Misha Gerrick
@mishagerrick.bsky.social
Storyteller, creator, renaissance woman.
Yep. Too many writers submit work to editors expecting praise. Dude, that's not what they're there for.
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Yep. Too many writers submit work to editors expecting praise. Dude, that's not what they're there for.
As someone that this has happened to, I can confirm. 0/10 can't recommend.
October 31, 2025 at 8:42 AM
As someone that this has happened to, I can confirm. 0/10 can't recommend.
Only ebooks. :-P
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Only ebooks. :-P
Every relationship needs someone who packs the dishwasher like a squirrel on meth and one who packs it like a structural engineer. This is how we maintain the time space continuum.
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Every relationship needs someone who packs the dishwasher like a squirrel on meth and one who packs it like a structural engineer. This is how we maintain the time space continuum.
Feels like that report will have been written by an AI that hallucinated.
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Feels like that report will have been written by an AI that hallucinated.
Either way, it's good to know I have you fighting the good fight with me.
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Either way, it's good to know I have you fighting the good fight with me.
And yes, the left absolutely does this too. But we're never going to get anywhere if we're screaming about the equivalent of which filter we want to put over our reality. We need to get to the reality. To the truth. And THEN we can move from there.
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And yes, the left absolutely does this too. But we're never going to get anywhere if we're screaming about the equivalent of which filter we want to put over our reality. We need to get to the reality. To the truth. And THEN we can move from there.
Which again, isn't to say don't do what you can. What I'm saying is we need to stop engaging in the reframing as far as we can (cause doing so is almost impossible) because doing so is giving a lot of people who don't deserve it a free pass to continue with their bullshit.
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Which again, isn't to say don't do what you can. What I'm saying is we need to stop engaging in the reframing as far as we can (cause doing so is almost impossible) because doing so is giving a lot of people who don't deserve it a free pass to continue with their bullshit.
Cause also: you know WHY we're so focused on self-determinism when it comes to healing the world? Cause some people want us to feel good and complacent about recycling going up while those companies, who are also lobbying politicians world wide continue to destroy what they want for profit.
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cause also: you know WHY we're so focused on self-determinism when it comes to healing the world? Cause some people want us to feel good and complacent about recycling going up while those companies, who are also lobbying politicians world wide continue to destroy what they want for profit.
Most people can't even see it because it's part of the furniture when we look around us.
So yes: recycle.
Also: find out who those companies are and push for them to be legislated.
So yes: recycle.
Also: find out who those companies are and push for them to be legislated.
October 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Most people can't even see it because it's part of the furniture when we look around us.
So yes: recycle.
Also: find out who those companies are and push for them to be legislated.
So yes: recycle.
Also: find out who those companies are and push for them to be legislated.
Legislating those assholes out of polluting the world and having the Global South subsidize them would do a WHOLE LOT MORE.
I'm saying this as a comms person: comms literally changes how we perceive the world. It's also bullshit 90% of the time. Problem is, it's EVERYWHERE and it's insidious.
I'm saying this as a comms person: comms literally changes how we perceive the world. It's also bullshit 90% of the time. Problem is, it's EVERYWHERE and it's insidious.
October 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Legislating those assholes out of polluting the world and having the Global South subsidize them would do a WHOLE LOT MORE.
I'm saying this as a comms person: comms literally changes how we perceive the world. It's also bullshit 90% of the time. Problem is, it's EVERYWHERE and it's insidious.
I'm saying this as a comms person: comms literally changes how we perceive the world. It's also bullshit 90% of the time. Problem is, it's EVERYWHERE and it's insidious.
Which is to say: they succeeded at what they wanted to do.
Just like this whole: YOU TOO CAN SAVE THE WORLD IF YOU RECYCLE. <-- yes, but no. There are 100 companies in the world that do more to pollute and harm the environment than the rest of the world combined.
Every little bit helps.
