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@virginiaroberts
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Substacking about gen AI! Come learn and/or complain https://open.substack.com/pub/virginiaroberts ✨

still mostly over on the bird thing, but give it time

Twitterhttp://twitter.com/askvirginia
website I never updatehttp://virginiaroberts.com
VirginiaMar 11
I got an undercut about three years ago and have been getting it buzzed at various London barbershops ever since, but just today for the very first time I was offered a hot towel after. This is the shit!!!! Everyone should get an undercut just to experience the hot towel part 😅💆🏼why has no other barber done this for me before
VirginiaMar 10
David M. KellyMar 10
Scientists in Sweden have created a cartilage scaffold that guides the body to regrow bone. This is almost exactly how I imagined limb regeneration working in my books. One of the amazing things in writing #SciFi is that sometimes what you dream up actually becomes reality. #science #medicine #health
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260305223231.htm
Show threadVirginiaFeb 26
@marcoarment @gruber @_Davidsmith @film_girl @siracusa @caseyliss (anyway not to be a troll and not post the actual thing, haha. I think I might actually need probably like a dock+KVM? I need to run an M5 MacBook Pro with a ton of aggressive power-drawing peripherals, including a bunch on USB-A sadly, but also quickly pivot back and forth to a dreaded but necessary Chromebook for work. Repetitive stress injury means I’m unwilling/unable to shift away from most. Please shout if you have Opinions)
Show threadVirginiaFeb 26
(and like, not to be too glib - my *greatest* sorrow in the age of grok is obviously the massive amount of personal harm done by unchecked Gen AI abusive use cases - you know what I mean - greatest selfish sorrow I suppose)
Show threadVirginiaFeb 26
@marcoarment @gruber @_Davidsmith @film_girl is there like a helpful blue sky starter pack or Mastodon something something that lets me bulk find/follow the right folks? (Oh shit, is this the stupid af use case that’s gonna make me bite the Claude code bullet, it fucking is, isn’t it?) oh yeah begging @siracusa and @caseyliss and@[email protected] too heh. Really just shouting into the void over here 🤷🏼‍♀️🙏🏻
VirginiaFeb 26
The thing that makes me saddest about the great Twitter exodus post-Musk is that I lost access to my incredibly helpful Apple ecosystem nerd hive mind. I need to figure out a complex thing and am just at a loss for talking to real trusted humans about it - Reddit and Gemini are insufficient substitutes! 😅 @marcoarment @gruber @_Davidsmith @film_girl where did everyone gooooooo? I missed that sweet window of taking action to follow ppl before they deprecated that API and now I’m lost in the woods
VirginiaDec 3
Max LeibmanMay 3, 2025

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VirginiaNov 27
@gruber I know we’re not doing Twitter anymore but I thought you should see this https://x.com/alanaagoyal/status/1810709069709353415?s=46
alana goyal (@alanaagoyal) on X

new personal website inspired by apple notes it’s fast, fully interactive, & can be navigated entirely via keyboard shortcuts it was a ton of fun to build give it a try and leave me some notes 👋🏼 https://t.co/h8FrNR5q8S

X (formerly Twitter)
VirginiaSep 5, 2023
Dare ObasanjoSep 1, 2023
All of Elon’s Twitter shenanigans have built up to this moment.
Show threadVirginiaJun 11, 2023
It’s a surprisingly popular or at least widely available UK cocktail, made of like passion fruit something something and maybe vanilla, with a side shot of Prosecco that you pour in yourself, usually, I think? Idk I’ve only gotten one like once to find out. Too sweet for my usual taste even though I like a sweet drink - but cut with citrus, which this is not. Anyway, I just saw “Pornstar martini jelly sundae” on a pub dessert menu and had to know if the drink is A Thing stateside