New year, same hell.

I could really use a win ratio here! #NonSequitor

Hello, division by zero, my old friend You've come to mock me once again 🤦🏼

People are already setting off some fscking fireworks and it's only just past 20:30... 🤬

I guess it's time for the last #WaitWaitStatsProject update blog post of 2025! #WaitWaitStats #WaitWaitDontTellMe

The photo of a person wearing an inflatable axolotl costume standing in a cloud of tear gas is just one of the photos from this @opb.org story that really helped me start my morning.

Big AI can go fsck itself.

It's time for the second annual #WaitWaitStats Wrapped where I highlight some of the statistics from the #WaitWaitDontTellMe shows that aired in 2025. Full set of infographic images have been posted to Flickr, which have been published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Move fast, fsck the consequences

@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social I first interpreted you saying "four now" as "for now" right after I was referred to as a "super producer" and got confused for a moment. I hadn't been producering for a while now 😅 #TBTL

Although both phrases includes meat-related words, but "people beefing with each other" and "people porking with each other" have completely different meanings 😜 #TBTL

By the way, it wasn't just potential PTSD for Paul F. Tompkins when it came to the two balloon pops, but also for some of us inside the Alberta Rose Theatre. 🥴 #LiveWireRadio

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: "Best of 2025 Special" with Paul F. Tompkins, Danez Smith, Riki Lindhome, and more This "Best of 2025" special episode features some of Live Wire's favorite moments of the year: host... Episode Download

If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder... youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY (Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)

It's funny to see something that looks like a pixelated question mark and a pixelated exclamation mark in a sea of colored boxes from this chart of #WaitWait shows recorded in Chicago (purple), Away (yellow) and home/remote studios (green). 1/2 #WaitWaitStats #WaitWaitStatsProject

My brain: 😈 Me: What? My brain: You're gonna hate me and I'm gonna enjoy it. Me: Wait, what? Why? My brain: [Queues up "Together or Not At All - The Song of Amy and Rory"] Me: 🤬😕😭 #DoctorWho

The new #TBTL vinyl is here! The new #TBTL vinyl is here! @tbtl.net

It's time for the second annual #WaitWaitStats Wrapped where I highlight some of the statistics from the #WaitWaitDontTellMe shows that aired in 2025. Full set of infographic images have been posted to Flickr, which have been published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Christmas medley sung to 867-5309/Jenny 😂😂😂 #PortlandCelloProject

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

You know, Oregon State University, I know that you appreciate my donation towards #OSUOSL, but y'all don't have to send me 4 of the exact same thank you cards. Just saying... #Oregon

Governments: EVs are pushing the electrical grids to the limit!!!!1 Also, governments: We're investing [insert a number with way too many zeros] into AI! AI companies right as the bubble bursts: We're too big to fail! Give us bailouts! Also, governments: Sure! 🤬 🖕🏼 🤬 #Rant

I don't know why, and it doesn’t mean I think I'm better than everybody else.

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Susan Orlean and David Ramirez Acclaimed writer Susan Orlean (The New Yorker) reflects on her storied career through the lens of he... Episode Download

There is nothing humanist about GenAI and no amount of polishing up the massive turd sandwich that are the resources being hoovered up and burned to make it all happen (not to mention the shady AF financial bulls***)

No sh*t, Sherlock... Fashies are gonna fashy.

GenAI slop to pump scams... and I don't mean the sketchy af products the ads are shilling. I'm talking about the GenAI bubble/scam itself.

In letters to seven AI firms, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Richard Blumenthal cited a study estimating that “electricity prices have increased by as much as 267 percent in the past five years” in “areas located near significant data center activity.”

Underrated feature in #Fedora Workstation and #GNOME: After pairing my iPhone with my two laptops via Bluetooth, there is a tether button that appears in the System Menu that allows me to quickly use the mobile hotspot feature without having to remember my dingus hotspot Wi-Fi password 😅 #Linux

People having a nuclear meltdown about taking shoes off in people's homes could be entertaining... if it weren't such a personality.

He rented a city bike, and it doesn't mean he thinks he's better than everybody else. #TBTL

This does nothing to make me want to consider any of their vehicles after they deliberately disabled/hid Apple CarPlay support in order to milk customer's data and money. GFY, GM.

PSA: Linting your code can be a good thing. Linh-ing your code is absolutely a very, super un-good thing. 🌈⭐ #TheMoreYouKnow

⚠️ Spoiler Alert ⚠️ Prior to today's #WaitWait, there have only been 13 three-way ties at the end of Lightning Fill In The Blank. This is the 2nd time that @tombodett.bsky.social and Helen Hong have finished in a three-way tie (separate shows) and the 1st time for Adam Burke. #WaitWaitDontTellMe

Maybe Airbnb locations can also put stickers on remotes that say "Do not use for stirring drinks". 😂 If you know, you know. #WaitWaitDontTellMe

A wild system notification sound made an appearance during the Not My Job segment today 😅 #WaitWaitDontTellMe

@lukeburbank.bsky.social I wouldn't mind taking some of those Lightning cables off of your hands. I still have a mish-mash of USB Type C and Lightning devices. Also, you can get a USB Type C case for AirPod Pros :)

Wendell from Level1Techs: "...it's just a it's a fleet of complexity managed in YAML and JSON files." Perfect summary of homelabbing and the fervor to Dockerize and Kubernetes-ize everything. #HomeLab

Stealworkers

@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social You may want to consider either Apple refurbished iPads or look at getting one from a trusted store like OWC rather than buying a brand new one for something you aren't going to use as a primary device. eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/i...

As with last year, I will be doing a Wait Wait Stats Wrapped for 2025. This time around, I will be waiting until after the last regular show of the year (2025-12-20) airs before collecting data and publishing the Wrapped infographic. (1/2) #WaitWaitStats #WaitWaitStatsProject #WaitWaitDontTellMe

Segmentation, algorithmic pricing via big data and tracking

New episode from Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Tamara Yajia, Susan Rice, and Anna Tivel Comedy writer Tamara Yajia unpacks her memoir Cry for Me, Argentina, which follows her unorthodox up... Episode Download

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@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social Another private university that sounds like a public one is the University of Portland. Back when I was in high school, I thought it was similar to University of Oregon vs Oregon State University (both public). Alas, I was def wrong.

@lukeburbank.bsky.social @walsh.bsky.social I can say that the general situational awareness of people in the Costcos that I go to (west of PDX) is pretty darn bad. If I need to stop, I'll pull into an aisle or at least out of the way. I've been bumped, cut in front of, etc. almost every other time.

Drivers in some of the state's fast-charging "deserts" could see some relief in the year ahead. ODOT plans to add hundreds more fast-charging ports with the help of a federal infrastructure grant. A pit stop to recharge can take as little as 20 minutes with fast chargers.

If you a listener to #LiveWireRadio and haven't had a chance to support the show, now is an incredibly important time to do so. The show lost a significant amount of funding due to the federal government's defunding of public radio. #Portland #PDX #Oregon