Podcast Episode: Practical Life And Civic Frustrations

Pip: Morrigan Aensland has been busy — packing tips, karma debts, writing philosophy, and city speed limits, which is a range that would exhaust most people before breakfast. Mara: Exactly the territory we're covering today — everyday travel hacks, how moral beliefs shape judgment, what it means to write for yourself, and one pointed opinion…

Podcast Episode: Fantasy Favorites And Life Lessons

Pip: MorriganKig is out here answering the questions the rest of us quietly Google at two in the morning — villains, dragons, and whether you peaked too early. Mara: Morrigan Aensland's recent posts range from fictional characters and the appeal of a good villain, to personal reflections on growing up, to the surprisingly loaded question…

Podcast Episode: Life Advice And Little Journeys

Pip: Morrigan Aensland has been answering daily writing prompts, and the results are part road-warrior logistics, part hard-won wisdom, part accidental detective story. Mara: That covers it well. We have travel tips and a serious mileage day, a piece of advice for younger people, and a handful of everyday curiosities that turn out to be…

Podcast Episode: Everyday Reflections And Oddities

Pip: MorriganKig has been answering daily writing prompts all week, and it turns out the prompts are doing a lot of heavy lifting. Mara: Morrigan Aensland covers a lot of ground across these posts — strange coincidences, the texture of daily life and work, and the media and apps that fill the gaps in between….

Podcast Episode: Memory, Loss, And Growing Up

Pip: MorriganKig is out here answering the big questions — history, identity, what movies break you — the kind of prompts that sound simple until you actually sit with them. Mara: Morrigan Aensland has been doing exactly that, working through daily writing prompts that touch on alternate history, personal milestones, emotional moments in film, and…

Podcast Episode: Reflections On Growing Up

Pip: MorriganKig is out here asking the questions therapists charge by the hour for — what would your future self say, and when did you realize you were a real adult? Mara: These are Morrigan Aensland's recent responses to daily writing prompts, and they cover two distinct territories: the slow, unglamorous business of growing up,…

Podcast Episode: Work, Quotes, And Cosplay

This week’s discussion by Morrigan Aensland explores various themes, including AI workplace mandates that trigger job searches, cherished food memories in Greece, the importance of cosplay as a craft, and the values reflected in popular characters and quotes. It emphasizes the intertwining nature of personal experiences and creative pursuits.

AI, Job Hunting and Slop Pushing at Work

Now time for a bit of a rant. Part of this post I had published on my Mastodon, so I’ll give that background here. Late last year, my workplace got a new technical director who immediately went about pushing the entire department onto AI. Like, full-in, full throttle AI. A “slop pusher” if you like….