Long overdue or the end of civilization ?

The six am news broadcast leads with the story that 16 year olds will be allowed to vote in the next general election. A long segment follows in which various teenagers are interviewed. The majority of them seem 1) unexcited about the electoral changes and 2) undecided whether they will or will not vote. Various politicians then express their views. The politicians seem to think the change is long overdue or is the end of civilization as we know it.

This story on teenage voting is followed by an American gentleman who talks about President Trump suing Rupert Murdoch over a claim in the Wall Street Journal that someone sent someone else a 'bawdy' letter . The segment is so hedged around with legalese that it takes a while before the name Epstein is mentioned. The American gentleman concludes by saying that whoever succeeds President Trump will be more 'Christianist'. This is a word I'd not heard before. In fact I'm not sure it even exists but is a useful linguistic bookend to 'bawdy'.

The summer racing along. The sound of the bees on the wild thistles provides a low contented background noise to life out here on the coast. There seem to be more bees than there were last year but in terms of numbers I'd say it was more of a 'solid' year for them than a great year. The same cannot be said for the hares who, judging from their numbers, are enjoying a spirited renaissance.

The crows are frightened by the arrival of half a dozen fighter jets far out at sea. The jets trace vast circles in the sky and then race off in formation to the East. I'm guessing the Russians are busy again over the North Sea.

Strawberry tarts replace the fudge donuts in the bakers window.

Not a great photo but on our morning walk we pass hundreds and hundreds of small lines etched into the sand along the farm track. They start on the grass verge and extend at right angles as far as the grass strip that runs down the middle of the path. There they mysteriously stop.  We can only assume that an army of snails has been on the move.

Italian cool:https://ilmonasterocastelloaragoneseischia.com/it/

The mathematics of using a Dixie Cup twice :https://www.econlib.org/dixie-cups-cafe-standards-and-numeracy/

Obscure criminals :https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/pseudoscience-history/prince-quackery

An unusual golf job :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbRBpR7NR2M

What virtue is in short supply ? :https://nanransohoff.substack.com/p/what-virtue-is-undersupplied-today