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| [Friday Joke] Top 10 Signs You Are Too Old to Be Trick or Treating 10. You get winded from knocking on the door. 9. You have to have a kid chew the candy for you. 8. You ask for high fiber candy only. 7. When someone drops a candy bar in your bag, you lose your balance and fall over. 6. People say, “Great Keith Richard’s mask!” and you’re not wearing a mask. 5. When the door opens you yell, “Trick or …” and can’t remember the rest. 4. By the end of the night, you have a bag full of restraining orders. 3. You have to carefully choose a costume that won’t dislodge your hairpiece. 2. You’re the only Power Ranger in the neighborhood with a walker. 1. You avoid going to houses where your ex-wives/ex-husbands live. |
 Danes use twice as many candles as any other European country due to their long dark winter days. This high candle usage is closely tied to the Danish concept of hygge, which emphasizes creating a cozy and warm atmosphere. Link
Hygge is the feeling of comfort, contentment, and well-being through simple and everyday experiences– a warm atmosphere. Hard to pronounce, hygge (“hooga”) is difficult to explain, too. In brief, hygge is about taking time away from the daily rush to be together with people you care about – or even by yourself – to relax and enjoy life’s quieter pleasures. Link |
 The quest to find Shackleton’s ship uncovered an Antarctic mystery. Beneath the ice, an underwater robot discovered something far stranger than the ‘Endurance’ shipwreck. Link |
| [Free Software Scares Normal People] This problem is rampant in free software. The FOSS world is full of powerful tools that only have a “power user” UI. As a result, people give up. Or worse: they ask people like you and I to do it for them. I want to make the case to you that you can (and should) solve this kind of problem in a single evening. Link |
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| Is your dog’s Halloween costume sexist? (Written by people who have too much time on their hands.) Link |
 [Zombie Apocalypse] I watch so many zombie movies to divert my mind from world politics that I’ve become an authority. As I watch zombie movies, I imagine what I would do to survive the zombie apocalypse. I used to think that a cruise ship just offshore would be the best refuge. Cruise ships are whole cities, just add people. But I also have a better idea. Make the lumber yards secure refuges. They have everything you could need –just add people. Use all that lumber and equipment to build 8’ high plywood walls around the lumberyards to defend the inside area. As more people seek refuge, they could expand the walls to include other stores and improve defenses. Most folks don’t realize that Key West’s Home Depot and Marathon’s Home Depot are both built on the water and at central locations. A channel could be dredged to get from the refuge centers to ships in deeper water. One ship could be used for anti-social arseholes and bad guys, and another could be used as an abattoir.
As for defenses, I could tell you how to do that too, I just got promoted to ‘Netflix streaming general’. I’ve become a pretend authority because of all the war movies I watch, but I’ll just write about things I learned from zombie movies. Just remember to only shoot zombies in the head and don’t let them bite you. |
 Can dogs really smell fear? A vet weighs in. Dogs’ super-sensitive noses may have evolved to help them sense danger. Link |
| [Volunteers Needed For Tax Prep] United Way of Collier and the Keys to share a story opportunity that could make a real difference for residents this tax season. We’re urgently seeking volunteers in Key West and the Upper Keys to help provide free tax preparation through our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Training begins December 1, and volunteers of all backgrounds are welcome – no prior tax experience required. Alissa.Hudak@uwcollierkeys.org |
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| The AARP calendar of activities for November is here. Full Menu > Ongoing Events > AARP |
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| November 4th is our next Full Moon Kayak Excursion. The event begins at 4:15 so be there about 30 minutes prior to sign in, get your kayak and gear ready. We’ll have everything you need, just bring water. Call Bill of Big Pine Kayak Adventures at 305-872-7474 for more information and then sign up on line on the event page of floridakeyswildlifesociety.org. Cost is $30 per person, trip lasts about 2 hours. Departs from the Old Wooden Bridge Marina, 1791 Bogie Drive on Big Pine Key. |
 I love turning the clocks back so it gets dark by 4pm. ~Said no one ever. |
| [Auction] The Florian Schneider Collection: rare instruments & iconic equipment up for auction. Link |
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| [Imaging Software] Get Affinity Free With Affinity, you’ll get all the professional tools you need for your design, photo editing, and page layout projects, free of charge. Link |
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| [Reasoning Models Reason Well, Until They Don’t] Large language models (LLMs) have shown significant progress in reasoning tasks. However, recent studies show that transformers and LLMs fail catastrophically once reasoning problems exceed modest complexity. Link |
 New Hen House is covered with waterproof asphalt roof in sleeping area.Large opening wire netting roof in running area. Wheels and a handle for easy moving. 5 latched doors for east access and to keep varmints out. Slide-out tray for easy daily cleaning. 80.7″L x 25.8″W x 44.1″H painted solid wood Plus 30 pounds of chicken feed ($30), 6 nesting pads ($24), 5 pounds oyster shells ($12). Henhouse bought from Amazon for $198.99. All for $100. Text 305-942-4324 |
 [Fantasy Fest] A group depicting an offbeat “Conch-tucky Derby” for unicorns performs on Duval Street during the Fantasy Fest Parade in Key West, Fla. The elaborate procession of floats and costumed marchers will return Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, as the highlight of the 10-day Fantasy Fest celebration, themed “Bedtime Stories and Magical Monsters”. |
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 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. From a hyena stalking an abandoned diamond mining town to a pile of seething rattlesnakes. Link |
| [Phony Numbers] Phone numbers for use in TV shows, films and creative works. We reserve some phone numbers so that they can be used for creative works, such as in TV shows and films. These numbers do not belong to people or businesses and you are free to use them in works of fiction. Link |
 Driving a spacecraft around a planet isn’t anything like driving on a planet. A physicist explains orbital navigation. If you watch sci-fi movies, you’d think that flying a spaceship is just like driving a slightly more complicated car (or a Winnebago in Spaceballs). And George Lucas gave us those galactic battles with pilots who look like they’re flying fighter jets on Earth. Link |
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| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 10/31/25 at 8:57 am. |