Rik Ferguson
@rikferguson.com
Immigrant. VP Security Intelligence @Forescout, Co-founder @RespectInSec. Board @vaultree, Cybersecurity Futurist, Researcher, Award-winning writer/producer. He/Him. Pussy in bio.
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Rik Ferguson
@rikferguson.com
· Nov 8
Reposting this tweet from Oct 2017, so I can pin it here too.
Public note: If you ask me to sit on any public panel I will decline if there are no women on the panel. I can’t do much but I can do this.
Public note: If you ask me to sit on any public panel I will decline if there are no women on the panel. I can’t do much but I can do this.
And some of the thread replies are genius too.
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
And some of the thread replies are genius too.
Oh it’s for sure AI. But it’s beautiful.
January 31, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Oh it’s for sure AI. But it’s beautiful.
Minneapolis, I ❤️ you!
ICE OFFICERS CHASE AN OFFICE CHAIR FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS THROUGH DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS
YouTube video by IrelandRugby
youtu.be
January 31, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Minneapolis, I ❤️ you!
When both your parents have long hair and want a family selfie…
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 AM
When both your parents have long hair and want a family selfie…
That’s gonna be ORAC innit?
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
That’s gonna be ORAC innit?
Oh, tell me that’s an original prop! Although I do remember making the Blue Peter version of the teleport bracelet from a juice bottle.
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Oh, tell me that’s an original prop! Although I do remember making the Blue Peter version of the teleport bracelet from a juice bottle.
They’d better keep the theme tune!
January 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
They’d better keep the theme tune!
There’s advertising, there’s devices…
It’s almost as if AI is not a product in itself. Who’d have thought?
Here comes the pin…
It’s almost as if AI is not a product in itself. Who’d have thought?
Here comes the pin…
OpenAI executive Chris Lehane says the company is "on track" to unveil its first device in the "latter part" of 2026; reports suggest it will be a wearable (Axios)
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January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
There’s advertising, there’s devices…
It’s almost as if AI is not a product in itself. Who’d have thought?
Here comes the pin…
It’s almost as if AI is not a product in itself. Who’d have thought?
Here comes the pin…
So, it seems I can still get into my Sharnbrook school shirt. Last time I was wearing it was 1986, I was 16! Pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to get into the trousers though 😀
It’s the shirt that I had a whole bunch of lunatics write messages on the the end of term.
It’s the shirt that I had a whole bunch of lunatics write messages on the the end of term.
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 AM
So, it seems I can still get into my Sharnbrook school shirt. Last time I was wearing it was 1986, I was 16! Pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to get into the trousers though 😀
It’s the shirt that I had a whole bunch of lunatics write messages on the the end of term.
It’s the shirt that I had a whole bunch of lunatics write messages on the the end of term.
One for your hard block list.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 AM
One for your hard block list.
The bursting of the AI bubble will be orders of magnitude worse than the dot com bubble.
So many individuals have already learned to “unthink”, have voluntarily surrendered their creative and critical faculties, that the solution can only be generational.
So many individuals have already learned to “unthink”, have voluntarily surrendered their creative and critical faculties, that the solution can only be generational.
January 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The bursting of the AI bubble will be orders of magnitude worse than the dot com bubble.
So many individuals have already learned to “unthink”, have voluntarily surrendered their creative and critical faculties, that the solution can only be generational.
So many individuals have already learned to “unthink”, have voluntarily surrendered their creative and critical faculties, that the solution can only be generational.
“Love Destruction” was equally angry and equally prescient.
“Love my hatred, love my treason
It's what you wanted and that's my reason
Caught you livin' the empty feeling
A corporate handout to you is pleasing
You love destruction”
“Love my hatred, love my treason
It's what you wanted and that's my reason
Caught you livin' the empty feeling
A corporate handout to you is pleasing
You love destruction”
Warrior Soul - Love Destruction
YouTube video by WarriorSoulVEVO
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
“Love Destruction” was equally angry and equally prescient.
“Love my hatred, love my treason
It's what you wanted and that's my reason
Caught you livin' the empty feeling
A corporate handout to you is pleasing
You love destruction”
“Love my hatred, love my treason
It's what you wanted and that's my reason
Caught you livin' the empty feeling
A corporate handout to you is pleasing
You love destruction”
The Party from all the way back in 1992. Were you not listening? youtu.be/8snFF8FSTxU?...
