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date: 2026-09-22 09:55
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-09-22
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Tuesday, 22 September 2026

- The average temperature today is 19.02˚C,
- With highs of 20.1˚C and lows of 18.25˚C,
- It may feel like 19.17˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 1.54m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1030hPa and humidity is 84%
- The sun will rise at 05:54 and set at 18:08

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 145 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- Recycling Waste Collection Day
- Food Waste Collection Day

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### Daily Doctrine

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> Set exceptional standards.
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### Fixture List

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- Bayern Munich Women v Manchester City Women
- Accrington Stanley v Sunderland U21
- Barnsley v Leeds United U21
- Burton Albion v Nottingham Forest U21
- Cheltenham Town v Exeter City
- Chesterfield v Port Vale
- Crewe Alexandra v Aston Villa U21
- Gillingham v Cambridge United
- Leicester City v Fulham U21
- Luton Town v Ipswich Town U21
- MK Dons v Crawley Town
- Notts County v Grimsby Town
- Oldham Athletic v Fleetwood Town
- Peterborough United v Colchester United
- Plymouth Argyle v Crystal Palace U21
- Rochdale v Liverpool U21
- Salford City v Sheffield Wednesday
- Swindon Town v Newport County
- Tranmere Rovers v Shrewsbury Town
- Walsall v Stevenage
- Wigan Athletic v Blackpool
- York City v Rotherham United
- Bradford City v Newcastle United U21
- Bromley v Brentford U21
- Arsenal Women v HB Koge Women
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 140.97000122070312 
- ^FTSE : 10746.4599609375 
- ^FTMC : 24574.48046875 

