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40 years since Chernobyl disaster: Soviet Union’s ‘top-down culture’ partly to blame

40 years since Chernobyl disaster: Soviet Union’s ‘top-down culture’ partly to blame

Published by Sam Flores

Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday. FRANCE 24 spoke with Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London, to look back at the tragic event that marked history. Pointing to various factors that caused the explosion at Chernobyl, Bluck said that the Soviet Union’s culting of top-down rule was also at blame. Keywords for this article Source link

Unions Attack AI for Menacing Human Jobs

Unions Attack AI for Menacing Human Jobs

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Workers across the US have had it with the prognostications of AI taking over the world. And their unions — or what’s left of them, anyway — are taking notice. Last week, the leaders of some of the largest trade unions in the US came together for a conference with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Axios reports. Together, they presented a united opposition against tech companies pushing AI and robotics into labor, renewing Sanders’ call for a pause on AI development until there are ample safety nets in place to catch workers whom labor leaders fear will be displaced. “We are here to sound the alarms on AI,” president of stories AFL-CIO Liz Shuler said at the press conference. “This race that everybody seems to think we’re in to advance AI at all costs — with no guardrails or protections for people — is reckless and dangerous.” The horse race for AI dominance between tech companies in the US has …

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s Onscreen Wedding Is Big Drama. These 8 Real-Life Unions Have Them Beat.

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson’s Onscreen Wedding Is Big Drama. These 8 Real-Life Unions Have Them Beat.

Published by Sam Flores

Any wedding involving one of the world’s richest men was bound to make news. But Bezos and Sánchez’s starry three-day celebration in Venice sparked major backlash among the Italian locals concerned for their floating home: Venice has sunk about 10 inches in the last century as water levels around it have also risen, and an influx of visitors, they worried, would exacerbate the situation. “Let’s make sure that Venice is not remembered as a postcard venue where Bezos had his wedding but as the city that did not bend to oligarchs,” protester Na Haby Stella Faye said at the time, according to The New York Times. “We have a chance to disrupt a $10 million wedding—let’s do it.” Reuters reported that security concerns stemming from the locals’ pre-wedding protests prompted the bride and groom to change their wedding-party venue. From June 26 to 28, the city was plastered with posters featuring Bezos’s head on a rocket and messages like this one: “In the time it takes to read this, Jeff Bezos’ wealth has increased more …

Gabrielle Union’s striking bikini photos at 53 have fans saying the same thing

Gabrielle Union’s striking bikini photos at 53 have fans saying the same thing

Published by Daniella Wilson

Gabrielle Union may have once described working out as “torture,” but judging by her latest bikini photos, that hasn’t stopped her from hitting the gym. The 53-year-old looked incredible during a recent family vacation, putting her sculpted physique on display in a strapless black two-piece that did little to hide her defined and toned muscles. The actress shared a carousel of photos on Instagram, several of which showed her sunning herself on a yacht in her tiny bikini. Another photo featured her posing for a mirror selfie in a brown two-piece with blue accents, and her rock-hard abs were hard to miss. Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: Gabrielle Union shares look inside home gym Other images included sweet snapshots with her husband, former NBA star Dwyane Wade, and with their friends and family. While many of her followers showed their appreciation by commenting with heart-eyes and flame emojis, others were blown away by her seemingly ageless appearance. © InstagramGabrielle looked sensational in her black bikini “All the pictures are absolutely beautiful.. @gabunion you look 21 …

Moms for Liberty and teachers unions are unlikely allies fighting tech in schools

Moms for Liberty and teachers unions are unlikely allies fighting tech in schools

