To my relief, I fixed a nagging problem with my system, though it's not the crashing I mentioned the other day. Frequently windows would be shrunk and rearranged when my PC woke up from sleeping as if set up for a lower resolution. I have an ultrawide monitor, and it seems like Windows sometimes forgot this when it napped and would scrunch things together when it awoke. Some research shows this is a common problem with two commonly suggested solutions. The safer-sounding one involves removing unused monitor profiles. The sketchier-sounding one entails changing incorrect resolutions via registry editing. Oddly, I had both "issues," despite having a recent clean install of Windows 10 and only one monitor. I tried the safer-sounding tip first and eventually dared to try the scarier one, but neither solved the problem, though nothing broke, either. I should add that I knew the bug I was chasing was inconsequential, but I'm guessing many of you can relate to getting anal about your PC acting strangely. I thought I finally solved things when I noticed the monitor used DisplayPort 3 on my graphics card and switched it to DisplayPort 1. But it came back, albeit less frequently, which I can't interpret (Joe Versus the Volcano: "I have no response to that"). I was refusing to cave in and use a third-party monitor utility when I realized that Microsoft's own PowerToys has a tool called "FancyZones" designed for widescreen and multi-monitor setups. It allows you to designate zones on the screen and snap windows to them. After setting this up, windows sometimes still end up resized and rearranged, but PowerToys fancied the hell out of my issue, and it's trivial to put them back where they belong. I'm pleased with this outcome. If only all of life's problems were so minor and solvable.

Fancy Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.

Stories

• Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky sentenced to 8 years in prison for criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Thanks Dan.
• Maui wildfires- Crews make progress against Maui wildfires that killed at least 80 people, but flare-ups continue.
• Timothy Olyphant's Failed Star Trek Audition for Captain Kirk Revealed. Thanks RedEye9.

Science

• Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky.
• Scientists Discover New Species of Feather Stars With 20 'Arms.'

Media

• Ohrid history mystery- Archaeologists dive into an Albanian lake to study Neolithic homes. Thanks Acleacius.
• She Scared Her Husband With A Snake. Thanks VideoSift.
• The French Connection car chase. Thanks VideoSift.

Creature Features

• Just tried to help her baby and that must loosely translate to "duck around and find out." Thanks RedEye9.