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Weather: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Breezy, with a southeast wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
- Drought conditions here. (What is the Keetch-Byram drought index?).
- Check today’s tides in Daytona Beach (a few minutes off from Flagler Beach) here.
- Tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
The Flagler County Affordable Housing Committee meets at 3 p.m. at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), 1769 E Moody Blvd, Bldg 3, Bunnell. Eduardo Diaz Cordero is the Housing Program Coordinator.
The NAACP Flagler Branch’s General Membership Meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. at the African American Cultural Society, 4422 North U.S. Highway 1, Palm Coast (just north of Whiteview Parkway). The meeting is open to the public, including non-members. To become a member, go here.
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 10-18, at the Flagler County Public Library: Do you enjoy Chess, trying out new moves, or even like some friendly competition? Come visit the Flagler County Public Library at the Teen Spot every Tuesday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. for Chess Club. Everyone is welcome, for beginners who want to learn how to play all the way to advanced players. For more information contact the Youth Service department 386-446-6763 ext. 3714 or email us at [email protected]
Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry: Flagler Beach United Methodist Church‘s food pantry is open today from 9:30 a.m. to noon at 1500 S. Daytona Ave, Flagler Beach. The church’s mission is to provide nourishment and support in a welcoming, respectful environment. To find us, please turn at the corner of 15 Street and S. Daytona Ave, pull into the grass parking area and enter the green door.
The Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Group meets at 4 p.m. at the library, 315 South Seventh Street, Flagler Beach.
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy, 8 p.m. at Cinematique Theater, 242 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach. General admission is $8.50. Every Tuesday and on the first Saturday of every month the Random Acts of Insanity Comedy Improv Troupe specializes in performing fast-paced improvised comedy.
Notably: Don’t get me started. From Statista: One of the main concerns many Americans have with respect to AI is its effect on people’s ability to perform certain tasks themselves. Much like people who rely on crutches too long after an injury lose muscle and need to work very hard to rebuild their strength later, people who keep using AI to perform certain tasks may gradually lose the ability to do these things themselves. According to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, creativity is most at risk in the eyes of Americans, with 53 percent of respondents saying that the increased use of AI will make people’s ability to think creatively worse, while just 16 percent think that the opposite will be true. Another 40 percent think that people will eventually get worse at making difficult decisions if they keep asking AI for help and 38 percent think that humans will gradually lose their problem-solving skills. On a slightly different, but not less important note, 50 percent of respondents think that AI will worsen people’s ability to form meaningful relationships with other people, as millions of people are turning to AI chatbots for companionship. There is no substance in such companion, however, as AI can only mimic the emotion and understanding that real human connections offer. According to Pew’s findings, far fewer people expect AI to actually improve people’s abilities in any of the aforementioned tasks, while a lot of people are either undecided or don’t think that AI will change people’s abilities one way or the other.
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June 2026
East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board Meeting
Flagler County Commission Evening Meeting
Nar-Anon Family Group
Palm Coast City Council Meeting
Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 10-18, at the Flagler County Public Library
Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Club
‘The Battle of Shallowford,’ at Limelight Theatre
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Contractor Review Board Meeting
Flagler County’s Technical Review Committee Meeting
Conversations in Democracy
Flagler County Industrial Development Authority Meeting
Bingo Night at Palm Coast Elks Lodge 2709
Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board
For the full calendar, go here.
Human intelligence is too broad and varied to be reduced to words such as “stupid”, but there are worrying signs that all this digital convenience is costing us dearly. Across the economically developed countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Pisa scores, which measure 15-year-olds’ reading, maths and science, tended to peak around 2012. While over the 20th century IQ scores increased globally, perhaps due to improved access to education and better nutrition, in many developed countries they appear to have been declining. Falling test and IQ scores are the subject of hot debate. What is harder to dispute is that, with every technological advance, we deepen our dependence on digital devices and find it harder to work or remember or think or, frankly, function without them. “It’s only software developers and drug dealers who call people users,” Kosmyna mutters at one point, frustrated at AI companies’ determination to push their products on to the public before we fully understand the psychological and cognitive costs.
–From Sophie McBain’s “Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?,” The Guardian, October 18, 2025.
Pogo says
Normal distribution; look it up for yourself.
The dude says
Maybe next time our MAGA moron friends meet Don Snorleone on the trail to the village offering magic beans for their cow… they’ll ask the diaper wearing, dementia addled, orange colored fool how those magic beans actually work.
I doubt it though.
