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 Here in Florida, we take a perverse pride in being weird and dangerous. We have hurricanes and pythons. Sinkholes and alligators. We have Florida Man and Florida Woman, weirdos drawn to the state because it is so easy for them to fit in. And we have lightning. Lots of lightning. Mostly that’s because we are a peninsula jutting between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and competing weather patterns wash ashore from both coasts and collide to create light shows in the sky. |
| [Friday Joke] A man is walking through the woods when he sees a bear charging at him. He books it, but he knows he can’t outrun a bear for long, so he starts praying, “Dear Lord, I beseech thee. Please, o Lord, please let this bear be a Christian!” The bear catches up to him, knocks him down on the ground, then gets on its knees and says, “Dear Lord, thank you for this food I am about to receive.” |
 The turkey vultures are flying all over Big Pine. I must have seen at least a hundred of them soaring in three different air columns yesterday. |
| Thank you for your post on the regressive Florida tax system. Wealthy people in this state pay next to nothing while the rest of us shoulder the burden. And it will only get worse if property taxes are eliminated! |
 [Big Pine Computer Club] Saturday Jan 10. 10:30am The usual place, Big Pine Community Center, Winn Dixie Plaza.Don’t forget to gather your old defunct tech stuff – phones, computers, tv. Cables, etc and bring them to this meeting. Bill is going to recycle them properly. Batteries too. (Gotta go now & dig up some more batteries) |
| [AI] Is that video real or not? Link |
 Photos of our beautiful world. Link |
| Record number of derelict boats pulled from Florida Keys. Hundreds of derelict vessels, from small boats, large commercial fishing trawlers and even a yellow submarine, were removed from Florida Keys waters in 2025. Link |
 [Paid v Free Apps] You can usually get a free app that works just about as good as the expensive app. Let’s add Gimp, the free image manipulating software to that list. |
| [Magic] Captain Jim & Lady Louisa Award Winning Magic, Comedy & Motivation Keep us in mind throughout the New Year for your Corporate Events, Family Parties, Schools: Elem. – College (Age appropriate Life Lessons) The Captain has an entire Crew Of Talent: Santa, balloon twisters, face painters, stilt walkers, clowns, mimes & more. CaptainJimIsMagic.com |
 [Previous Live] What the hell does that mean? Is this something to do with AI fakes? |
| [For Sale] 4 barber chairs, waiting chairs, magazine rack, barbershop pole signs, and misc supplies (Sanek, Barbercide, and clippers). You can call or text me at 305-304-1724. |
 [Biodegradable Paper Batteries] Flint, the Singapore-based company that developed sustainable, cellulose-based, biodegradable, PFAS-free batteries, announced that its technology has entered production and will be available to select strategic partners. Paper batteries are a promising lower-carbon alternative that will benefit most consumer electronics applications. Link |
| [Friday Joke] A guy said to God, “God, is it true that to you a billion years is like a second?” God said yes. The guy said, “God, is it true that to you a billion dollars is like a penny?” God said yes. The guy said, “God, can I have a penny?” God said, “Sure, just a second.” |
 [Free Piano] I have a beautiful piano to donate. Would you like to have it or refer to someone who loves to play? I am moving into a smaller apartment and won’t have a need for it. robert.tt.albert@gmail.com |
| [Still For Sale] 4 barber chairs, waiting chairs, magazine rack, barbershop pole signs, and misc supplies (Sanek, Barbercide, and clippers). You can call or text me at 305-304-1724. |
 [Beaver Paratroopers] Idaho once dropped 76 beavers from airplanes wearing parachutes. Video |
| A Florida Keys man faces felony animal-abuse charges after investigators found three malnourished, dehydrated and parasite-infested dogs were living in outdoor kennels on his property. The investigation into the alleged abuse began when one of his dogs, a male, was found bloodied while walking down the street on Big Coppitt Key last Friday. County Animal Control officers took the dog to an emergency veterinarian hospital, where doctors determined he was “significantly underweight” and dehydrated and required immediate care, including intravenous fluids. The dog’s owner, Donald Ray Sargent, 49. Link |
 [How Wolves Became Dogs] The strange symbiosis between two hyper-predators: humans and hounds. Frederick the Great, warrior ruler and enlightened despot of 18th-century Prussia, said it well. “The only, absolute and best friend a man has, in this selfish world, the only one that will not betray or deny him, is his dog.” Link |
| [Korean War] In the summer of 1950, before the Inchon landing transformed the Korean War from desperate defense into apparent triumph, the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff produced one of the most prescient strategic documents of the entire Cold War. Drafted on July 22 by a career foreign service officer named George H. Butler, the so-called “38th parallel paper” warned that military success against North Korea would generate overwhelming political pressure to expand the war, and that doing so would almost certainly provoke intervention by the Soviet Union or Communist China. Link |
 Photographing the hidden world of slime mould. These images, captured by photographer Barry Webb, provide a close-up view of single-celled slime mould organisms. A view that would not be possible with the naked eye. Link |
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 [Tiny Hole in the Airplane Window] Like every other inch of a commercial airplane, the window’s “bleed hole,” as it’s called, is a highly engineered and functional design detail—and it has come a long way over the past century of aviation design history. Long story short: It’s all about pressure. Link |
| [Friday Joke] A guy is sitting at home when he hears a knock at the door. He opens the door and sees a snail on the porch. He picks up the snail and throws it as far as he can. A year later, there’s another knock at the door. He opens it and sees the same snail. The snail says, “What was that all about?” |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 1/9/26 at 8:24 am. |
  [Two Bedroom Duplex on Canal For Rent] Big Pine Key. 2 bedrooms. One bath. Unfurnished ½ Duplex on clean boating canal going to Pine Channel and coral reef. Beautiful, vaulted ceilings. Tiled floors throughout. 1500 square feet. Stainless steel stove & refrigerator, laundry room. Central A/C. Ground level. Back Porch. Port Pine Heights subdivision. Quiet neighborhood. No smokers or dogs. $2000 a month. Available now. First $2000, last $2000 and $1000 security deposit. $5000 total to move in. Utilities not included. b33043@outlook.com |
  [House For Sale] Big Pine Key. 3 bedrooms. 2 full bathrooms. House on stilts over full concrete slab. Bay window in Kitchen plus a pantry. Stainless steel appliances. Plenty of kitchen cabinets and granite counter tops. Dining area/living room. Big front porch. Large, locked storage room downstairs. Covered parking for two vehicles. Central air conditioning plus heat. Back two bedrooms have additional mini-split A/Cs. Very bright and clean and in a quite neighborhood. Laundry area in hallway. Electric bill is about $165 a month. 1125 square feet. $600,000.See it on Craigslist: Link |