Season 1 · Episode 4
Episode 4: Jony Ive And His Consequences Have Been A Disaster For The Human Race
Tran Girlismo · Tran Girlismo
February 19, 20261h 32mExplicit
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Show Notes
<html><p>Hello! In this episode, we discuss the Ferrari Luce interior (feat. Squircle King Jony Ive), the (possible?) death of the Porsche 718 EV, and Victoria puts on her hammer-and-sickle hat to discuss why she thinks Waymo <em>could </em>be good, but probably won't be. We also shout out Thomas Sabula, the sole man at Ford more powerful than Jim Farley. Go off, king.<br/><br/>First bonus episode coming later this week for Patreon subscribers!!!</p><p>Referenced stories: <br/><em><a href="https://www.jalopnik.com/2096826/ferrari-luce-ev-interior-design-reveal-apple-jony-ive/" target="_blank">Jony Ive/Ferrari Luce Interior Teaser Pics @Jalopnik</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.phonearena.com/news/forget-screens-more-details-emerge-on-the-mysterious-jony-ive--openai-device_id170682" target="_blank">Jony Ive/OpenAI iO concept design</a></em><em> (I thought this concept rendering I saw floating around was the real thing - it's not; they've just vaguely gestured at the idea of a wearable. Jony, you could still surprise me by not using aluminum and glass in the final design. Bet you won't)</em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-porsche-718-boxster-cayman-evs-might-be-killed-off-by-development-hell" target="_blank">Porsche dropping the 718 EV? Who Knows!!!! @TheDrive</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.autoblog.com/news/porsches-record-america-sales-couldnt-save-dismal-2025" target="_blank">Porsche in the US market @Autoblog</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/ev-sales-fell-in-2025-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade" target="_blank">EV sales falling in America in 2025 @TheDrive</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/waymo-child-los-angeles-21322987.php" target="_blank">Waymo hits child @SFGate</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://electrek.co/2026/01/29/teslas-own-robotaxi-data-confirms-crash-rate-3x-worse-than-humans-even-with-monitor/" target="_blank">Robotaxis looooooove crashin' @Electrek</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/04/tesla-workers-getting-hurt-because-elon-musk-hates-yellow.html" target="_blank">Apocryphal story of Musk's hatred of the color yellow in his factories @Intelligencer</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68622898" target="_blank">Mitch McConnell's sister in law drowns in Tesla crash @BBC</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/06/cruise-confirms-robotaxis-rely-on-human-assistance-every-4-to-5-miles.html" target="_blank">Cruise disengagement statistic @CNBC</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2025/11/05/sf-mission-cat-killed-waymo-regulation" target="_blank">Waymo runs over cat in the Mission @axios</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2025/09/03/waymo-could-be-a-trillion-dollar-opportunity/" target="_blank">Waymo customer wealth @Forbes</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/cruise-admits-filing-false-report-robotaxi-dragged-san-francisco-pedestrian/3710410/" target="_blank">Cruise false reports about pedestrian impacts @BayAreaNBC</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/victoriascott.bsky.social/post/3meozxnorf22m" target="_blank">My DDR bandanna drip @bsky</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.cbtnews.com/waymo-vs-tesla-who-owns-the-robotaxi-future/" target="_blank">Source for cost estimates on Waymo compute stack @CBTNews</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1qu1pp7/waymo_closes_us_16bn_round_at_record_us_110bn/" target="_blank">One Hundred Ten Billion Dollars @Reddit</a></em><em><br/></em><em><a href="https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a70304083/ford-plant-worker-trump-job/" target="_blank">Thomas Sabula Dudes Rock Moment @Road And Track</a></em></p><p>Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album <em>Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, </em><a href="https://stellaspazzatura.bandcamp.com/album/horse-tranquilizer-simulator" target="_blank">which you can find on Bandcamp</a>!</p></html>