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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

this device is evil. do you see that enter key? probably you missed it because it's TINY

a photograph of a particularly tiny apple keyboard on a wooden desk with my finger pointing accusatorily at a particularly small enter/return key

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

he is definitely thinking about how he finally tricked me into letting him bite my nipple this morning

a small black pug is curled on the chest of a man lying on his back on the couch. the pug has a pensive look on his little face. the man is wearing a green tshirt and glasses. he's smiling down at the pug.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

don't worry, tiny baby is getting all the pats to console him

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I went back and forth on the colours for quilt #3 but i think im finally happy with them

quilting tools (ruler, rotary cutter) on top of white floral embossed quilting fabric with folded squares of navy and red/white/navy floral fabrics

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Quilt #2 has been completed. So much happier with how this one turned out! It's now on its way to its new home in NZ, and I'm starting on quilt #3. I would quite like my dining table back for a bit but i want to get the third one done quickly if I can.

a square rainbow quilt with a thin white border and a pug heart fox applique on the bottom right corner, hung up in front of interior french doors inside my apartment

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

there is always a pug somewhere in my photos. always. even if I don't intend it anyway, having my first go at bias binding #quilting #quilt

photograph of my sewing table covered with white fabric with a rainbow check on a cutting board. a corner strip has been cut out of it, and a quilting ruler thingy and rotary cutter lie next to the strip.
in the corner of the photo there is a pug lying on the ground.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

the person this one is for doesn't know I'm making it for them, so i can share. don't know when their baby is due so gotta get on with it #quilting

bird's eye view of my wooden dining table with a navy blue plain fabric at the back and two charm packs of small floral fabrics in navy, reds and blues, and white, pink and teals.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

[if you're on the list of people I'm making a quilt for, scroll now] SO MANY PROJECTS i just want to throw it all on the ground and roll around in it like a pug in a stinky mess

a birds-eye view of about 20 different packs of fabric, some single-colour, some prints, and some charm packs/jelly rolls, laid out on my dining room table. other haberdashery, like embroidered flower appliques or thread, is scattered around the fabric.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

i allow myself to buy one pug Christmas ornament a year. is this the winner this year? it's $6

my hand holding a painted dog ornament. it's proportions are very off and it's uncanny. it appears to be wearing a red glitter jumper and white underwear. i cannot capture how weird it's face is.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

pleased to report i hit my reading goal for the year. i revised it down after a tough Q1 but ramped it back up to the original target after i rallied

screenshot from the storygraph app showing i met a reading goal of 52 books in 2025

screenshot from the storygraph app showing a spiky line graph of books read per month for 2025

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

i unironically love this level of pedantry from our marketing team but I'm also stumped. time to go find some founding documents of the internet ...

slack screenshot saying (note spacing/full stops):

Could you confirm the correct grammar for TLS too:
TLS.1.0
TLS1.0
TLS 1.0

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

once again, google photos AI does not know the difference between Otto and a cat

screenshot of a google photos generated caption saying "Feline good, Spring 2024" over a picture of a small black pug standing on a wooden floor

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

is .... is it a hearse? because the idea that someone wants to be paid to coach you through funerals is far far worse

photograph of a silver people mover car on the Auckland motorway, with green sign-writing on the back that says "FUNERAL COACH"

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Ahh yes, the traditional festive Christmas nudibranch sculpture (to continue one of my favourite of @bigshika.com's jokes)

in the background, an Australian villa. in front of it, a wireframe one story high, across the entire house, of a nudibranch with various pieces of plastic trash attached to it

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

on-the-ground update from my husband

the two tan pugs from the photo above lie on a tan and red floral velvet couch. one is lying alongside the armrest, the other one is lying on top of the first one, across him and the armrest. they look extremely silly, like stacked wrinkly potatoes

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I've been away for over a week and i cannot WAIT to see these silly little critters

three pugs lie side by side in a bouclé tweedy bed. two have their heads down, one is looking up hopefully. L-R: Gunter, Otto, Alfie

