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| [Computer Club Meeting] Saturday, Sept 12 is actually the 2nd Saturday of the month, so we are back on schedule. As usual, 10:30 a.m. at the Community Center, Winn Dixie Plaza, Big Pine Key. Bring your devices and passwords. Full Menu > Computer Club |
 LIV Golf is asking a bankruptcy judge’s permission to reject its player contracts, including lucrative deals with stars such as Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Phil Mickelson. In case you missed it yesterday, the league filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund stopped funding it.Sunday marked the end of LIV Golf. A league may continue with a schedule and maybe a familiar player or two, but golf’s civil war is over and what remains is worth accounting. What LIV ultimately represented and what it changed, whom it exposed, and after the billions spent and a sport fractured in two what the hell any of this was actually for. The Arabs tried to boost their country’s image by forming a competing golf tour to the American PGA. It didn’t. |
| [Wisdumb] The grass is always greener when still waters run deep! |
 [Friday Joke] An Indiana man followed this Chinese spy balloon for 194 miles before he realized it was bird shit on his windshield. |
| [Space Litter] Around one million pieces of junk larger than one centimeter currently orbit the Earth, thanks to decades of space travel, rocket launches, and satellite deployments. Each tiny trash bit travels at roughly 17,400 miles per hour, making them immensely dangerous for ongoing missions and exploration efforts. International agencies are now monitoring the existing space trash, while researchers test methods to clean up the problem. |
 [Sewing Machines] On this day in 1846, Elias Howe secured a patent for the pivotal lockstitch design in sewing machines. Howe’s problem was that he wasn’t very good at selling sewing machines. Isaac Singer, however, was — and five years later his easy-to-use machines started selling like hotcakes. Howe sued Singer (and others) for violating his lockstitch patent, and a resulting series of crisscrossing IP fights, known as the “Sewing Machine War,” led to the concept of shared patent pools. The sewing machine is one of the greatest inventions in history. |
| Several thousand Friends of Bubba gathered over Labor Day weekend in Key West to celebrate the music and life of the late singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett in Key West—the island where he found his musical identity and opened the original Margaritaville Store. |
 Painting tips you didn’t know. Video |
| [What is Cherenkov Radiation] Faster than light. On Pavel Cherenkov’s birthday anniversary, we revisit the discovery of Cherenkov radiation—the blue glow produced when charged particles travel faster than light through a medium. Link |
 [iPhone Duo Review] The newest $2000 phone does it all-and more. Link |
| [Friday Joke] I gave my Wife the same rules for her visits to the Pet Store that she gave me for the strip club. You can look at them. You can talk to them. You can’t touch them. You can’t bring them home. It’s worked out pretty good so far. |
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| [Streaming Services] Cable news giants are broadening their pitch to paying subscribers beyond politics, building new products around lifestyle, identity and community. Political affinity alone may not be enough to get consumers to pay. -MS Now’s new membership program will mark the latest subscription program offered by a major cable news network, each focused on selling a very different lifestyle. -Fox Nation, which debuted in 2018, is also focused on creating an exclusive space for its most passionate audiences, except its focus leans much more heavily into faith and family lifestyle programming. -Fox Faith vertical in 2024 with exclusive programming that includes bible study hosted by on-air talent Ainsley Earhardt and a series from anchor Shannon Bream that uses biblical stories to discuss motherhood and family relationships. -CNN launched its first of several expected lifestyle apps, CNN Weather, in May. Fox launched a weather app in 2021. -CNBC launched its Investing Club With Jim Cramer subscription for retail investors in 2021. The business news network has indicated it will expand coverage of areas beyond financial markets, like sports, wealth and women’s leadership, with dedicated newsletters |
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| The most advanced global weather AI model yet. WeatherNext 3 is being integrated into the Google products and tools that billions of people rely on – like Search, Maps, and Gemini. The model is also available for enterprise use, across a range of different applications. Gain access to high-resolution forecasts, without model setup. Including real-time operational data and historical forecasts. Try WeatherNext 3 |
 [Balding Pattern] It’s where you’re balding that counts’: What your hairline can reveal about your health. A growing body of research suggests the view from the top of your head might provide a glimpse into future concerns. Link |
