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 [Cheap Beer] Empty strip clubs and cheap beer signal economic trouble. You’ve felt it too—that creeping unease when your grocery bill doubles while your paycheck stays flat. The strange hollowness in usually bustling bars on Friday nights. Economists may debate technical definitions, but the truth lives in these everyday spaces where people vote with their wallets. When even “recession-proof” industries like adult entertainment and alcohol start bleeding, it’s time to pay attention. Link |
| [Amazon Web Services Broke] Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout. When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works. “It’s always DNS” is a long-standing sysadmin saw, and with good reason: a disproportionate number of outages are at their heart DNS (Domain Name System) issues. And so today, as AWS is still repairing its downed cloud, it becomes clear that the culprit is once again DNS. But if you or I know this, AWS certainly does. Link |
 [Calligraphy] Wow! Such artistry in handwriting! Most folks can’t even write in cursive strokes. Video |
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 [Grass] What happens to our bodies when we touch grass. One intriguing experiment that started me on this journey of questioning whether touching plants has an impact on our physical and mental well-being was one in which participants sat in a clinical environment with their eyes closed and were asked to touch four different materials: a leaf of a living pothos plant (devil’s ivy); an artificial pothos leaf made from resin; a piece of soft fabric; and a metal plate.. Link |
| [Your Voice] Why do people hate the sound of their own voice? It’s odd to find your voice unpleasant when it’s an extension of yourself. Research scientists who have investigated this phenomenon believe the reason someone may dislike how they sound is a combination of the physiology behind how our voice is perceived in our hearing organs and psychological and social pressures associated with how someone speaks. Link |
 [Frogs Faking It] A fate worse than death! Instead of saying they’re ‘not in the mood’ they fake death. |
| [Security Secrets] Safeguard your home and family. Link |
 [The Making Of A Corn Maze] In Indiana, Exploration Acres found a way to keep the family farm alive with a world-class corn maze. If you’ve ever been in one you know they can get creepy. Link |
| [Kayak Guide Training] Have you ever dreamed of volunteering for the refuges of the Florida Keys? Enjoy kayaking? Now’s your chance to combine the 2. Join us on Saturday October 25 at 10 a.m. to make your dreams come true. Training lasts about an hour with a 45 minute paddle across the channel after that. Email Marianne for more details and to reserve your spot. mariannef@mail.com |
 [Methamphetamine Beer] A young New Zealand man died in agony after drinking an imported can of Canadian Honey Bear Beer that had been filled with methamphetamine. Aiden Sagala, 21, was unknowingly gifted a case of liquid narcotics disguised as beer from his boss. After he got home from work, Sagala and his brother-in-law decided to crack open two of the cans. Sagala knew something was wrong after his first sip of the beer, which reportedly tasted like ‘sea salt with chemicals.’ Link |
| [Key Largo Shark Bite] the 8-year-old boy was snorkeling on Horseshoe Reef when he was bitten. Medics applied two tourniquets and bandaged his wounds to control the bleeding. Link |
 Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving Supervised’ expansion is back firing as it exposes its shortcomings. Customers left without promised features are growing discontent and demanding to be compensated. It’s turning into a multi-billion-dollar iceberg of Tesla’s own making. In 2016, Tesla proudly announced that all its vehicles produced onward are equipped with “all the hardware for full self-driving,” which would be delivered through future software updates. Link |
| [Cloud Service Health] View the current and historical status of all AWS services including this week’s outage. Link |
 Who is Detective Wiki? You are. Look for clues, solve mysteries, and learn from your mistakes. Show us what that brain can do. Start |
| [Cancer Blood Test] A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer could help speed up diagnosis, according to a new study. Results of a trial in North America show that the test was able to identify a wide range of cancers, of which three-quarters don’t have any form of screening program. More than half the cancers were detected at an early stage, where they are easier to treat and potentially curable. Link |
 Optical diffraction patterns and almost-holograms made with a laser engraving machine. Video |
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 FWC are searching for a suspect who shot a crocodile with a speargun off Key Largo. The eight-foot reptile was found Saturday around 11:45 p.m. near mile marker 101 in Key Largo with a spear lodged in the back of its head. Link |
| [Most expensive laptops in 2025. Mavark NewAlienware 18 Area-51 Gaming Laptop $8999. Link |
 [Squished Toads] Can Britain’s toads be saved from traffic and terrible decline? The cars just turn them into mush. Link |
| [Liquid Glass Control] Apple has introduced a new setting that’s designed to allow users to customize the look of Liquid Glass. The toggle lets users select from a clear look for Liquid Glass, or a tinted look. Clear is the current Liquid Glass design, which is more transparent and shows the background underneath buttons, bars, and menus, while tinted increases the opacity of Liquid Glass and adds more contrast. Link |
 Space Elevator Game. Play it, it’s simple fun. Play |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 10/21/25 at 9:20 am. |