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date: 2026-09-05 09:02
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-09-05
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Saturday, 05 September 2026

- The average temperature today is 16.37˚C,
- With highs of 17.11˚C and lows of 15.75˚C,
- It may feel like 15.89˚C with broken clouds
- The wind speed is 3.09m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1023hPa and humidity is 70%
- The sun will rise at 05:26 and set at 18:48

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 128 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- Water the plants

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### Daily Doctrine

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> Think aptitude and attitude.
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### Fixture List

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- Crystal Palace U18 v Tottenham Hotspur U18
- Fulham U18 v Chelsea U18
- Stoke City U18 v Manchester City U18
- Manchester United U18 v Middlesbrough U18
- Lincoln City v Southampton
- Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers
- Stoke City v Charlton Athletic
- Knowle v Worcester City
- Peterborough United v Sheffield Wednesday
- Wigan Athletic v Stockport County
- Fleetwood Town v Shrewsbury Town
- Salford City v Port Vale
- Aldershot Town v FC Halifax Town
- Southend United v Yeovil Town
- Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth
- Chelsea Women v Aston Villa Women
- Canada Women U20 v England Women U20
- Boreham Wood v Carlisle United
- Hull City v Aston Villa
- Swansea City v Wrexham
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 139.77000427246094 
- ^FTSE : 10831.099609375 
- ^FTMC : 24584.69921875 

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### Just for fun

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> Miners are feeling the job industry, feels like they are stuck between a rock and a hard place and their bosses said they need to dig deeper to keep their jobs.
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### Top News

