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date: 2026-10-21 10:05
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-10-21
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Wednesday, 21 October 2026

- The average temperature today is 8.68˚C,
- With highs of 9.41˚C and lows of 8.15˚C,
- It may feel like 6.32˚C with moderate rain
- The wind speed is 4.12m/s and visibility is 4526m
- The pressure is 999hPa and humidity is 95%
- The sun will rise at 06:42 and set at 17:02

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 174 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- No tasks today
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### Daily Doctrine

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> Be humble.
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### Fixture List

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- Aston Villa U19 v Viking FK U19
- Como v Manchester United
- Liverpool Women v Manchester United Women
- Reading v Leyton Orient
- Aston Villa v VIking FK
- Bayern Munich v Arsenal
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 138.25 
- ^FTSE : 10739.0595703125 
- ^FTMC : 24388.990234375 

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### Just for fun

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> During this time at this eye wear manufacturing company I designed and documented a process for a new pair of glasses with little dots of gold in the frame. That is right, I wrote the spec about specs on some specs.
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### Top News

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- Restorers work to preserve frescoes in one of Pompeii’s grandest Roman houses (Euronews, [3 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/21/restorers-work-to-preserve-frescoes-in-one-of-pompeiis-grandest-roman-houses))
- The spec is the new code, so brush up on your prose, says Kaseya CTO (Register, [5 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/21/the-spec-is-the-new-code-so-brush-up-on-your-prose-says-kaseya-cto/5304002))
- Rockets, robots and risk: Musk’s $3.6tn gamble to merge Tesla and SpaceX (FT, [15 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e598bbc7-8211-436f-a57e-46c3ae21ac0f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- French government 10-year bond yield tops 5% for first time since 2002 (Euronews, [16 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/french-government-10-year-bond-yield-tops-5-for-first-time-since-2002))
- Former Hungarian central bank chief György Matolcsy detained in financial fraud probe (Euronews, [19 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/former-hungarian-central-bank-chief-gyorgy-matolcsy-detained-in-financial-fraud-probe))
- More Russians are settling in the EU with each year of war in Ukraine (Euronews, [41 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/more-russians-are-settling-in-the-eu-with-each-year-of-war-in-ukraine))
- Hansel and Gretel in the mountains: parents abandon sons in Germany (Euronews, [41 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/hansel-and-gretel-in-the-mountains-parents-abandon-sons-in-germany))
- Happiness is the next AI KPI if Oxford boffins have their way (Register, [50 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/21/happiness-is-the-next-ai-kpi-if-oxford-boffins-have-their-way/5304253))
- France’s borrowing costs hit 5% for first time since 2002 (FT, [58 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/76f076e4-9db2-4971-8ac9-73d9f39e4876?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- UK inflation jumps more than expected fuelling rate hike expectations (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/uk-inflation-jumps-more-than-expected-fuelling-rate-hike-expectations))
- ‘A house cannot be a privilege’: Thousands rally in Lisbon over housing crisis (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/21/a-house-cannot-be-a-privilege-thousands-rally-in-lisbon-over-housing-crisis))
- A stunning Alpine retreat will open at the foot of the Dolomites this winter (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/a-stunning-alpine-retreat-will-open-at-the-foot-of-the-dolomites-this-winter))
- Italy deploys 500 troops to Milan under new security decree following violent clashes (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/italy-deploys-500-troops-to-milan-under-new-security-decree-following-violent-clashes))
- MPs urge UK government to play venture capitalist with taxpayer-funded tech (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/21/mps-urge-uk-government-to-play-venture-capitalist-with-taxpayer-funded-tech/5304212))
- New Beatles attraction ‘to rival Graceland' coming to Liverpool in 2028 (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/21/new-beatles-attraction-to-rival-graceland-coming-to-liverpool-in-2028))
- The Daily Hilario: Wednesday (WAGNH, [3 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/173270/the-daily-hilario-october-21st))
- Australian data centre group falls 44% on profit warning (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/023caf76-40df-485d-8a28-0ff62aa7ec6f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Mike Penders becomes Chelsea’s youngest ever Premier League goalkeeper; now set to beat Petr Čech’s record (WAGNH, [5 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc/173273/mike-penders-becomes-chelseas-youngest-ever-premier-league-goalkeeper-now-set-to-beat-petr-cechs-record))
- To replace Starlink, Europe will have to reawaken its animal spirits (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/dcf3d157-de7d-4b3a-ab6a-115558d6a47b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Britain cannot build its future by returning to the 1970s (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/8c0ea73d-dc44-455a-b319-148c09f68e0a?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Netanyahu made plans to restart Iran strikes earlier this month (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/eb4d1101-45ed-4d03-9beb-42f7c87a58ea))
- Nervous ISPs replace Chrome as strange consumers of DNS resources (Register, [6 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/10/21/nervous-isps-replace-chrome-as-strange-consumers-of-dns-resources/5304344))
- China’s nightmare: becoming the next Japan (FT, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/512ef255-89c2-4128-becc-914885c3a2a5?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- OpenAI ‘agents’ disabled their own monitoring systems (FT, [8 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/45fbf130-f82c-465d-bc97-5b18c20fbe27?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4’ (Register, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/20/indian-certification-authority-emudhras-private-keys-compromised-one-of-them-was-the-number-4/5304312))
- Auto tech startup claims it traced hack attempt back to rival's IP address (Register, [12 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/20/auto-tech-startup-claims-it-traced-hack-attempt-back-to-rivals-ip-address/5304281))
- Tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs sit idle in Meta's Prometheus supercluster, just waiting for a failure (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/20/tens-of-thousands-of-nvidia-gpus-sit-idle-in-metas-prometheus-supercluster-just-waiting-for-a-failure/5304269))
- UAE official emerges as late contender to lead UN (FT, [15 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/765cb887-05da-4971-9f28-bcf5430f09ac?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Who are the Black Bloc? (FT, [15 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f97755f2-8b07-47bf-9c14-7963a701c9c3?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Palo Alto's firewall OS has been under attack from multiple ransomware groups since June (Register, [16 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/20/palo-altos-firewall-os-has-been-under-attack-from-multiple-ransomware-groups-since-june/5304226))
- Swamped curl maintainers take low-level flaws public to survive vulnerability 'avalanche' (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/20/swamped-curl-maintainers-take-low-level-flaws-public-to-survive-vulnerability-avalanche/5304198))
- OneDrive loses bunch of Copilot shortcuts in File Explorer clear-out (Register, [18 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/20/onedrive-loses-bunch-of-copilot-shortcuts-in-file-explorer-clear-out/5304149))

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### Word of the day

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 > zazzy - adjective: Flashy, colorful, or stylish.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. - Bjarne Stroustrup, Computer Scientist

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Use "unqualified" people

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### Film Archive

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- Wrath Of The Titans (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2012
- Summary: Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 787, using [2, 2, 8, 10, 25, 75]
- Answer: 7 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 10 x 2 + 75 ) x 8 + 25 + 2

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Bateman Horne Center [URL](https://batemanhornecenter.org/) [Feed](https://batemanhornecenter.org/feed/)
- Daring Fireball [URL](https://daringfireball.net/) [Feed](http://daringfireball.net/index.xml)
- Dave Rupert [URL](https://daverupert.com/) [Feed](https://daverupert.com/atom.xml)
- Evan Travers [URL](http://evantravers.com/) [Feed](http://evantravers.com/feed.xml)
- Jeff Gothelf [URL](https://jeffgothelf.com/) [Feed](https://jeffgothelf.com/feed/)
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