Published by Sam Flores

Since Moms for Liberty launched in 2021, the conservative activist group has demonized teachers unions as an “education mafia” that parents “cannot trust,” blaming them for school closures in the pandemic and calling educators who offer children LGBTQ-themed books “groomers.” Moms for Liberty has said the unions are “radical,” “don’t care about kids” and “prioritize power over students.” But this year, Moms for Liberty is teaming up with some of its former adversaries after identifying a common cause: fighting back against education technology, or ed tech, in public schools. Across the country, Moms for Liberty chapters and other conservative parent groups are uniting with local teachers unions and liberal-leaning parents to push school districts and state lawmakers to limit the time children spend on screens in schools. In Iowa, the teachers union is backing a bill co-sponsored by a Republican lawmaker, who is also a Moms for Liberty chapter leader, that would restrict elementary students’ use of computers and let parents opt their children out of devices at school. “We don’t want to immediately tune …

Argentina’s Senate Convenes for Final Labor Reform Vote, as Unions and Opposition March in Protest

Argentina’s Senate Convenes for Final Labor Reform Vote, as Unions and Opposition March in Protest

Published by Sam Flores

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — A coalition of labor unions, opposition parties and left-wing organizations marched through downtown Buenos Aires on Friday, in protest of President Javier Milei’s sweeping labor overhaul to be debated in the Senate in the coming hours. The bill, which grants employers greater flexibility in matters of hiring, firing, severance and collective bargaining, has drawn fierce opposition from labor unions and their Peronist allies, who argue it would roll back measures that protect workers from abuse and Argentina’s notoriously frequent economic shocks. “It makes me incredibly angry. Passing a law is one thing, but implementing it is another,” said Ariel Somer, a 48-year-old railway worker protesting near Congress. “In Argentina, progress only happens when workers organize. We will find ways to resist.” Supported by allies of the ruling La Libertad Avanza party, the initiative’s approval would provide Milei with a major legislative victory. He could then showcase these profound economic reforms during his Sunday address at the opening of the ordinary sessions of Congress. The legislation won initial support from the Senate …

Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work

Trade Unions Alarmed by Robots Designed to Do Blue Collar Work

Published by José Betancourt

Photo by Tang Yanjun/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images When past generations imagined the best version of the future, it was one of leisure. Advertisements, cartoonists, and pulp novelists dared us to dream of a world where the spoils of industrial development were shared with all: robot butlers, transit by pneumatic tube, and more familiar tropes. These developments, it seemed, would make our lives more convenient, more secure, and — dare we say — more abundant. Now in 2026, it’s clear that even the most modest utopian fantasies have been stolen by the wealthy. The rich have luxurious self-driving cars while the rest of us suffer with crumbling public transit. The rich treat housing as an asset, while the rest of us navigate algorithms meant to maximize rent extraction. The rich have elite private schools, while the rest of us content ourselves to teacher shortages and glitchy AI tutors. Going forward, the disparity is likely to widen. Having established their giddy desire to automate white collar jobs, tech moguls are increasingly turning their attention toward …

Exposed: Teachers Unions Funneling Millions To Soros-Linked Groups, Far-Left Agendas

Exposed: Teachers Unions Funneling Millions To Soros-Linked Groups, Far-Left Agendas

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, New Labor Department filings reveal the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers’ union, has been channeling millions in taxpayer dollars to far-left political outfits, including Soros-backed networks and shadowy activist groups.  Instead of bolstering education, these funds are propping up anti-American causes, from anti-Israel protests to rigging electoral maps. The bombshell underscores the deep rot in union leadership, where public money meant for schools is weaponized against conservative values and national security.  New filings show Teachers Unions are funneling millions of taxpayer dollars to the Democrat Party 🚨 They are also sending our taxpayer money to George Soros, Dark Money groups, Far-Left organizations and money is being used to rig gerrymandering and for protests These are not… pic.twitter.com/5VC9750XoE — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) January 18, 2026 The filings, obtained by Fox News Digital, paint a damning picture of misdirected priorities. “The NEA’s last fiscal year report showed it sent $300,000 to the 1630 Fund, the liberal dark money group Fox News has been reporting on extensively, and in …