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 The Halo Law in Florida establishes a 25-foot safety buffer around first responders, such as police officers and firefighters, to protect them while they perform their duties. Violating this law by approaching within the buffer after a warning can result in legal penalties, including fines and possible jail time. The Halo Law is a law designed to protect law enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMTs from harassment or interference while they’re doing their jobs |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV & MOZART with the Florida premiere of Had to Be. Sat., Feb. 21 at the Tennessee Williams Theatre, Key West. Link |
 Global Bird Count in February. Join the world in connecting to birds February 13–16, 2026. Watch the video to learn more about the count. Video |
| The only thing I knew about this years’ Super Bowl was Bad Bunny. For us non-sports fans the ads have always been the excitement of Super Bowl until this year, now it’s Bad Bunny. I think the excitement is more about him being brown-skinned and speaking out against ICE and his other political opinions. His music surely did not appeal to me (I still listen to Glenn Miller). |
 [Name that spider] The pictured spider web is a sheet web. The spider hides beneath the web in wait for prey |
| [Land Lord] Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Rams, is now the largest t owner of private land in the U.S. A recent purchase of 937,000 acres in New Mexico put his total at a whopping 2.7 million, mainly across the American West. |
 [Chinese New York Hotdogs] The legendary New York hot dog brand Nathan’s Famous agreed to sell itself to a Chinese-owned pork producer, Smithfield Foods, in a deal valued at about $450 million. Smithfield, based in Virginia, already held an exclusive license to make and sell Nathan’s products in the U.S. and Canada. |
| [Henry Ford’s Monopoly ] In 1916, hybrid cars could’ve changed history. But Ford wouldn’t allow it. Henry Ford’s monopoly on the automobile industry meant that hybrids wouldn’t see the light of day for decades. Link |
 [Bad Bunny versus Kid Rock] It looked like there was a political alternative to brown people speaking a foreign language in America. There also was a football game, which, as it turns out, is the undercard in this fight. Link |
| The greatest deception men suffer is of their own opinions. ~Leonardo da Vinci |
 40 cheap prescription drugs and more coming. Trump Rx |
| [Eugenics] Hundreds of famous artists, writers, actors, and educators have endorsed eugenics. George Bernard Shaw, Margaret Sanger, Clarence Darrow, Woodrow Wilson, on and on.” Miss Blackthorn became a little breathless with excitement. “By 1920, four hundred universities and colleges offered courses in eugenics. In 1927, after the Supreme Court approved of legally mandated sterilization of unfit people, thirty-six thousand were no longer able to procreate. We hoped for at least a hundred thousand in 1928, two hundred thousand the year after. Link |
 [Kale] No one likes kale. If they say they do, they are vegetarians or vegans whose brain can no longer distinguish taste from ‘it’s good for you.” |
| [Cybersecurity] Leaving a browser open can pose security risks, especially if sensitive information is accessible. Most browsers keep you logged in to websites through cookies. If you leave a site open and someone accesses your computer, they can use your session without needing to log in again if you have accepted their cookies. Cookies allow cybercriminals to exploit active sessions if they gain access to your computer. Closing the browser helps prevent this. Link |
 [Scenery] We don’t have mountains or Walmart, but the scenery and lighting here sure are hard to beat. |
| [Fan Speed Indicator] Inventor designed and fabricated a custom mounting device that attaches to the fan and provides a clear visual indicator for each speed setting. Video |
 [Crooks] Don’t fall for the Punchbowl phishing scam. |
| Since Covid, Amazon’s ‘two-day shipping for Prime’ members has become 5-7 day shipping for everyone, at least on Big Pine. |
 [Privacy] China has cameras in hotel bedrooms and are filming unsuspecting tourists screwing and then selling the videos to porn sites. The videos are very popular because they are unscripted like commercial porn is, and perverts like the spontaneity. Who knows where else they hide cameras! |
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 Bird clothing for bird fans. Link |
| Friends of the Big Pine Key Library January/February Newsletter. Circle of Friends-JanFeb2026 |
 [“Name that creepy crawler”] I can’t give you Genus or species, but those spider webs are made by sheet web-making spiders. Dew makes them easily visible |
| Epstein, ICE, Mendelson, Guthrie. That’s it. Nothing else is on the news stations. |
 [1932 Swing Bands] On Saturday, April 14, almost two weeks after Easter, she heard the Dorsey Brothers’ “Stop, Look and Listen” just once on the radio and hurried to the music room the moment the number ended. Benny Goodman Band was the biggest swing band with one clarinet and two trombones, the Dorseys used one trumpet and three trombones. The sound was huge. ~ Friend of the Family by Dean Koontz |
| [Expensive Houses] The only way to afford to buy a house in Key West today is to buy it 50 years ago |
 A cruel family recently flunked Big Pine and moved back up to America where they belong. The reason I’m so angry at them is that they abandoned their 2 cats to starve. Thankfully a neighbor took the cats and found homes from them both. How can people be so cold. |
| [Irony] No one raises turkeys in Turkey. |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 2/10/26 at 8:56 am. |
[House For Sale] Big Pine Key. 3 bedrooms. 2 full bathrooms. House on stilts over full concrete slab. Bay window in Kitchen plus a pantry. Stainless steel appliances. Plenty of kitchen cabinets and granite counter tops. Dining area/living room. Big front porch. Large, locked storage room downstairs. Covered parking for two vehicles. Central air conditioning plus heat. Back two bedrooms have additional mini-split A/Cs for custom cooling. Very bright and clean and in a quite neighborhood. Laundry area in hallway. Only 3 houses are on the street and none are across from the home. $575,000.
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