Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 25/07/2026It’s the story of Elizabeth’s life. One day in 1883, her husband William came home and murdered all five of their children. He claimed to be a “happy man”. Elizabeth was my great great grandmother. Without the murders, I wouldn’t be here. 110
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 24/07/2026Would you buy it? Or at least pick it up and read the blurb? I’d record the audiobook myself :) 231
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 24/07/2026I’m thinking the naan bread. Both are very aerodynamic in their own way, but the naan has more mass. Thrown with sufficient force, like a frisbee I think it could really travel! There’s a quiz show in this I’m sure. 050
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 24/07/2026Is it just me, or has the #HuggingFace incident ended up giving OpenAI exactly the kind of “our models are terrifyingly capable” narrative that Anthropic has been owning recently? 161
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 11/06/2026Why? Why would we do this? Outsourcing the most precious moments in parenting? Handing off the love, trust and emotional bedrock of childhood to tech? So we can do more what? Work? TV? TikTok? Doomscrolling? Anyone who uses this needs their head examined. 042
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 03/06/2026This idea started at a panel in 2017. Today it’s a doctrine. Meet Assume Autonomy: a new approach to cybersecurity for the autonomous era. Operationalised in a way Assume Breach never was. Proud of this one.forescout.comAssume Autonomy WhitepaperAssume Autonomy is Forescout's security governance and architecture doctrine for defending against AI attacks and other autonomous systems. 040
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 14/05/2026A project I had never envisaged is becoming real. 4 chapters into my memoir. 101 book-sized pages, & I’m still only 11. Summer holidays have ended, when I wake up, it’ll be day 1 at comp. Amazed I’ve found so many stories. It’s an incredible exercise I feel like I am really capturing the 70s/80s. 340
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 08/05/2026Honestly, if she wants to stay in those hotels, I’d pay for it. As long as she gets the same pocket money as they do. 060
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 08/05/2026Scotland once again appearing to demonstrate they are the only home nation without a giant population of Brexiteering, bigoted, brainwashed. Lang may yer lum reek 060
Reposted by Rik FergusonShell @risu.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Lots of biased media reporting in favour of reform as usual today Reform did, sadly, win a lot of council seats BUT they do not control those councils. In many regions there is now no overall majority on a council but it is not the case that Reform have control. 183
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 08/05/2026I can’t take anyone seriously in politics when insists on calling us ‘Briddish’ 111
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 24/04/2026I spoke on a panel at a Gigamon event in the National Portrait Gallery today. This was on the screen behind me. Apparently I have missed my era. 130
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 21/04/2026Not only will I absolutely be riding this incredible train to the mountains, but at the beginning of the video you get some glimpses of my beautiful, secret, incomparable, home city of Warszawa. If you have never been, do yourself a favour this summer! 040
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 21/04/2026Why not make it a site dedicated to exposing info ops and propaganda? From state-sponsored campaigns to astroturfing. A perfect and very necessary use of the name. 030
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 19/04/2026TIL I once stripped off during a gig at Uni. I have no memory of this at all. 350
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 14/04/2026New research: a year ago 55% of AI models failed basic vulnerability research and 93% failed exploit development. Today, all tested models complete VR, half generate working exploits autonomously, and the most capable can chain vulnerabilities into multi-stage compromises without complex prompting.forescout.comAI Security Testing: Agents Leap From Assistants to Autonomous HackersAI is finding bugs humans missed for decades. Forescout's new AI security research reveals the urgent new reality of vulnerability discovery. 1105
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 14/04/202610 years ago, I discovered the five reasons why Poland is actually Middle Earth: 1. They address each other as "Lord" or "Lady". 2. They pay for things with "Golds" 3. "Second breakfast" is a real meal. 4. There's a place called The Crooked Forest. 5. Sauron holds power to the east. 071
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 25/03/2026Looks like a significant outage issue with Claude. Downdetector agrees. 030
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 13/03/2026I have finally pulled my finger out and started writing. Not the book I was planning (yet) but training I am already 27 pages into my autobiography. For a prospective audience of a whopping 6 or 7 people I’m in 1978 & filling in plenty of gaps before I move on. I will reach 1996, where it will end 041
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 11/03/2026If you are a fan of female-fronted indie/rock, I’d really recommend giving @spaceacreband.bsky.social a listen. Discovered them today, fell in love, added/downloaded everything. music.apple.com/gb/artist/sp...music.apple.comSpaceAcre on Apple MusicListen to music by SpaceAcre on Apple Music. 010
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 11/03/2026Clara gets to go on the £50 that you pull out of the ATM when you’re already hammered. 070
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 11/03/2026TIL: I learned where babies come from by watching a sheep give birth, at the age of 6. 120
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 11/03/2026That was fun, challenging fun. Thanks for the airport distraction :) 010
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 02/03/2026Finally a great use for those pesky humans. youtu.be/zdkBUuWCZg4?...youtu.be⚡️💪Energym⚡️💪YouTube video by Comptoir IA 142
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 02/03/2026Well Shit! That whole thing was utterly phenomenal. Thank you. 110
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 02/03/2026Let me be clear: I understand very well that dress matters in specific occasions and cultures, but dress codes are often just status checks in disguise. If you need the uniform to recognise the professional, it was never about professionalism.linkedin.comThis is How I Do Business | Rik FergusonLet me be clear: I understand very well that dress matters in specific occasions and cultures, but dress codes are often just status checks in disguise. If you need the uniform to recognise the profes... 291
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 28/02/2026Whereas Khameni Chameleon was, of course, Culture Club. 020
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 27/02/2026Isn’t this just another way of saying “eat shit and die”? 1142
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 27/02/2026People want the EU to “unravel” for the same reason people try to get alcoholics to have “just one”. They can’t stand how others’ success throws their own failure into relief. 152
Rik Ferguson @rikferguson.com · 27/02/2026I just wrote 4000 words about a day in 1989, and I am really proud of it. Not sure when I can share it with you but it starts like this. 130