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date: 2026-10-12 13:07
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-10-12
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Monday, 12 October 2026

- The average temperature today is 18.02˚C,
- With highs of 18.61˚C and lows of 17.65˚C,
- It may feel like 18.23˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 6.17m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1010hPa and humidity is 90%
- The sun will rise at 06:27 and set at 17:22

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 165 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- Garden Waste Day

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### Daily Doctrine

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> Exploit the landscape.

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### Fixture List

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- Coventry City v Newcastle United

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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 141.60000610351562
- ^FTSE : 10631.58984375
- ^FTMC : 24282.279296875

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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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- Gijs de Best urges shared enforcement to curb illicit trade (Euronews, [6 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/gijs-de-best-urges-shared-enforcement-to-curb-illicit-trade))
- Started planning summer 2027 holidays? Ryanair and easyJet announce 47 new flight routes (Euronews, [6 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/started-planning-summer-2027-holidays-ryanair-and-easyjet-announce-47-new-flight-routes))
- Agios Efstratios: the first Greek island to get all its electricity from renewables (Euronews, [7 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/agios-efstratios-the-first-greek-island-to-get-all-its-electricity-from-renewables))
- UCLA settles Oracle ERP dispute with $3.1M in credits and $1.31M wiped off the bill (Register, [9 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/saas/2026/10/12/ucla-settles-oracle-erp-dispute-with-31m-in-credits-and-131m-wiped-off-the-bill/5302520))
- Ukraine passes minority rights law, paving way for breakthrough in EU accession talks (Euronews, [24 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/ukraine-passes-minority-rights-law-paving-way-for-breakthrough-in-eu-accession-talks))
- German firms outline new infrastructure and green energy plans in Baku (Euronews, [26 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/german-firms-outline-new-infrastructure-and-green-energy-plans-in-baku))
- Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Copilot edition (Register, [26 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/10/12/microsoft-giveth-and-microsoft-taketh-away-copilot-edition/5302542))
- Did Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres cause Russian bot activity to plummet? (Euronews, [36 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/did-ukrainian-strikes-on-yandex-data-centres-cause-russian-bot-activity-to-plummet))
- UAE calls for stronger Gulf defence as allies back Saudi Arabia after Riyadh airport attacks (Euronews, [47 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/uae-calls-for-stronger-gulf-defence-as-allies-back-saudi-arabia-after-riyadh-airport-attac))
- Video shows major fire ravaging 400-year-old Paris food market (Euronews, [47 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/12/video-shows-major-fire-ravaging-400-year-old-paris-food-market))
- London cabbies want Sadiq Khan to slam the brakes on robotaxis (Register, [54 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/12/london-cabbies-want-sadiq-khan-to-slam-the-brakes-on-robotaxis/5302595))
- What we know about Pope Leo XIV's upcoming operation to remove lung nodule (Euronews, [56 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/what-we-know-about-pope-leo-xivs-upcoming-operation-to-remove-lung-nodule))
- What to know about Pope Leo XIV's upcoming lung surgery (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/12/what-to-know-about-pope-leo-xivs-upcoming-lung-surgery))
- Pigeon-powered internet packet goes under the hammer at Christie's (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/12/pigeon-powered-internet-packet-goes-under-the-hammer-at-christies/5302526))
- Diesel prices slip after Trump claims ‘energy ceasefire’ in Ukraine war (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a663781e-2709-41f2-99df-4fb5a6162e6b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Putin is breaching Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’, Zelenskyy says (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/863619b6-c4a7-4b1a-8a53-6950d47d1833?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Imagine there's no Shiny Hunters – AI could make human hacking crews obsolete (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/12/imagine-theres-no-shiny-hunters-ai-could-make-human-hacking-crews-obsolete/5302430))
- When you just need to build a tiny desktop app: TinyJS (Register, [3 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/12/when-you-just-need-to-build-a-tiny-desktop-app-tinyjs/5302502))
- Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f4463a28-832d-4a2d-acc5-d83e258610cb?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Celebrating the brilliant pragmatism of TCP/IP, the wiring of the world (Register, [4 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/12/celebrating-the-brilliant-pragmatism-of-tcp/ip-the-wiring-of-the-world/5302202))
- Riyadh defiant as Houthis launch new missile strikes on Saudi Arabia (FT, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ad0b6e93-708c-46c6-a1f2-e6248c934faf?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Raspberry Pi Desktop catches up with Debian 13 after 4-year wait (Register, [4 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/12/raspberry-pi-desktop-catches-up-with-debian-13-after-4-year-wait/5301693))
- The Daily Hilario: Monday Morning Quarterback (WAGNH, [5 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/172969/the-daily-hilario-monday-morning-quarterback))
- To save paper, mainframe tech ruined a week of work (Register, [5 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/12/to-save-paper-mainframe-tech-ruined-a-week-of-work/5301546))
- Chelsea 5-1 AFC Bournemouth, Player Ratings: Two beauties (WAGNH, [6 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/172963/chelsea-5-1-afc-bournemouth-player-ratings-two-beauties))
- Trump’s midterm peril (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/62bab2c8-d4e2-4ec2-a911-80439f61f238?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Wall Street’s record-breaking trading streak set to cool (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/50bb9758-abf7-43a4-bd8b-0c1e5895b4c2?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- There is a smarter way to tax the rich (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e6c9d380-7108-405a-8393-5240771809fe))
- ‘Worrying omens’ stalk global economy despite resilient growth (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e0457dd5-8e75-4803-8ce8-6651157d2229?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The huge lurking leverage of AI hyperscalers (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/17a207f4-1563-48af-91e3-14bac89ab4b8?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Trump faces Republican opposition to his diesel deal with Russia’s Putin (FT, [15 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/debf0be6-d5aa-4ba7-bb66-7daf770d99ff?syn-25a6b1a6=1))

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### Word of the day

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> venust - adjective: Beautiful, graceful, or elegant.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Make a sudden, destructive, unpredictable action; incorporate

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### Film Archive

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- Teaching Mrs Tingle (Rated: 3)
- Released in 1999
- Summary: The story of a girl who is willing to do anything to become Valedictorian, even if it means murdering the teacher that stands in her way.

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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 954, using [4, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100]
- Answer: 11 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 100 - ( 50 - 25 ) / 5 ) x 10 + 4

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Rob Weychert [URL](https://v7.robweychert.com/) [Feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/robweychert)
- Brennan Brown [URL](https://brennan.day/) [Feed](https://brennan.day/feed.xml)
- WAGNH [URL](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/) [Feed](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/rss/index.xml)
- MacSparky [URL](https://www.macsparky.com/) [Feed](http://www.macsparky.com/blog/rss.xml)
- MacStories [URL](https://www.macstories.net/) [Feed](https://www.macstories.net/feed/)

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