Jamaica’s JamCOVID app and website were taken offline late on Thursday following a third security lapse, which exposed quarantine orders on more than half a million travelers to the island. From a report: JamCOVID was set up last year to help the government process travelers arriving on the island. Quarantine orders are issued by the Jamaican Ministry of Health and instruct…
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Weirdo ancient beetle looks like a scrub brush
Scientists recovered the insect from 100-million-year-old amber. Source: https://www.livescience.com/new-cylindrical-bark-beetle.html
Nazi wreck may hold looted treasures from Russian palace’s ‘Amber Room’
The wreck of a German steamship sunk at the end of World War II has been found by divers, — and the crates on board the submerged vessel could hold a prize treasure: the precious furnishings of the lost 18th century Amber Room, which German soldiers looted from a Russian royal palace. Source: https://www.livescience.com/amber-room-nazi-wreck-poland.html
Nazi shipwreck could contain Amber Room
A Polish diving team has discovered the final resting place of the missing WWII-era steamer ‘Karlsruhe’. The ship, which was last spotted at the forme… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339892/nazi-shipwreck-could-contain-amber-room…
Prehistoric sperm found trapped inside amber
Scientists have identified 100 million-year-old sperm cells perfectly preserved within fossilized tree resin. The cells, which are several times the s… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339564/prehistoric-sperm-found-trapped-inside-amber…
Prehistoric ‘hell ant’ found trapped in amber
An ancient species of ant has been found frozen in time while right in the middle of devouring another insect. Amber – which is essentially fossilized… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/338675/prehistoric-hell-ant-found-trapped-in-amber…
Scythelike jaws of Cretaceous ‘hell ant’ clutch a baby cockroach in an amber tomb
The death strike of a Cretaceous “hell ant” from 99 million years ago is preserved in amber, revealing how these demonic-looking ants hunted. Source: https://www.livescience.com/hell-ant-in-amber.html
The Gig Economy Is Failing. Say Hello to the Hustle Economy.
An anonymous reader shares a report: “We have nothing to sell besides physical touch.” The thought jarred Amber Briggle awake some nights. It kept her from eating in the first week of the Covid-19 shutdown when she lost six pounds fretting over the sudden collapse of the business she’d built up her “entire adult life.” For seven years, Briggle has owned…
Hummingbird-size dinosaur may actually be a lizard
A teensy “dinosaur” head found in amber might actually belong to an ancient lizard. Source: https://www.livescience.com/retraction-smallest-dinosaur.html
Woman Who Harassed Starbucks Barista Now Wants Half the Money He Raised
destinyland writes: Amber Lynn Gilles walked into a Starbucks without a mask, later complaining on Facebook about the server who’d asked her to wear one. (“Next time I will wait for cops and bring a medical exemption!”) She says she’s surprised by the attention “my little review” attracted. A GoFundMe campaign supporting the Starbucks barista who had to deal with her…