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 [Not Guilty] George Pino reacts after the jury’s not-guilty verdict is read in court on Monday, June 22, 2026. Pino was facing manslaughter and vessel homicide felony charges in connection to 2022 boat crash that killed Lucy Fernandez, a 17-year-old senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy. Link |
| [Moose Crash Testing] Volvo XC60 crashes into a 793-pound moose dummy. Crash testing with these massive mammals has come a long way from using real cadavers. Link |
 [More Nuclear] Canada is looking to build up to 10 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years, sell Canadian-made reactors to more countries and double uranium exports, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Monday as he released a new national strategy for nuclear power. Link |
| [Spying] The police chief of Holiday Hills, Illinois was arrested June 18, 2026, and charged with two counts of official misconduct, a Class 3 felony. While Flock claims its system tracks vehicles, not people, the documented record of police chiefs stalking ex-partners through Flock shows otherwise. When the most experienced, highest-ranking officers in law enforcement, the people most responsible for enforcing the rules, demonstrate ongoing abuses, the answer is the same courts have given for each generation of powerful tracking technology: require a warrant first. Link |
 [Puzzles] Fresh grids, printed daily. A daily workout for the part of you that loves a hard problem. Free to play, no ads. When a puzzle type wins you over, a one-time unlock opens its full catalog forever. Link |
| [Guns and Kids] A Florida appeals court panel has ruled the state’s ban on 18- to 20-year-olds carrying concealed firearms violates the Second Amendment. In the 18-page decision on a law that Florida’s attorney general vowed not to defend, the appellate court found restricting the right to self-defense by age violates “the plain text of the Constitution.” “Restricting 18- to 20-year-olds — members of the same ‘political community’ as other law-abiding adults — from rights to self-defense would make the Second Amendment a ‘second-class’ right.” |
 [Home Wrecker] Eric Pierwsza, 48, of Butler County, Pennsylvania, is facing charges of causing a catastrophe, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after using an excavator to tear down his family’s house after his wife told him she wanted a divorce. Pierwsza had been out drinking, and when he arrived home, he and his wife argued, and she told him she wanted a divorce. Pierwsza told her, “If it’s over, I’ll tear the house down.” And he did — with his wife and two children still inside. Sounds of destruction could be heard on the 911 call. Pierwsza then entered the home to grab a gym bag and fled the scene. He was apprehended in a nearby township. Luckily, no one in the home was injured, and his wife is seeking a protection-from-abuse order. The house suffered irreparable structural damage and likely will need to be demolished |
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 [History] On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect after New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the document. The ballpoint pen wouldn’t be invented for another 100 years, so how did our Founding Fathers write our country’s supreme set of laws?You likely know a quill was involved, specifically a goose quill. However, the ink used is less well known. Scribes used iron gall ink made with tannic acid (from oak galls), iron (from nails or iron scraps), and a binder (typically gum arabic). According to the National Archives, the ink looked light in color when first applied to parchment, but darkened to a purplish black through oxidization. |
| [Clive Davis Dead] The influential music executive has died at the age of 94, leaving behind a career filled with success, signing stars such as Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. A life in pictures from Diana Ross to Aretha Franklin Link |
 Want to beat Wordle? Try a 1940s mathematical theory. A new strategy found the correct word 99 percent of the time. It turns out one of the best ways to solve the massively popular New York Times puzzle game Wordle isn’t really about words at all. It’s math. Specifically, information theory and a mathematical concept called Shannon Entropy. Link |
| [Gambling Crooks] They looked like they were getting rich on Polymarket—but none of it was real. The prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. Link |
 Giant Banana pulled over in Montana: driver says cops have stopped him 100s of times. For 15 years, Steve Braithwaite has driven a 23-foot banana across the country and, on Wednesday, just like hundreds of times before, he was pulled over by law enforcement. “They always find a reason to pull me over,” Braithwaite said. Link |
| Over 100 Spam recipes. Just what we’ve been waiting for as food prices continue to climb. Link |
 [Wanted Coarse Mulch] I’m looking for a good amount of coarse wood chipper mulch delivered and someone to spread it. Eden Pines in B Pine Key. Bob 305-304-4356 |
| [“Looking for mobile boat mechanic”] Alex Cosme 305-747-8600 (Big Pine). He’s the best. |
 [Free Kid’s Pool] Amazon sent 2 and I can’t return the 2d one because they said I didn’t order it. So free kids pool. Still in box. Pick up on Big Pine Key b33043@outlook.comPeteast Foldable Dog Pool with Sturdy Round Design, Extra Large Portable Pet Bathtub, Durable 64″ Diameter Portable Design for Backyard & Indoor Use (Includes 2 Flying Disks) $54.99. |
| [AI War] I gave an AI a civilization to run. By the midgame it was winning: a trade network that dominated the map, alliances on every border, a diplomatic victory within reach. It had outbuilt, outearned, and outmaneuvered every rival on the board. What it hadn’t noticed was France. Quietly, across a hundred turns, French culture had been seeping into every city on the map. By the time the agent recognized the threat, the tourism was so deeply embedded there was no peaceful way to stop it. Every counter it reached for was broken. Every tool it had built to respond failed. It had one option left. It built two nuclear devices and levelled Toulouse. Boom! Link |
 [Farting] Which animals can and can’t fart? Passing gas isn’t just a human condition. Link |
| Chevron signs 20-year power agreement with Microsoft to provide power for its West Texas data center. Link |
 Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Fed, dies at age 100. Video |
| Graphic Symbols] Japan has a very long history of graphic symbols. The most famous are probably the mon or kamon. They’re Japan’s version of the heraldic system. Unlike other forms like the famous Western coats of arms, these are very simple geometric shapes, often originating from natural sources such as plants and animals, or pure geometric shapes. These found themselves emblazoned on everything from flags and decorations on carriages and other sorts of transportation, but also as decorative designs on finely made objects. Link |
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| [Smart Helmet] The Stingr Smart helmet helps you see what you don’t see. Data visualizations such as road hazards, the behavior of other road users, group-ride dynamics, and advice on riding behavior can be displayed on the helmet’s heads-up display (HUD) which sits on the inside of a retractable helmet visor. Link |
 Wolves have made a spectacular comeback in Europe. But attacks on livestock and humans have caused a heated debate about the limits of coexistence. |
| [Computer Memory Shortage] Continued shortages of everyday DRAM components and rapidly rising contract prices have prompted some hardware makers to downgrade memory specifications to control system costs. The global memory crisis has developed a new twist as buyers turn to “legacy” products such as DDR2 and DDR3 to meet demand. Link |
 [Not Paying Rent] More tenants living in New York City’s least expensive housing units aren’t paying their rent — a trend that risks further destabilizing the city’s affordable housing market. The uptick in rental delinquency isn’t new. It started six years ago, when the pandemic flung the city’s economy into chaos and plunged low-income New Yorkers into dire financial straits. But even as the city has rebounded, rent collection rates in affordable housing remain short of pre-pandemic levels. As costs balloon, landlords say insufficient rental income is threatening their ability to stay afloat. Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 6/23/26 at 9:19 am. |
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