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 [Prediction] The next president of the United States will have to let Chinese EVs into the US and be forever tainted as the President “who ruined the American auto industry”. China’s economy is very modern and they have excellent EVs in both performance and styling while we search for coal. Link |
| [Voting] Has your district changed? Do you know where to go vote? Here’s how to show up ready: Confirm your registration. It takes about 30 seconds, and it’s worth doing even if you registered recently. Build your ballot before you go. Learn about candidates and ballot measures ahead of time. Find your voting site and hours here: Polling locations vary. |
 [Amazon Woman] An explorer in the Amazon Basin in 1542, returned with startling tales of dense jungles, deadly poisons, and, most astonishing of all, a tribe of vicious women warriors. The expedition’s chronicler, the Dominican friar Gaspar de Carvajal, described the women as going “about naked but with their privy parts covered, with their bows and arrows in their hands, doing as much fighting as ten Indian men.” Orellana named these women the Amazons, after the famed women warriors of Greek mythology, who were said to have removed their right breast so that they could more effectively shoot a bow and arrow. It is from the Greek word a-mazos, or “no breast,” that the word “Amazon” is derived |
| [Crooks] The government is not deleting your phone number. The FTC warned that con artists are pretending to be the FTC. Link |
 I know this water park in Duck Key is 20-ish miles away from BPK, but isn’t it a shame it’s not open to the public. |
| [More Crooks] States sue Dollar General, alleging retailer overcharged shoppers more than the prices it displays on shelves, price tags and in advertisements. Link |
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| [Wisdom] How you do anything is how you do everything. |
 [Heartworms] Our cat has never been outside so we don’t give her the expensive heartworm medicine. Has anyone ever had a cat die of heartworms? I had a dog die once, before I even heard of heartworms |
| [New Bird Documentary] For 40 years, Project FeederWatch has brought people together to watch, count, and learn about the birds in their own backyards. What began as a pioneering participatory science project has grown into a remarkable long-term effort that helps researchers understand birds and how their populations are changing. To commemorate this milestone, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology collaborated with Blank Space to produce a new documentary short to celebrate 40 years of Project FeederWatch. Short Film |
 [Old Soldiers] The US Army is now taking recruits up to age 42—what are pay and benefits like? (Old soldiers never die, they just re-up!) Link |
| In the near future, AI is gonna tell a woman she’s wrong, and that, my friends, will be the end of AI. |
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| The Truman Waterfront Farmers Market is heading back to its original home at Bayview Park on Thursday, November 5, while powerboat race activities take over the waterfront. |
 [Japan’s past and present – in pictures] Giada Ripa’s ambitious project combines archive photography from the 1860s, a modern dominatrix – and the story of a relative who became a muse to 19th-century artists and intellectuals. Link |
| [Macrofying] A printer printing onto paper is just one of the videos of magnified ink drops. Video |
 Apple gives iPad mini its biggest update ever. Featuring a stunning OLED display in an even thinner and lighter design, a huge leap in performance, faster wireless connectivity, and water and dust resistance. Link |
| [Solar Power] ‘It’s offensively cheap’: How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear. Link |
How to grow  at home. Link |
| [Jobs] Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as AI leads to efficiency push. Link |
 Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline. Now new research shows that birdwatching can reshape the brain, much like learning an athletic sport or a musical instrument – and may even help slow the brain’s ageing. Link |
| [Foreigners Must Pay] UK to charge universities $1,200 per international student, including those from Nigeria, Kenya, India and Pakistan, targeting $594 million in first-year revenue. Link |
 [Circadian Depression] Many people with depression don’t respond to existing treatments, and scientists think it might be because of the many different routes people can take to arrive at the same depressive symptoms. A new study found a quarter of patients fit into a ‘circadian’ subtype of depression, arising from a state of perpetual jet lag. Link |
| [Captain Doom and Gloom] Like every other marketing whore online, Home Depot is no different. Try to block all the ads, calls, mail and other crap they pump out and you will get nowhere. It’s bad enough to pay the new world order markets overpriced retail, then we still have to suffer with their unwanted bombardment of advertising. I think I’ll order 10 of everything in all the stores that bother me with unwanted ads, then return the garbage at delivery time. Now about the headaches with MSN and my home page. Exercise My Privacy Rights – The Home Depot |
 [Tattoos] It seems there are a lot of movies and tv series from Japan lately, but I’ve never seen a tattoo. The only tattoo you can see in Japan are the yakuza (slant-eyed mafia). The Japanese copy everything ‘American’ but tattoos. |
| US designates helium as a critical material, citing its importance for semiconductors and making people talk like little chipmunks. Link |
 [Colorfigures] How everyday objects work. Turn it round. See inside. Every figure turns all the way round: drag it. See-through shows the real machine at work inside, and Labels name each part, lighting up while it runs. Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 10/27/26 at 9:49 am. |
 [For Rent] Two Bedroom Duplex on Canal. Big Pine Key. 2 bedrooms. One bath. Unfurnished ½ Duplex on clean boating canal w/seawall going to Pine Channel and the coral reef. Port Pine Heights sub-division. Beautiful, vaulted ceilings. Tiled floors throughout. Laundry room. Very clean. Central A/C. Ground level. Quiet neighborhood. No smokers or dogs. $2000 a month. First, last and $1000 security ($5000 total to move in) Landlord pays for trash pickup, tenant pays all other utilities and services. Available now.–Text only—305-942-4323 More Pictures Here |
 [REDUCED] Pellet Gun Gamo Swarm Maxxim 10X GEN 2 Multi-Shot Air Rifle. Two 10-round .177 clips. 3 x 9 variable scope. Box of pellets. $200 new. Now $75. b33043@outlook.com Video |
 [For Sale] Folding scaffold 30L x 12w x 20h. 4 scaffolds (not sold separately) New $200, Big Pine Key pick-up half-price: $100. Excellent condition.b33043@outlook.com Link |
 [For Sale] Crossman P1377 American Classic Variable-Pump .177-Caliber Pellet Air Pistol. New $70. For Sale $25. 800 feet per second. Pick up on Big Pine Key. b33043@outlook.com Video |
| Snapshots taken from Big Pine Key looking North between Annette Key and Mayo Key every Friday evening since 2023. You may hover to view a photo, see the date of the photo, or use the left or right arrows on the images. |
