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[Key West Roofer] Vincent Scardina supported Donald Trump’s tough stance on immigration at the ballot box. But that decision came back to bite the roofing boss when ICE detained a third of his workforce. The six men, all from Nicaragua, were pulled over in a work truck on Sugarloaf Key, May 27 while heading to a job—and carted off to jail. Adding to Scardina’s annoyance, the men had valid work permits and pending asylum applications, according to their attorney Regilucia Smith. “They are legally here,” she said. “Valid work permit, not even close to expired… again, no criminal records—not here, not in Nicaragua.” Video

[AI] Every time I start to write something the AI software kicks in (and I can’t turn it off) and tries to write it for me. Other than interrupting my workflow the other disadvantage to AI is that it stops you from thinking. AI acts faster than a human can think. What about the future, will people still be able to think critically? Why can’t I turn it off? Is there a master plan to stop humans from critical thought?

[New Airline in Key West] Key West has a couple of new airline connections in Florida. Breeze Airways inaugurated direct flights on June 12 from Orlando and Tampa to the Southernmost City. One-way fares start at $39 and $59. How often do the flights run? The new service to Key West operates four times a week — Sunday, Monday Thursday, Friday — to and from Orlando and Tampa. Link

[Tipping] I used to drive the double-decker tour bus in Key West in the 70s and had a sign at the exit: “Tipping is not a city in China”. It worked.

[Developers Gone Wild] The Florida Keys is poised to see a flurry of new development — despite warnings that island chain is already overpopulated with worsening traffic and rising flooding risks — thanks to a new bill set to become law at the end of the month. Senate Bill 180, which primarily focuses on hurricane recovery and emergency response, would also allow up to 900 new developments over the next 10 years in the Florida Keys through a small change in the mandatory evacuation window for Monroe County, pushing it just a half hour back from 24 hours to 24.5 hours. The small tweak could have big consequences for the Keys, the only place in Florida with state controls on growth. Link

[“Chickens”] We should rid the City of roosters not hens. Hens provide eggs. Roosters provide loss of sleep with their incessant crowing!

[Tipping] Everyone wants a tip for doing nothing. At the fuel dock on Big Pine, on US1(the old Sea Center), the attendant had a tip jar. All he did was take my credit card and he wanted a tip. The gas was already overpriced and to add insult to injury he wanted a tip for taking my money! I agree about not tipping the owner of a business. They already have profit included in the price.

[Computer Club] Meeting Saturday, June 14, 10:30am. Big pine Community Center, Winn Dixie Plaza. Bring your problem device and passwords.

[Home of the Future Awards] 25 products that’ll improve your everyday life. Link

[Dead Vibrations] Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson dead at 82: Musician passes away after battle with dementia. Video The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations

[Friday Joke] Jokes of Steve Martin: A Tribute to the Master of Absurd Comedy. “I remember when I was born. I was so surprised, I didn’t talk for a year and a half.” Link

The Bondage-S/M community needs to get in on the protests. If hordes of leather and latex people charging into rubber bullets yelling, “HARDER DADDY” doesn’t unnerve the police nothing will.

[Drug Demand] Mexico should stop exporting drugs for a month… Americans will be the ones climbing over the wall.

[“Get rid of chickens”] It’s not the chickens, it’s the goddamned roosters!

[Friday Joke] The poor man asks the rich man, “What are you getting your wife this Christmas?” The rich man replies, “Diamond earrings and a Mercedes.” The poor man asks, “Why are you getting her two gifts?” The rich man says, “Well, if she doesn’t like the earrings then she can drive to the store and exchange them.” The poor man nods. Then the rich man asks him, “So what are you getting your wife this year?” The poor man thinks about it for a second and replies, “A pair of slippers and a dildo.” The rich man asks, “Why those two things?” The poor man astutely responds, “This way, if she doesn’t like the slippers she can go screw herself.”

[“Leave the chickens alone”] It’s not the chickens that are the problem, it’s the roosters. Get rid of the roosters so I can sleep!

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[Good bye Brian Wilson]  The Beachboy who didn’t like the ocean and never went surfing. Video

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[Who Me?] I’m the type of wife that will help my husband look for his chocolate, that I ate.

[If The Moon Were Only 1 Pixel]A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system. Link

[Friday Joke] James is walking on a downtown street one day, and he happens to see his old high school friend, Harry, a little ways up ahead. “Harry, Harry, how are you?” he greets his old buddy after getting his attention. “Not so good,” says Harry. “Why, what happened?” James queries. “Well,” Harry says, “I just went bankrupt, and I’ve still got to feed my family. I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “Could have been worse,” James replies calmly. “Could have been worse.” A month or so later, James again encounters Harry, in a restaurant. “And how are things now?” he asks. “Terrible!” says Harry. “Our house burned down last night.” “Could have been worse,” says James, again with total aplomb, and goes about his business. A month later, James runs into Harry a third time. “Well, how goes it?” he inquires. “Oh!” says Harry. “Things just get worse and worse. It’s one tragedy after another! Now my wife has left me!” Harry nods his head and gives his usual optimistic-seeming little smile, accompanied by his usual words: “Could’ve been worse.” This time, Harry grabs James by the shoulders. “Wait a minute!” he says. “I’m not gonna let you off so easy this time. Three times in the past few months we’ve run into one another, and every time I’ve told you the latest disaster in my life. Every time you say the same thing: ‘Could have been worse.’ This time, for God’s sake, Harry, I want you to tell me: how in Heaven’s name could it have been any worse?” James looks at Harry with the same little wisp of a smile. “Could have been worse,” he says. “Could have happened to me.”

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The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 6/13/25 at 7:52 am.