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date: 2026-08-21 05:22
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-08-21
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Friday, 21 August 2026

- The average temperature today is 11.06˚C,
- With highs of 12.01˚C and lows of 10.39˚C,
- It may feel like 10.68˚C with scattered clouds
- The wind speed is 0.45m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1012hPa and humidity is 94%
- The sun will rise at 05:02 and set at 19:21

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 112 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- Farmers Market in town

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### Daily Doctrine

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> Seek the best.
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### Fixture List

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- AFC Bournemouth U21 v Chelsea U21
- Everton U21 v Liverpool U21
- Arsenal v Coventry City
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 137.4600067138672 
- ^FTSE : 10748.2001953125 
- ^FTMC : 24508.69921875 

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### Just for fun

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> I am going to start looking for jobs with yoghurt companies as I hear they have a great culture.
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### Top News

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- No nicotine-containing products are safe for your heart (Euronews, [5 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/08/21/no-nicotine-containing-products-are-safe-for-your-heart))
- Australia charges man over trying to inform Russia of Ukrainian military activities (Euronews, [14 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/australia-charges-man-over-trying-to-inform-russia-of-ukrainian-military-activities))
- Can’t sleep on planes? Try this newly opened Malaysian hotel with suites inside two Boeing 747s (Euronews, [18 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/08/21/cant-sleep-on-planes-try-this-newly-opened-malaysian-hotel-with-suites-inside-two-boeing-7))
- Heatwaves and wildfires: Which EU countries have the most firefighters? (Euronews, [21 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/21/heatwaves-and-wildfires-which-eu-countries-have-the-most-firefighters))
- Latest news bulletin  August 21st, 2026 – Morning (Euronews, [21 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/08/21/latest-news-bulletin-august-21st-2026-morning))
- Germans could save over €12,000 by ditching gas boiler for solar, battery and heat pump – analysis (Euronews, [21 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/21/germans-could-save-over-12000-by-ditching-gas-boiler-for-solar-battery-and-heat-pump-analy))
- Europe’s hollowed-out armies: The race to find 100,000 soldiers (Euronews, [22 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/europes-hollowed-out-armies-the-race-to-find-100000-soldiers))
- Japanese inflation rises as BoJ weighs rate rise (FT, [27 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/4e128c45-b84c-4fc3-98bf-c5033c201ea6?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Scott Bessent takes on bond vigilantes in $32tn Treasury market (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f01ff762-3e68-4bac-bb73-6f35a6bf2771?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/4b7b8d3f-5625-4dba-ad90-66192c101956?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The battle over golf’s future (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d286cb7f-c63e-42a6-86db-d0a9ad0f296a?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Ukraine seeks Musk’s help to hit Russian missile launchers (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ff536e6e-dc56-45e3-b5e0-2dfb28148cb6?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- HSBC spends $68mn on biggest cull of senior bankers since financial crisis (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d8bc75ee-77c6-4810-967c-0c2cff69bf7a?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Swiss village lives in the shadow of an unstable mountain (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/swiss-village-lives-in-the-shadow-of-an-unstable-mountain))
- North Korea’s economy enjoys rare ‘dash for flash’ (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/182f8161-b1a8-43f7-8918-f78f34e03cab))
- Shanghai’s answer to Nasdaq outstrips Hong Kong amid Chinese tech frenzy (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/83500ff8-31df-4031-9edd-8b3de5aff3e3?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- What is Bessent doing with the $32tn Treasury market — and will it work? (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/14b25583-c64d-4a97-9f6d-359908638e28?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Go updates may delight diehard gophers but displease AI overlords (Register, [8 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/08/20/go-updates-may-delight-diehard-gophers-but-displease-ai-overlords/5290643))
