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 [Canada Drugs] While it does not create an outright ban, the new requirements will complicate the process for many patients. The impact of new customs regulations. The upcoming changes will affect many Americans relying on Canadian pharmacies. Starting October 22, new customs-entry requirements will be implemented, complicating drug imports from Canada. Millions of Americans who use Canadian pharmacies may face disruptions in accessing affordable medications. The changes are expected to hit seniors the hardest, as they often rely on cheaper prescriptions from Canada. The new rules do not completely prohibit importing drugs from Canada, but they will impose stricter controls. |
| [Free Tech Help] Computer Club meeting this Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10:30 Amazon at the Senior Center in Winn Dixi Plaza. Link |
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| [Matchbox: the Movie Review] As pointless as a film based on a toy car could be. John Cena and Jessica Biel collect paychecks in a soulless and synthetic slab of corporate product that hints at what we can expect from the Paramount-Warner merger. Link |
 Hurricane Isaias now expected to hit Category 3 ahead of Florida landfall. Link |
| [Captain Doom and Gloom] Taxes are a legal way to support the maintenance of communities, BUT when those taxes are excessive for no good reason, it is called Taxation Without Representation! The Keys are notorious for over taxing everything to satisfy the egos of the bent few in political office. Enough already! Just call in the Army and drive out all the peasants to get these islands to build utopia on. |
 World’s largest steam locomotive returns to the rails for special holiday tour. Big Boy and Living Legend No. 844 will be seen together for the first time in six years. Link |
| [Gambling] The NFL wants sports prediction markets to be regulated at the state level, putting the league opposite Kalshi, Polymarket and the Trump administration. As the most powerful force in American sports, the NFL’s opposition could pose a significant threat to the prediction market companies’ fight to offer sports contracts on their own terms. The NFL urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a legal fight between New Jersey gambling regulators and Kalshi, filing an amicus brief supporting the state’s request for review of the case. |
 Adult female pythons cause the most trouble in Florida. Hunting them first can help curb the invasive species. Link |
| “Sorry, I’m in a meeting” Plausible meeting audio: workplace self-defence against people stealing your time. Pick a meeting, press play, and let the background noise do the talking. Interactive |
 Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra, which contains an Nvidia AI chip, will start at $2,599. The laptop allows users to run large AI models directly on the device. Link |
| [Friday Joke] The husband, across the canal from me, was found out to be a transvestite. His employer gave him a pink slip, so he put it on! |
 [SuperBowl] Disney said this year’s Super Bowl — airing on ESPN and ABC — will also stream on Disney+ |
| [King Tides] October will have king tides from October 27-30. |
 [Asos Data Breach] hackers send users a threatening message. A major British online retailer appears to have suffered a data breach. Cybersecurity News previously reported on August 25, 2026, that ASOS customer accounts were accessed using compromised login credentials obtained outside the company. Link |
| [Friday joke] You’re never too old to learn something new. I actually learned 2 new things yesterday: 1. I’m not too old to sit in a beanbag chair. 2. I’m too old to get out of a beanbag chair. |
 [Seeking singers and musicians] The Lower Keys Community Choir and the Keys Chamber Orchestra will be performing holiday concerts on December 15, 16, and 17. We rehearse on Big Pine Key on Sunday afternoons, starting on November 1. If you are interested in joining us, please email KeysChamberOrchestra@gmail.com |
| [Crooks] I am Mr. Daniel Dickinson the director in Charge Of Audit and Account Section of Regional Partnership Bank. I contacted you In order to transfer out the sum of (US$68.5 Million (Sixty Eight Million and Five hundred Thousand United State Dollars). During a recent internal audit conducted following my return from leave, I identified an unclaimed balance associated with an account that was opened with the bank in 1998 and has recorded no customer-initiated activity since 2013. Upon reviewing the institution’s archived account records… |
 [Fan Mail] What an ignorant person you are. Canada has a population of 41.8 million. The largest US city is New York with a population of 8.9 million. Trump started this trade war, NOT Canada. Remember NAFTA? I’m going to stop reading your ignorant website from now on. I wish someone else would start a site devoted to news and information about Big Pine Key without any of the garbage you post. (Editor: Me too.) |
| [Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs] Over the years, I learned about many gotchas and strange differences between keyboard handling on Mac and Windows – pertinent especially to web apps, which use the same codebase to cater to both. I thought it might be helpful to someone if I compile them all in one place. Link |
 [Data Sucker] Man discovers his parents’ coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days. Link |
| [Friday Poetry] Roses are red, Violets are blue, If you swim in cold water, Yours will be too. |
 [Making A Flexible “Neon” T-Shirt With Led Filaments] Earlier this year I had the perfect excuse to experiment with some flexible LED filaments that had been sitting in my “interesting parts” bin for years — the company I work for was putting on a neon-themed event, so obviously I had to custom-build some LED neon attire! The only problem was this was announced less than a week in advance…. This is how I designed and assembled a wearable neon shirt in just a few days. |
| ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy. Link |
 [Rope to Thread and Twine] Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the ‘Invisible’ Technologies of the Stone Age, From Rope to Thread and Twine. Largely missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations played a huge role in the lives of early humans. Researchers are weaving together new insights from the traces they left behind. Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 10/9/26 at 9:06 am. |
 [REDUCED] 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. Now $75. 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. |
