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 is a federal holiday in the United States that is celebrated annually on November 11th. This holiday is dedicated to honoring all military veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Thank a Veteran today – they stepped up and served their Nation – and bravely have been since April 19,1775. May God continue to Bless our America. |
| [Homestead Exemptions] This is excellent! Florida voters approved Amendment 3, which would lower property taxes for some homeowners by increasing the homestead exemption. That exemption reduces the amount of your home’s value that can be taxed.
The Florida Department of Revenue says the maximum exemption in 2026 is $51,411. Only part of that amount applies to school taxes. Under Amendment 3, the maximum exemption would rise to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028. The amount you can deduct for school taxes would stay the same. If you’re a Florida resident by December 31, 2026, you could get the larger exemption as long as you meet the other requirements. If you become a Florida resident after that date, you’d generally have to wait until your fifth year of receiving the homestead exemption to get the increase, provided the U.S. Constitution allows that waiting period. This is excellent! |
 Electric air taxi makes history with first landing at Orlando International Airport. Video |
| [Things Beyond My Ability To Understand] Prince Harry is upset with the British Royals: Prince Harry is anxious about his strained relationship with Prince William and King Charles, fearing it may impact his family’s future and inheritance. Financial Pressures: The Duke of Sussex feels it’s unfair that the royal family is financially secure while he and Meghan must work hard to maintain their lifestyle. Reconciliation Efforts: Harry desires a reconnection with his father, emphasizing the importance of protecting his family and securing a stronger bond before it’s too late. I always believed if you quit your job – your former job will no longer continue pay you for not showing up for work |
 [Parking] Uber is launching Uber Parking, allowing drivers to find, compare and reserve parking through the Uber app. And it says it plans to explore using parking facilities in the SpotHero network as staging areas for idle robotaxis. Instead of cruising city streets between fares, autonomous vehicles could wait in garages or lots until they’re summoned |
| [Data Center] SpaceX plans to invest $24 billion in a data center complex alongside a gas power plant in Texas. |
 [Kayak Guides Wanted] The Florida Keys Wildlife Society hosts the Full Moon Kayak Excursions and we are looking for more guides. We arrive 30 minutes before each tour to set up and assist guests. The tour is about 2 hours and clean-up takes about 15 minutes at the end. If you are available at least 3 of the following dates, we’d love to have you volunteer with us: Nov 22, Dec 22, Jan 20, Feb 21, Mar 20, and Apr 19. All gear and equipment are supplied. We depart from The Old Wooden Bridge Marina 1791 Bogie Drive Big Pine Key. There is a mandatory training session at the marina November 14th at 10 a.m. and lasting about 2 hours (one hour for information and one for an optional kayak trip across the channel to No Name Key). An optional additional safety training will be held Sunday the 15th. Tours benefit the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges. The program is sponsored by Big Pine Kayak Adventures. Please email mariannef@mail.com for more information or to sign up for the training. |
| [Windows 11] Everything you need to know and FIX in Windows 11 is here. Lots of reading and changes! Be careful with them. Link |
 [Night Of The Living Pervert] We teach our kids not to speak to strangers or to take candy from strangers. So what do we do? When it’s Halloween, we send our kids to stranger’s houses to get candy. |
| [Anti-Pervert Support] Christina’s Courage, a program supported by the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (FCASV), provides free, confidential services to survivors of sexual violence in Monroe County, Florida. Services include trauma-focused therapy, survivor advocacy, sexual assault medical forensic exams, and referrals for legal assistance through FCASV. Forensic exams are available whether or not a survivor chooses to report to law enforcement. 24/7 FCASV Statewide Sexual Assault Helpline — 1-888-956-7273 Call for confidential crisis support and referrals. Link |
 [Affidavit Ballot] Some Mississippi voters cast affidavit ballots because they didn’t have an acceptable photo ID at the polls. An affidavit ballot, also known as a provisional ballot, lets eligible voters cast a ballot when their eligibility can’t be confirmed right away. Those ballots won’t count unless each voter brings an acceptable photo ID to their county Circuit Clerk’s office by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10. Many of these voters may not know the clock is running. We’re working to reach as many of them as we can before the deadline, to tell them what to bring, where to go, and how to get a free Voter ID card if they need one. |
