Sean Robertson

German researchers at KIT have demonstrated a system that turns standard home and office WiFi routers into powerful surveillance tools — without cameras, phones, or any devices on the person. By analyzing how WiFi signals bounce off the human body (body shape, gait, posture, even a backpack), their AI model achieved nearly 100% accuracy identifying individuals among 197 test subjects. It works through walls. In the dark. Even if you're not connected to the network. This isn't sci-fi. It's happening with the routers already in your house right now. The privacy implications are enormous. Every coffee shop, office, apartment building, and airport could potentially become a tracking system. One researcher warned this technology effectively turns every router into a potential surveillance device. We’re entering an era where your unique “WiFi shadow” could identify you anywhere there’s wireless internet. [Julian Todt, Felix Morsbach, Thorsten Strufe. BFId: Identity Inference Attacks Utilizing Beamforming Feedback Information. CCS ’25: Proceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2026, DOI: 10.1145/3719027.3765062]

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We analysed thousands of Donald Trump’s social media posts in 2026 - here’s what we found. Produced by Katerina Karelli. Graphics by Sally Nicholls and Mesut Ersoz. bbc.co.uk/news/world/us_…

Nobody has done more to undermine British values than Nigel Farage.

Mick Lynch on Nigel Farage: "He's going to unleash a torrent of racism & division.. putting us into the dark ages" ML calls out the Telegraph: "The Telegraph seems to be preparing itself to become a fully signed up affiliate of Reform & all the racism & disunity it will cause"

24 years ago Today, the Falkirk Wheel, the world's first rotating boat lift, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II. [📹 scotdrone]

“World-class team in a world-class stadium?” Second-tier team in a track-and-field stadium. West Ham United relegated to the Championship at the London Stadium. Fans have every right to be angry. They turned up. But where was the real leadership in the club? Or on the pitch in recent times (Bowen apart)? No urgency in the first half against Leeds. Taty and Bowen gave brief hope. But they couldn’t rise to the equation. Spurs survive. Many reasons for West Ham’s demise: some iffy recruitment, some below-par coach appointments (Lopetegui, Potter), defensive issues, lack of direction from board, tensions between fans and Sullivan, as well as an unsuitable stadium (fans far from pitch, rental so difficult to generate money). Record losses. And revenue will be hammered by the drop. Who gets sold? Fernandes and Summerville will be top of many clubs’ shopping list. And the loyal Bowen? Does Nuno stay? Will the fanbase want him to? Does Kretinsky make a move to take over? Would Sullivan sell anyway? So many questions. Who can provide the answers? Who will stand up to be counted? West Ham need a reset, a rethink, improved recruitment and better leadership - on and off the pitch. Their fans deserve better. #WHULEE #WHU

By the time he was announced as Reform UK's candidate against Andy Burnham in the #Makerfield by-election, Robert Kenyon's previous Reform UK X account had been mysteriously suspended. We found the archive. 419 tweets. Here's what they reveal. 🧵 1/12 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/rea…

Robin Williams once said: “You’re only given a little spark of madness. If you lose that, you’re nothing.” A quote that perfectly captured how much he valued creativity, weirdness, and staying completely yourself.

The Nerve’s @CharlieNotOld then went back & examined Harbourne’s donations to Boris Johnson…& guess what?! It’s the exact same pattern as Farage. Harbourne’s crypto donations immediately preceded Johnson’s crypto policy announcements. 3/

West Ham pay rent of £90,000 a week at the London Stadium. This will halve if the Club are relegated. The stadium, even taking into account the landlord, which is the London taxpayer, earns money from other events, conferencing and catering etc, loses over £1m a week. This is a classic example of big event legacy costs (similar for World Cups in South Africa, Brazil, Qatar etc) where the short term gain is replaced by long term pain. This century only the World Cup in Germany in 2006 has had a positive impact on the economy in terms of Olympics and World Cups, because the stadia and infrastructure were already in place.

Here’s just one detail from @thenerve_news #HarborneReceipts timeline. On the *exact same day* Christopher Harborne gives Reform £3m, Nigel Farage says Reform will lift cap on stablecoin ownership. Where does Christopher Harborne’s money come from, you ask? Stablecoins!

