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 After receiving my official Italian citizenship after 5 years of forms, red tape, etc. Italy has made it much tougher to get a passport. When I applied, you could go back 6 generations to prove your citizenship, now they only allow two generations. Five years ago the dollar was 15% higher against the Euro (thank you DJT) 5 years ago, I haven’t heard anybody mention that inflation part. |
| [In Love With A Chatbot] Why you need to f**king pay attention to this. Take the time to watch this and then send our Reps the message re the AI Moratorium: After turning 14, my son became hooked on an AI companion chatbot. He withdrew from friends, quit activities, and stopped talking. Last February, he took his own life. The internet is not for children. Pay attention! Link |
 Here Piggy, Piggy!] Can one big meal really make you gain weight? The post-holiday scale spike is temporary—unless the leftovers get involved. Link |
| [Big Pine Book Club] Our next meeting is December 20th at 10 am at the library and the book is Key West Sketchers, Writers of Key West. Famous authors write their thoughts and memories of the island. Full Menu > Book Club |
 [I See All] My name’s Raymond. I’m 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don’t even look at me. I’m just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Link |
| The Black Friday Shopping Extravaganza returns to Truman Waterfront Park on Friday, November 28, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., offering a distinctly Key West twist on the busiest shopping day of the year. Presented by the Key West Artisan Market and the Truman Waterfront Farmers Market, the event transforms the waterfront into an open-air holiday marketplace filled with creativity, color, and local flavor. Key West Artisan Market “Rock the Red Ribbon” Edition Honors the Friends of the Key West AIDS Memorial on Sunday, November 30. Link |
 Deer Abby,Will my BenGAY be confiscated if I travel through the Free State of Florida because, you know… it’s woke? Deer Gay, I’m not touching that one. |
| The AARP Calendar of events for December. Full Menu > Ongoing Events > AARP |
 [Stock Market Bubbles] The last two bubbles were in 1929 and 1999. Bothe crashes were precipitated by the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. |
 [Electric Bills] Largest utility rate increases in state history. 12 million Florida consumers to be shocked with huge jump in electric bills thanks to a deal with Florida Power & Light. Link |
| [Coast Guard arrest sailboat heading to Cuba] The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maple last Wednesday morning stopped a sailboat about 40 nautical miles south of the Middle Florida Keys city of Marathon that was heading for Cuba. On board were three people of varying backgrounds, including a British man with a history of using aliases, getting into trouble with the law and who’s been deported several times, according federal court documents. The 43-foot Stormy Weather had a woman and two men on board, and the vessel did not have authorization to enter Cuba nor Cuban territorial waters, agents with Homeland Security Investigations said in a criminal complaint. Link |
 First Lady Melania Trump receives the 2025 White House Christmas tee. Video |
| [Fire] Boat goes up in flames behind Florida Keys house. Firefighters extinguished a flaming boat behind a Florida Keys home Tuesday afternoon. Link |
| [Active Map] Weather for everywhere! Video |
 [Nostalgia] Thought of the day: How many people under the age of 40 know what the term “clockwise” means? |
 [Thanksgiving Alternate] Raccoons were once considered a tasty treat. Mark Twain in his 1879 book, A Tramp Abroad, lamented missing some of his favorite eats while in Europe, including possums and raccoons. In 1927 a Mississippi woman presented President Calvin Coolidge with a female raccoon to be cooked for his holiday dinner. But the little critter was too cute to eat, so Coolidge and his wife, Grace, named her Rebecca and kept her as a pet. |
| [Crook] Florida Keys deputy sentenced for giving boyfriend information on drug operations. Link |
 [Electric Bill Shocker] A new agreement between FP&L and the state’s Public Service Commission, some Floridians will see their average bills increase from $136.64 a month to nearly $150 a month. The agreement means FP&L will earn an eye-popping 10.95 percent return on investment, among the highest in the nation. Link |
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 [Turkey] Americans will gobble down 43 million birds this Thanksgiving. |
| [Film Noir – Not!] When did everything on screen get so dark? This question isn’t new, gaining traction after a few incredibly poorly lit battle scenes in the final season of Game of Thrones, with articles and posts popping up begging explanation. If you need an article to defend that not being able to see shit is a stylistic choice, maybe the stylistic choice should be reconsidered. Link |
 Brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world. Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts. Are we born with a pre-configured brain, or do thought patterns only begin to emerge in response to our sensory experiences of the world around us? Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 11/25/25 at 8:52 am. |