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date: 2026-07-18 05:54
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-07-18
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Saturday, 18 July 2026

- The average temperature today is 14.77˚C,
- With highs of 15.54˚C and lows of 13.71˚C,
- It may feel like 14.47˚C with few clouds
- The wind speed is 0.45m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1020hPa and humidity is 83%
- The sun will rise at 04:10 and set at 20:18

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 78 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- No tasks today
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### Daily Doctrine

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> Design for constant evolution.
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### Fixture List

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- No Fixtures
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 134.77999877929688 
- ^FTSE : 10600.400390625 
- ^FTMC : 23604.80078125 

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### Just for fun

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> What do you call a female horse? Mary.
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### Top News

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- US forces strike Iran for seventh consecutive night (Euronews, [4 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/18/us-forces-strike-iran-for-seventh-consecutive-night))
- Why the EU’s so-called Chat Control law has privacy experts up in arms (Euronews, [23 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/18/why-the-eus-so-called-chat-control-law-has-privacy-experts-up-in-arms))
- Australia's new $69 million library becomes home to a copy of Shakespeare's First Folio (Euronews, [42 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/07/18/australias-new-69-million-library-becomes-home-to-a-copy-of-shakespeares-first-folio))
- Why has Austria become Europe's hottest AI market this year? (Euronews, [53 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/07/18/why-has-austria-become-europes-hottest-ai-market-this-year))
- Latest news bulletin  July 18th, 2026 – Morning (Euronews, [53 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/07/18/latest-news-bulletin-july-18th-2026-morning))
- Flying while pregnant? Here are your airport and airline rights you might not know about (Euronews, [53 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/07/18/flying-while-pregnant-here-are-your-airport-and-airline-rights-you-might-not-know-about))
- Asia AI bets power record equities run for Wall Street banks (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/2dc8d54c-89b7-4e57-bd43-084d9edf01a4?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Why your odyssey to see ‘The Odyssey’ matters (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/4e809577-0133-4eae-b897-082b2026270c?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- My journey down the rabbit hole at the Conspiracy World Cup (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6338b5eb-30d9-487f-978b-27af79d734b9?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Washington pushes EU to announce import rules rollback (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/580f2b36-1d00-40b8-a12a-cc7d7067a046?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The next crash: why this time might not be different (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/de2978b0-481c-4af5-9e77-9e34650fb20f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Trump threatens Canada with tariffs over ‘invasion’ of wildfire smoke (FT, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/fa4e24db-9324-47e2-8512-a581ca9c1aba?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of president’s posts (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e466df85-fa3b-4a7f-a4a1-ae04d66db99f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- US chip stocks notch up worst week in more than a year (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/79a15abd-5892-4f1c-b038-b09a1ceecabb?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- 'Make America Read Again': Venice protesters greet US ambassador with protest signs (Euronews, [10 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/17/make-america-read-again-venice-protesters-greet-us-ambassador-with-protest-signs))
- Latvia becomes Lukashenka's latest pressure point for the EU (Euronews, [10 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/17/latvia-becomes-lukashenkas-latest-pressure-point-for-the-eu))
- Apple surpasses Nvidia as world's most valuable company (Euronews, [10 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/07/17/apple-briefly-surpasses-nvidia-as-worlds-most-valuable-company))
- Macron and Merz agree to deepen defence ties and push for tougher stance on China (Euronews, [11 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/17/france-and-germany-deepen-defence-ties-and-push-for-tougher-stance-on-china))
- Mozilla speeds Firefox release schedule to biweekly (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/17/mozilla-speeds-firefox-release-schedule-to-biweekly/5274423))
- Microsoft cuts OneDrive support for older Windows 10 versions next month (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/17/microsoft-cuts-onedrive-support-for-older-windows-10-versions-next-month/5274489))
- Billing software error sends billion-dollar AWS estimates (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/07/17/billing-software-error-sends-billion-dollar-aws-estimates/5274521))
- AI spam filters are getting suckered by old-school text salting (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/17/ai-spam-filters-are-getting-suckered-by-old-school-text-salting/5274434))
- Ukraine’s rift over battlefield strategy breaks into the open (FT, [14 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a200e4d6-69b1-45a7-8777-3126dc4f194b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Torvalds challenged the haters to fork Linux. Someone said 'hold my beer' (Register, [15 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/17/torvalds-challenged-the-haters-to-fork-linux-someone-said-hold-my-beer/5274275))
- Microsoft gives admins Exchange Online breathing room (Register, [16 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/07/17/microsoft-gives-admins-exchange-online-breathing-room/5274346))
- Top EU court clips YouTube's intermediary defense over reviewed content (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/07/17/top-eu-court-clips-youtubes-intermediary-defense-over-reviewed-content/5274299))
- Attackers target critical FortiSandbox flaws as CISA issues patch order (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/17/attackers-target-critical-fortisandbox-flaws-as-cisa-issues-patch-order/5274287))
- SpaceX Starship Flight Test 13 takes issue with the 'flight' bit (Register, [18 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/07/17/spacex-starship-flight-test-13-takes-issue-with-the-flight-bit/5274228))
- Europe's chip ambitions won't break dependence on US cloud and software, says Forrester (Register, [19 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/07/17/europes-chip-ambitions-wont-break-dependence-on-us-cloud-and-software-says-forrester/5274086))
- Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters (FT, [19 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/1b8c9d52-88a9-426b-ba47-f1811f859166?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The Daily Hilario: Friday (WAGNH, [22 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/170247/the-daily-hilario-july-17th))

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### Word of the day

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 > gamy - adjective: 1. Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game meat. 2. Having the flavor or odor of meat kept until slightly tainted. 3. Ill-smelling; rank. 4. Sordid, seamy, corrupt, or disreputable. 5. Suggestive or racy. 6. Plucky or spirited.

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### Quote of the Day

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

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Consult other sources
-promising
-unpromising

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### Film Archive

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- Body Cam (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2020
- Summary: When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind...
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 320, using [1, 1, 9, 10, 50, 100]
- Answer: 11 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 100 + 50 + 10 ) x ( 1 + 1 )

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Andrew Nesbitt [URL](https://nesbitt.io/) [Feed](https://nesbitt.io/feed.xml)
- Tim Nahumck [URL](https://nahumck.me/) [Feed](https://nahumck.me/feed.xml)
- Simon BS [URL](https://simonbs.dev/) [Feed](http://simonbs.dev/feed.rss)
- Harry Cresswell [URL](https://harrycresswell.com/writing/) [Feed](https://harrycresswell.com/writing/feed.xml)
- Sara Soueidan [URL](https://www.sarasoueidan.com/) [Feed](https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/index.xml)
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