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 [Creepiest Thing Ever] Venomous Cottonmouth snake uncovered in football player’s helmet after he practiced for an hour with it next to his head. Link |
| [Friday Joke] I never question my wife’s choices because I’m one of them! |
 Ohio’s Cardboard Boat Museum is a tribute to improbable homemade vessels. Some win the ‘Titanic Award’ for best sinking. Others continue to compete for 16 years. Link |
| [Thought Monopoly] The FCC’s move to lift the 39% national broadcast ownership cap last week is already facing legal challenges, potentially throwing a wrench into broadcasters’ consolidation plans. Under the new rules one person can own all the TV stations and control the minds of all viewers. It’s what Big Brother always wanted. Link |
 [USS Trigger] Tragic piece of WWII history discovered on historic submarine. A tiny valve is all that remains of the doomed USS Trigger. The USS Trigger was likely sunk by Japanese depth charges on March 28, 1945. Link |
| [1:7:23] 1:7:23 is not a bible verse. In the Middle Ages this formula to measure distances to travel. The first number 1 was the time it took to travel by sea, the second number 7 was if travel was by horse, and the third number 23 was if the traveler was going by foot |
 Venture capitalist Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger announced they’ve agreed to buy the Los Angeles Lakers at a $12.5 billion valuation. That’s a 25% jump from where the team was valued just 10 months ago in Mark Walter’s deal to buy it — still the most ever paid for a pro sports club |
| [Inflation Surprise] Consumers are spending more on premium experiences as costs continue to rise. |
 A migrant boat carrying about 10 people arrived at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park Thursday morning. The green, wooden vessel made landfall around 9 a.m.Migrant arrivals in the Keys, mainly from Cuba, have significantly declined since the Trump administration began cracking down on undocumented people entering the United States and enforcing its mass deportation policies. Before Trump took office, they were a weekly and sometimes daily occurrence in the island chain. Link |
| [China Cars] The U.S. auto industry’s retreat from China is accelerating, while Chinese carmakers are inching closer to the American market despite attempts to keep them out. Ford announced late yesterday that it will end production of its Lincoln luxury brand in China for export to the U.S., while General Motors is reportedly ceasing sales of its Chevrolet brand in China. Ford said it’ll expand production in the U.S., where it currently makes Lincoln vehicles in Louisville and Chicago. GM will focus on Buick and Cadillac sales in China, and will continue to build Chevys there for export elsewhere. |
 [I Love the 90s!] This sic site captures the first digital decade in rad detail. This website is da bomb. Link |
| Authorities in Washington, DC, shut down rush hour traffic in a residential neighborhood after a sex toy was discovered outside a fire station. Link |
 [Voting] More than a million Floridians have voted early in advance of next week’s primary election. |
| [The Library of Ashurbanipal] When it was discovered in the 19th century, the Library of Ashurbanipal revealed an ancient Assyrian empire previously known only through myth. Before the Library of Alexandria there was the Library of Ashurbanipal – an Assyrian king who collected the knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia under one roof. This incredible library was forgotten for millennia, and remains largely unknown even today. Yet it contained an abundance of texts that were influential across the ancient world, and bequeathed a debt to modernity that is rarely acknowledged. Link |
 [Bullet Train] China’s experimental bullet train hits 497 mph in 5 seconds. The maglev test vehicle is nearing commercial aircraft speeds. Link |
| [Votes Matter] On average, only about 20% of eligible voters participate in U.S. primary elections. In some states, this can be as low as 15% or even less, leading to a significant portion of elections being decided by a small number of voters |
 [Is It Profiteering or Greed] No advertising AIM toothpaste used to cost $1.09. Yesterday it cost $1.69. Inflation is 4.2% so the price should be $.05 more not $.60 more! The only ones making money are supermarkets and gas stations. |
| [Primary Voting] View the announced County candidates. Candidates |
 [Artificial Music] I feel like I’m at war’: are we losing the battle against machine-made music? Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button. Link |
| [Text With AI Watermarks] The European Union AI Act will begin to be enforceable in August 2026, one month from now1. One of the biggest new requirements is Article 50, which requires all AI outputs to be “detectable as artificially generated”. In other words, if LLM providers want to do business in the EU, they will have to apply a watermark to their outputs2: some hidden signature that can be used to identify AI content. Link |
 I’m using DuckDuckGo for my browser because of its security and lack of ads, etc. Every time you open the home page you get a report of activities they stopped. I like that. Link |
| [Gloomberb] Open-source finance terminal. Fast, keyboard-driven and extensible. Available as a desktop app. Watch stocks and finance like the big guys. Link |
 [First Flight of World’s Largest Electric Aircraft] Heart Aerospace today announced the successful first flight of the company’s X1 demonstrator aircraft. Spanning 106 feet, measuring 76 feet nose to tail, and weighing more than 25,000 pounds at takeoff, X1 is the largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown. Link |
| Mushroom behind ‘tiny people’ hallucinations identified. People in communities thousands of miles apart have described the same strange experience after eating a mysterious mushroom: vivid visions of tiny humans moving through and interacting with the physical world around them. Known as Lilliputian hallucinations. Link |
 The Cave of Crystals is an underground cavern filled with tree-size gypsum crystals, including some of the largest natural crystals ever found. The cave is located around 980 feet deep and is connected to a lead, zinc and silver mine in Naica, 65 miles southeast of Chihuahua City. The mine was flooded almost 10 years ago after workers accidentally broke into an aquifer, but the Cave of Crystals sits higher in the ground, meaning the water didn’t reach it. Miners discovered the Cave of Crystals by chance in 2000 while drilling a side tunnel to help ventilation in the mine. When they stepped inside, they discovered a chamber packed with enormous, milky-white crystals. Link |
| [Friday Joke] Two friends, Jim and Paul are in a bank, when, suddenly, armed robbers burst in. While several of the robbers take the money from the tellers, others line the customers up against a wall and proceed to take their wallets, watches, etc. While this is going on, Jim slips something into Paul’s hand. Without looking down, Paul whispers, “What is this?” Jim replies, “It’s that $50 I owe you.” |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 8/14/26 at 9:01 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. |
