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 [Unique Last-Minute Gift] If you need a last minute Christmas gift or a fun way to start the new year, sign up for our next Full Moon Kayak Excursion Friday January 2nd. We depart from the Old Wooden Bridge Marina, 1791 Bogie Dr on Big Pine Key, at 4:15 so please arrive about 30 minutes prior to that. Call Bill 305-872-7474, our sponsor from Big Pine Kayak Adventures, Inc., for information and then go on-line to floridakeyswildlifesociety.org to sign up. For photos of previous trips, visit our Facebook page: Full Moon Kayak Excursion – Florida Keys. We’ll get you signed in and set up with all the necessary gear. Cost is $30 per person, 100% of the proceeds benefit the Refuges of the Florida Keys. |
| Brie, cheddar, and other high-fat cheeses linked to lower dementia risk. But don’t load up that cheese plate just yet. Link |
 The coldest body temperatures humans have survived. In some remarkable cases, people have survived after their core temperature has plummeted into the 50s. Link |
| Postponed ’60 Minutes’ segment on Salvadoran prison is streamed by Canadian outlet. CBS News under its new editor-in-chief pulled the segment which was to run Sunday in the U.S., generating criticism — including from the correspondent who reported on it. Link |
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| [Ultrasound Treatment Takes on Cancer’s Toughest Tumors] HistoSonics turns its tumor-liquifying tech against pancreatic cancer. Link |
 [Men Shopping] He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice. He left it at home, he’s texting his wife.” ~Most guys this week |
| Tips for using Borax in your garden. A natural mineral that has been used for centuries, borax is a common home cleaner that’s used as a laundry booster and in many other kinds of cleaning solutions. Link |
 [Big Pine Library Book Club] The book to read for January is The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni. Full Menu > Book Club |
| Gun-safety groups call on State Senate to block bill lowering age to buy long guns to 18. Teenagers should have guns. Link |
 I went to an eyeglass store and tried on some frames. I took selfies. I just looked at the selfies on my phone. They are all labeled: This person went to an eyeglass store and tried on (brand name) (frame # ,,,) then it went on to describe my blouse pattern, but no brand name on the blouse. How does Google’s Pixel know this? If I take a picture of my house I wonder if it knows my address and who lives here. Maybe the color of the paint!PS: I didn’t need new glasses after all. |
| Spectacular deep-sea sightings from 2025—in stunning 4K. Video |
 I tried a poster’s suggestion to use banana peels as fertilizer in the garden. I tried but the deer ate them all in a matter of minutes. |
| [Jimmy Lai Is a Martyr for Freedom] The self-made tycoon was convicted this week of violating Hong Kong’s “national security” law. But he could have escaped it. Link |
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| Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves. Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet. Video |
 Use this chart to avoid any holiday confusion. |
| [Crypto Mining Center] Satellites reveal heat leaking from largest US cryptocurrency mining center. The world needs better ways to understand what’s actually happening on the ground. Link |
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| [Henge Finder ] See how the sun moves down the street. The Sun doesn’t set in the same place every day. Its position along the horizon shifts as the seasons change. Most evenings, that angle doesn’t match the direction of a street. But on just a few days each year (if the street is angled correctly), the Sun’s path lines up perfectly—creating a “henge.” Link |
 [Waymo] We were driving in Miami the other day and passed a car without a driver! That certainly got our attention. We saw it was a Waymo. We didn’t know Miami allowed driverless cars yet. Link |
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| Frederick Douglass on the book that changed his life. On September 3, 1838, the enslaved man who became the most famous social reformer and abolitionist in American history set off on his escape to freedom. Frederick Douglass, dressed as a sailor and carrying forged identification papers, fled Maryland for New York with his few possessions, which included the book The Columbian Orator. Link |
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| [Driverless Cars Block Intersection During Blackout] Waymo said Saturday that it was stopping service across San Francisco after numerous online videos showed its autonomous vehicles snarling traffic during the citywide blackout. Link |
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| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 12/2/25 at 8:25 am. |
 [House For Rent] 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. Very bright and clean and in a quite neighborhood. Laundry area in hallway. Electric bill is about $165 a month. No smokers or dogs. 1100 square feet. $3000 a month. First, last and $1000 security. 1125 square feet. $7000 total to move in, utilities not included.See it on Craigslist: Link |