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[Coffee and Wineos’ Liver] A new study found that those who drank 5 or more cups of coffee a day were 32% less likely to be diagnosed with cirrhosis over the next 13 years than non-coffee drinking wineos and had a 47% reduced risk of liver cancer. While 5 or more cups a day seemed to be most beneficial, the researchers don’t recommend drinking that much.
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| Peptides Craze] Why do people take peptides? Proponents say it boosts collagen production and improves hair and skin. Some claim they benefit energy levels and memory. Many peptide fans talk about the makeup of their “stack,” or regimen of daily shots. Combine BPC-157 and TB-500 and you get the Rogan-touted “Wolverine stack,” named after the self-healing Marvel Comics mutant superhero. Another celebrity, says a daily stack including GHK-Cu and BPC-157 has raised his energy, dropped his cholesterol, and lowered his body fat. Hassan Sleiman, a 45-year-old roofing contractor in Michigan, claims a regimen of seven peptides has eased body pains and boosted his vitality. At the University of California, Santa Barbara, says 22-year-old student Ryan Roberts, “everybody does them.” The long-term health risks of this experimentation are not yet known, but doctors are worried about higher cancer risk. |
 Former Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem is divorcing her cross-dressing husband, her mother told the Dally Mail Last week. We knew this was coming. Noem, 54 revealed her divorce plans in late spring—soon after photos emerged of Brynn Noem, 56. chatting online with fetish models while wearing women’s clothing stuffed with balloons to imitate large breasts.That wasn’t the first sign of trouble in the 34-year marriage: it’s long been rumored that Noem is romantically involved with President Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. |
| [Gambling on Fire] The U5 Forest Service has criticized a new gambling platform whose users bet on California wildfires whose slogan is “You can’t predict fire. But you can trade on it.” The USFS says any system that could incentivize people to bet on potential fires that they then start is what the gambling site is asking for. |
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| Trump rolls back protections for wildlife, national monuments. In a pair oi policy changes denounced by conservation groups, the Trump administration last week sharply curtailed legal protections for endangered species and slashed the size of two national monuments in Utah considered sacred to Native Americans. The administration narrowed the definition of “harm” under the 1973 Endangered Species Act, which for decades had meant it was illegal to kill or injure at-risk animals and plants, or destroy their habitats. Under the new rule, destroying those habitats is no longer illegal. This is one of the most horrific attempts to harm wildlife in American history. Trump also moved to shrink Utah’s Beers Ears and Grand Staircase—Escalante national monuments by about 90%. The lands contain ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs, as well as coal and uranium deposits that officials and big donors want to develop. |
 [Big Win For The Right To Repair] The Federal Trade Commission secured a “right-to- repair” settlement with John Deere last week that lets owners repair their equipment. Deere was a prime target of the “right-to-repair movement” because it gave only authorized dealers access to software needed to fix new tractors and other farming equipment, “driving up costs for farmers.” The FTC sued last year, alleging Deere “violated federal and state laws by restricting who could repair its equipment.” Under the settlements terms Deere will be “subject to additional federal oversight, be required to make available any future repair resources and instruct authorized dealers to promote the availability of diagnostic tools. Farmers can now do what they’ve done for generations, fix their own tractors! |
| [August Blood Drives] In the Keys, we always have something to crow about so how about a local artist shirt for an hour of your time and you could also save a life? Donate blood in August and receive a t-shirt and e-Gift card. Let’s starve the mosquitoes and not the blood bank. Link |
 [Distractions] Ideally, I want to be able to plan to work on something for long hours without any distraction. After that time get back online check for messages and other things. The distractions are not one particular thing. A few examples:~I want to do something and I remember there’s a post related to this. I go to find it and in between I click on some links and end up reading something completely unrelated. ~I am waiting for something then I go browse the web and I get distracted. ~I’m working on something and I face a challenge I have to think for 10 minutes. I get up to get some water and check my phone along the way and get distracted. ~Sometimes I get distracted by making the bed. It feels like my brain finds a way to do something else and avoid painful situations like boredom or hard work. Link |
| [Japan 7.1 Earthquake] Detail information map. Link |
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| Nvidia, which is making oodles of cash, is using its financial heft to buoy its customers, which are losing oodles of cash. The company is weighing a plan to guarantee $250 billion for an OpenAI data center project in southern Ohio. It’s also reportedly considering a separate deal to finance OpenAI’s purchase of $350 billion in Nvidia chips |
 [When You Die] Make a plan for your digital photos after you die. Consider adding a Digital Executor to your will so your memories aren’t lost forever. A lot of platforms and service providers like Apple, Google, and Facebook do allow you to add what’s known as a ‘Legacy Contact’. |
| [Catholic Measles] Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has suggested that opposition to abortion could have helped fuel a measles outbreak in Florida since many cases are tied to a private Roman Catholic college. Federal data show Florida had 141 confirmed measles cases as of July 23, ranking the state fifth in the nation for most infections. He noted that a lot of those cases were reported at Ave Maria University, a private Roman Catholic college in Collier County. Ninety-three measles cases were reported in Collier County where the university is located.
