Happy New Year! My headache is all gone!

Yay!

And look at me, it's Jan 1, and I'm posting this entry with a date of... Jan 1! Go me!

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Spider-Man: An Editorial by J. Jonah Jameson

The U.S. Map Redrawn as 50 States With Equal Population

The human migration out of Africa left its mark in mutations

How New Year's Eve Came to Times Square

A New Chapter for Saffron

Chakalaka: How an Aztec Word for 'Babbler' Turned Into a Hewbrew Word for 'Flashing Siren'

Guy Beats Fallout 4 Without Killing Anyone, Nearly Breaks The Game (What's scary is the comments going "Why would you do this? Killing people is the fun!" I know it's just a game, but seriously.)

When you’re driving a bus full of tourists through the Australian outback, a packet of chewing gum may be your only hope

Light brigade: carrying the torch for London's last gas street lamps

In the 1960s, Adult Coloring Books Were Radical Texts

Brain scans show compulsive gamers have hyperconnected neural networks

Polyamory: taboo for religious Americans but not for the rest

Meta, Irony, Narrative, Frames, and The Princess Bride

Rudyard Kipling: an unexpected revival for the ‘bard of empire’

The True Story of Roland the Farter, and How the Internet Killed Professional Flatulence

The Life and Times of Oney Judge

No, Jessica Jones Isn’t Sexist Towards Men; Let’s Talk About Why

The Everyday Sexism of Women Waiting in Public Toilet Lines

Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance

In 2015, promising surveillance cases ran into legal brick walls

Arrest Warrant Issued for Bill Cosby for Alleged January 2004 Sexual Assault of Andrea Constand

Despising the Holidays: When Christians Led the ‘War on Christmas’

Federal judge: Drinking tea, shopping at a gardening store is probable cause for a SWAT raid on your home

For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions

Israel rejects book on Jew-Arab love for school curriculum

Palestinian eviction case spotlights Jerusalem settler push

The ice under polar bears’ paws is not only melting, but also moving

New wave of migrant children explain why they traveled solo

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I've changed keyboards. Now, with the old keyboard, I'd long ago accidentally broken the regular arrow keys. Which was a pain, but whatever, I just used the navigational keys on the numerical keyboard instead.

Now I'm using this newly replaced keyboard (which is in pristine condition yay) and it occurred to me - I can use the arrow keys again! The arrow keys work fine. The PgUp and PgDn keys attached to the arrow keys do not work. Every other key appears to be functioning normally. It's just those two specific keys.

WTF?

Google is no use, either. Apparently, nobody has had this trouble in the past 10 years or so with a Lenovo computer. SO IT IS COMPLETELY USELESS TO ME.

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Sandy Jenkins was a shy, daydreaming accountant at the Collin Street Bakery, the world’s most famous fruitcake company. He was tired of feeling invisible, So he started stealing—and got a little carried away.

Team reprograms social behavior in carpenter ants using epigenetic drugs

Getting the Archaeology Right in Fantasy Fiction

Small families are better for kids, new research says (But the effect is less in some countries than others.)

Vermont inmates hide pig in official police car decal (With regards to how this only hurts taxpayers in the end, that's only true if you insist on replacing the decals right now rather than waiting until they get worn out.)

How the original Star Wars trilogy fooled everyone with matte paintings

The Literary Star Wars, a History

What to do when you're not the hero any more

The long, incredibly tortuous, and fascinating process of creating a Chinese font

Double Dutch's Forgotten Hip-Hop Origins

Water bears turn into glass when they dry out

Lifting the Veil on the New York Public Library’s Erotica Collection

Here’s What Happens When A Dead Mall Has A Fake Facebook Account

Solving the mystery of dog domestication

Obama may expand background checks on gun sales: news reports

How the Meaning of Wounded Knee Has Evolved Over 125 Years

How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal

Female WWII Pilots Barred From Arlington National Cemetery

UC Divests From Private Prisons After Black Students Protest

Many people do not understand the dangers of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a survey found

The Chicago mayor's office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after a white officer fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, newly released emails revealed.

Big Oil braced for global warming while it fought regulations