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 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAA PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the memory of Dolly Parton, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, September 1, 2026. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half‑staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifty-first. ~DONALD J. TRUMP |
 [Cat News] Common cat myths debunked. What the science says about milk, sleep, and if your cat really loves you. Meow |
| [Batteries] Charging stations are a thing of the past in China. They have -swapping stations- where robots remove the drained battery and replace it with a fresh one in mere minutes. No more waiting. China has swapped out over 240,000,000 EV batteries already while the USA continues its decline, refusing to change. |
 [King Harold of Norway Died] Harold who? Link |
| Congratulations to all our newly elected Republican County officials. ~Florida Keys Republican Club |
 [Lots Of Fish] When New England Aquarium Aerial survey observers look out of a plane, they’re scouring the seas for marine animals swimming far below. And on August 16, the team was rewarded—big time. While soaring over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, they spotted over 2,000 animals across 15 different marine species. Link |
| [Medicaid Scandal] Ten million dollars of Medicaid funds that should have been used to help poor Florida children were, instead, rerouted by the DeSantis administration for political purposes. A grand jury report detailing this abuse has been kept secret for months. Finally, the public gets to see the depth of the scandal. A state grand jury had concluded that Florida officials misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money and funneled it, through a charity tied to First Lady Case DeSantis, into political committees run by the appointed Attorney General that spent it on an election. The 10 million ended up in political action committees and the Republican Party of Florida, where it was spent in the fall of 2024 to defeat Amendment 3, the marijuana legalization initiative. Link |
 [Data Center] The $10 billion Micron will invest will only be in construction, buying land, permitting, etc. When completed there will be less than 10 employees at the data center. They raise local air temps, use tons of electricity and water and are noisy. My wife just got back from Virginia; she couldn’t believe what she saw. |
| Bye Bye Dolly “I Will Always Love You” Video |
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| [Hackers] Boston Scientific, the medical device maker, is grappling with a cyberattack that has disrupted its global operations, sending its stock down. Link |
 [Five Crimes Against Pizza] There are few ways to rouse an Italian’s fury more than getting their national cuisine wrong. Chicken in carbonara and fettuccine in a cream sauce are bothersome enough, but the likes of pineapple on pizza would earn capital punishment if some Italian chefs had their way. Perhaps that’s why we’ve seen a huge growth of pizzerias in this country, where the dish has been stripped back to basics, emulating the traditional style of Naples where pizza was first invented in the 1700s. |
| [Friday Joke] Just my luck. I wait and wait on this table in this ridiculous paper gown and the minute I use the stethoscope to listen to my balls, the doctor and nurse Goodbody walks in. |
 [Types Of Steak Every Cook Should Know] Knowing what to order is the key to the right stake for your taste buds. Link |
| [Social Media Fined] Meta agreed to settle with U.S. states for up to $16.7 billion in a landmark deal over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harm children. That is just a slap on the wrist for Meta who made 50 billion dollars in just the last three months! |
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| [Freezing Hard Drives] There are a few potential reasons why someone may have put a hard drive in the freezer. One of the most common reasons is that someone is trying to recover data from a damaged or failing hard drive. When a hard drive starts to fail, putting it in the freezer can sometimes allow it to temporarily work again and recover data. The cold temperature can help reduce any heat-related issues that may be causing problems with the drive. Link |
 A real American hero. |
| [Create AI Rules Now] Raise the security bar for what you buy, build, and deploy, including AI-generated code. Implore cybersecurity and technology companies to quickly test and build out tools that make AI-powered defense accessible and deployable for critical-infrastructure operators, among them hospitals and water treatment plants. The warning comes amid a wave of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, including one that targeted U.S. water systems with an apparent AI-generated exploitation script. AI models are now drastically lowering how much time and energy hackers need to put into those preparations |
 Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80. A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough. Link |
| [Tumors Are Not Cancer] What if half the “tumors” doctors call cancer aren’t cancer at all? Dr. Bryan Ardis drops a line that should make every oncology textbook blush: “They’re not tumors — they’re parasitic egg sacs.” He claims up to 50% of what gets labeled as cancerous tumors or polyps in his experience were actually clusters of parasite eggs — liver flukes, blood flukes, digestive invaders — quietly feeding off the host and forming mass-like structures that look identical on scans and even under the microscope to the untrained eye. Here’s the part that hits hardest: Oncologists are never taught to look for parasites. Medical schools skip it. Pathologists aren’t primed for it. So when the mass shows up, the default diagnosis is cancer → chemo, radiation, the full toxic protocol. Meanwhile a cheap antiparasitic (the same ivermectin that “mysteriously” shows activity against certain cancers in labs) might simply be killing the organism that was mimicking the disease the whole time. Ardis’s point is brutal and simple: If you never look for the parasite, you will never find it. And the patient never knows they might have been treated for the wrong thing. Worms laying hundreds of thousands of eggs a day. Egg sacs that register as “malignant.” An entire industry built on never asking the question. Whether you buy the 50% figure or not, the core idea is unsettling as hell: Some of the most feared diagnoses on earth could, in a non-zero number of cases, be something far older, far simpler, and far cheaper to treat if anyone was trained to see it. Watch the clip. Then ask yourself why this conversation stays in the shadows. The parasites don’t care about your textbooks. They just keep laying eggs. |
 Heavy metal fans may handle pain better than others. Or ‘ride the lightning,’ as Metallica says. We knew that suppressed anger has the greatest effect on intensifying pain experiences in patients with chronic pain. Link |
| Mr = man Ms = woman Mx = haven’t figured it out yet |
 [R.I.P.] Yayoi Kusama’s psychedelic art was at its best when taken in high doses. Link |
| [Dust Storm No Fun] ‘One with the dust’ How I survived Burning Man when everything went wrong. I was thrilled to finally experience the Nevada festival. But I underestimated how hardcore it was – and the life lessons it would bring. Link |
 [Hello Dolly (not Parton)] Newly formed Tropical Storm Dolly could bring rain to Caribbean after it weakens. |
| [Friday AI Joke] I asked AI to tell me a joke about big pine key, fl 33043 “Why did the palm tree in Big Pine Key, FL 33043 get promoted?Because it was outstanding in its field—and knew how to branch out!” |
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| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 8/28/26 at 9:49 am. |
 [For Sale] 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. Half price used $100. 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. |