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

i have worked with many amazing folks but an absolute highlight of Kawaiicon was getting to spend time with Betty, one of the most amazing humans I've had the honour of knowing

photograph of me, a white woman in my late 30s with dark hair, a white tshirt and a big grin while holding the camera, and Betty, an Asian (Hongkong) woman with dark hair in a bob, wearing a white and blue striped dress and doing the peace sign

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

my feelings are about to get hurt #kawaiicon

photo of stage from Kawaiicon conference, with a slide that says "i ♥️ software developers"

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Some extremely awesome things - adorable cats, a company i quite like, actually, and Colby! More awesomeness to come about SBOMs. Got to see some of the implementation process that underlies this talk, and I'm really excited to be able to use it on our customer-run agent, Tentacle

Kawaiicon stage, with Colby Prior standing front and center with his arms wide. Pretty coloured designs are behind him. Above him is a slideshow, showing his cats and employer, Octopus Deploy

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

which pug do you think ate the pack of hi-chew lollies? we don't know, and we're waiting for the resulting poops to start to find out. get your votes in now. (they're fine, we've checked the ingredients and spoken to their vet and they won't suffer anything worse than a bad tummy)

a small black pug (Otto) sitting on an orange couch

a tan and black pug (Alfie) sitting on an orange couch with his tongue out

a tan and black pug (Gunter) standing on a carpet

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

that sounds heartbreaking 😞 the pugs are as close as I'll let them, so they're doing okay

three pugs on a couch, photographed from above and behind so they look like a line of potato-shaped lumps

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Oh, you copy-paste your API keys like a pleb? I have mine hand-delivered by the API key van

photograph inside an underground parking lot of the back of a panel van with signage that says "API access & security ... 131 Key"

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

my simple pleasures: a mix of iridescent stickers, with puns, for a product/company i actually use day-to-day

six stickers, saying "N Service Bus", "It's not a bug it's eventual consistency, "i see ghost messages", "don't reinvent the wheel", "dead letter society"

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Is this button behaviour expected? The text of the button implies it goes to the "Stay Wild" design but the background made me think it'd take me to the tshirt preorder

screenshot of Pepper's website showing the Karearea design

Screenshot of "stay wild" tote product on Pepper's website

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

don't pat the cute dogs in Bali challenge, level: difficult

photograph of a cute small mixed breed dog with a major underbite trotting towards the photographer, quite close, at night on a set of wooden steps outside

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Random k8s (not really but it'll do) tat in a cute lil indonesian store. What command shall i write on the secret message?

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Absolutely brilliant presentation title from my colleague @cail.bsky.social today. I will be giggling about this for weeks. #SLIve #SLAugh #SLOve

Screenshot "SLIve, SLAugh, SLOve, Cail Young"

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Otto loves Kerry more than anything else in the world (meanwhile Alfie and Gunter are playing licky face with each other)

a small black pug lies on my husband's chest, gazing up at him adoringly

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

what the actual fuck, australia. why do official parliamentary petitions publish my address???

screenshot of the victorian govt parliamentary submission form, with a tickbox saying the address of the submitter will be made public

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I've been thinking of getting some protein shakes to beat the ADHD tendency to eat a single large meal, but looking at this one, which is marketed as a protein shake, i think I'd rather just have a Nippy's?

screenshot of the back of a protein shake bottle, where the ingredients are primarily low fat milk, cane sugar, cream and chocolate powder.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Am i even slightly equipped to own this car? No, but that doesn't stop me wanting it. Peugeot 504, just needs a bit of love

photograph of a british racing green vintage Peugeot 504 car parked on the side of the road. it's a bit battered but still charming.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Which pug is the best pug and why? L-R: Otto, Alfie, Gunter

three pugs sit on an orange couch, watching the photographer inquisitively

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Problem: i want to knock off work a bit early because i am exhausted, but I don't want to move this cuddly little guy

top-down photograph of a small black pug sleeping on a blanket across my lap while i sit in a desk chair at a work desk

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

hard to feel crap about myself and my day when this tiny baby is snuggling into me and demanding pats

a small black pug is cuddled into my chest. he is entirely relaxed

a small black pug looks up at me with his eyes half closed as i stroke his head

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

now for the scary, difficult part - cooking the pasta. I'm celiac. this is regular gluten-y pasta. I'm making this because half this food will be frozen and given to someone who's recovering from surgery. GF pasta is fine most of the time but it turns to mush when reheated. Wish me luck!