Speaking of cows… how are those beef and egg prices?
Dennis C Rathsam says
TRUMP has been the master of the deal.His patients , & his wisdom is slowly coming full circle. Yes TRUMP started the war with IRAN, he promised a non nuclear state, & he is steadfast in his goal to save the world from the crazyest people on earth. With the Middle East on his side, feeling the saftey of the blockaid, They all look to TRUMP as a savior. IRAN may again back off this deal, playing games as they have done in the past. But this time its different, they know they cant win. The pressure is to great. Soon the ships will sail past IRAN, hundreds daily. Which will lower the price of gas & food conciderably. This summer things will turn around for Americans, sorry you had to suffer, but a little pain, for a lot of gain. The worlds a safer place thanks to TRUMP. Hopefully this deal will get done, if not & IRAN chooses war, TRUMPS given them every chance to save what’s left of thier country. If they back out now, there will be a spot on the map where IRAN used to be.
The dude says
Magic beans.
Callmeishmael says
Oh, brother. I’ll bet you still have Rambo posters in your bedroom.
The dude says
“Soon the ships will sail past IRAN, hundreds daily.”
Each paying a toll of millions… left that part out… of course tolls and tariffs are NOT taxes, amirite?
You have to watch MAGA morons… they are as dishonest as they are stupid.
This is the same one who for months has been screaming at us that prices for food, gas, and really everything are actually down AF…
Now it’s: “Which will lower the price of gas & food conciderably.” [sic]
So the last year has either been a lie, or he lies today. Or both?
Keenan Hreib says
The only thing that’s coming full circle is the swelling in Taco Tits’ ankles. The war he started in Iran off the propaganda lie that Iran has nuclear capabilities. Trump can’t help but vomit lies considering he and his drunk secretary of war crimes stated they destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities in January??
Witcoff, Cushner, and “Nodding(off) Don” had the best deal since the 2015 Iran deal and ignored it, because Netanyahu wants to bomb Iran, Southern Lebanon, and any other Arab country that will advance Israel’s expansion fantasies. Let us not forget that BiBi and the Mossad have Trump by the short hairs when it comes to the totally redacted Epstein files.
Now lets throw in the fact that Trump and the crime syndicate supreme want no regulations on AI and corporations like Palantir, so they can better initiate military/world domination. This can all be achieved while disappearing jobs across the spectrum.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the only thing the Trump Administration has achieved is complete economic, moral and credibility collapse across the globe. He has convinced a third of the country that being a racist that punches down on the poor, people of color, or anyone that had or has the audacity to build this country outside of political,religious, or ethnic biases.
James says
Stumbled upon this title over the weekend…
https://www.amazon.com/High-Cost-Free-Parking-Updated-ebook/dp/B0G279FBMM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Rh7MapQuVR4kNweQ_PAUOhZTP1SbC98qDFcP5l74AsBfIADogv76syUpLH-vE9WxMPSvn1j0O6ehjKmJuJL8wNmyWkpLrDWU2HmKNkX0bJ8.mBoqe9cLE9UFNhwWARQ8xuuo4SPloGH4UOT–tmTU-A&dib_tag=se&qid=1779821441&refinements=p_27%3ADonald+Shoup&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Donald+Shoup
Wonder if this was on the FB commissions reading list… doubt it… but ya never know.
Just-a-pass’n it along to those who might be interested.
Ray W. says
According to an Inside EVs Global article, this past winter, researchers affiliated with the German Institute for Applied Ecology surveyed 57 trucking companies that had operated one or more EV trucks for at least a year. Overall, some 300 EV trucks were subjected to scrutiny. The trucking companies did not exclusively rely on EV trucks, but the reporter did not publish the overall number of trucks, either diesel-powered or EV, operated by the 57 trucking companies. I looked at the study, published in German, so I got nowhere.
Truck types at issue, per the reporter, ranged from trucks rated at a 3.5 metric-ton cargo carrying capacity to trucks rated at an 18 metric-ton cargo carrying capacity. Average daily driving operation was 268 miles.
Reports by owners of drawbacks to EV truck ownership included higher comparable initial purchase prices and the one-time cost of installing powerful charging stations. Reports by owners of advantages to EV truck ownership included comparably higher reliability, comparably greater driving comfort, and comparably lower vehicle operating costs.
Overall, 93% of the 57 surveyed trucking company owners rated their EV ownership as either satisfactory or very satisfactory.
Make of this what you will.