![]() People see a headline, make an assumption, and share, often before even reading a piece. The saying ‘a lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes’ has never been more resonant when people are so quick to leap on and share any hint of bias confirmation on social media. The shortening of the news cycle has also amped up the stakes hugely. So while fake news is a very real problem in and of itself, its use as a political football can be even more dangerous and confusing - especially when coverage of accusations of fake news gets a bigger reaction than ‘real’ news coverage. I find it almost impossible to remember a time before fake news, as it’s so ubiquitous now! I think it’s very telling that the people making the loudest accusations of fake news are also often the worst culprits of it. Holly Thomas, Freelance journalist for CNN It isn't though true to say the edges of the Moon significantly focus sunlight on to the Earth. At all other times the bright light of the Sun can permanently damage your eyes, and you should also *never* look at it through binoculars or a telescope without properly certified filters. Looking directly at the Sun is a *really bad idea*, except during the total phase of a total solar eclipse, when its brightest surface is completely blocked by the Moon. Sadly we're now influencing our own climate through CO2 emissions, and that's happening on a much shorter timescale. ![]() Fortunately the output of the Sun has only varied by a small amount over the whole of human history and prehistory, though in hundreds of millions of years it will be significantly brighter. Without the electromagnetic radiation it emits (reaching us in the form of radio waves, light, ultraviolet light and infrared light) we would live on a cold, dark world. ![]() "The Sun is certainly vital for advanced life on Earth. Today its power will be enough to blind you just by looking at the outer edges of it concentrated by the moon.ĭr Robert Massey, Deputy Executive Director, Royal Astronomical Society. A ball of fire millions of miles away that can vastly affect climate on the surface of the earth by traveling just thousands of miles. So.The power of the sun will never cease to amaze me. I’d never encourage bending the truth on a dating app, but even though these mysteries, thoughts, and weird truisms aren’t exactly your own, you’ll definitely find yourself ruminating over them during your next shower, anyway. Here are some shower thoughts you can borrow, many courtesy of Tumblr and r/ShowerThoughts on Reddit. Or - hear me out - you can just find a response that best fits your personality. If your shower thoughts tend to sound something more like, “I have so many emails I need to answer today,” or, “What am I doing this weekend?” or even just, “Oh no, I’m starting to run low on soap,” this might not be the best prompt for you. No pressure!Īnything can be a shower thought, really, but the best ones are forgotten factoids, technical truths, and questions that have you second-guessing everything you thought you knew. ![]() This means there might just be three quips, questions, or facts between you and your future lifelong partner, if you’re looking for one. In fact, according to a 2020 study from The Knot, around 12% of last year’s newlyweds who found each other online said they met on Hinge - a 9% increase from the previous year. Hinge has branded itself as the dating app designed to be deleted. A lot hinges (pun intended) on finding the perfect responses for Hinge’s “A Shower Thought I Recently Had” prompt.
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