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date: 2026-04-23 08:49
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-04-23
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Thursday, 23 April 2026

- The average temperature today is 11.51˚C,
- With highs of 11.51˚C and lows of 11.51˚C,
- It may feel like 10.62˚C with few clouds
- The wind speed is 6.07m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1030hPa and humidity is 73%
- The sun will rise at 04:54 and set at 19:18

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SUBSTANTIAL</span>
- It has been 779 days since the last change (2024-03-05)

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### Today's tasks

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- No tasks today
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### Daily Doctrine

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> Focus on user needs.
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### Fixture List

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- Salford City v Bromley
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 129.1699981689453 
- ^FTSE : 10405.98046875 
- ^FTMC : 22773.810546875 

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### Just for fun

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> At school, during the creative classes, I was only good at drawing night time scenes featuring lots of curtains, blinds, and shadows, my tutor said I had really mastered the dark arts.
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### Top News
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- Two passenger trains collide in Denmark, leaving 17 injured (€, [just now](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/23/two-passenger-trains-collide-in-denmark-leaving-17-injured))
- Stale gov.uk pages are feeding AI overviews old data and Brits are believing it (®, [3 minutes ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/23/stale_govuk_pages_are_feeding/))
- France and UK renew landmark pact to curb English Channel crossings (€, [5 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/23/france-and-uk-renew-landmark-pact-to-curb-english-channel-crossings))
- Trump attacks against NATO allies 'painful', says former NATO chief (€, [6 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/23/trump-attacks-against-nato-allies-painful-says-former-nato-chief))
- Meryl Streep: ‘Would we have fashion without gay people?’ (€, [24 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/23/meryl-streep-would-we-have-fashion-without-gay-people))
- Two trains collide head-on in Denmark, leaving multiple injured (€, [26 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/04/23/two-trains-collide-head-on-in-denmark-leaving-multiple-injured))
- L’Oréal hails ‘lipstick effect’ as war drives sales of small beauty comforts (£, [26 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a1be76ce-3bcf-41d8-ba3f-06f4e938a294))
- 'Recovery could take years’: EU energy commissioner forecasts future energy pain (€, [30 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/23/recovery-could-take-years-eu-energy-commissioner-forecasts-future-energy-pain))
- Opinion: The courage to speak (€, [36 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/04/23/opinion-the-courage-to-speak))
- Latvian defence minister has 'no doubt' US would aid NATO allies if needed (€, [43 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/23/latvian-defence-minister-has-no-doubt-us-would-aid-nato-allies-if-needed))
- Pass the key, passwords have passed their sell-by date (®, [48 minutes ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/23/ncsc_passkey_tech_now_reliable/))
- UK public sector borrowing hit £12.6bn in March as Iran war strains finances (£, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6dfa7e3c-e2b7-476d-bbb6-b68672a04de0))
- Russian oil flow to Slovakia via Druzhba pipeline resumes (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/23/russian-oil-flow-to-slovakia-via-druzhba-pipeline-resumes))
- Italy under pressure over Kanye ‘Ye’ West gig after UK, France, Poland and Switzerland cancellations (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/23/italy-under-pressure-over-kanye-ye-west-gig-after-uk-france-poland-and-switzerland-cancell))
- The Daily Hilario: Thursday (♣, [1 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/168034/the-daily-hilario-april-23rd))
- Andonio Iraola, Marco Silva, Edin Terzić, others ‘under consideration’ for next Chelsea head coach — reports (♣, [1 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/168038/andonio-iraola-marco-silva-edin-terzic-others-under-consideration-for-next-chelsea-head-coach-reports))
- Escape from Hormuz: the oil tankers running the Iranian gauntlet (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/836ea939-c1a0-4943-8608-71dc3d4d838d))
- Sadiq Khan: Labour risks being ‘stonked’ in London elections (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/0de4e436-f67b-444a-bfb5-f50b85710deb))
- The secret diary of a middle power (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/cac5870b-5507-4130-b4fd-a1c60d0ed6f3))
