Daily Rundown for 2026-05-25

Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…

On Monday, 25 May 2026

  • The average temperature today is 20.55˚C,
  • With highs of 21.27˚C and lows of 20.54˚C,
  • It may feel like 20.54˚C with clear sky
  • The wind speed is 1.36m/s and visibility is 10000m
  • The pressure is 1030hPa and humidity is 72%
  • The sun will rise at 04:01 and set at 20:08

MI5 Status

  • The current threat level is SEVERE
  • It has been 25 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

Today’s tasks

  • Garden Waste Day

Daily Doctrine

Know your users.

Fixture List

  • No Fixtures

Stocks

  • VWRL.L : 135.7899932861328
  • ^FTSE : 10466.2998046875
  • ^FTMC : 23167.5

Just for fun

I was in a coffee shop the other evening and got chatting to the barista, who said she worked everyday from 5 to 9pm. Her name was Polly Darton.

Top News

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  • Singapore tells banks to speed up account openings for wealthy clients (£, 50 minutes ago)
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  • Trump says US will not ‘rush into a deal’ with Iran as talks continue (£, 1 hours ago)
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  • Trump urges negotiators not to rush potential deal with Iran as new details emerge (€, 2 hours ago)
  • The infantilism of an ‘ungovernable’ Britain (£, 2 hours ago)
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Word of the day

caudillo - noun: A leader, especially a military dictator.

Quote of the Day

Keep your roadmap simple and easy to understand. Capture what really matters; leave out the rest. - Roman Pichler, Agile Trainer and Author

Oblique Strategies

Overtly resist change

Film Archive

  • ARQ (Rated: 3)
  • Released in 2016
  • Summary: Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity.

Countdown Numbers

  • Target: 837, using [1, 2, 10, 25, 75, 100]
  • Answer: 6 solutions.

  • Solution Solution: ( 100 + 1 - 25 ) x ( 10 + 2 ) - 75

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