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date: 2026-10-31 10:54
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-10-31
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._
## On Saturday, 31 October 2026
- The average temperature today is 10.9˚C,
- With highs of 11.73˚C and lows of 10.47˚C,
- It may feel like 10.32˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 2.57m/s and visibility is 6000m
- The pressure is 1032hPa and humidity is 87%
- The sun will rise at 07:00 and set at 16:43
### MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 184 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
### Today's tasks
- Water the plants
### Daily Doctrine
> Use appropriate tools.
### Fixture List
- Brighton & Hove Albion U18 v Crystal Palace U18
- Manchester City U18 v Burnley U18
- West Ham United U18 v Chelsea U18
- Lincoln City v Birmingham City
- Norwich City v Watford
- Stoke City v Preston North End
- Bradford City v Huddersfield Town
- Leyton Orient v Cambridge United
- Plymouth Argyle v Reading
- Grimsby Town v York City
- Port Vale v Rochdale
- FC Halifax Town v Yeovil Town
- Forest Green Rovers v Harrogate Town
- Chelsea v Manchester United
- Everton Women v Manchester United Women
- Watford Women v Ipswich Town Women
- Boston United v Scunthorpe United
- Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace
- Aston Villa v Fulham
### Stocks
- VWRL.L : 135.9600067138672
- ^FTSE : 10729.7998046875
- ^FTMC : 24453.400390625
### Just for fun
> That last joke was terrible, without the 's' though, it was decent.
### Top News
- Crypto exchanges rush to tighten security after $6.3bn Binance heist (FT, [16 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/c7062e37-86fd-45ef-8f58-573de0fcaaf0?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Rating agency Fitch hits France with surprise outlook downgrade (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/852b05a1-4090-4aee-afc6-4d4c353ef3cf?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Poland political crisis: Constitutional court in chaos as Nawrocki accuses government of staging power grab (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/poland-political-crisis-constitutional-court-in-chaos-as-nawrocki-accuses-government-of-st))
- Chocolate Caterpillar or Chocolate Teapot? Top up the disk space for Windows 10 to find out (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/31/chocolate-caterpillar-or-chocolate-teapot-top-up-the-disk-space-for-windows-10-to-find-out/5306103))
- Kärcher boss: Less regulation, more action to get Europe and Germany fit again (Euronews, [2 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/karcher-boss-less-regulation-more-action-to-get-europe-and-germany-fit-again))
- The seven days I thought I might have breast cancer (Euronews, [2 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/the-seven-days-i-thought-i-might-have-breast-cancer))
- Backbone of a beast – charting Nvidia's rise to networking titan (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/10/31/backbone-of-a-beast-charting-nvidias-rise-to-networking-titan/5306499))
- Zelenskyy thanks US over deal for 500 Patriot missiles but warns delivery could take years (Euronews, [3 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/zelenskyy-thanks-us-over-deal-for-500-patriot-missiles-but-warns-delivery-could-take-years))
- Chelsea fans’ preferred lineup against Manchester United: Formation change! (WAGNH, [3 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/173592/chelsea-fans-preferred-lineup-against-manchester-united-formation-change))
- US approves $2.1bn sale of Patriot interceptors to Ukraine (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/321cf4f9-d236-4b50-a52c-c2a21f7c447b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The Daily Hilario: Saturday (WAGNH, [3 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/173576/the-daily-hilario-october-31st))
- Syrian curriculum changes spark debate over removal of images and historical figures (Euronews, [3 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/syrian-curriculum-changes-spark-debate-over-removal-of-images-and-historical-figures))
- Travelling beyond the borders of Baku through fiction (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/travelling-beyond-the-borders-of-baku-through-fiction))
- Curfews, 70,000 police and Halloween fears: France braces for fresh protests (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/france-to-deploy-70000-security-personnel-as-it-prepares-for-halloween-protests))
- France aims for 'responsible' 2027 budget as Fitch downgrades outlook (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/france-aims-for-responsible-2027-budget-as-fitch-downgrades-outlook))
