Seawater and Fact-Checking in Post-Truth world

Seawater culture from Aberystwyth on slide, 400x magnification. Brightfield.

Photos of Aberystwyth seawater culture and where to check facts for Brexit and Trump claims.

Leisurely Sunday. I spent a couple of hours trying to photograph the growth of my Aberystwyth seawater culture on a slide, this time trying phase contrast. The subject was still challenging, even at 1000x magnification, because most of the growth was of very small single celled algae and bacteria. J designed a lovely 'Thank You' design to use on cards after Christmas, coming down on the side of simplicity with a personal touch.

Aberystwyth seawater culture on slide, 100x mag. Phase A contrast

Chancellor Philip Hammond interviewed by Die Welt, second level headline in their site, major news item on BBC. Then it was Trumped by Michael Gove interview on behalf of The Times with The Donald, where Brexit decision was praised and new trade deal with UK promised speedily (presumably once we are out of the EU). With PM Theresa due to give her more detailed plans an airing on Tuesday, the Pound has plummeted to 1.13 v the Euro and 1.2 v the US Dollar. Products coming into the UK are getting more expensive to buy.

The question came to mind, "Where can you find fact-checkers for political, economic and other claims?

There is an excellent reference resource giving fact checking sites and organisations around the world, the Duke Reporters Lab - see http://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/#. I regularly use the BBC Reality Check, and now have added Full Fact (https://fullfact.org/). Will also check the other UK sites out and perhaps one or two of the USA. If I have time, I also go to the publicly available statistics sites, but you do need to dig sometimes.