#Tapping Tanden burns Bernie-ites and other commentary

#Tapping Tanden burns Bernie-ites and other commentary

“#Tapping Tanden burns Bernie-ites and other commentary” From the left: Tapping Tanden Burns Bernie-ites Neera Tanden, Joe Biden’s pick to run the Office of Management and Budget, “is famous for two things,” notes Matt Taibbi at his TK News site: “Having a puddle of DNC talking points in place of a cerebrum, and ­despising Bernie…

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#Salesforce buying workplace chat app Slack for .7 billion

#Salesforce buying workplace chat app Slack for $27.7 billion

“#Salesforce buying workplace chat app Slack for $27.7 billion” Cloud-computing giant Salesforce on Tuesday said it will acquire popular workplace messaging platform Slack for $27.7 billion. The cash-and-stock deal — one of the largest ever for a software company — will see Slack shareholders receive $26.79 in cash and 0.08 shares of Salesforce stock for…

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#Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis

#Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis

“#Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis” KATHMANDU – Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and hand it over to crematory workers – a scene unimaginable in the conservative country in recent years. Women touching a dead body is…

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#Endangered marmot avoids extinction on ski slopes

#Endangered marmot avoids extinction on ski slopes

“#Endangered marmot avoids extinction on ski slopes” Vancouver Island marmots are hitting the slopes in a race to save their species, which even wildlife conservationists call “unbearably cute.” The woodland rodent, a cousin of squirrels and groundhogs, can be found throughout North America, Europe and Asia, but the critically endangered Marmota vancouverensis, the largest of…

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