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 I was watching an old movie about the American Revolution starring Cornell Wilde and noticed the Governor’s coach had the Rolling Stone’s logo on the door. I think this is a bit of humor from the people who restored the film. I took the picture on my living room TV. |
| [Quantum Physics] Man vanishes after mysterious experiments with quantum physics. He “specifically” worked on quantum physics that investigated “being in two places at once.” Link |
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| Farewell, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider. After 18 years of discovery, it’s goodbye LHC and hello High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider. Link |
 Poisonwood berries attract the beautiful white crown pigeons. Yum. |
| [WiFi Anywhere In The World] Starlink Roam is here. From camping in the middle of nowhere to road-tripping across the country, your connection goes with you everywhere. See it in action. Video |
 [Wanted Legacy Software] Anybody have a copy of Windows 7 and MS Office? Any DVD or CD versions with the Product Keys will do. Tell me how much you want. ~billberit@att.net |
| George Washington’s famous ‘golden suit’ was actually purple. The president partied in the dapper overcoat at his 1789 inauguration. Link |
 July 4th’s fabulous drone show in Miami. Video |
| [God Doesn’t Want Me At MKRC] This morning after new information regarding other opinions of the meeting, I have decided to resign from the position as MKRC Secretary/Treasurer. I will be returning everything to Bettye Chaplin this week. Thank you, Bettye, and all for allowing me to assist you during this year, it was a pleasure meeting all of you. My faith guides how I show up in the world, and I try to act in a way that honors what God expects of me. Today, I no longer feel aligned in that way, and I believe stepping aside is the right choice. ~Terry Hirchak |
 [Bugs] A walking stick with dust on its front leg next to a mango for scale. |
| [Comcast Sucks] My bill went from $35 -$95 in three years. I went to the KW office, but that was pointless, I then called headquarters in Philly. Told both to cut my bill to $45–no way they say. So I switched and called AT&T on Fri, Internet was on Sat. Twice as fast as download, 8x as fast uploads for $35 total. No contracts! I get 300+downloads all the time and 250 uploads. You have to change every few years. Pain in the ass, but worth it. |
 This orchid had a 12’ shaft from the plant culminating in this beautiful orchid. |
| This vocalist’s delivery makes his song funnier. “Karen!” |
 In the early 70s I had the 2d food truck in Key West. Robert A’s Tacos was the first. We both were at Smather’s Beach, but he soon moved to Texas and I was the only food truck at the beach. It was called the Psyca-Deli. I sold soyburgers and pot. I made a lot more from the pot than the soyburgers–go figure. The photo is from Cotati, California. |
| [Safer, Cleaner Ships] Key West’s City Commission voted this week to reaffirm the City’s longstanding One Ship Policy; and to officially transmit to the U.S. Navy the City’s 13-year history of referendums, resolutions, and ordinances regarding large cruise ship operations in our waterways. This prompt notification to Naval leadership during a time of transition at its Outer Mole property will ensure that the City is speaking with one voice, in step with community concerns. Extra-special thanks to YOU, the citizens who continue to participate in the public process, even when it doesn’t always go your way. The City Clerk received over 100 written public comments from local residents in support of this resolution. Your vocal support made a critical difference. |
 [Cocaine] The ranger found a package, which weighed about a kilogram and a half, at Long Key State Park in the Middle Keys around 7 a.m. It had a picture of a lion on the wrapper. Deputies turned the package over to the Border Patrol, which will test the contents.Washed-up loads of cocaine and marijuana are a fairly common sight in the Keys. They are typically lost packages from illegal smuggling runs either destined for the Keys or en route to another location. Link |
| [No Queers Allowed] Turkey blocks cruise ship carrying 2,000 LGBTQ+ passengers and a ‘furious’ Patti LuPone, citing ‘moral values’.Broadway star, who is performing on the vessel, expresses shock after authorities ban Scarlet Lady from docking in Kuşadası. Link |
 A boat crashed in shallow water in the Harris Gap Channel in Sugarloaf Key after hitting a bridge Saturday, July 5. One woman was hospitalized. Link |
| [DIY Gene Sequencing] How to sequence your own DNA at home. Link |
 [Breakwater] All along the South African coast you find dolosse wherever coastal management is necessary to prevent tides and rough seas from eroding breakwaters, harbour walls, coastal construction. In Port Elizabeth’s Coega deepwater harbour for example, there are almost 30 000 dolosse, each weighing 30 tons, forming the upper layer of the 2.5km-long breakwater.Dolosse (which can weigh up to 80 tons) are not shifted by rough seas like concrete blocks, and they allow the water to flow through and around them, thus dissipating the force of the waves. They can also be randomly placed or stacked neatly. Link |
| [Spying On You] A Hacker’s Arrest Reveals Microsoft Can Track Users Via a Windows Device ID. The FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising privacy red flags about Windows’ surveillance capabilities. Link |
 [God Lives] In 1710, Scottish doctor John Arbuthnot presented a new proof for the existence of God. He had observed that for 82 years in a row, London counted more christenings of baby boys than girls. Assuming that the probability of birthing a girl is equal to that of birthing a boy, and that it varies independently over years, the odds of this outcome occurring by chance are 0.5^82. It follows that the ratio must be governed not by random chance but by a divine unifying principle. Link |
| [Wind Tunnels] Historic photos of NASA’s cavernous wind tunnels. Throughout the 20th century, NASA made extensive use of wind tunnels to test and refine designs for airplanes, spacecraft, and many other vehicles and structures. Dozens of specialized tunnels were constructed over the years. Link |
 [English Computers] When it comes to British brands, it seems like we don’t hear a lot about Apricot. But thanks to a television program that aired in early 1990, we know a fair bit about Apricot’s triumphs and struggles in the highly competitive PC market of the 1980s and 90s. It was on June 30, 1999 that Apricot closed its factory in Scotland and wound down its brand. Link |
| Bob Dylan explained. Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 7/7/26 at 8:39 am. |
| 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. |