Just like this whole: YOU TOO CAN SAVE THE WORLD IF YOU RECYCLE. <-- yes, but no. There are 100 companies in the world that do more to pollute and harm the environment than the rest of the world combined.
Every little bit helps.
October 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Which is to say: they succeeded at what they wanted to do.
Just like this whole: YOU TOO CAN SAVE THE WORLD IF YOU RECYCLE. <-- yes, but no. There are 100 companies in the world that do more to pollute and harm the environment than the rest of the world combined.
Every little bit helps.
Just like this whole: YOU TOO CAN SAVE THE WORLD IF YOU RECYCLE. <-- yes, but no. There are 100 companies in the world that do more to pollute and harm the environment than the rest of the world combined.
Every little bit helps.
Agreed. Cause those assumptions are often the causes of where we are. It's like... no matter how well-intentioned, we're not getting to the right destination if we start off from the wrong place compared to the map we have in hand. I think being open and curious and brave is a good start.
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Agreed. Cause those assumptions are often the causes of where we are. It's like... no matter how well-intentioned, we're not getting to the right destination if we start off from the wrong place compared to the map we have in hand. I think being open and curious and brave is a good start.
I agree. It's easy to fall prey to this sense of "oh what's the point?" But people DO rise to be better, to learn and grow.
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I agree. It's easy to fall prey to this sense of "oh what's the point?" But people DO rise to be better, to learn and grow.
Yeah absolutely this. And I 1000000% agree with you that the fight needs to be fought.
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Yeah absolutely this. And I 1000000% agree with you that the fight needs to be fought.
Now. 20 years and billions of dollars of self-enrichment in favor of the oil lobby later.
October 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Now. 20 years and billions of dollars of self-enrichment in favor of the oil lobby later.
But climate change sounds... whatever, so if nothing is done. Who cares? A climate crisis, on the other hand.... That's a problem. What's being done?
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
But climate change sounds... whatever, so if nothing is done. Who cares? A climate crisis, on the other hand.... That's a problem. What's being done?
And yeah, no one who has any power over policy and stuff ever thought differently about it. Who does, however, think differently about climate change vs climate crisis: is your average joe schmo on the street who should be voting based on whether something is being done about it.
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And yeah, no one who has any power over policy and stuff ever thought differently about it. Who does, however, think differently about climate change vs climate crisis: is your average joe schmo on the street who should be voting based on whether something is being done about it.
Yeah, except it's not a "just". I know when I say this, I sound like a conspiracy theorist, but there are literally people whose jobs it is to control the narrative by manipulating the way it's talked about. And again. If you control the narrative, you control what's happening in the story.
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Yeah, except it's not a "just". I know when I say this, I sound like a conspiracy theorist, but there are literally people whose jobs it is to control the narrative by manipulating the way it's talked about. And again. If you control the narrative, you control what's happening in the story.
I agree there. I'm not talking about being a pedant. (See the other posts I just sent for clarification.)
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I agree there. I'm not talking about being a pedant. (See the other posts I just sent for clarification.)
"Oh. You're woke."
"I'm empathetic and I care about the people around me, including you. Aren't you?"
"I'm empathetic and I care about the people around me, including you. Aren't you?"
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"Oh. You're woke."
"I'm empathetic and I care about the people around me, including you. Aren't you?"
"I'm empathetic and I care about the people around me, including you. Aren't you?"
Especially now in the world of hot takes and the creation of this verbal short hand. They're creating the conversation points and moving the goal posts when we engage. Don't let them. Keep people accountable for what they're saying.
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Especially now in the world of hot takes and the creation of this verbal short hand. They're creating the conversation points and moving the goal posts when we engage. Don't let them. Keep people accountable for what they're saying.
And no, it's not just theoretical: this redefinition and creation of new phrases with which to straw man the left is part of why the right can even win elections and stuff.
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And no, it's not just theoretical: this redefinition and creation of new phrases with which to straw man the left is part of why the right can even win elections and stuff.