Daily Rundown for 2026-11-12

Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…

On Thursday, 12 November 2026

  • The average temperature today is 7.56˚C,
  • With highs of 8.76˚C and lows of 7.05˚C,
  • It may feel like 4.08˚C with few clouds
  • The wind speed is 6.17m/s and visibility is 10000m
  • The pressure is 1008hPa and humidity is 63%
  • The sun will rise at 07:22 and set at 16:22

MI5 Status

  • The current threat level is SEVERE
  • It has been 196 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

Today’s tasks

  • No tasks today

Daily Doctrine

challenge assumptions.

Fixture List

  • Barcelona Women v Arsenal Women
  • England v Croatia

Stocks

  • VWRL.L : 137.1704559326172
  • ^FTSE : 10837.3203125
  • ^FTMC : 24867.9296875

Just for fun

Why did the blues man cross the road? To get from A to B#7

Top News

  • Quantum leap: IBM plans to scale beyond 1,000 qubits in 2027 with Nighthawk r3 processor (Register, 6 minutes ago)
  • MEPs back voting rights for new mothers – but fathers miss out (Euronews, 10 minutes ago)
  • A warning from the Arctic? New study links melting sea ice to future summer droughts in Europe (Euronews, 17 minutes ago)
  • Hackers exploiting ScreenConnect plugin flaw to spread malware across hundreds of PCs (Register, 41 minutes ago)
  • Ukraine says Starlink restrictions are back as US envoys land in Moscow (FT, 56 minutes ago)
  • LEGO shop BrickLink downed by ‘unusual activity’ on its website (Euronews, 57 minutes ago)
  • The latest FreeBSD report is here, and the AI debate is ongoing (Register, 1 hours ago)
  • Bomb threats hit schools in Italy and France as Macron says too soon to blame foreign powers (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
  • Cristiano Ronaldo launches production of first TV series ‘Day 1s’ with director Matthew Vaughn (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
  • Microsoft admits SQL Servers might wobble after October update (Register, 1 hours ago)
  • Israel strikes Gaza hospital despite ceasefire (FT, 1 hours ago)
  • Slovenia: Red Bull human catapult sets two Guinness World Records (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
  • ‘Open Secret’: Documentary on convicted rapist Russell Brand coming to Netflix (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
  • EU spent €8.7bn on Russian Arctic LNG in 2026, as import ban looms (Euronews, 2 hours ago)
  • Two guards collapse beside Macron during official welcoming ceremony (Euronews, 2 hours ago)
  • European tech buyers add digital sovereignty to cyber shopping list (Register, 2 hours ago)
  • Nvidia board to decide Jensen Huang’s fate (FT, 2 hours ago)
  • Rockstar workers vote on union recognition as GTA VI launch looms (Register, 2 hours ago)
  • Latest news bulletin November 12th, 2026 – Midday (Euronews, 2 hours ago)
  • Maga architects blame Big Tech and AI data centres for midterms rout (FT, 2 hours ago)
  • China warns US not to use Nvidia scandal as pretext for tech curbs (FT, 2 hours ago)
  • Orbit Global Menu: A working global menu addon for GNOME (Register, 3 hours ago)
  • London hotel put admin login for booking website on whiteboard behind the front desk (Register, 4 hours ago)
  • Data sovereignty takes more than keeping data close to home (Register, 4 hours ago)
  • Your AI agent is only as good as your endpoint data (Register, 4 hours ago)
  • The Daily Hilario: Thursday (WAGNH, 5 hours ago)
  • Who could run Nvidia after Jensen Huang? (FT, 5 hours ago)
  • Chelsea defender Malo Gusto ‘assessing his options’ ahead of January transfer window — report (WAGNH, 6 hours ago)
  • Russian diesel exports double after Trump lifts sanctions, but US gets none (FT, 8 hours ago)
  • France signals support for Spain’s ECB presidential candidate (FT, 8 hours ago)
  • Huang falls out of favour in Washington (FT, 9 hours ago)
  • Scott Colom wins historic Senate race in Mississippi (FT, 13 hours ago)
  • Internationals: Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli scores hat-trick as Blues star for England (CFC, 20 hours ago)
  • Josh Acheampong withdraws from England U21 squad due to injury (WAGNH, 20 hours ago)

Word of the day

chawbacon - noun: A country bumpkin. adjective: Unsophisticated or uncultured.

Quote of the Day

If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution. - Steve Jobs

Oblique Strategies

Lowest common denominator check -single beat -single note -single

Film Archive

  • Blood Red Sky (Rated: 3)
  • Released in 2021
  • Summary: A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.

Countdown Numbers

  • Target: 773, using [5, 7, 10, 50, 75, 100]

  • Answer: 6 solutions.

  • Solution Solution: 100 x 7 + 75 - 10 / 5

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