Daily Briefing and Updates

Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…

On Tuesday, 12 May 2026

  • The average temperature today is 6.36˚C,
  • With highs of 7.94˚C and lows of 4.26˚C,
  • It may feel like 6.36˚C with scattered clouds
  • The wind speed is 0.45m/s and visibility is 10000m
  • The pressure is 1017hPa and humidity is 80%
  • The sun will rise at 04:19 and set at 19:49

MI5 Status

  • The current threat level is SEVERE
  • It has been 12 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

Today’s tasks

  • Refuse Waste Collection Day
  • Food Waste Collection Day

Daily Doctrine

Embrace uncertainty.

Fixture List

  • Crystal Palace U18 v Aston Villa U18
  • Tottenham Hotspur U18 v West Brom U18
  • Southampton v Middlesbrough

Stocks

  • VWRL.L : 133.32000732421875
  • ^FTSE : 10269.400390625
  • ^FTMC : 22807.900390625

Just for fun

I have recently resigned from my job and have applied for a new job but yet to hear anything. It was at a chiropractor about a weak back.

Top News

  • Russia launches strikes at Ukraine, hours after expiration of 72-hour truce (€, 7 minutes ago)
  • Iran ceasefire ‘on life support,’ Trump says as deadlock in negotiations deepens (€, 17 minutes ago)
  • Europe Today: Is the EU ready to talk directly to Putin about ending the war in Ukraine? (€, 26 minutes ago)
  • Japan’s PM orders cybersecurity review to stop Mythos going full CyberZilla (®, 38 minutes ago)
  • Japan says Bessent offered ‘understanding’ on yen policy (£, 52 minutes ago)
  • When two tripes go to war: Greece and Turkey in beef over soup origins (€, 1 hours ago)
  • From record heat to floods and drought – what’s in store if a ‘super’ El Niño hits this year (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Feeling brave? These are the best solo adventure travel destinations to visit in Europe (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Latest news bulletin May 12th, 2026 – Morning (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Is long-hantavirus real? Here’s what life after the infection looks like (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Veteran network architect proposes IPv8 – to improve IPv4, not leapfrog v6 (®, 1 hours ago)
  • Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘life support’ (£, 1 hours ago)
  • Margrethe Vestager backs new AI Safety Institute for children after decade regulating Big Tech (€, 1 hours ago)
  • Will AI turn us all into hipsters and artisans? (£, 2 hours ago)
  • We are living in the age of asymmetry (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Kevin Warsh to face resurgent inflation and an impatient Trump as Fed chair (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Hedge funds bet on biofuels to profit from Iran oil price shock (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Trump loses his trade superpower (£, 2 hours ago)
  • Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores (£, 2 hours ago)
  • GitLab promises a different kind of layoff as biz pivots toward AI (®, 4 hours ago)
  • Red Hat blasts RHEL 10.1 into orbit aboard Voyager’s micro datacenter (®, 6 hours ago)
  • Quit VMware and you’ll emerge with more complex and less capable infrastructure (®, 6 hours ago)
  • Starmer ‘weighing’ if premiership can be saved ahead of crucial cabinet meeting (£, 6 hours ago)
  • Double Canvas breach acknowledged as ShinyHunters sets new pay-or-leak deadline (®, 7 hours ago)
  • Rodent-obsessed developer creates Ratty to bring 3D graphics to the command line (®, 9 hours ago)
  • Microsoft researchers find AI models and agents can’t handle long-running tasks (®, 9 hours ago)
  • Hantavirus-hit vessel re-docks in the Canary Island due to bad weather during evacuation (€, 9 hours ago)
  • Cookie thieves caught stealing dev secrets via fake Claude Code installers (®, 9 hours ago)
  • Xabi Alonso ‘open to’ possibility with Chelsea ‘exploring’ deal — report (♣, 11 hours ago)
  • OpenAI can’t have incompetent AI consultants ruining the market, so bought its own (®, 11 hours ago)
  • The Daily Hilario: Monday (♣, 23 hours ago)
  • Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea, Player Ratings: Not a winger (♣, 1 days ago)
  • Chelsea FCW 2-3 (a.e.t.) Manchester City WFC, Women’s FA Cup semi-final: Post-match reaction (♣, 1 days ago)
  • Chelsea FCW vs. Manchester City WFC, Women’s FA Cup semi-final: Confirmed lineups; how to watch (♣, 1 days ago)
  • The Daily Hilario: Sunday (♣, 1 days ago)

Word of the day

patriarch’s age - noun: 1. A very long time. 2. A very advanced age.

Quote of the Day

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. - Margeret Mead

Oblique Strategies

Only one element of each kind

Film Archive

  • Inside Man: Most Wanted (Rated: 6)
  • Released in 2019
  • Summary: An NYPD hostage negotiator teams up with a federal agent to rescue dozens of tourists held hostage during a 10-hour siege at the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Countdown Numbers

  • Target: 221, using [4, 8, 10, 25, 75, 100]

  • Answer: 15 solutions.

  • Solution Solution: ( 10 - 8 ) x 25 + 100 + 75 - 4