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 Carney wins Canada’s election, riding Canadian fury at Trump to victory. Video |
| [Power Outage] Spain rules out cyber-attack as cause of major power cuts, as travel chaos continues. Video |
 [Passport] I applied online for a new passport, and it only took about two or three weeks to get. They even emailed me frequent updates. Everything was real easy except for the photo. I had a photo taken at the UPS Store on Big Pine for $18.26 plus the passport fee of $130 (Tip: wear dark clothing or you’ll have to get it retaken) but uploading the photo at the correct size was a pain in the butt. |
| [Crook] A complaint filed with the Florida Bar alleges that Bar President Roland Sanchez-Medina misappropriated $625,000 in a real estate transaction. The complaint filed Nov. 15, 2024, by Homestead’s Christos “Nicko” Christidis concerns Sanchez-Medina’s conduct during a July 2018 commercial real estate deal between Klip, LLC and Robert Morgan III’s Sherman Campbell, LLC. That led to a plethora of civil lawsuits in addition to the Bar complaint. Link |
 Building a high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco was never going to be easy — but the critics who write it off are missing the real source of the project’s struggles. Link |
| [Drunk Killer] On Sept. 4, 2022, a boat operated by influential real estate broker George Pino crashed in Biscayne Bay, killing 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez. George Pino, who is facing a felony homicide charge in the boat crash that killed a 17-year-old girl and severely injured her classmate, smelled of alcohol, had ‘bloodshot eyes’ and was disoriented. body camera footage capturing his interactions with Pino the night of Sept. 4, 2022, was handed over to the lead FWC investigator — but has since been deleted! Link |
 [Cheap EV Truck] Slate Truck—a bare-bones EV pickup with a purported base price of around $20,000 to $25,000. Major hurdles remain before these EVs are cruising (at moderate speeds) down roads, but if successful, the new trucks could help many drivers make the switch from gas to electric. Link |
| The AARP calendar of activities for May is here. Full Menu > Ongoing Events > AARP |
 [Slow News] Cumbria tortoise found a mile from home nine months after going missing. Leonardo, who went on the run from his home in Ulverston, England covered distance at pace of about 6 meters a day. Link |
| [Captain Doom and Gloom] Besides the underground bunkers, how about the space stations? Big Brother will be here when we little people are long gone! |
 [ATM] Banks should do a better job of keeping their ATMs filled. This is the third one I’ve been to that says ‘Insufficient Funds’. |
| By using AI, fake people can be made to speak any language once a video is made of the person speaking a prepared script that includes every vowel and consonant, and that info is then converted to any language. |
 [Expensive Art] These are the most expensive paintings ever sold. Link |
| [Processed Foods] Study confirms link between cancer and at least 10 popular ultra-processed foods. Link |
 The reason for holes in ballpoint pen lids. Pen companies are actually required to add these little holes,’ he said. ‘You see, there’s just enough space for airflow if the cap gets stuck in someone’s throat.’ According to the Bic website, the reason for the hole in the top of biro pen lids is to allow the passage of air if someone accidentally swallows the cap and it becomes trapped in their windpipe. Link |
 [First 100 Days] President Trump received an A from all republicans. Democrats–not so much. |
| When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. ~Socrates |
 I’d like Keys Energy to have an outage map similar to Xfinity’s app that tells where and why the power is out. |
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 [Si-Fi] Android ‘females’ transfer data by inserting their fingers into each other’s vaginas. |
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| [Captain Doom and Gloom] If you want to fix all the messes on this rock, just ban any women from doing anything except running around naked! All will be back to normal in five minutes. |
 As a kid, I used to watch the Wizard of Oz and wonder how someone could talk if they didn’t have a brain. Then I got social media. |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 4/29/25 at 8:08 am. |