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date: 2026-09-29 11:21
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-09-29
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Tuesday, 29 September 2026

- The average temperature today is 22.05˚C,
- With highs of 23.2˚C and lows of 21.03˚C,
- It may feel like 22.14˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 5.36m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1012hPa and humidity is 70%
- The sun will rise at 06:05 and set at 17:51

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 152 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- Refuse Waste Collection Day
- Food Waste Collection Day

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### Daily Doctrine

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> Do better with less.

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### Fixture List

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- Boreham Wood v Kidderminster Harriers
- AFC Fylde v Carlisle United
- Barrow AFC v Scunthorpe United
- FC Halifax Town v Boston United
- Forest Green Rovers v Wealdstone
- Gateshead v Altrincham
- Hartlepool United v Harrogate Town
- Hornchurch v Aldershot Town
- Woking v Solihull Moors
- Yeovil Town v Worthing
- Czech Republic v England

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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 140.74000549316406
- ^FTSE : 10730.48046875
- ^FTMC : 24451.44921875

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### Just for fun

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> The police came round the other day saying they had reports our pet dog had been chasing the local kids on roller skates, funny I said, our dog does not own any roller skates.

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### Top News

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- Healthcare campaigners turn up the heat on Palantir at Labour conference (Register, [15 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/09/29/healthcare-campaigners-turn-up-the-heat-on-palantir-at-labour-conference/5299724))
- US-Iran war adds €100bn to EU’s fuel bill (FT, [25 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f16439a7-5554-412a-ae34-b46459ce28a9?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- French students clash with police as blockades over conditions in schools intensify (Euronews, [27 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/french-students-clash-with-police-as-blockades-over-conditions-in-schools-intensify))
- ‘Climate change is very much related to travel costs,’ says tourism chief (Euronews, [36 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/09/29/climate-change-is-very-much-related-to-travel-costs-says-tourism-chief))
- Central Europe should be marketed as one destination, tourism leaders tell Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit (Euronews, [37 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/central-europe-should-be-marketed-as-one-destination-tourism-leaders-tell-euronews-travel-))
- Dutch police arrest 'security pro' in ShinyHunters probe (Register, [39 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/09/29/dutch-police-arrest-security-pro-in-shinyhunters-probe/5299715))
- Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit: US envoy says Global Entry for Belgians could come by end of 2026 (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/euronews-travel-tourism-summit-us-envoy-says-global-entry-for-belgians-could-come-by-end-o))
- Trump's AI rebrand sparks unexpected rush for Slovenian .si domains (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/trumps-ai-rebrand-sparks-unexpected-rush-for-slovenian-si-domains))
- Slovakia school attack leaves one dead and two injured, emergency workers say (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/slovakia-school-attack-leaves-one-dead-and-two-injured-emergency-workers-say))
- Latest news bulletin September 29th, 2026 – Midday (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/09/29/latest-news-bulletin-september-29th-2026-midday))
- Redmond to millions of Power BI users: You’re Fabric app devs now (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/09/29/redmond-to-millions-of-power-bi-users-youre-fabric-app-devs-now/5299552))
- Iran warns no regional oil is safe as IRGC touts new weapons (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/iran-warns-no-regional-oil-is-safe-as-irgc-touts-new-weapons))
- Anthropic IPO filing warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/anthropic-ipo-filing-warns-ai-may-pose-existential-risks-to-humanity))
- Stevie Wonder celebrates 50 years of 'Songs In The Key Of Life' with four unreleased songs (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/29/stevie-wonder-celebrates-50-years-of-songs-in-the-key-of-life-with-four-unreleased-songs))
- What eldritch horror lurks behind Heathrow's information screens? (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/29/what-eldritch-horror-lurks-behind-heathrows-information-screens/5299358))
- HMRC bets up to £2.4B on Salesforce for taxpayer CRM overhaul (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/09/29/hmrc-bets-up-to-24b-on-salesforce-for-taxpayer-crm-overhaul/5299389))
- Which copy of the file is the real one? (Register, [3 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/storage/2026/09/29/sponsored-which-copy-of-the-file-is-the-real-one/5299556))
- The Daily Hilario: Tuesday (WAGNH, [4 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/172619/the-daily-hilario-september-29th))
- Fresh CSS constructs move web design beyond ticky-tacky little boxes (Register, [4 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/29/fresh-css-constructs-move-web-design-beyond-ticky-tacky-little-boxes/5299614))
- Google ending ChromeOS support two years early (Register, [6 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/09/29/google-ending-chromeos-support-two-years-early/5299674))
- Nvidia turns to insurers to spread the risk of AI build-out (FT, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d6a9f5df-08d0-4f80-ad2d-5d8a17e2cc82?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Will desk workers be doomed by AI? (FT, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/4aad6056-761f-42df-ab65-683a15cf40dc?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Germany issues EU budget ultimatum (FT, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/3b829a46-3eae-4c20-94db-a79c38d0be4c?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- How gun violence became a cost of doing business (FT, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/5ad7c42c-b95d-47b8-8dfd-896c1deda1df?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Bond investors become oil traders as Iran war drives yields (FT, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f894f69a-9e2b-4c3f-bf5d-c5c4dc0e6197?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Can ‘brutal’ De Meo transform Gucci owner Kering? (FT, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/78bfdad6-cf74-44c0-a3ec-dd2825563b99?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Rubio says UK air base incident involved ‘foreign actor’ (FT, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/262f5234-3d66-4187-a844-b52c29cb0e9b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Roméo Lavia starts for Belgium against Maxence Lacroix and France (WAGNH, [8 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-international-duty/172622/romeo-lavia-starts-for-belgium-against-maxence-lacroix-and-france))
- Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus (FT, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/c7685a7e-7745-4cbc-8053-4958d0ea449b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- OpenAI’s dirty deeds Down Under included security bypass attempts, using exposed keys, source code siphon (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/29/openais-dirty-deeds-down-under-included-security-bypass-attempts-using-exposed-keys-source-code-siphon/5299666))
- OpenAI axes next model citing safety issues (FT, [10 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/488cb467-3cb7-4d06-9a5f-c0749c729d91?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- AMD bets $8.2B that worlds matter more than words in AI (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/28/amd-bets-82b-that-worlds-matter-more-than-words-in-ai/5299609))
- Analysis: How Chelsea turned the tide against Arsenal (CFC, [19 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/analysis-how-chelsea-turned-the-tide-against-arsenal))
- Katie McCabe on playing smart and 'riding the storms' against former club Arsenal (CFC, [22 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/katie-mccabe-on-playing-smart-and-riding-the-storms-against-former-club))

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### Word of the day

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> androgynous - adjective: 1. Having both masculine and feminine characteristics, or being neither distinctly masculine nor feminine. 2. Biology: Having both male and female sex characteristics.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize 'till you have tried to make it precise - Bertrand Russell

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Breathe more deeply

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### Film Archive

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- The First Purge (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2018
- Summary: America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 566, using [4, 4, 6, 6, 9, 10]
- Answer: 10 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 10 x 9 + 4 ) x 6 + 6 - 4

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Max Stoiber [URL](https://mxstbr.com/) [Feed](https://mxstbr.com/rss)
- Mike Cohn [URL](https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/) [Feed](http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/rss)
- Fun Retrospectives [URL](https://www.funretrospectives.com/) [Feed](http://www.funretrospectives.com/feed/)
- The Lang Cat [URL](https://thelangcat.co.uk/) [Feed](https://langcatfinancial.co.uk/feed/)
- Basic Apple Guy [URL](https://basicappleguy.com/) [Feed](https://www.basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog?format=rss)

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