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date: 2026-10-24 09:30
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-10-24
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Saturday, 24 October 2026

- The average temperature today is 9.78˚C,
- With highs of 10.23˚C and lows of 8.8˚C,
- It may feel like 7.26˚C with scattered clouds
- The wind speed is 5.14m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1007hPa and humidity is 89%
- The sun will rise at 06:48 and set at 16:56

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 177 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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> Optimise flow.
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### Fixture List

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- Manchester United U18 v Liverpool U18
- Tottenham Hotspur U18 v West Ham United U18
- Crystal Palace U18 v Reading U18
- Chelsea U18 v Ipswich Town U18
- Charlton Athletic v Norwich City
- Portsmouth v Millwall
- Sheffield United v Derby County
- Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic
- Luton Town v Leicester City
- Cheltenham Town v Newport County
- Northampton Town v Colchester United
- Eastleigh v Boston United
- Harrogate Town v Sutton United
- Aston Villa v Manchester City
- Tottenham Hotspur Women v Arsenal Women
- Brighton & Hove Albion Women v West Ham United Women
- Kidderminster Harriers v Worthing
- Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 137.0 
- ^FTSE : 10690.400390625 
- ^FTMC : 24237.400390625 

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### Just for fun

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> What do you call a pirate with a wooden leg? Peggy.
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### Top News

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- Fresh protests set to sweep France as last-minute restrictions fuel tensions (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/fresh-protests-set-to-sweep-france-as-last-minute-restrictions-fuel-tensions))
- Video shows extensive damage inside France's historic Limoges Town Hall (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/24/video-shows-extensive-damage-inside-frances-historic-limoges-town-hall))
- Winter time or summer time? What the science says about the best option for health (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/winter-time-or-summer-time-what-the-science-says-about-the-best-option-for-health))
- Rubio calls on Cubans seeking change to form 'discrete partnership' with CIA (Euronews, [2 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/rubio-calls-on-cubans-seeking-change-to-form-discrete-partnership-with-cia))
- Debt: Moody's spares France, "a brief respite", not a "vote of confidence" (Euronews, [2 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/debt-moodys-spares-france-a-brief-respite-not-a-vote-of-confidence))
- Arrest made after major fire breaks out at Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest' mountain retreat in Bavaria (Euronews, [3 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/arrest-made-after-major-fire-breaks-out-at-hitlers-eagles-nest-mountain-retreat-in-bavaria))
- YouTube, AI and neurodivergent representation: How Gen Z and Gen Alpha are redefining modern storytelling (Euronews, [3 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/youtube-ai-and-neurodivergent-representation-how-gen-z-and-gen-alpha-are-redefining-modern))
- Booking an electric flight in Europe is only 10 years away, says influential Dutch researcher (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/booking-an-electric-flight-in-europe-is-only-10-years-away-says-influential-dutch-research))
- Grocery prices across Europe: Where is food most expensive and why? (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/24/grocery-prices-across-europe-where-is-food-most-expensive-and-why))
- Latest news bulletin  October 24th, 2026 – Morning (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/24/latest-news-bulletin-october-24th-2026-morning))
- Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli ex-military chief challenging Netanyahu (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/5e9fc2a9-975b-46eb-ab5a-11615ca40459?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- France is looking ungovernable. And it’s going to get worse (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/62b83fcf-efad-418d-ba6a-569344fa7ecb))
- The young are conformists in denial (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/70280c68-2ae0-4656-b013-281eb75a197a?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Pegasus spyware founder urges governments to trust his tech and ditch US AI (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/f9592534-1a3d-409d-9a57-f05919440032?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Intelligence memo warns Iran plotting to kill Americans in Middle East (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e2e82393-c7ca-4bc1-b270-022b3702d9e7?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control (FT, [9 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a-4303-aebb-20d59319ef1b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Trump moves to block certification of Alaska Senate election if Republican loses (FT, [10 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/b68b8544-4ce9-45d4-b522-cd2f8150e4cc?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- OpenAI disables internet access during model training while Anthropic issues another mea culpa (Register, [10 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/23/openai-disables-internet-access-during-model-training-while-anthropic-issues-another-mea-culpa/5305238))
- Trump to cut Canadian tariffs after pressure from Republicans (FT, [11 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d3d12f54-fcf0-400c-96f1-484aea980be5?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- France avoids downgrade from Moody’s in boost for Macron’s government (FT, [11 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/840f9c94-cb41-4340-9fc4-41e76d908831?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Russia and Ukraine agree to temporary ceasefire around occupied town of Oleshky (FT, [12 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ba33fb18-1dea-4214-9221-228c155a6ac1?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- There's a third PHP2Shell bug, but it won't get an emergency fix (Register, [13 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/23/theres-a-third-php2shell-bug-but-it-wont-get-an-emergency-fix/5305208))
- Red-team report found OpenAI utterly failed to monitor its agents during Hugging Face attack (Register, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/23/red-team-report-found-openai-utterly-failed-to-monitor-its-agents-during-hugging-face-attack/5305200))
- AI models think humans are a bunch of amoral sheep (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/23/ai-models-think-humans-are-a-bunch-of-amoral-sheep/5305123))
- Chelsea Football Club announces multi-year sleeve partnership with Sokin (CFC, [17 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/chelsea-football-club-announces-multi-year-sleeve-partnership-with-sokin))
- Michigan prof creates Python-like Jac language for AI agents (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/23/michigan-prof-creates-python-like-jac-language-for-ai-agents/5305110))
- Arc browser on its way out as makers suggest an alternative (Register, [18 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/23/arc-browser-on-its-way-out-as-makers-suggest-an-alternative/5305114))
- SparkyOS: Lightweight general-purpose Arch, on a pendrive (Register, [18 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/23/sparkyos-lightweight-general-purpose-arch-on-a-pendrive/5304984))
- PubKeep picks up where Microsoft Publisher signs off (Register, [19 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/applications/2026/10/23/pubkeep-picks-up-where-microsoft-publisher-signs-off/5304978))
- Musk disputes NASA safety panel's lunar launch estimates (Register, [21 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/10/23/musk-disputes-nasa-safety-panels-lunar-launch-estimates/5304961))
- Torvalds: AI is fine for competent devs, but spare us the 'drive-by' patches (Register, [21 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/23/torvalds-ai-is-fine-for-competent-devs-but-spare-us-the-drive-by-patches/5304357))
- Ticketing update (CFC, [22 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/ticketing-update))

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### Word of the day

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 > izzard - noun: The letter Z.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. - Niels Bohr, Physicist

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame

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### Film Archive

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- Dont Say A Word (Rated: 5)
- Released in 2001
- Summary: No summary available
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 707, using [2, 5, 9, 9, 10, 75]
- Answer: 11 solutions.

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

  Solution: ( 75 + 10 + 2 - 9 ) x 9 + 5

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- HeyDingus [URL](https://heydingus.net/) [Feed](https://heydingus.net/feed.rss)
- Harry Cresswell [URL](https://harrycresswell.com/writing/) [Feed](https://harrycresswell.com/writing/feed.xml)
- Justin Jackson [URL](https://justinjackson.ca/) [Feed](http://justinjackson.ca/feed/)
- Vlad's Website [URL](https://vlad.website/) [Feed](https://vlad.website/index.xml)
- Lisa Charlotte Muth [URL](https://lisacharlottemuth.com/) [Feed](https://lisacharlottemuth.com/feed.xml)
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