Robert Silvas

A photo of Robert and Luciana Duvall with a horse and dogs

STATEMENT FROM LUCIANA DUVALL Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort. To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind.

Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced

The calendar for the first three months of 2026, with today, Saturday, January 31, highlighted. February begins on Sunday and lasts for exactly four weeks, ending on Saturday.

We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015

Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world

“Seemingly murky” should replace the the accepted definition of coordinating authority.

“No, no, man! Shit, no, man! I believe you'll get your ass kicked saying something like that, man."

40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst onto the comics page The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.

The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.

"Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake."
Wallace Stevens, born on this day in 1879

100-Ton Pretest at Trinity site had Hanford irradiated slug dissolved in tubing throughout explosives. Some neat photos of them loading the slug via mirrors and long tongs

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Maybe. If he overcommits and loses the entire unit, not sure the Cdr is really insulated.

Also, …”borne by the soldier” isn’t that a consequence of the blank check you write to the government when you raise your hand at MEPs?

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a polar bear with its mouth open and teeth showing ALT: a polar bear with its mouth open and teeth showing

Fun fact for today: the Arctic and the Antarctic are named after the Greek word for bear, arktos.

Our polar regions are, essentially, BEAR and NO BEAR.

Nukes are way scarier than you think YouTube video by Johnny Harris

I explained nuclear deterrence to YouTuber Johnny Harris for his video explainer on nuclear weapons. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U51...

The World Putin Wants Distortions about the past feed delusions about the future.

“In Vladimir Putin’s mind, history matters—that is, history as he sees it. Putin’s conception of the past may be very different from what is generally accepted, but his narratives are a potent political weapon, and they underpin his legitimacy.”

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

21. This is borderline politics, but it's not partisan US politics, so...

I am SUPER pessimistic that I'll live the rest of my life without seeing someone use a nuclear weapon in anger.

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Brilliant!

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Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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‘What military commanders do and how they do it’ has climbed to be the most popular article in @sjms.bsky.social 🙏🎉

It was the first product of my PhD journey, and I regularly revisit it.

There are quite a few fun gems in there, as well as some analysis of decision-making.

sjms.nu/articles/10....

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