| [Friday Deer Jokes] What is a deer’s favorite place to get breakfast? Dunkin’ Doe-nuts! How much does it cost to fly Santa’s sleigh? About 9 bucks What do you get when you cross a fawn with a bumblebee? Bambee. What did the deer say after she saw her Amazon bill? “I spent too much doe!” Did Rudolph go to school? No, he was elf taught! What should you give a deer when it gets a stomachache? Elk-a-seltzer. Who did the deer invite to her birthday party? Her deerest friends. Where do deer get all of their coffee? Star-bucks! What kind of deer make great weather forecasters? Rain-deer. What’s a buck’s least favorite sandwich bread? Sour doe. What do you get when you cross Bambi with a ghost? Bamboo. What do you call deer in outer space? Star bucks. What street in France do reindeer live on? Rue Dolph (get it? Rue means “street” in French). What do Key deer say to their kids? “I love you deerly.” Why did scientists clone a deer? They wanted to make a quick buck. Why did the actor refuse to perform in the woods? He had stag fright. |
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| Instagram’s Adam Mosseri has warned that users who switch off Instagram’s recommendation system end up with a worse experience, telling an Australian press briefing that engagement can fall by as much as 50% and that satisfaction scores fall off a cliff. Mosseri spoke on Thursday as Australia consults on legislation that would force platforms to prompt users to turn ranking off. Read the objection carefully, because it is not what it sounds like. Mosseri is not arguing that a chronological feed harms users. He is arguing that it produces less engagement and less time on the platform hurting their ad revenue. Link |
 [iPhone Duo] Apple’s first foldable iPhone debuted at Apple’s annual product event in Cupertino, California. The Duo will not come cheap, starting at $1,999 with 256GB of memory, Axios’ Ina Fried writes from the event. It features an inner display 80% larger than Apple’s next-largest iPhone and supports Apple Pencil. An under-display front-facing camera supports video chat, with two traditional cameras on the back of the phone. Video |
| Today is not a good day to watch TV news because you won’t get anything but 9.11 sorrow, as it should be. I’m just saying… |
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| [Age Restriction] Claude AI, our consumer product, is only available to people over 18 years. You’ll need to confirm you’re 18 or over while setting up an account. When we detect signals that you may be under 18, we’ll ask you to verify your age before you can continue using Claude. Link |
 [Acoustic Fire Extinguisher] 16-year-old Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher that uses sound waves to put out fires in seconds. Ángela Karime Venegas Hernández is 16 years old and has an idea no one else had and one day decided to put out a candle without blowing, without water, without anything but sound. She assembled a device with a 12-volt battery, a frequency generator, and a speaker that emits 30 pulses per second. That vibration pushes oxygen away from the flames, and the fire simply goes out in five to eight seconds. Link |
| Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026. Link |
 [The Deathray] A simple way for an untrusted site to freeze a Mac. Try the Deathray! The spinning button will freeze your Mac. it may slow other OS. Animation |
| The larger Pacific striped octopus (LPSO), or Harlequin octopus, is a species of octopus known for its intelligence and gregarious nature. The species was first documented in the 1970s and, being fairly new to scientific observation, has yet to be scientifically described. Because of this, LPSO has no official scientific name. Link |
 Exercise intensity modulates interorgan communication and is associated with cardiometabolic health outcomes in humans. Exercise is an integral therapy for many cardiometabolic diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. Despite its broad health benefits, the circulating factors that mediate exercise adaptations in humans remain incompletely defined, particularly across different exercise intensities. Link |
| [Friday Joke] Me: I never understood why the French eat snails. You: Maybe they just don’t like fast food |
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| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 9/11/26 at 9:10 am. |
 [For Sale] Pellet Gun Gamo Swarm Maxxim 10X GEN 2 Multi-Shot Air Rifle. Two 10-round .177 clips. 3 x 9 variable scope. Box of pellets. $200 new. Half price used $100. b33043@outlook.com Video |
 [For Sale] Folding scaffold 30L x 12w x 20h. 4 scaffolds (not sold separately) New $200, Big Pine Key pick-up half-price: $100. Excellent condition.b33043@outlook.com Link |
 [For Sale] Crossman P1377 American Classic Variable-Pump .177-Caliber Pellet Air Pistol. New $70. For Sale $25. 800 feet per second. Pick up on Big Pine Key. b33043@outlook.com Video |
| Snapshots taken from Big Pine Key looking North between Annette Key and Mayo Key every Friday evening since 2023. You may hover to view a photo, see the date of the photo, or use the left or right arrows on the images. |