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- Final sprint before Saxony-Anhalt vote: AfD campaign family festival in Magdeburg (Euronews, [15 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/05/final-sprint-before-saxony-anhalt-vote-afd-campaign-family-festival-in-magdeburg))
- Boss of STIHL: Time for reforms – this is how we will safe prosperity and welfare state (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/05/boss-of-stihl-time-for-reforms-this-is-how-we-will-safe-prosperity-and-welfare-state))
- Berlin cyberattack: hackers leak highly sensitive data across dark web (Euronews, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/next/2026/09/05/berlin-cyberattack-hackers-leak-highly-sensitive-data-across-dark-web))
- At least two killed and 81 injured after explosions at Bolivian army base (Euronews, [2 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/05/at-least-two-killed-and-81-injured-after-explosions-at-bolivian-army-base))
- BepiColombo sheds its ride and starts the final glide to Mercury (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/09/05/bepicolombo-sheds-its-ride-and-starts-the-final-glide-to-mercury/5294601))
- Medieval manuscripts made from animal skin reveal ancient history of deadly sheep virus (Euronews, [2 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/09/05/medieval-manuscripts-made-from-animal-skin-reveal-ancient-history-of-deadly-sheep-virus))
- US peace envoys Witkoff and Kushner to visit Kyiv and Moscow with plan to 'end the war' (Euronews, [2 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/05/us-peace-envoys-witkoff-and-kushner-to-visit-kyiv-and-moscow-with-plan-to-end-war))
- France's literary season: a uniquely French phenomenon? (Euronews, [3 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/09/05/frances-literary-season-a-uniquely-french-phenomenon))
- Could an EU custodian break the long deadlock on the Russian assets? (Euronews, [3 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/05/could-an-eu-custodian-break-the-long-deadlock-on-the-russian-assets))
- France: pumpkin seeds recalled after more than 80 salmonella cases (Euronews, [3 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/health/2026/09/05/france-pumpkin-seeds-recalled-after-more-than-80-salmonella-cases))
- ‘Wonderfully Swiss, slightly mad’: This IT guy swims to work while cleaning Zürich’s waterways (Euronews, [3 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/05/wonderfully-swiss-slightly-mad-this-it-guy-swims-to-work-while-cleaning-zurichs-waterways))
- Jefferies fund caught with $500mn exposure to second alleged invoice fraud (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6bde3e74-9a7c-4528-9b9c-42a14eec0414?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The other side of the 1990s (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/845a0760-cf73-4e06-b378-233123361a50?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The gloves are starting to come off in markets (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d3f7a1a1-7fc1-4349-a202-a6fee6ef4a5b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- How nationalists, theocrats and tech titans turned their backs on the future (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/bd134250-00d8-4bfd-bf4b-d32479ac0fed))
- US Republicans revolt against Flock AI surveillance as tech backlash intensifies (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b207536e-6def-4080-878f-d0eba61d11e0?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- EU counterterror envoy urges pressure on social platforms over youth extremism (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/18900164-fa33-4d6d-a39e-6898043cd62f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- AI boom reverses the trend of ever-cheaper electronics (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ea9a9dcc-b1df-49b0-b80c-f320161b9efa))
- How should Chelsea line up against defending champions Arsenal? (WAGNH, [11 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/171919/how-should-chelsea-line-up-against-defending-champions-arsenal))
- Anthropic lays groundwork for bots that shop for you (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/04/anthropic-lays-groundwork-for-bots-that-shop-for-you/5294621))
- AMD's Threadripper Halo is a local-AI workstation for researchers with deep pockets (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/09/04/amds-threadripper-halo-is-a-local-ai-workstation-for-researchers-with-deep-pockets/5294616))
- Anthropic close to awarding Morgan Stanley and Goldman top roles in $2tn IPO (FT, [13 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/3c9d0a82-643b-44ef-96a0-74a00e3c72ba?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- ASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/04/ascii-smuggling-isnt-just-an-ai-security-risk/5294595))
- US economy smashes forecast with 162,000 jobs added in August (FT, [13 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a7ce8b2f-98f5-4e96-afa0-ccf4dceef8bd?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- John Ternus, Apple’s new ‘wicked calm’ CEO (FT, [16 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/7347b9fc-ba63-48fb-b06d-b9fe5e9b046a?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Chelsea FCW vs. Aston Villa WFC, Women’s Super League: Preview, team news, how to watch (WAGNH, [16 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-women/171904/chelsea-fcw-vs-aston-villa-wfc-womens-super-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch))
- Rogue OpenAI agents used dead German web site to communicate in May, months before Hugging Face incident (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/04/rogue-openai-agents-used-dead-german-web-site-to-communicate-in-may-months-before-hugging-face-incident/5294554))
- My Word. Microsoft's prepping Similarity Checker for retirement (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/09/04/my-word-microsofts-prepping-similarity-checker-for-retirement/5294550))
- Canonical shuttering some of its legacy chat channels (Register, [18 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/04/canonical-shuttering-some-of-its-legacy-chat-channels/5294524))
- Microsoft to bounce mail from outdated Exchange servers (Register, [19 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/09/04/microsoft-to-bounce-mail-from-outdated-exchange-servers/5294506))
- PostgreSQL 19 connects the dots with standardized graph queries (Register, [19 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/09/04/postgresql-19-connects-the-dots-with-standardized-graph-queries/5294500))
- JavaScript installer pnpm recast in Rust because ECMAScript can't keep up (Register, [20 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/04/javascript-installer-pnpm-recast-in-rust-because-ecmascript-cant-keep-up/5294394))

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### Word of the day

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 > cowhearted - adjective: Cowardly.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Stable Velocity. Sustainable Pace. - Mike Cottmeyer, Agile Author and Coach

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Are there sections? Consider transitions

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### Film Archive

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- Blitz (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2011
- Summary: A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 821, using [2, 8, 10, 50, 75, 100]
- Answer: 6 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( ( 100 + 75 ) x 10 - 8 ) / 2 - 50

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Leading Agile [URL](https://www.liminalarc.co/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/LeadingAgile)
- Binary Digit [URL](https://binarydigit.net/) [Feed](https://binarydigit.net/feed/)
- Terry Godier (blog) [URL](https://blog.terrygodier.com/) [Feed](https://blog.terrygodier.com/feed.xml)
- Ben Tasker [URL](https://www.bentasker.co.uk/) [Feed](https://www.bentasker.co.uk/rss.xml)
- Benjamin Parry [URL](https://benjamin.parry.is/) [Feed](https://benjamin.parry.is/writing/feed.xml)
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