent), emotional numbness, severe agitation, violent psychosis, cognitive decline, and birth defects."
www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-dark-s...

The Dark Side of Antidepressants

Why are SSRIs so dangerous?

www.midwesterndoctor.com

Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Jan 15

The cause of this month's horrendous fires in Los Angeles was incompetence and corruption:
www.public.news/p/california...
(also mentally ill people and/or assholes lighting fires)

California Governor And L.A. Mayor Diverted Billions From Fire-Fighting To Migrant, Homeless, And Climate Subsidies

“There wasn’t sufficient funding for pre-deployment,” says new firefighter whistleblower.

www.public.news

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Mike Anello (ultimike) @mike-anello.bsky.social · Dec 16

I’ve been meaning to create this video quicktip showing the absolute basics of the Stage File Proxy module for a few months now and finally took the time to do it!

Useful for those new to #Drupal and local (or personal) development environments.

www.drupaleasy.com/video/2024/1...

Up-and-running with Stage File Proxy in less than 5 minutes

.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: abso...

www.drupaleasy.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Dec 18

So Bluesky is where people fled to from Twitter because they wanted free speech? But only speech they agree with, speech they disagree with is not allowed.

I don't think people arguing for this understand what "free speech" means.

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Dec 14

One of my favorite Christmas tunes, now with cats:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpoK...

Carol of the Bells - a Christmas Carol by Bongo Cat 🎧

YouTube video by Bongo Cat

www.youtube.com

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Reposted by Damien McKenna

Mike Anello (ultimike) @mike-anello.bsky.social · Dec 9

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www.fldrupal.camp

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Dec 10

How many of the lies about #Covid did you believe?
oversight.house.gov/release/fina...

FINAL REPORT: COVID Select Concludes 2-Year Investigation, Issues 500+ Page Final Report on Lessons Learned and the Path Forward - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

oversight.house.gov

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Dec 5

So many people: "A Trump administration will bring forwards techno fascism!"
Marc Andreessen: "Uh, Biden's administration has been championing that already."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye8M...

Joe Rogan Experience #2234 - Marc Andreessen

YouTube video by PowerfulJRE

www.youtube.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Dec 3

Chief of Health Data Standards at NIH says "For people that are 30 or under, [covid gene therapy shots] really increases your risk for heart conditions", confirming what others have been saying since 2021: x.com/JamesOKeefeI...

x.com

Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Dec 2

The world needs more long-form interviews, rather than bite-size snippets for people with less attention span than fish. Long-form interviews like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2B2...

Joe Rogan Experience #2204 - Matt Walsh

YouTube video by PowerfulJRE

www.youtube.com

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Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Nov 25

Everyone should watch / listen to this interview between Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs fame, with Gavin de Becker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KT...

Mike Rowe and The ART of Making Money From Fear with Gavin de Becker | The Way I Heard It

YouTube video by Mike Rowe

www.youtube.com

Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Nov 22

Why would the US government fund research into a "rapid response to the accidental or intentional misuse of gene editing technologies"? I wonder what sort of "gene editing technologies" might have been "misused" in the past few years? Hrm...
sam.gov/opp/d04ec5d6...

SAM.gov

sam.gov

Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Nov 22

Because one more law will fix it!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jijh...

Number Of Gun Laws Will Make You Sick

YouTube video by Liberty Doll

www.youtube.com

Damien McKenna @damienmckenna.bsky.social · Nov 19

"none of the allegedly wrong views or bad deeds of Trump’s nominees outweigh the potential of the nominees to reform the institutions that are directly responsible for the invasion of Iraq, prolonged occupation of Afghanistan" and so much more
www.public.news/p/trumps-con...

Trump’s Controversial Nominees Are The Strong Medicine The Voters Ordered

Effective reformers, impervious to establishment scolds, often hold some fringe views

www.public.news