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date: 2026-10-22 10:08
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-10-22
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Thursday, 22 October 2026

- The average temperature today is 11.15˚C,
- With highs of 12.65˚C and lows of 10.53˚C,
- It may feel like 10.25˚C with few clouds
- The wind speed is 4.92m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1007hPa and humidity is 74%
- The sun will rise at 06:44 and set at 17:00

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 175 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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> Focus on user needs.
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### Fixture List

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- FK Jablonec v Brighton & Hove Albion
- Lech Poznan v Sunderland
- AFC Bournemouth v AC Milan
- Besiktas v Crystal Palace
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 137.0303955078125 
- ^FTSE : 10685.080078125 
- ^FTMC : 24193.490234375 

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### Just for fun

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> What do you call a man with dirty knees? - Neil.
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### Top News

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- IT department and auditors at major pharmacy chain got into a rip-roaring fight about using 'password' on Cisco firewall (Register, [8 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/it-department-and-auditors-at-major-pharmacy-chain-got-into-a-rip-roaring-fight-about-using-password-on-cisco-firewall/5304592))
- Prix Pascal: New French literature prize launched for books co-written with AI (Euronews, [15 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/prix-pascal-new-french-literature-prize-launched-for-books-co-written-with-ai))
- Refusing to cross, unable to escape: Seafarers recount Hormuz dangers to Euronews (Euronews, [23 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/refusing-to-cross-unable-to-escape-seafarers-recount-hormuz-dangers-to-euronews))
- France confirms first human case of Shamonda virus, previously found only in animals (Euronews, [37 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/france-confirms-first-human-case-of-shamonda-virus-previously-found-only-in-animals))
- Peru scraps advance reservations for tickets to visit Machu Picchu (Euronews, [42 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/peru-scraps-advance-reservations-for-tickets-to-visit-machu-picchu))
- Italy and Spain to end border checks, easing tensions after Ceuta migrant row (Euronews, [43 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/italy-and-spain-to-end-border-checks-easing-tensions-after-ceuta-migrant-row))
- World’s largest wealth fund posts $30bn loss as rising rates hit bonds (Euronews, [44 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/worlds-largest-wealth-fund-posts-30bn-loss-as-rising-rates-hit-bonds))
- Italy's truckers' protests leave supermarket shelves empty and airports without fuel (Euronews, [48 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/italys-truckers-protests-leave-supermarket-shelves-empty-and-airports-without-fuel))
- UK government hasn't the foggiest how much it's spending on digital transformation (Register, [53 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/22/uk-government-hasnt-the-foggiest-how-much-its-spending-on-digital-transformation/5304662))
- Macron holds emergency security meeting as France braces for fresh wave of protests (Euronews, [59 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/macron-holds-emergency-security-meeting-as-france-braces-for-fresh-wave-of-protests))
- EU planned to scrap clock changes. Why are they still happening? (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/eu-planned-to-scrap-clock-changes-why-are-they-still-happening))
- Websites go dark after AI exposes major programming language security flaw (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/websites-go-dark-after-ai-exposes-major-programming-language-security-flaw))
- Global stocks tumble as oil prices rise (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6e318b81-a771-4842-9754-e265fef2852f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Vendors asking forward deployed engineers to make good on trillion-dollar AI bet (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/vendors-asking-forward-deployed-engineers-to-make-good-on-trillion-dollar-ai-bet/5304366))
- Why the immediate future of liquid cooling is hybrid (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/partner-content-why-the-immediate-future-of-liquid-cooling-is-hybrid/5303795))
- Ukraine to buy military supplies via Nato agency (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/991ac37c-289b-40e5-b2e6-220ee2aebe5d?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Websites taken offline in race to patch PHP security flaw (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d438af1e-a48c-4aeb-8c84-00cdb5e741e3?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The Daily Hilario: Thursday (WAGNH, [3 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/173287/the-daily-hilario-october-22nd))
- Certification authority eMudhra defends its laughably weak private keys (Register, [3 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/certification-authority-emudhra-defends-its-laughably-weak-private-keys/5304647))
- Russian missiles bombard Kyiv after Witkoff-Putin talks (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/9f0c58d3-1833-40de-b805-f5ac53f05ff0?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem (Register, [5 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/22/ibm-ceo-says-open-weight-models-are-now-irresistibly-good-and-cheap-on-prem/5304640))
- Which G7 economy is the profligacy poster child? (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/43a2e871-2e82-4af7-8d56-2f00202df949?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Politico and Telegraph owner pitched deal to buy European arm of TikTok (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/171220b9-8d8e-4d82-a866-f9aaf258e0fb?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Highland Spring billionaire’s property empire hit by loan defaults and creditor action (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/7f93f4b4-beca-4566-ad60-900910d31320?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The battle for Israel’s future (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/50468a0e-5c1f-45bf-92ca-d6bb102e3c98?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- How should Chelsea line up against Spurs? (WAGNH, [6 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/173292/how-should-chelsea-line-up-against-spurs))
- Philippine government suspends top tech official for alleged misconduct (Register, [7 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/22/philippine-government-suspends-top-tech-official-for-alleged-misconduct/5304633))
- To help world gorge on GPUs, Nvidia brings cash bucket to fatten wafer-thin supply chain (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/22/to-help-world-gorge-on-gpus-nvidia-brings-cash-bucket-to-fatten-wafer-thin-supply-chain/5304623))
- Musk sets lower sales target for Tesla as it explores SpaceX merger (FT, [10 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/16bdf332-2a75-4e57-81ea-a37caf50ec0f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- PHP blames supply chain security biz Chainguard for putting huge chunks of the web at risk (Register, [11 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/22/php-blames-supply-chain-security-biz-chainguard-for-putting-huge-chunks-of-the-web-at-risk/5304611))
- Meta agrees deal to keep Zuckerberg in California despite wealth tax proposal (FT, [11 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b34502b6-38dc-4a46-a8e7-d9131726cd31?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- OpenClaw creator says he spent $10 million in tokens last month (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/21/openclaw-creator-says-he-spent-10-million-in-tokens-last-month/5304573))
- Training gallery: Working towards Spurs! (CFC, [18 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/training-gallery-working-towards-spurs))

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### Word of the day

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 > pizzazz - noun: Flair, flamboyance, or vitality.

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### Quote of the Day

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> This indispensable first step to getting what you want is this: Decide what you want. - Ben Stein, Actor

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Use fewer notes

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### Film Archive

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- Robocop (Rated: 4)
- Released in 2014
- Summary: Corporate interests resurrect a murdered police officer as a cybernetic enforcer to privatize security in a decaying Detroit. He executes lethal justice while flickering memories of his former life trigger a hunt for his killers.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 874, using [1, 1, 2, 9, 75, 100]
- Answer: 8 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 100 + 75 ) x ( 9 + 1 ) / 2 - 1

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Tom Hazeldine [URL](https://tomhazledine.com/) [Feed](https://tomhazledine.com/feed.xml)
- Scott Helme [URL](https://scotthelme.co.uk/) [Feed](https://scotthelme.co.uk/rss/)
- WebKit [URL](https://webkit.org/) [Feed](https://www.webkit.org/feed/)
- Chris Ferdinandi [URL](https://gomakethings.com/articles) [Feed](https://gomakethings.com/feed/index.xml)
- Robin Rendle [URL](https://robinrendle.com/) [Feed](https://robinrendle.com/feed.xml)
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