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 Seven Mile Bridge Run race results. Link |
| Orbon lost Hungary and Putin lost a confederate. The World won. Orbán’s 16-year rule over Hungary ends in crushing election defeat. Link |
 Why you never forget how to ride a bike. The brain stores skills differently than facts, making them harder to forget. Link
Queen – Bicycle Race |
| [Rising Prices] 60% of our fertilizer comes through the Straight of Hormoz, so look for even higher food prices. Don’t forget that farmer’s tractors and other big farm equipment run on diesel, not gas, today that costs about $5-6 a gallon. A yellow bell pepper at Winn Dixie yesterday was $2.39 for one. |
 [Nose Worms] A woman shocked doctors when she started sneezing worms after suffering sinus symptoms. The 58-year-old unidentified sheep farmer from Greece visited her doctor several weeks after noticing progressively worsening pain around her sinuses and jaw. One week after the throbbing started, she also developed debilitating coughing fits. The woman had no other symptoms for about a month until she sneezed one day and ‘worms’ started coming out of her nose. Link |
| [Happy Birthday Me] I was born 81 years ago today. |
 [Devine Meanness] There’s nobody quite as mean as people being mean for Jesus. The Crusades were very mean and accomplished nothing but instilling more hate. |
| [Why Humans Don’t Have Tails] No, it’s not because of the problem it would make for us sitting down. Link |
 Rodent poop gets two Florida Keys restaurants closed by inspection:Meat Eatery and Taproom, 88005 Overseas Hwy., Plantation Key Party Cake, 103200 Overseas Hwy., Key Largo Link |
| [Boom!] A 23-story hotel in exclusive Miami locale vanishes in seconds with implosion. Video |
 [Gongshou] The fist-and-palm gesture, also known as gongshou, is a traditional Chinese ceremonial salute used for greeting or showing respect. It involves placing one hand over the other with the palms facing inward or downward, and it has historical roots dating back to the Zhou dynasty. |
| Photo Enhancement] Get Hollywood’s most advanced color tools for still photos! The Photo page brings Hollywood’s most advanced color tools to still photography for the first time! Whether you’re a professional colorist looking to apply your skills to fashion shoots and weddings, or a photographer who wants to work beyond the limits of traditional photo applications, the Photo page unlocks the tools you need. Start with familiar photo tools including white balance, exposure and primary color adjustments, then switch to the Color page for access to the full DaVinci color grading toolset trusted by Hollywood’s best colorists! You can use DaVinci’s AI toolset as well as Resolve FX and Fusion FX. GPU acceleration lets you export faster than ever before! Free Download |
 [Back Button Hijacking] When a user clicks the “back” button in the browser, they have a clear expectation: they want to return to the previous page. Back button hijacking breaks this fundamental expectation. It occurs when a site interferes with a user’s browser navigation and prevents them from using their back button to immediately get back to the page they came from. Instead, users might be sent to pages they never visited before, be presented with unsolicited recommendations or ads, or are otherwise just prevented from normally browsing the web. What should site owners do? Link |
| [Windmills vs Jobs] Surrounded by windfarms but out of work. The reality of the green jobs boom on England’s east coast. The UK government hails the ‘green revolution’ as a solution to economic decline, but some young jobseekers say the rhetoric does not match their experience. Link |
 [Bar Rescue] I have been enjoying a show on Paramount Plus called Bar Rescue (synopsis from wikipdia): Jon Taffer is the Gordon Ramsay of the bar and nightclub business. In each episode of this series, Taffer helps transform a struggling bar into a vibrant, profitable business, utilizing his expertise as a nightlife consultant who has started, flipped or owned more than 600 bars and clubs in his career. From the height of the bar stools and the science of the perfect pour to the effect the tempo of the music has on alcohol consumption, Taffer delves into every facet of the business, and he does it with a no-holds-barred style. He’s assisted by his wife, Nicole — who enters establishments under cover to help diagnose the problems — along with a rotating cast of experts that include a celebrity chef, a Master of Whisky and a mixologist. Wikipedia |
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| [Ransomware] Is growing three times faster than the spending meant to stop it. 7,760 Ransomware leak-site claims tracked by CipherCue in 2025, up from 5,939 in 2024. Link |
 Garage Sale Conch Republic Edition Saturday, April 18 |
| [Polymarket Bot] It was just a matter of time until someone created a bot to win at gambling. Link |
 This soft robot has no problem moving with no motor and no gears. With their ability to shapeshift and manipulate delicate objects, soft robots could work as medical implants, deliver drugs inside the body and help explore dangerous environments. But the squishy machines are often limited by rigid mechanical parts or external systems that provide power or help them move. Not this one. Link |
| Bad Guys Use Geolocation to Target You] There’s a worry that users don’t know they’re taking photos with geolocation enabled. If you post a cute picture of your kid or jewelry then there’s a risk that a ne’er-do-well could find your exact location. Most social media services are sensible and strip the location automatically. If you try to send a geotagged photo to Facebook / Mastodon / BlueSky / WhatsApp / etc, they default to not showing the location. You can add it in manually if you want, but anyone downloading your photo won’t see the geotag. |
 [Whisky Stills Now Legal] (Eat your heart out Al Capone!) A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members. They argued that people should be free to distill spirits at home, whether as a hobby or for personal consumption. Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 4/14/26 at 9:19 am. |
[UNDER CONTRACT] Big Pine Key. 3 bedrooms. 2 full bathrooms. House on stilts over full concrete slab. Bay window in Kitchen plus a pantry. Stainless steel appliances. Plenty of kitchen cabinets and granite counter tops. Dining area/living room. Big front porch. Large, locked storage room downstairs. Covered parking for two vehicles. Central air conditioning plus heat. Back two bedrooms have additional mini-split A/Cs for custom cooling. Very bright and clean and in a quite neighborhood. Laundry area in hallway. Only 3 houses are on the street and none are across from the home. $550,000.
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