The Party
YouTube video by Warrior Soul - Topic
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The Party from all the way back in 1992. Were you not listening? youtu.be/8snFF8FSTxU?...
Legalese for “a bruise”.
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Legalese for “a bruise”.
Blimey, Camilla Tominey seems to be a fairly awful human #newsnight. Never encountered the lady before this evening, hope to continue in that vein in future.
January 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Blimey, Camilla Tominey seems to be a fairly awful human #newsnight. Never encountered the lady before this evening, hope to continue in that vein in future.
Oh, and I managed to slam the fingers of my left hand in the armour plating of a tank “window”. I was very accident-prone as a kid.
10 years old I managed to close one of the old “slam-shut” British Rail train doors while one hand was still gripping the door frame (I had to lean out to grab the handle). Right thumb burst like a little tomato and I sat holding the wreckage in a tissue all the way back from London to Three Bridges
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Oh, and I managed to slam the fingers of my left hand in the armour plating of a tank “window”. I was very accident-prone as a kid.
10 years old I managed to close one of the old “slam-shut” British Rail train doors while one hand was still gripping the door frame (I had to lean out to grab the handle). Right thumb burst like a little tomato and I sat holding the wreckage in a tissue all the way back from London to Three Bridges
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
10 years old I managed to close one of the old “slam-shut” British Rail train doors while one hand was still gripping the door frame (I had to lean out to grab the handle). Right thumb burst like a little tomato and I sat holding the wreckage in a tissue all the way back from London to Three Bridges
Warsaw, Poland, and it’s still snowing.
January 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Warsaw, Poland, and it’s still snowing.
“I just want to watch ballet,
Let the swans dance.”
Just discovered this Russian song from 3 years ago. If only this strength of feeling could be translated into something substantive in that oppressive pit of hopelessness.
Let the swans dance.”
Just discovered this Russian song from 3 years ago. If only this strength of feeling could be translated into something substantive in that oppressive pit of hopelessness.
Noize MC — Кооператив «Лебединое озеро» / Community „Swan Lake“ (текст + English subtitles)
YouTube video by Music4all
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“I just want to watch ballet,
Let the swans dance.”
Just discovered this Russian song from 3 years ago. If only this strength of feeling could be translated into something substantive in that oppressive pit of hopelessness.
Let the swans dance.”
Just discovered this Russian song from 3 years ago. If only this strength of feeling could be translated into something substantive in that oppressive pit of hopelessness.
If this is you too, here’s a tip: don’t ask nostalgia to make you happy. Ask it to tell you what you value. When a memory stings, it’s often pointing at a need that isn’t being met right now: safety, coherence, community, dignity, time that isn’t monetised, and conversations that aren’t performative
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If this is you too, here’s a tip: don’t ask nostalgia to make you happy. Ask it to tell you what you value. When a memory stings, it’s often pointing at a need that isn’t being met right now: safety, coherence, community, dignity, time that isn’t monetised, and conversations that aren’t performative
Now, when I reach for the past, I can’t just remember it. I’m forced to measure it against what we’ve become, and the comparison poisons the whole thing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Now, when I reach for the past, I can’t just remember it. I’m forced to measure it against what we’ve become, and the comparison poisons the whole thing.
I’m beginning to realise nostalgia doesn’t make me happy. The state of humanity in 2025 stains everything, even my own memories, with self-centred, I’m-alright-Jack, wilfully ignorant selfishness. Looking back doesn’t comfort me. It leaves me angry at how easily we were satisfied, how little it took
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I’m beginning to realise nostalgia doesn’t make me happy. The state of humanity in 2025 stains everything, even my own memories, with self-centred, I’m-alright-Jack, wilfully ignorant selfishness. Looking back doesn’t comfort me. It leaves me angry at how easily we were satisfied, how little it took
Time for my semi-regular promotion of TraffickCam, an app which helps to identify locations where abuse & trafficking has occurred. All you need to do is upload pics of your hotel room. traffickcam.com please use and RT.
TraffickCam
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December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Time for my semi-regular promotion of TraffickCam, an app which helps to identify locations where abuse & trafficking has occurred. All you need to do is upload pics of your hotel room. traffickcam.com please use and RT.
Zero trust is no longer a nice to have security architecture. It is the only credible way to respond to attacks that target trust in all its forms: users, authentication, vendors, infrastructure and more.
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Zero trust is no longer a nice to have security architecture. It is the only credible way to respond to attacks that target trust in all its forms: users, authentication, vendors, infrastructure and more.