Daily Rundown for 2026-05-02

Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…

On Saturday, 02 May 2026

  • The average temperature today is 7.4˚C,
  • With highs of 9.97˚C and lows of 6.96˚C,
  • It may feel like 7.4˚C with overcast clouds
  • The wind speed is 0.45m/s and visibility is 10000m
  • The pressure is 1017hPa and humidity is 93%
  • The sun will rise at 04:37 and set at 19:33

MI5 Status

  • The current threat level is SEVERE
  • It has been 1 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

Today’s tasks

  • Water the plants

Daily Doctrine

Know your users.

Fixture List

  • Birmingham City U18 v Chelsea U18
  • Manchester City U18 v Derby County U18
  • Tottenham Hotspur U18 v West Brom U18
  • Manchester United Women v Brighton & Hove Albion Women
  • Blackburn Rovers v Leicester City
  • Bristol City v Stoke City
  • Derby County v Sheffield United
  • Hull City v Norwich City
  • Ipswich Town v QPR
  • Millwall v Oxford United
  • Portsmouth v Birmingham City
  • Preston North End v Southampton
  • Sheffield Wednesday v West Brom
  • Swansea City v Charlton Athletic
  • Watford v Coventry City
  • Wrexham v Middlesbrough
  • Kidderminster Harriers v Macclesfield FC
  • Torquay United v Dorking Wanderers
  • Liverpool U18 v Middlesbrough U18
  • Newcastle United U18 v Manchester United U18
  • Lyon Women v Arsenal Women
  • AFC Wimbledon v Huddersfield Town
  • Barnsley v Stockport County
  • Bolton Wanderers v Luton Town
  • Exeter City v Bradford City
  • Leyton Orient v Burton Albion
  • Mansfield Town v Cardiff City
  • Northampton Town v Plymouth Argyle
  • Peterborough United v Doncaster Rovers
  • Port Vale v Lincoln City
  • Reading v Blackpool
  • Stevenage v Wigan Athletic
  • Wycombe Wanderers v Rotherham United
  • Barrow AFC v Newport County
  • Bromley v Walsall
  • Cheltenham Town v Colchester United
  • Crawley Town v Salford City
  • Crewe Alexandra v Cambridge United
  • Fleetwood Town v MK Dons
  • Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town
  • Harrogate Town v Barnet
  • Notts County v Bristol Rovers
  • Oldham Athletic v Accrington Stanley
  • Swindon Town v Chesterfield
  • Tranmere Rovers v Grimsby Town
  • Charlton Athletic Women v Birmingham City Women
  • Crystal Palace Women v Portsmouth Women
  • Ipswich Town Women v Sunderland AFC Women
  • Newcastle United Women v Durham Women
  • Nottingham Forest Women v Southampton Women
  • Sheffield United Women v Bristol City Women
  • South Shields v Buxton
  • Hornchurch v Weston Super Mare
  • Arsenal v Fulham

Stocks

  • VWRL.L : 130.41000366210938
  • ^FTSE : 10363.900390625
  • ^FTMC : 22531.599609375

Just for fun

I also applied to work for a design company for TV user interfaces. But I misunderstood when they said it was remote-first.

Top News

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Word of the day

square the circle - idiom: To accomplish what appears to be impossible, especially in satisfying conflicting requirements.

Quote of the Day

Change is scary, but complacency is deadly. - Dave Dame, Agile Leader

Oblique Strategies

Remove ambiguities and convert to specifics

Film Archive

  • Bubba Ho Tep (Rated: 3)
  • Released in 2002
  • Summary: When residents of their nursing home start dying of dubious causes, an aged Elvis and an African-American senior who claims to be President John F. Kennedy discover that the perpetrator is an Egyptian mummy with murderous intentions.

Countdown Numbers

  • Target: 809, using [1, 4, 4, 10, 25, 75]
  • Answer: 6 solutions.

  • Solution Solution: ( 75 + 25 ) x ( 4 + 4 ) + 10 - 1

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