- Chelsea vs. Manchester United, Premier League: Preview, team news, how to watch (WAGNH, [4 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/173579/chelsea-vs-manchester-united-premier-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch))
- How many bats are killed by wind turbines? Study warns of ‘shocking’ increase amid clean energy boom (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/31/how-many-bats-are-killed-by-wind-turbines-study-warns-of-shocking-increase-amid-clean-ener))
- Latest news bulletin October 31st, 2026 – Morning (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/31/latest-news-bulletin-october-31st-2026-morning))
- The right to be apolitical (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/74c46706-a4d9-4c8b-a2e7-7ff6ad811ec0?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- US midterms loom over jittery investors (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6c099dc6-1fb3-44fc-b011-70229e3755cb?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Donald Trump’s endgame (FT, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/c344ed8a-4e4b-43f8-a570-d8101864d929?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- OpenAI slashes funding target by $10bn as tech anxieties mount (FT, [10 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/7a3ad950-1b3b-4d9e-8c15-65a61ae6180f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- $6.3bn in 30 minutes: how the world’s biggest heist unfolded (FT, [12 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/e84eceda-040b-4e5f-b906-09768085933a?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- How should Chelsea line up against Manchester United? (WAGNH, [13 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/173572/how-should-chelsea-line-up-against-manchester-united))
- Darkbloom, which allowed Mac users to rent out their GPUs for AI inference, warns of low payouts (Register, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/30/darkbloom-which-allowed-mac-users-to-rent-out-their-gpus-for-ai-inference-warns-of-low-payouts/5306782))
- HTTP/3 is faster with some work and help from Cloudflare (Register, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/30/http/3-is-faster-with-some-work-and-help-from-cloudflare/5306767))
- Crim spent $7K+ on AI services in extortion attacks, then left evidence for all to see (Register, [15 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/30/crim-spent-7k-on-ai-services-in-extortion-attacks-then-left-evidence-for-all-to-see/5306754))
- Anthropic may not secure investment-grade rating after IPO, Blackstone says (FT, [16 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/59383c7f-8d82-493f-bf01-d2e862a1018f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- GM cracks the petty cash box for multistate driver tracking settlement (Register, [18 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/30/gm-cracks-the-petty-cash-box-for-multistate-driver-tracking-settlement/5306721))
- Anthropic: That Claude Code extension compromise… couldn't be us (Register, [18 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/10/30/anthropic-that-claude-code-extension-compromise-couldnt-be-us/5306682))
- Russia observes rare Ukraine ceasefire to allow evacuations (FT, [18 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a6e29400-95bb-453e-8cc6-55c54d857024))
- Voyager 1 gives controllers the silent treatment (Register, [19 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/10/30/voyager-1-gives-controllers-the-silent-treatment/5306637))
- AlpineBSD announced – an AI-free FOSS OS (Register, [20 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/30/alpinebsd-announced-an-ai-free-foss-os/5306589))
- NASA ponders a Hubble servicing mission or a controlled deorbit (Register, [20 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/science/2026/10/30/nasa-ponders-a-hubble-servicing-mission-or-a-controlled-deorbit/5306622))
### Word of the day
> priapean - adjective: 1. Phallic. 2. Lewd; salacious.
### Quote of the Day
> There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. - Peter Drucker
### Oblique Strategies
> Allow an easement (an easement is the abandonment of a stricture)
### Film Archive
- Catch Me If You Can (Rated: 5)
- Released in 2002
- Summary: A runaway teenager lives an exciting life by forging checks and impersonating several professions, but his fraudulent activities soon attract the attention of the FBI.
### Countdown Numbers
- Target: 490, using [2, 3, 8, 10, 50, 75]
- Answer: 48 solutions.
- Solution
Solution: ( 75 + 10 - 50 ) x ( 3 x 2 + 8 )