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| Is Social Media as Harmful as Cigarettes? U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., doubled down on a social media advisory he issued a year ago, recommending that social media platforms be labeled as harmful to young people’s mental health. His suggestion has been compared to the Surgeon General’s warning on tobacco products. Link |
 [Thanksgiving Dinner] “Oh I never dwell on my mistakes. I’ve got family for that.” |
| [The First Hijacker] The FBI may be on the verge of reopening the D.B. Cooper case. The 1971 unsolved hijacking mystery may get closure thanks to a long hidden parachute. Link |
 [Christmas Concerts] The Lower Keys Community Choir and the Keys Chamber Orchestra are presenting three Christmas concerts with music celebrating the season. Concerts are:December 10, Big Pine United Methodist Church; December 11, San Pablo Catholic Church in Marathon; December 12, Venture Out Christian Church on Cudjoe. All concerts start at 7:30. Admission is free, with an opportunity for a goodwill offering. |
| [Field Workers] Let’s deport a million people on the first day. And on the second day let’s watch the price rise and the scarcity of certain foods begin. And sure, we can import some of those foods, but wait, there’s the 20% tariffs that will make the price rise on just about everything. If you think inflation is bad now just wait until the tariffs go into effect. |
 [Misogyny Department] I finally found a blonde with a memory! |
| [The Race for Fusion] A new reactor may break the final barrier. Still, the hope of limitless energy clashes with the realities of scientific hurdles. Link |
 [Coastal Flooding] A team of experts wrote that the area running from Norfolk, Virginia, to Miami faces plenty more risks than simple coastal flooding as a result of several interconnected climate change-driven factors. Basically, water is going up, land is going down, weather is going wild, and none of it is good news. Link |
| [Half Truths and Lies] How to talk to your ‘skeptic’ family about science misinformation. Anyone can be vulnerable to false ‘facts,’ but careful correction can help. Link |
 [Penguin High Dive] Wildlife images from National Geographic’s Pictures of the Year. A captivating look at diving penguins, pesky cicadas, and the hidden world of wood ants. Video |
| What is Martial Law and what to do if it is declared other than move to Cuba? Link |
 [Fool] Any living organism that thinks another organism is superior and must be obeyed. |
| [Big Pine Computer Club] There is no meeting next week because it’s the 1st Saturday of the month. Our December meetings will be on the 14th & 28th. Meanwhile I wish you a happy Thanksgiving and plenty of leftovers (mmmmm, stuffing & gravy). |
 The Key West Artisan Market will host a World AIDS Day event on Sunday, December 1, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Clarence H. Higgs Memorial Beach. Guests are encouraged to “Rock the Red Ribbon Together” by wearing or picking up a complimentary red ribbon provided by volunteers from the Friends of the Memorial Board. Link |
| [Hypersonic Missile] Russia says it fired an unprecedented new type of hypersonic missile for the first time ever. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the weapon was developed very rapidly, hyping it up as an unstoppable hypersonic precision-strike weapon. Link |
 [Super Dogs] The dogs of Chernobyl are experiencing rapid evolution, study suggests. Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant? Link |
| [Cruise Vacation] A lot of reasons why cruises are terrible vacations. Link |
 [Tapioca 1857] The manioc (yucca) root rasped while raw, placed upon a cloth, and rubbed with the hands while water is poured upon it, parts with its starchy glutinous matter, and this, when it settles at the bottom of the vessel, and the water poured off, is placed in the sun till nearly dry, to form tapioca. The process of drying is completed on an iron plate over a slow fire, the mass being stirred meanwhile with a stick, and when quite dry it appears agglutinated into little globules and is in the form we see the tapioca of commerce. |
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| How will climate change impact Florida’s Everglades? Gators may be a key gauge. Video |
 [Lousy Music] The real reason why music is getting worse. Video |
| [Privilege 1600s] King Charles for six months wandered happily and expensively through his kingdom. When the king stopped anywhere, there were wanted for his own table, and for the maintenance of his following, six oxen, eighty sheep, thirty calves, seven hundred chickens, two hundred pigeons, and many other things besides. The expenses for the king were set down at two hundred and thirty livres a day, without counting the presents which the large towns felt bound to make him. |
 [Woman] Thought-provoking comics about women. Link |
| [The Continue and Persist Letter] Every day, thousands of Cease and Desist letters are issued, telling people to stop what they’re doing What a bummer! That’s why we created: The Continue and Persist Letter. An official-looking legal letter that encourages and uplifts people, one that tells people to keep doing what they’re doing! Surprise someone you appreciate by sending them a Continue and Persist Letter. Here’s how. |
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| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 11/29/24 at 8:38 am. |