President of the Czech Republic proposes isolating Russia from the internet and satellites Petr Pavel believes that such a step would weaken Moscow’s military capabilities without causing direct human casualties. He stressed that Russia understands the language of force, and that changes in its behavior are possible through pressure rather than diplomatic procedures. Among possible responses, Pavel mentioned cutting off internet access, disconnecting Russian banks from global financial systems, and shooting down drones or manned aircraft if they violate NATO airspace. However, Russia’s authorities are already doing a good job of restricting internet access on their own.

How does the UK rejoin the EU? Have a listen to David Miliband on BBC Radio 4 Today: Anna Foster, "The front page of the Guardian this morning is talking about the government trying to pitch an EU single market for goods, which Brussels seems to not be particularly keen on. What is your position on the government's stance at the moment on Europe and how our ongoing relationship with Europe should look?" David Miliband, "Well, I'm convinced that the security and prosperity of the UK depends on an institutionalized, deep and strong relationship with the rest of Europe. I'm absolutely convinced of that. The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows the way in which that's our number one security threat now." David Miliband, "But, we know our economy has been shrunk by 6 to 8% in the 10 years since Brexit. So there's an economic part of that. So when the government says we want a reset of our relations with Europe, I think that's a good thing. But then when I look that the reset so far is only worth £9 billion by 2040 and I remember that Britain is a 3 trillion pound economy, I'm left saying, no, we need a much higher dosage in our reset." Anna Foster, "How high? I mean, do you advocate for rejoining the EU?" David Miliband, "Well, I'm somewhat bemused by some of the commentary. I want this strong institutional relationship with the European Union. But then I know the deal we had until 2016 is not available now. We're not going to be able to get that deal again." David Miliband, "I also know the European Union is changing profoundly. The big issue for Brussels today is not Britain joining, it's Ukraine joining and Ukraine joining the European Union is going to mean a different institutional set of arrangements inside Europe." David Miliband, "So just to give you an example, they're talking about associate membership for Ukraine, they're talking about different tiers of membership. So the question of what kind of docking are we going to do in with the European Union? It's the re part of rejoin that I think we have to understand." David Miliband, "The world is changing out there." Anna Foster, "So you're not necessarily against the concept, but what you're saying is it would never be the way it was and therefore you don't think it's the right thing." David Miliband, "For that reason, it literally can't be the way that it was. We're not in a position to, I mean, the European Union wouldn't entertain us flipping and flopping. What we have to do is build a national consensus about our position with the European Union. I'm very happy with it as a long term goal." David Miliband, "Think for this Parliament we should be really driving our economic, political and other relations. There's a big debate about defence spending going on. As we know it's affected the aid budget. There's something called the European Defence Mechanism, which is the proposal for a European backed 800 billion euro defence package that would support all European countries inside the European Union and outside." David Miliband, "We should be championing that. That would be us putting in for a mutual security funding arrangement that would help fund our own defence and European defence. Because the truth is our defence is Europe's defence and vice versa."

Francis Fukuyama on the U.S. as a declining power: American decline is a direct product of Trump's rise since 2016. It is as if Trump had decided to do everything in his power to weaken the United States vis-à-vis China. He has polarized an already polarized country, cut funding for basic scientific research, and attacked American universities which are the best in the world. He and his colleagues have openly stated that their domestic opponents — the Democrats — are a far greater threat to the future of the United States than either China or Russia. There is agreement among America's friends and rivals that the United States has become something of a rogue state that is contributing to global instability and disorder — as well as something of a laughingstock.

Alan Alda, now 90-years-old, with Mike Farrell (now 86) toasting the 50th anniversary of their hit show, M*A*S*H, in 2022.

CAT ADVISORY: It's very hot across the UK this weekend. All cats should find the coolest spot in their home and stay there. Tell your staff to bring chilled snacks and water every 15 minutes.

This is a picture of Tony Blair and his son , who as it turns out just happens to have a company that will be paid £ 100 billion to develop and monitor .....DIGITAL I.Ds !! Another bonus for Blair himself is that he holds £ 375 million worth in shares in that company ! No wonder that digital ID is being pushed on us !

Thread! 🧵 Please read, like, share & send the article to your friends. #TheHarbourneReceipts from @thenerve_news. Important accountability journalism into Nigel Farage & his crypto pals. Follow the money 💰 💰 💰

The Nerve’s Farage/Harbourne/Johnson timeline is incredibly revealing. I’d urge you to read it & ask yourself as @margarethodge does in our story: what is Christopher Harbourne getting for his cash?? 5/