- UK could save £2.5bn by helping banks to buy gilts, says Barclays (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e351c513-ef18-4fbe-8406-c297efbad8e2))
- Allegations about Mandelson and Epstein reported to National Crime Agency in 2024 (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/0d650019-7f2f-45bc-a93f-e100f99086b9))
- Business degrees are booming in the UK. Who is profiting? (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e199ae71-f4a2-4abd-9444-de47c456b7ae))
- Kubernetes explains the release that kills Ingress NGINX with Japanese poetry and art (®, [7 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/23/kubernetes_1_36_haru/))
- US navy secretary fired amid Iran blockade (£, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e2553227-d5d9-46dc-81c4-ca0066b13ad0))
- Another npm supply chain worm is tearing through dev environments (®, [10 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/another_npm_supply_chain_attack/))
- Anthropic's super-scary bug hunting model Mythos is shaping up to be a nothingburger (®, [11 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/anthropic_mythos_hype_nothingburger/))
- Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in football World Cup (£, [11 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/1ff3a3fd-8d46-4eb4-9b15-0b9183925c6f))
- SK Hynix’s aspirations for ’Merica-made HBM inch closer to reality (®, [12 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/sk_hynix_indiana/))
- OpenAI now lets you screenshot your privacy in the foot (®, [12 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/openai_chronicle_no_privacy_screenshot/))
- GitHub opts all CLI users into telemetry collection whether they want it or not (®, [14 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/github_opts_all_cli_users/))
- Estêvão to miss rest of season, World Cup with very serious hamstring injury — report (♣, [14 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/injury-news/168024/estevao-to-miss-rest-of-season-world-cup-with-very-serious-hamstring-strain-report))
- Linux may get a hall pass from one state age-check bill, but Congress plays hall monitor (®, [14 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/linux_us_state_age_verificaiton_laws/))
- Datacenter boom keeps dirty coal plants alive in the US (®, [15 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/us_nonprofits_datacenter_power_plants/))
- Official: Chelsea sack Liam Rosenior (♣, [16 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-news/168011/official-chelsea-sack-liam-rosenior))
- The Daily Hilario: Wednesday (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/167986/the-daily-hilario-april-22nd))
- Liam Rosenior admits he’s lost the dressing room at Chelsea (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/167998/liam-rosenior-admits-hes-lost-the-dressing-room-at-chelsea))
- Brighton &#038; Hove Albion 3-0 Chelsea, Premier League: Post-match reaction, ratings (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/167990/brighton-hove-albion-3-0-chelsea-premier-league-post-match-reaction-ratings))
- Brighton &#038; Hove Albion vs. Chelsea, Premier League: Lineups &#038; Game Thread (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/167979/brighton-hove-albion-vs-chelsea-premier-league-confirmed-lineups-how-to-watch))
- Chelsea fans’ preferred lineup against Brighton: Anybody but Garnacho (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/167974/chelsea-fans-preferred-lineup-against-brighton-anybody-but-garnacho))

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### Word of the day

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 > adamantine - adjective: 1. Unyielding; inflexibly firm. 2. Resembling adamant or diamond in hardness or luster.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Remember it is not the documentation that needs to be in sync, but the people. - George Dinwiddie, Agile Coach and Trainer

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Cut a vital connection

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### Film Archive

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- Thanksgiving (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2023
- Summary: After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
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### Countdown Numbers
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- Target: 869, using [3, 6, 7, 25, 50, 75]
- Answer: 9 solutions.

- <details><summary><code>Solution</code></summary>

  Solution: ( 75 + 7 + 3 - 50 ) x 25 - 6

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links
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- One Thing Well [URL](https://onethingwell.org/) [Feed](http://onethingwell.org/rss)
- Digital by Default [URL](https://digitalbydefault.com/) [Feed](https://digitalbydefault.com/feed/)
- Dan Q [URL](https://danq.me/) [Feed](https://danq.me/feed/)
- The Changelog [URL](https://changelog.com/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/thechangelog)
- Joel Hawksley [URL](https://hawksley.org/) [Feed](https://hawksley.org/feed.xml)
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