People may or may not know that the measles vaccines is developed with the cells that are a progeny from an aborted fetus, and you know whether there’s a connection between the fact that you know some of the students at this university chose not to receive that vaccine, and it happens to be a vaccine that is related to the practice of abortion? |
 [TV’s Happiest Endings] The magnificent, the magical, the marvelous!’ Link |
| [Moving to Miami] Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., is more than quadrupling its office footprint in Miami. The move comes after Google’s billionaire co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, bought millions of dollars in Miami-Dade real estate late last year and early this year. The tech giant signed a lease expanding its office footprint in a tower at 1450 Brickell Ave. from about 10,000 square feet to about 45,000 square feet. Link |
 Where to park the superyachts? South Florida developers race to build more slips. Link |
| Bernie Goetz the subway vigilante sure got into a lot of trouble protecting himself. That’s what happens to rape victims and whistleblowers—their lives are ruined and the crime they exposed is forgotten while the government pulls out all the stops to ruin their lives. Another good example is the Epstein files. The victims names were made public while the pedophiles and rapists’ names remain secret. Link |
 [Fined] The European Commission fined Google $1 billion this week under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, saying the company unfairly favored its own services and restricted app developers. The Google fine is part of a broader EU crackdown on Big Tech. Brussels also fined Apple and Meta last year, accusing the companies of abusing market power. The Trump administration argues the bloc’s digital rules unfairly target America’s biggest technology firms. Trump said he will launch a Section 301 trade investigation. |
| [Questionable Drugs] Indian pharmaceutical companies supplied 47% of all generic prescriptions filled in the U.S. in 2022. This makes India the largest single source of generic drugs for the U.S. market. Many non-generic prescription meds are also produced in India. I found that while researching why prescriptions were so much cheaper in Canada or Mexico. They are all coming from India, but folks are charged all the market will bear. Only the packaging and pricing varies. US Report |
 Which Odyssey translation wins a blind reading test? We hid the translators’ names and asked readers to choose between eight English versions. Who’s the best?1 Robert Fagles 62.5%2 Richmond Lattimore56.4% Link |
| Airplane seats really are getting smaller. Some major airlines have lost several inches of precious leg room compared to what passengers had in the late ’90s. Link |
 [A Dying Art] The last of the morticians. Link |
| [Typo Sends Innocent Man To Jail] One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. A 2018 child-luring investigation, which began in Madison, Wisconsin, and eventually extended to Halifax, Canada, was based on a false premise. Police were looking for a man using the Kik messaging service under the name “fus__ro_dah” (two underscores after “fus”), but they accidentally requested records for the username “fus_ro_dah” (one underscore after “fus”). This one-character difference led them not to the perpetrator but to a Canadian man named Brandon Klayme and sent him to jail for a year and a half and totally ruined his reputation. Link |
 Just a Few Friends attendees wear their souvenir charity Event Badges throughout the Labor Day weekend celebration, making it easy to recognize fellow festival friends while collecting stickers, special perks and memories along the way. (Photo credit: Nick Doll) |
| [New Glue] This glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol. Materials scientists are on the hunt for an adhesive that binds strongly to diverse surfaces and can be easily removed and reused. Conventional polymers like epoxies achieve high strength through rigid, cross-linked networks, but they are brittle and prone to sudden, catastrophic failure under stress. Conversely, adhesives used in tapes offer ductility but lack the strength for heavy-duty bonding. It even bonds to non-stick Teflon! Link |
 With mushroom computers, mycelium—the branching, web-like root structure of the fungus—acts as conductors as well as the electronic components of a computer. (Remember, mushrooms are only the fruiting body of the fungus.) They can receive and send electric signals, as well as retain memory. Link |
| I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated. Sure, maybe your clock has a backup battery, but mine has a deployment pipeline! Link |
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| The current Coconut Telegraph was published on 7/28/26 at 8:36 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 |
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