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 [Cursive Handwriting] Myths about cursive handwriting. It’s not faster, and it’s not legally required for signatures. Old folks want to see cursive taught in schools again. For what? May as well bring back Latin. Why are they filling young minds with useless classes for something they probably will never use. This is definitely an old folk’s idea, but old people already know how to write cursive. Printing is always more clear than cursive, so why not use the precious little class time teaching something useful to our young. Link |
| [Florida Corruption] Eighty-one million dollars. That number sits on Byron Donalds’ campaign report, and it did not land there by accident. It did not come from bake sales in Naples, teachers in Tallahassee, roofers in Riverview, or nurses in Pensacola. It came from a list of names you can fit on a cocktail napkin, and every one of those names has a contract, a license, a monopoly, a tax break, a prison bed, a sports book, a sugar field, or a school voucher pending in front of the next Governor of Florida.
Byron Donalds is a MAGA candidate. He is a GOP shill. He is not an America First Nationalist. He has never been one. |
 [Bravo to Mosquito Control] For centuries, thousands of Floridians perished in the face of diseases transmitted by billions of mosquitoes. This video explores how mosquito control has reshaped the land, treated the water, and taken to the air to keep the bloodsuckers at bay for more than 100 years. Video |
| [Friday Joke] “Dr. Phillips: How are the sleeping pills I prescribed working out? Me: Fantastic. I’m more relaxed than I’ve been in years. No stress at all. Dr. Phillips: Any side effects? Me: Oh, I’m not taking them. I’m giving them to my wife.” |
 [I hate ads and pop-ups] That, plus end-to-end encryption, is why I use the DuckDuckGo browser. They issue a report you you about how many ads they stop. |
| [Superstitious Islanders 1774] They are possessed with an idea, that when one of their wives is brought to bed, a crocodile is born, as a brother to the infant; and they imagine that the midwife conveys the young crocodile to an adjacent river, into which she puts it, with the utmost care and tenderness. Those who are honored by the birth of this new relation are to put food in the river for his subsistence, but this is the peculiar duty of the twin-brother, who performs this service regularly, at fixed periods, during the whole course of his life; firmly believing, at the same time, that sickness or death would be the consequence of an omission on his part. In the Indian islands of Boutou and Celebes the natives keep crocodiles in their families; and it is conjectured, that the strange idea of the twin crocodile was first conceived there |
 How to track ‘Big Boy,’ the world’s biggest steam locomotive. The 1.2 million-pound train still has a few stops left on its first coast-to-coast tour.Follow Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 on Tour |
| [Trump’s War] How did we end up like this? We’re a global superpower and we’re haggling over tolls with the Iranians. We’re not going to beat the Iranians at haggling — they invented it, and putting raisins on rice. |
 [Squeeze Ass?] The suggestive combination of letters and numbers immediately raised eyebrows, with many commenting on the resemblance to a crude phrase. ‘I don’t think a senior who is almost 77 will be driving around with a plate that has that to say,’ Dello Stritto said, admitting she was shocked by the surprise delivery. Link |
| [Keys Worker Cut in Half] The workers were crushing rocks at the site at 4250 Overseas Highway, Marathon around 11:20 a.m. when the accident happened. The front-end loader struck 37-year-old Victor Vivian Cano Franco in the midsection, and his body was severed, according to the agency. Detectives do not suspect foul play. |
 Turn your singing voice into printable notes (in the browser) Link |
| [Roman Concrete Lasted for Millennia] A 1,900-year-old latrine offers new clues about the material’s impressive durability. A chemical process called carbonation, which helps seal cracks, could help explain why many ancient Roman structures are still standing today. Researchers hope that the insights will lead to better modern-day building materials. Link |
 A new Colobus monkey species inhabiting high forest canopies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is just the fifth new species of African monkey discovered in the past 75 years with orange lips. Video |
| [Bad Guys] Columbia, South Carolina residents Andre Coker, 44, and Alberto Gutierrez, 34, were arrested on multiple charges. At about 3:30 a.m., Gutierrez was driving a BMW sedan that was speeding on U.S. 1/Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway in the Florida Keys. The BMW was pulled over, and a deputy said the vehicle smelled like marijuana while a THC pen was in plain view. This led to a search, where a loaded .45-caliber Glock, more than 68 grams of cocaine, more than 21 grams of marijuana, and seven prescription pills were found along with $641 in cash. Both men were charged with cocaine trafficking, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of drug paraphernalia. |
 [Explosive Diarrhea] What’s that all about? Should we stand back or take cover? |
| Disorderly’ White intruder removed from NBC’s Today show after security breach. An unauthorized interloper was arrested after reportedly hurling racial slur at host Craig Melvin. Link |
 RCA was founded as Radio Corporation of America by the General Electric Company in 1919 to acquire Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America (incorporated in 1899). A subsidiary of a British-owned company, Marconi Wireless at that time was the only company capable of handling commercial transatlantic radio communications, and General Electric took it over with the assistance of the U.S. Navy Department, which was eager to keep the technology in American hands. For the following 50 years the company was led by David Sarnoff, who built the company into a modern communications conglomerate. Link |
| Sony deletes a bunch more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them. the digital revolution has created a system in which people don’t actually own the things they think they’re buying and that sucks! Link |
 [Music CD vs Vinyl] Sales Growth Outpaced Vinyl in the First Half of 2026During the first half of 2026, CD sales surged 16% to 16.3 million units. Link |
| [Music Piracy] “I was really early on the internet, making websites just as a hobby in high school to teach myself HTML,” he explains. “I remember the first time I was able to download the leak of a new song, Nine Inch Nails’ 1997 single ‘The Perfect Drug.’ It was played on a radio station and someone recorded it, and was able to upload it in this RealAudio format which compressed music in a way that made it manageable to download for the first time.” Link |
 [Socialism] British Steel taken into public ownership to protect ‘vital’ UK supply. The UK government had taken control of British Steel’s operations in Scunthorpe last year, though it was still owned by China’s Jingye Group, limiting the government’s ability to decide on its future strategy. Nationalization buys the government time and gives it the power and freedom to decide on the future of the plant, while keeping the blast furnaces going. Link |
| [Cellphones] OnePlus has decided to conclude new product rollouts in Europe and North America. OnePlus was the pest phone I ever had—I had 2 of them. They always gave free updates ,which is a biggie. And their phones worked better than the other brands I’ve had. They didn’t advertise in the USA so most people never heard of them. They were cheaper than comparable phones too. Link |
 [Santa Claus Puzzle] Santa Claus sleeps at the North Pole until awakened by either all nine reindeer or a group of three out of ten elves. He performs one of two indivisible actions: Link |
| [Windows 98] This is why you update. Don’t be afeard, it’s only an animation. Click on a folder to start. Video |
 [Computer Programming in the Woods] Paul Lutus dropped out of the NASA rat race to live on a mountaintop for $40 a month. Then he wrote the most popular word processing program for personal computers.You may have heard about me. In the computer business I’m known as the Oregon Hermit. According to rumor, I write personal computer programs in solitude, shunning food and sleep in endless fugues of work. I hang up on important callers in order to keep the next few programming ideas from evaporating, and I live on the end of a dirt road in the wilderness. I’m here to tell you these vicious rumors are true. Link |
 [Bacon] It’s not just humans who are crazy for bacon. |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 7/17/26 at 10:06 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 |
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