Documentarian, Journalist, Photographer, wandering soul. // ig: @corypopp // Watch my documentaries on Youtube: https://teapaw.org/t.co/iLu88MVPeE
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How does an innocent man get executed in America today? In Missouri, it might be easier than you think. New documentary now on YouTube:
youtu.be/VDr0FKqH4LU
It’s giving project acoustic kitty - that time the CIA surgically implanted microphones in cats like a bunch of psychopaths
Warhound, a defense‑tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm, has raised $200 million in seed funding to genetically engineer war dogs for the U.S. military.
Lamm is responsible for the de-extinction of the dire wolf which died out ~10,000 years ago.
Warhound will find top dogs and then biobank their genetic material before cloning the proven dogs.
The company will take the cell lines for top breeds like Belgian Malinois and German Shepherd before editing the genes to make the dogs perform better and improve “things like speed and agility or enhance olfactory sensors for bomb sniffing and whatnot.”
Luckey’s Anduril will supply the dogs with advanced body armor, ear coverings, and other military technology like EagleEye, an artificial intelligence military helmet.
Anduril is also reportedly working with META on battlefield augmented reality eyewear.
Lamm says the genetically modified dogs with advanced equipment will not only make the dogs safer, but will also make the human handlers safer.
The first Warhound puppies will reportedly soon be cloned and incubated and will be born in early 2027 and then will begin training.
I think John Wilson has become out of touch and lost all empathy for the people he finds at the end of the lens. He also doesn’t realize he isn’t an every man diarist anymore. He’s a successful elite and the tenor of his work completely changes with that in mind.
The reviews for History of Concrete are baffling to me. And the letterboxd write ups lauding him as some kind of cutting edge genius when he’s become nothing more than a nihilistic Ross McElwee are maddening to see. I wanted to like it, but it’s a pointless and lame endeavor.
Thinking about this in light of recent events. It’s barbaric we as a nation continue to execute people.
Multiple rolling black outs in Los Angeles on my block in Echo Park the last 24 hours. Really great when it’s 100 degrees out and my apartment heats up like a sauna without AC.
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My interview with the Syrian chargé d'affaires to the US back when he was a member of Jabhat al-Nusra.
The fix is in. I just asked Google who the last 10 World Cup winners were and it said Argentina was the winner of 2026 lol
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THE FERRARI HUGE* CONVERSATION (in full):
The only longform interview with Jony Ive and Ferrari Chief Designer Flavio Manzoni on the Ferrari Luce
0:00 What is the Ferrari Luce?
3:28 Why did Ferrari say they’d never make this car?
5:30 Will most new cars be electric by 2035?
7:52 Why is this car so controversial?
12:09 Why does this car matter if I won’t buy a Ferrari?
14:11 How much does the Ferrari Luce cost?
14:40 How fast is the Ferrari Luce?
15:28 What does the interior of Ferrari Luce look like?
17:18 Does the Ferrari Luce have fake engine sound?
21:25 What are the secret books Jony Ive wrote Ferrari?
25:56 What would Steve Jobs say?
27:21 Why did Ferrari hire Jony Ive?
28:38 What shocked Ferrari about the Ferrari Luce?
30:38 Why make such a big car?
33:12 Is this the future of Ferrari?
40:00 What would Enzo Ferrari say?
41:55 What do the world’s most famous designers want their legacy to be?
This HUGE* Conversation was recorded on April 29, 2026 in Balocco, Italy.
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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:
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu visited the Cannes Film Festival for the first time in 2000 for the premiere of his film, "Amores Perros" (2000). One day during the festival, Iñárritu and many other directors were invited for a 7 PM screening of Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" (2000).
Iñárritu and his wife Maria booked a taxi at 6:15 PM. But the taxis were overbooked. So Iñárritu, wearing a tuxedo & his wife, wearing a long dress with high heels had no other choice but to run to reach the theater on time, while the temperature was 95°F. The traffic was heavy. While running, Iñárritu took off his jacket, tie & the first 3 buttons of his shirt. His wife took off her shoes.
Their effort wasn't in vain as they reached the theater at 7:01 PM. They were drenched in sweat. But they both had experience of their lives when they watched the movie.
Here is what Iñárritu said of "In the Mood for Love" (2000):
"For a filmmaker, the experience of entering that legendary [Palais Des Festivals] with 2,000 seats is similar to that of a Catholic boy going into the Vatican. [From] all the way in the back, we watched “In the Mood for Love” on a screen 40 times bigger than us.
Maria and I walked in complete silence for almost 10 minutes [afterward]. We suddenly stopped by the sea. Maria hugged me and started crying inconsolably on my shoulder. And I did the same on hers. “In the Mood for Love” had left us speechless and deeply moved. It was that moment that reminded me why, even when it’s so stupidly difficult sometimes, I wanted to become a filmmaker."
("We Miss You, Cannes: 23 Filmmakers Relive Indelible Moments", Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott, The NY Times, 2020)
P.S: On this day, 26 years ago, "In the Mood for Love" (2000) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.
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LA people, my friend's dog is still missing. Please keep an eye out
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It's important to choose the right prediction market when betting on regime change by assassination
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A look back on al-Hol camp, which @corypopp, @baderkhanahmad and I visited many times over the last 7 years. It was an awful place, and the coalition failed massively by letting it fester for so long...and by enabling the Syrian gov to let thousands of dangerous people escape.
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In addition to moving hardware out of their bases in NE Syria, the Americans seem to be emptying the ISIS prisons here fairly rapidly.
We encountered two convoys of US soldiers moving ISIS prisoners in as many days.
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In 2019, Turkey made incursions into Ras al-Ain and Tel Abyad. Before this, the US got the SDF to remove border defenses and took TR on patrols. @CoryPopp and I interviewed SDF and US officials back then.
It's not that the SDF "trusted" the US. They just had no alternative.
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Syrian gov soldiers storm civilian home in Achrafiyeh with guns drawn. God help the civilians who haven't fled