Francis Galton Appreciator Anglo de Banff

I’m assembling a culture

@pixelgrave_exe The one Abba sang about.

WITHOUT GOOGLING Name a famous historic battle

@chapofwessex Thank you.

@AnglodeBanff Good point well made

Eating breakfast at a restaurant with my Down syndrome brother Erick this morning and the Mexican waitress says as we’re leaving “Happy Memorial Day” and Erick fires back “they didn’t die for you”

@chapofwessex Does the grandfather appropriate his grandson's "candy", or merely take what is, when he chooses, his own?

@AnglodeBanff Exactly (and it doesn’t matter if we may or may not have appropriated it from our Yank cousins)

@mchamarthi The fake noise is utter shit. Embarrassing gimmick that designers seem to appreciate more than consumers.

🚨 As an Auto Executive Here is My Perspective on Ferrari's New EV Bottom line.... They built an extraordinary EV. The market’s reaction suggests that may not be enough. Ferrari unveiled the Luce yesterday: • 1,050 horsepower • Jony Ive co-designed interior • nearly $650,000 starting price • Ferrari’s first fully electric vehicle Today, Ferrari stock fell roughly 7%. As someone who has spent 25+ years inside automotive leadership, I think this reaction says something important: This is not about whether Ferrari built a technically impressive car. They did. This is about whether Ferrari fully understands what its customer is actually buying. Ferrari customers are not primarily purchasing transportation. They are purchasing: identity, emotion, heritage, scarcity, mechanical theater, and cultural symbolism. That is what makes luxury automotive branding so fragile during technological disruption. The challenge with EVs; especially at the ultra-luxury level is not performance. Electric drivetrains already deliver extraordinary performance. The challenge is preserving mythology. And that is much harder. Ferrari appears to understand this intellectually: the engineered sound, the tactile controls, the dramatic specs, the emotional design language. But the market reaction suggests investors are still questioning whether the EV transition aligns with the emotional expectations of Ferrari’s core customer base. That distinction matters. Because in luxury markets, brand identity often carries more pricing power than engineering itself. What do you think?

@didiercatz Jaguar gave the same lame line after releasing a generationally bad advertising campaign that led to the Creative Director being sacked.

On the new Ferrari: the interior is sublime, exterior looks like a toy car, but the world’s talking about it, and I’m pretty sure that’s the goal.

@lucaronin No offence but you're a fucking idiot. This is a new-age QashQai.

My hot take is that the Luce will go down as a supremely nice car, and people in the market for it will love it To me, the only unforced error Ferrari made was to market it in cerulean, which has never been a premium color for cars. If the videos and the materials where in red, they would have avoided half of the complaints

@cleoabram Sorry, nerd, you designed an ugly vehicle.

The Ferrari Luce is quickly becoming the most controversial Ferrari ever. Why? "The problem is that we are living in an era where the nostalgic approach is very high. Everybody's looking at the past, not the future..." - Ferrari Chief Designer Flavio Manzoni "It's not that we're taking away something, but we're adding a new choice, which in some dimensions is unambiguously better. And in other dimensions you will understand them in terms of what is lacking. Perhaps it was reckless of us to do that, knowing that we will in some people's eyes be destined for failure. But I think we also love these absurd challenges..." - Jony Ive Full answer here on HUGE* Conversations:

@rikarends There are no noises you enjoy? Not, for instance, the soft crackling burning of an evening fire before you realise your EV is now a ball of flames on your drive?

Needless noise pollution on no longer relevant technology? It's like one of those bikes with extremely loud exhausts driving through the city. The only purpose is attention or 'i like noise'.

Enzo Ferrari refused to build a four-door car his entire life. He called the rear seats of any GT 'seats for the dog.' Every Ferrari he approved pointed one direction: forward, low, loud. The Luce has five seats, 4 doors, and was designed by the man who made the iPhone. Enzo is rolling in his grave.

"Someone turn on the outdoor air conditioning"

Former Ferrari chairman Montezemolo tears the new electric Ferrari “Luce” apart: “I cannot say what I really think: I would harm Ferrari. We risk the destruction of a legend. So sorry. Take the Prancing Horse off. At least the Chinese won’t copy this car”

The average moderately overweight wren could do this.

Robert Kenya just said live on air that if Betty Shepherd wins Makinsford he's going to "use her as a toilet". Wow. Bit intense.

@leicesterliz Did your barber slip?

When I say we will act, I mean it. This consultation matters - that’s why I want to hear from as many people as possible, before it ends today: gov.uk/government/con…

Sorry can't hear you over the sound of my shorts.

The word is "unisex".

@DavidLammy Mealy-mouthed tosser.

The Court of Appeal will review these sentences. These victims have shown tremendous courage and it is right sentences can be reviewed.