- OpenAI chases Anthropic's biz customers with zero data retention pledge (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/20/openai-chases-anthropics-biz-customers-with-zero-data-retention-pledge/5290609))
- Waymo has designed a robocar chip to stay ahead of Tesla (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/edge-and-iot/2026/08/20/waymo-has-designed-a-robocar-chip-to-stay-ahead-of-tesla/5290592))
- Finland suspects Russian aircraft of violating its airspace, defence ministry says (Euronews, [9 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/finland-suspects-russian-plane-of-violating-its-airspace-defence-ministry-says))
- Emergency crews struggle to bring wildfire burning for weeks in Serbia under control (Euronews, [9 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/emergency-crews-struggle-to-bring-wildfire-burning-for-weeks-in-serbia-under-control))
- Training Gallery: Close to the start (CFC, [10 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/training-gallery-close-to-the-start))
- Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Everton in £40-50m ‘race’ for Liam Delap — report (WAGNH, [11 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/171191/leeds-united-nottingham-forest-everton-in-the-40-50m-race-for-liam-delap-report))
- US Bank investigates LockBit's claims as ransomware crims set pay-or-leak deadline (Register, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/20/us-bank-investigates-lockbits-claims-as-ransomware-crims-set-pay-or-leak-deadline/5290560))
- Microsoft gives Task Manager another task: Watching AI workloads (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/20/microsoft-gives-task-manager-another-task-watching-ai-workloads/5290448))
- US claims 15 of the world's top 20 hyperscale datacenter locations (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/08/20/us-claims-15-of-the-worlds-top-20-hyperscale-datacenter-locations/5290436))
- Researcher tricks Apple’s Find My into sharing location data with Linux (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/20/researcher-tricks-apples-find-my-into-sharing-location-data-with-linux/5290496))
- Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/08/20/slack-code-taps-into-collective-vibe-puts-ai-agents-into-the-group-chat/5290413))
- Premier League ticket news: Hull at home (CFC, [14 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/premier-league-ticket-news-hull-at-home))
- Thunderbird to flap twice as fast from September (Register, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/20/thunderbird-to-flap-twice-as-fast-from-september/5290393))
- Ransomware crook poses as recovery firm to steal payments from fellow extortionists (Register, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/08/20/ransomware-crook-poses-as-recovery-firm-to-steal-payments-from-fellow-extortionists/5290344))
- Xabi Alonso delivers the latest Chelsea team news ahead of Fulham (CFC, [16 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/xabi-alonso-delivers-the-latest-chelsea-team-news-ahead-of-fulham))
- The Daily Hilario: Thursday (WAGNH, [22 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/171171/the-daily-hilario-august-20th))
- Chelsea confirm 2025-26 squad numbers, including a cursed choice by João Pedro (WAGNH, [22 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc/171181/chelsea-confirm-2025-26-squad-numbers-including-a-cursed-choice-by-joao-pedro))

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### Word of the day

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 > gangway - noun: A passageway, especially a narrow or temporary walkway, such as a gangplank, a jet bridge, or an aisle between rows of seats. interjection: Used to tell people to clear the way.

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### Quote of the Day

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> After you plant a seed in the ground, you do not dig it up every week to see how it is doing. - William Coyne

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Fill every beat with something

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### Film Archive

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- Bad Boys Ii (Rated: 6)
- Released in 2003
- Summary: Miami narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 845, using [3, 4, 8, 9, 25, 100]
- Answer: 15 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( ( 25 + 9 ) x 100 - 8 ) / 4 - 3

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Adam Caudill [URL](https://adamcaudill.com/blog/) [Feed](https://adamcaudill.com/blog/index.xml)
- Robin Rendle [URL](https://robinrendle.com/) [Feed](https://robinrendle.com/feed.xml)
- Andy Bell [URL](https://bell.bz/) [Feed](https://bell.bz/feed.xml)
- Caroline Crampton [URL](https://www.carolinecrampton.com/) [Feed](https://www.carolinecrampton.com/tag/blog/rss/)
- Leading Agile [URL](https://www.liminalarc.co/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/LeadingAgile)
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