my hand holding a bag of san remo macaroni over a pot of water

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

when I'm cooking in bulk, i always save the vege offcuts to make stock. last time i fucked up with freezing the stock and cracked the jars but I've definitely learned my lesson this time

metal mixing bowl with various vege offcuts in it, like ends of carrots, onion skin, celery leaves, corn husk

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

soffritto! really enjoying current pop music at the moment. Chappell Roan, the K Pop Demon Hunters songs - excellent cooking music

photograph of soffritto (diced onion, celery and carrot) in a large pot

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Round 2: bolognaise sauce this one takes longer than the nacho topping, but i wanted to eat that one for dinner tonight so prioritised it also, if you aren't adding a dusting of nutmeg into your homemade bolognaise ("meat sauce" if you're American), get on it, it's excellent

handmade bolognaise ingredients.
dried oregano, nutmeg, passata, minced garlic, onion, smoked salt, stock, carrot, celery, red wine vinegar, beef mince, large tin of tomatoes, fresh basil

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

aaaaand nearly done with dish 1. it's so easy, that's part of what i love about it. bonus photo of my little helper, an underfoot pug

a large pan on the stove containing the cooked nacho topping

a very cute fawn pug, photographed from above, standing on the wooden floor of my kitchen, tilting his head at me hopefully

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Sunday meal prep time, for myself and a family member who is having surgery. starting strong with my favourite easy catering recipe, nacho topping that can be gluten free and vegan. what goes into it depends on what you have in your fridge - the best kind of recipe imo

meal prep ingredients on a grey stone counter. courgette, carrot, corn cob, brown onion, taco seasoning, can of black beans, can of cannellini beans

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

It's very popular with everyone here though

photograph of squares of butter mochi on a blue platter, on a wooden coffee table. Behind the table a small black pug is sitting, staring hopefully at the mochi.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

the completed quilt. my very first!! i am somehow very proud of myself and also deeply ashamed of how wonky it is. I'm so glad it's done though. I've mailed it off to it's new home as a gift, and I'm glad i never have to see the fucker ever again.

a small quilt on a wooden floor. the quilt has rainbow diamonds and triangles through the center, and rainbow stripes with white lines as a border. it is very crooked and uneven.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

your favourite goth tea cosy reporting for duty

a bathroom mirror selfie of me, a white woman in my 30s, with dark curly hair in a bun, wearing a mostly black outfit with some white frills that could accurately be described as a "goth teacosy"

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

there are also obstacles in my way

my hand holding a threaded needle, in front of a table with a sewing machine and a quilt on it. In my lap is a small black dog, blocking my ability to move my hands around

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Two seams to go before the quilt is finished. wish me luck! #threadchicken

A skein of white sewing thread on top of a sewing machine. The thread is nearly used up, you can see the plastic of the bobbin through the thread.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

this precious angel baby believes it is his right to be carried at all times. if you don't pick him up when asked, he will follow you and slam his front paws into the back of your knees to knock you over and show you who's boss. unfortunately, it actually worked on me today and now he is relentless

Me carrying Otto while he puts his leg around my neck and snuggles into my face, in our apartment. I'm a white woman with dark curly hair wearing large glasses and a navy tshirt. Otto is an extremely cute small black pug with large eyes.

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I would like to treat myself a little bit after a shitty month. Which ridiculous crocs should i get?

Black and Silver studded fisherman sandal (strappy) Simone Rocha Croc shoes

Cream and silver studded platform Simone Rocha Croc shoes

Black and pearl high heeled clog Croc Simone Rocha shoes

Pink and floral beaded high heeled clog Croc Simone Rocha shoes

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Alix @evolutionise.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

i have recently taken up quilting and in my newbie hubris, thought i could just make up some borders as i went. i think this is the final border layout but jeez this has been so much work. fun though, I'm already planning the next one!

A rainbow quilt, with the borders pieced together but not sewn. The seams are extremely wonky.

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