| These Color Eye Tests can tell you if you have problems and should see an eye doctor. Your sunglasses may be screwing your vision up with the wrong tint. The only problem with these tests is they do not offer a ‘No See Button’ so you can tell the program if you cannot see any numbers or color images. Like me, being red and green color blind, I cannot see most of the dots or the correct matches in the test. If so, go to a good eye doctor for the real tests. Read all about this before you go to some local quack. Don’t memorize the screens, it won’t work that way. Ha! |
 [Gay Quadrupeds] Bull and a male donkey’s sexual relationship turns heads. The pair also display affectionate behaviors including licking, rubbing, and nuzzling. Link |
| [By The Numbers] 500 million Europeans rely on 300 million Americans to protect them from 120 million Russians who cannot seem to prevail over 40 million Ukrainians. Meanwhile, they haven’t even noticed they have fallen under the dominion of 2 billion Islamists who pretend to be persecuted by 9 million Israelis. It’s all a word full of crybabies. |
 [Vegan VW] It was only a matter of time. First hybrids, than electric, now vegan! |
| [Too Much Info] No one warned me, when I became a parent, about all the apps that would colonize my phone: the app for the baby monitor where I could gaze at my daughter, even when my husband and I finally had a night out. The app for the Snoo smart bassinet we rented in bleary-eyed desperation, which logged her sleep by the minute. The app where I logged her sleep manually because the Snoo was not accurate enough. And still, I remember thinking that I had been quite restrained. I mean, I didn’t buy the $299 Owlet smart sock, which would send her pulse rate and oxygen saturation directly to my phone, or the $290 Nanit monitor, which would track her every breath. Link |
 [Foldable Flight] Fold epic paper airplanes. Link |
| [Locating The Source Of A Mysterious Beep] Our house has a box room, full of boxes that we still haven’t unpacked from our last move. A couple of weeks ago something in that room started intermittently beeping. The beeps were far enough apart that standing in the room and trying to determine the source of the noise was frustrating, and I really didn’t want to dig through every one of those boxes. So I had Claude Code build Beep Locator, a software system for triangulating the source of a mysterious beep using multiple devices scattered around the room. Link |
 [Lobster Mobster] A 66-year-old man was arrested on “a litany of lobster violations,” including dropping a bag filled with lobsters in the mangroves to dump the evidence, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. On Friday morning, Lower Keys Marine Deputy Louis Guiardinu was on patrol near Sunshine Key when he spotted Thomas Michael Waidelich diving for lobster from a kayak, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said. Guiardinu also saw him spearing a lobster. “Waidelich refused to obey commands to come to the shoreline by paddling away,” the sheriff’s office said. “He dumped a bag of lobsters in the mangroves before he was taken into custody whereupon he admitted to dumping his catch, adding that he knew he was over-the-limit.” Link |
| Your TV can see through walls. Link |
 Drones built to look like birds evaded detection at Air Force tech exercise. Conspiracy theorists could be onto something with the whole “Birds Aren’t Real” thing. Link |
| How much do parking apps charge per session? Parking apps charge drivers a median $0.35 per session across the 301 U.S. places in this data that publish a fee, on top of the parking rate. The most common fee is $0.35 (108 places), and 15 places charge drivers no app fee at all. According to Park Graph, the median parking app fee in 301 U.S. places is $0.35 per session, as of Nov 5, 2026. Link |
 450, 100 people killed — the price of Russia’s war against Ukraine since February 2022. These are only deaths registered by Russian civil registries. The wounded, the missing and foreign mercenaries are not here — their deaths never enter the Rosstat register. Total combat losses are therefore far higher. Link |
| [Someone Was Here App] When someone sits down, it takes their photo. Someone uses your Mac after its been idle, tries the lock screen, or unlocks it. A second later there’s a photo of them, with the time, how they got in, and how long they stayed. Link |
 The curious story of a renowned Field Museum scientist, a deadly snakebite, and a diary that documented it all. Link |
| [Movie Review: Children of Men] The Future Is a Mirror for the Present. Don’t look away: this remains one of the absolute best sci fi movies of the 21st century. Link |
| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 11/10/26 at 7:19 am. |
 [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 |
| 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. |
