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| It was cool this morning, a welcome break from 91°. |
 Dear God, please let me go just one day without hearing about AI. |
| [Murderer] Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Premeditated murder usually gets the death sentence, but in these days of loopholes and lawyers sharper than the judges, and unlimited legal defense funding, he will most likely be free after twenty years. A woman I know said that wouldn’t happen if he wasn’t so good looking. She was serious. Link |
 [Fire] We live near the Eden Pines fire of last week and the sickening smell of old fire keeps wafting through our house. Eggggh, stinks! |
| Israel is turning the world against itself, mainly because it made border agreements years ago and their radical settlers continuously encroach and steal land from Palestinians and the State allows it further pissing off the Arabs. |
 I set out to find the brightest, most brilliant, most colorful birds. I’m not going to make you wade through an essay’s worth of math and discussion before I show you my top 40. Here it is. Link |
| [Regulations] I find it interesting that just this week in the EU, they have required anything AI has to be identified as such. Last week France banned all unsolicited sales calls whether robo or human. Goddamned socialists! |
 [Hate Groups] Tupac Shakur murder trial: gang leader plotted killing to avenge beating of nephew, court hears. Prosecutors accuse Duane Davis of orchestrating 1996 shooting in retaliation for attack by rapper’s entourage. Link |
| [Deceiving AI] Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots. In just over a week, the Hanover Institute has published at least 100 articles that appear tailor-made to influence chatbots. Link |
 [House For Sale] An oceanfront North Beach mansion connected to the Playboy Mansion owner, and a $51.5 million home on Hibiscus Island with its own private nightclub topped last week’s luxury contracts in Miami-Dade. Link |
| [Sex Change] When a man has a total makeover and becomes a woman they slice the penis and refashion it into a vagina. I want to know if he/she gets an erection in the new vagina, does the whole (hole) thing swell inside him/her? Do they have an inner-erection? I wonder what that feels like? |
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| [Spying on You] Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit. One of the assets up for sale is a huge trove of deidentified data, which Google bid for and won for just $10 million. For that sum, Google bought itself 100 million emails and 500 million items from Microsoft Teams, 17 million OneDrive files and 20.5 million items from SharePoint. The search giant also now owns over 30 million recorded customer service calls, and more than 15 million customer service chat records. Google has reportedly said it bought the data to improve its AI services. |
 [Web Addiction] Meta faces a landmark federal trial beginning today in a case where state attorneys general have accused the company of designing its social media platforms to hook kids and of lying about the associated risks. |
| [Data Centers] Why don’t they build those massive data centers underground where it’s much cooler and can’t be heard above ground and disturbs no one. |
 [Pooping in Nature] The New Forest National Park in the UK receives more than 15 million visits a year. If everyone used the great outdoors as their great outhouse, there would be 200 tonnes of poop dumped in the environment – and that weight doesn’t include all the toilet roll that would be used. Human faeces contain harmful bacteria that can survive for up to a year in the soil. The best option is to bag it and take it with you, as you would for your dog. The second-best option is to bury it in a hole at least as deep as the length of your hand, and at least 70 paces away from any water source. Link |
| [Dying Coral] “It was like Noah’s ark” Florida teams fight to save reefs from another heat wave. The 2023 marine heat wave produced Florida’s worst mass coral bleaching event, so the renewed warming is prompting scientists to act before reef systems already under intense stress take another hit. For restoration teams, the rising heat is an immediate danger that calls for intervention now, before additional coral is lost. Link |
 [Personalized Windows Ads & Offers] Some hints for stopping those damn ads online. Good luck! Link |
| [Underwear] King Tut was buried with more than a hundred pairs of underwear—all tailored to fit his massive butt. Link |
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| [Safer, Cleaner Ships -Vote Today] ~We support continuation of the City of Key West’s One-Ship Policy, which has reduced environmentally damaging large cruise ship operations by 50% since 2019. ~We support re-establishment of 24/7 monitoring for cruise-ship pollution in Key West Harbor. ~We support maritime uses of the Navy’s Outer Mole that are consistent with the voter referendums, ordinances, resolutions, and policies that have regulated cruise ship operations in Key West since 2013. |
 [Free Party at Truman Waterfront Park] Mac Mcanally, Will Kimbrough and Howard Livingston. Howard Livingston and the Mile Marker 24 Band performed at the Party in the Park at last year’s festival. Join them on September 6 at 6pm for another free concert where they will be joined by Will Kimbrough and Mac MacAnally. |
| [Old People Smell] We smell different as we age. Here’s why. An odor-producing molecule 2-nonenal is only part of the story. Link |
 [No Liquor Liquor] Arkay. I don’t get it, why drink imitation booze when you’re not going to get the physical satisfaction alcohol gives you? I can see drinking no-alcohol beer because it taste good. But no alcohol tastes good! it taste like alcohol and who wants to endure that taste without getting a buzz. The ads show young people partying hard. Face it, that’s not going to happen without booze or drugs. Have you ever been to a t-totaler party? I didn’t think so. Why would you go to a party that’s like church? Booze and drugs are ice breakers and get things going—that’s a party. |
 [Saving Coral] Florida teams fight to save reefs from another heat wave. Restoration teams in the Florida Keys are moving dozens of vulnerable elkhorn and staghorn corals from offshore nurseries into deeper, cooler waters. The precautionary move comes as ocean temperatures in the region are rising again, putting young corals at greater risk of heat-related stress and bleaching. Link |
| [Windows 11 Sucks] If you are still using Windows 7, any version, stay with it! Windows 10 is not as bad as Windows 11 but still has problems. Microsoft really screwed up this time. Link |
 [Primary election Day Today] We’re reaching out from the Monroe County Democrats with some great news: your vote matters in our upcoming primary election — and we’ve got the details to help you make it count. Visit our website at https://keysdems.com/voting for important information about this year’s elections |
| [Trebuchet] Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchet. Devastation across the body of a 14th century warrior indicates horrific demise from a flying boulder. Link |
 This century plant bloomed last week and I only spotted it after the white flowers had all fallen and the middle thingy had shot up twenty feet. You can actually watch the thingy grow if you pull up a chair, pop a cold one, and watch it grow. |
| Sun clock. Or you could just look out your window. Link |
 [Gas Leak] Hundreds of moviegoers in Colombia fled the theater during a showing of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” thanks to a noxious smell. Witnesses at the screening in Cartagena said they were overwhelmed by the stench of flatulence, forcing them into the hallways outside the showing. That’s right: Someone’s fart was so rotten that they cleared an entire theater full of people. The stinker hasn’t ‘fessed up — who can blame them? — and so strong was the smell that some speculated someone had set off a stink bomb. The anonymous air-befouler let it rip about halfway through the showing, and many moviegoers left without finishing the movie. |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 8/18/26 at 8:55 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. |