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### Just for fun

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

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- EU seals Philippines trade deal in push to diversify away from China and US (Euronews, [1 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/22/eu-seals-philippines-trade-deal-in-push-to-diversify-away-from-china-and-us))
- Russia and Ukraine trade deadly strikes as Zelenskyy prepares to meet Trump at UN (Euronews, [10 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/22/russia-and-ukraine-trade-deadly-strikes-as-zelenskyy-prepares-to-meet-trump-at-un))
- What is ‘Trump TV’ - and how does Family Guy and 'Home Alone' come into it? (Euronews, [14 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/09/22/what-is-trump-tv-and-how-does-family-guy-and-home-alone-come-into-it))
- Czechia caps fuel margins and cuts diesel tax as prices soar (Euronews, [18 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/09/22/czechia-caps-fuel-margins-and-cuts-diesel-tax-as-prices-soar))
- ‘We are not your enemies’: UK’s Burnham to raise ‘Made in Europe’ concerns with von der Leyen (Euronews, [25 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/22/we-are-not-your-enemies-uks-burnham-to-raise-made-in-europe-concerns-with-von-der-leyen))
- Hungary and Ukraine clash over Zelenskyy's new regional forum (Euronews, [32 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/22/hungary-and-ukraine-clash-over-zelenskyys-new-regional-forum))
- Commodore's forgotten Amiga Unix gets a modern revival (Register, [40 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/22/commodores-forgotten-amiga-unix-gets-a-modern-revival/5297805))
- 'Made in Europe' battery rules could add €2,100 to electric car prices, report says (Euronews, [42 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/09/22/made-in-europe-battery-rules-could-add-2100-to-electric-car-prices-report-says))
- US satellite maker Planet Labs opens Berlin factory as military demand booms (FT, [55 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/dbbfd35f-8f1c-4de8-82a8-4ec19dcdf841?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- New Zealanders pick robin brought back from near-extinction as Bird of the Year (Euronews, [59 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/22/new-zealanders-pick-robin-brought-back-from-near-extinction-as-bird-of-the-year))
- Hundreds protest Google data centre planned for small Austrian town (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/09/22/hundreds-protest-google-data-centre-planned-for-small-austrian-town))
- France's president says talks with Trump on Red Sea and Ukraine were 'constructive' (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/22/frances-president-says-talks-with-trump-on-red-sea-and-ukraine-were-constructive))
- GOV.UK founder warns AI gold rush could leave Britain locked in (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/09/22/govuk-founder-warns-ai-gold-rush-could-leave-britain-locked-in/5297828))
- Alibaba Cloud plans six-year stroll to 20GW of datacenters, reveals chip to power them (Register, [4 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/09/22/alibaba-cloud-plans-six-year-stroll-to-20gw-of-datacenters-reveals-chip-to-power-them/5298062))
- Putin’s ‘war heroes’ form new political elite in Russian parliament (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/db043fc4-c810-4834-bd6b-878d5960c630?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- What Xi wants from his summit with Trump (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/9bea08f4-c9e8-450a-9d0f-0af0bf47b64e?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Are we developing a distaste for effort? (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b30eb538-b5a3-4fb2-bae2-785273bfda1c?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Merz’s woes cast doubt over EU’s €2tn budget deal (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/3c494ae7-67b3-4ca1-a9e2-f3a8356bc0a4?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Germany’s economic recovery is under way if politics doesn’t spoil it (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b891fa54-b901-45fe-a78d-1161424c0da9?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- How the cost of Japan’s money shapes the world (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f11485ba-39fb-422c-b0ff-5e71e1fe4f44?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/60870960-f433-48ca-bc2c-708686a69ae7?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Gartner predicts 55 percent of enterprise VMware users will be investigating an exit by 2029 (Register, [7 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/09/22/gartner-predicts-55-percent-of-enterprise-vmware-users-will-be-investigating-an-exit-by-2029/5298043))
- OpenAI sued by Canadian province over role in mass shooting (FT, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/30d2f29b-e750-4a90-9e8d-b1a7f14e4908?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- California tightens datacenter rules on water and power (Register, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/22/california-tightens-datacenter-rules-on-water-and-power/5298028))
- Anthropic-linked CVEs pile up, attackers mostly shrug (Register, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/21/anthropic-linked-cves-pile-up-attackers-mostly-shrug/5298018))
- Perpetual underdog AMD nips at Nvidia's heels as it joins the $1T club (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/09/21/perpetual-underdog-amd-nips-at-nvidias-heels-as-it-joins-the-1t-club/5297998))
- Skip the upgrade? iPhone 18 Pro aperture about as unrepairable as it gets, iFixit finds (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/09/21/skip-the-upgrade-iphone-18-pro-aperture-about-as-unrepairable-as-it-gets-ifixit-finds/5297970))
- Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks (FT, [13 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/3848a4ad-1426-4352-ba86-ef1279c4ffd1?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware redirect dictation traffic (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/21/meta-muse-ai-app-flaw-lets-local-malware-redirect-dictation-traffic/5297980))
- Treasury chief says AI bosses, not their bots, will carry the can for criminal acts (Register, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/21/treasury-chief-says-ai-bosses-not-their-bots-will-carry-the-can-for-criminal-acts/5297965))

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### Word of the day

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 > misgiving - noun: A feeling of doubt or apprehension.

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### Quote of the Day

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> It is never about how you start, it is always about how you finish. - Dwayne Johnson, The Rock

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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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- Oblivion (Rated: 6)
- Released in 2013
- Summary: A stranger's arrival triggers one man's battle to save mankind.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 449, using [2, 2, 5, 6, 7, 75]
- Answer: 38 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 7 + 5 - 6 ) x 75 - 2 / 2

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Sam Ollason [URL](https://samollason.github.io/) [Feed](https://samollason.github.io/feed)
- Ana Rodrigues [URL](https://ohhelloana.blog/) [Feed](https://ohhelloana.blog/feed.xml)
- Herman [URL](https://herman.bearblog.dev/) [Feed](https://herman.bearblog.dev/feed/)
- Calum Ryan (bookmarks) [URL](https://www.calumryan.com/bookmarks) [Feed](https://www.calumryan.com/feeds/bookmarks/rss)
- Piccalilli (links) [URL](https://piccalil.li/) [Feed](https://piccalil.li/links.xml)
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