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ai for the people, by the people 🟧
community lead at rabbit inc (creators of r1 and large action model) ✨
former senior community manager at twitter 🐦
past: sphere messenger, monzo, bbc

vegan, fan of funk music, travel, prince and michael jackson.
This kind of coverage was unthinkable a year ago. Lesser companies would have died, and many thought we would. Instead we kept shipping, kept building, kept fighting. And now here we are. Back in the game, back in the fight. It's true - what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. #rabbitr1 #rabbitOS2
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#rabbitr1 is a great little motivation machine, with a touch of my own personal generative UI 💜

whenever you want, just press the button and ask for a motivational/inspirational quote.
November 30, 2024 at 6:30 AM
We just shipped a new OTA on #rabbitr1! We added display sleep settings, some fixes for generative UI, and a holiday easter egg (see if you can find it!)

Release notes here:
t.co/im9hbwmqIu
November 26, 2024 at 10:59 PM
quite dystopian scenes at #london #euston with the main entrance from the tube closed and diverted (apparently a man seen on the floor convulsing), and a power cut with emergency lighting on the main concourse with all the screens off. this on top of some flooding cancellations earlier.
November 24, 2024 at 8:39 PM
This is the way @jay.bsky.team!

I think a lot of people forget how developer friendly Twitter *originally* was. There wasn't even an official app for years, and when it finally arrived, it was through an acquisition of a third party one.

There were so many fun tools and services back then.
November 17, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Sorry to share a screenshot from the other place. But you need to be aware of the greatest comeback story in tech.

Yeah I'm biased. But we ship. And we ship hard. #rabbitr1
November 16, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Legit proud of this

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,317!
November 15, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Windows XP style
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Alien / MUTHUR 6000 style
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Sonic The Hedgehog style
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Legend of Zelda style
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Barbie / Nicki Minaj style (shout-out to @nicholasliddle.com!)
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
MySpace style
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Generative UI has landed on rabbit r1! Go to your rabbithole and style your own UI with a simple prompt. So much fun! Here's some examples

Animal Crossing style
November 15, 2024 at 1:20 AM
yall am i on some sort of list
i really hope so
a "cool people" list maybe
hello everyone!
November 12, 2024 at 9:36 PM
We have started implementing generative UI on the #rabbitr1 🔥 This is what happened when I asked it to analyze Bluesky (it found the post from @rose.bsky.team)

Still work to do, you can see the bottom part is slightly janky but a great first step. This UI is based on Neon Genesis Evangelion.
November 11, 2024 at 9:18 PM
hardware is cool
November 10, 2024 at 10:28 PM
happy halloween everyone! #rabbitr1
November 1, 2024 at 1:34 AM
did something on r1 yesterday that wasn't possible up til now. and you'll all hear about it soon.

the future's bright, the future's orange 😜
September 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
looks like we were on the same bus!
September 17, 2024 at 10:13 AM
User number 3317 out of 10 million. Pretty cool 😎
September 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Thrilled to share that we've sold 100,000 pre-orders of the #rabbitr1 meaning we'll be the first dedicated AI device at scale. First units will arrive to customers around April 24th and we're holding a pickup party in NYC for our community on April 23rd 😎
March 23, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Thrilled to announce I have joined the team at rabbit inc to help supercharge their community! The rabbit r1 AI device was a huge hit last month when it launched at CES, and I'm stoked to be part of the team 💜
February 18, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Having a lot of fun in New York! 😊
June 4, 2023 at 7:49 PM
It's here omg it's here
May 12, 2023 at 7:58 PM