Steven Deridder
@childofanarcissist.bsky.social
Published poet, tutor and teacher. Avid reader, photographer, and gamer. Currently finishing a memoir on narcissists! Posting to educate others on narcissism, tell stories, and help make sense of the world ✊🧠🌐
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Please be kind to teachers. The education system didn’t fail the US. Trump voters are addicted to news media propaganda. Critical thought and education have little effect. Decades of research show community remedies addiction, while their lack causes it. See 🧵2:
#socialpsych #education #polisky
#socialpsych #education #polisky
I know that repeating others in this echo chamber isn’t the most helpful thing on the planet, and that bad actors can find and use my words against me. But after reading AP News’ article today on Trump’s reaction to the Epstein Files, I just need to say, he’s so OBVIOUSLY a pedophile 🤦
That’s all 😂
That’s all 😂
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I know that repeating others in this echo chamber isn’t the most helpful thing on the planet, and that bad actors can find and use my words against me. But after reading AP News’ article today on Trump’s reaction to the Epstein Files, I just need to say, he’s so OBVIOUSLY a pedophile 🤦
That’s all 😂
That’s all 😂
Taking a break from my typical doomer-attempting-to-hope posts to say that I got recently accepted to the NYC Write To Pitch Conference in March. I’m so excited and nervous 🥳☠️
Only 5 more small yet crucial fixes to go. Then I’ll send the #memoir over to beta-reader 3…
#writers #authors #nonfiction
Only 5 more small yet crucial fixes to go. Then I’ll send the #memoir over to beta-reader 3…
#writers #authors #nonfiction
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Taking a break from my typical doomer-attempting-to-hope posts to say that I got recently accepted to the NYC Write To Pitch Conference in March. I’m so excited and nervous 🥳☠️
Only 5 more small yet crucial fixes to go. Then I’ll send the #memoir over to beta-reader 3…
#writers #authors #nonfiction
Only 5 more small yet crucial fixes to go. Then I’ll send the #memoir over to beta-reader 3…
#writers #authors #nonfiction
Just a friendly reminder that NOT paying for new products (or subscription services!) from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, HP, and Nvidia is significantly better a protest than liking / sharing info against them on a social media site that then sells your info back to them to market you more products
These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom
The White House's list of 37 donors to President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom project includes crypto billionaires, powerful financiers, tobacco companies, tech giants, media companies, longti...
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just a friendly reminder that NOT paying for new products (or subscription services!) from Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, HP, and Nvidia is significantly better a protest than liking / sharing info against them on a social media site that then sells your info back to them to market you more products
Narcissists are more common than you think. I'm flabbergasted at how many students and strangers online share huge pieces of my story
And yes, those with NPD are that predictably manipulative behind closed doors. It's pretty astounding they trick anyone at all
And yet one is running our country 🤦♀️
And yes, those with NPD are that predictably manipulative behind closed doors. It's pretty astounding they trick anyone at all
And yet one is running our country 🤦♀️
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Narcissists are more common than you think. I'm flabbergasted at how many students and strangers online share huge pieces of my story
And yes, those with NPD are that predictably manipulative behind closed doors. It's pretty astounding they trick anyone at all
And yet one is running our country 🤦♀️
And yes, those with NPD are that predictably manipulative behind closed doors. It's pretty astounding they trick anyone at all
And yet one is running our country 🤦♀️
Trump thinks he’s being extorted by Democrats? What a child. Both parties have done this with the budget periodically for decades. Was he born yesterday?
Oh. My god!
…I feel bad for the people who, every day, must be changing this baby victim’s man diapers 😂
Oh. My god!
…I feel bad for the people who, every day, must be changing this baby victim’s man diapers 😂
Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats
The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trump thinks he’s being extorted by Democrats? What a child. Both parties have done this with the budget periodically for decades. Was he born yesterday?
Oh. My god!
…I feel bad for the people who, every day, must be changing this baby victim’s man diapers 😂
Oh. My god!
…I feel bad for the people who, every day, must be changing this baby victim’s man diapers 😂
I love this quote. Learning something new is what keeps me writing (and revising!) even when it gets difficult
Writers can be planners or pantsers. But I feel that, at some point, all the greats experience a discovery. They stop leading us through the story and read what happens next along with us!
Writers can be planners or pantsers. But I feel that, at some point, all the greats experience a discovery. They stop leading us through the story and read what happens next along with us!
'What keeps fascinating me is just the process of writing. Where will it lead me? What will I learn about the world this time? What will I bring to the world that I didn’t know about before.' Jon Fosse answers @thetls.bsky.social's Twenty Questions: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
Twenty Questions with Jon Fosse
“How can I know what I think, until I see what I say?” (E. M. Forster). How much of your writing surprises you? If it doesn’t surprise me, I am writing badly, and then it isn’t worth writing. After ma...
www.the-tls.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I love this quote. Learning something new is what keeps me writing (and revising!) even when it gets difficult
Writers can be planners or pantsers. But I feel that, at some point, all the greats experience a discovery. They stop leading us through the story and read what happens next along with us!
Writers can be planners or pantsers. But I feel that, at some point, all the greats experience a discovery. They stop leading us through the story and read what happens next along with us!
Love this list!!!
I’ve switched from Google and Chrome to DuckDuckGo and Tor, dropped my refurbished iPhone’s AppleCare, canceled Microsoft GamePass, never had Amazon Prime, and no longer scroll instagram, let alone see their ads
This isn’t a brag—I’m only saying, it’s easier than you think!
I’ve switched from Google and Chrome to DuckDuckGo and Tor, dropped my refurbished iPhone’s AppleCare, canceled Microsoft GamePass, never had Amazon Prime, and no longer scroll instagram, let alone see their ads
This isn’t a brag—I’m only saying, it’s easier than you think!
These are the companies, foundations and billionaires who paid for the ballroom that tore into our White House. Their money helped demolish part of our national history. That stain won't wash off, no matter how many galas they host.
#BallroomBloodMoney
#BallroomBloodMoney
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Love this list!!!
I’ve switched from Google and Chrome to DuckDuckGo and Tor, dropped my refurbished iPhone’s AppleCare, canceled Microsoft GamePass, never had Amazon Prime, and no longer scroll instagram, let alone see their ads
This isn’t a brag—I’m only saying, it’s easier than you think!
I’ve switched from Google and Chrome to DuckDuckGo and Tor, dropped my refurbished iPhone’s AppleCare, canceled Microsoft GamePass, never had Amazon Prime, and no longer scroll instagram, let alone see their ads
This isn’t a brag—I’m only saying, it’s easier than you think!
100% this. Tell it like it is, Bernie!!!
In the meantime, stop funding oligarchs with your money, your data, and your investments / retirement
You’re already on Bluesky, so drop Instagram entirely. Use eBay, not Amazon; Signal, not WhatsApp; and DuckDuckGo, not Chrome
#us #politics #berniesanders
In the meantime, stop funding oligarchs with your money, your data, and your investments / retirement
You’re already on Bluesky, so drop Instagram entirely. Use eBay, not Amazon; Signal, not WhatsApp; and DuckDuckGo, not Chrome
#us #politics #berniesanders
Sen. Bernie Sanders - Harnessing Energy From "No Kings" Rally to "Fight Oligarchy" | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
100% this. Tell it like it is, Bernie!!!
In the meantime, stop funding oligarchs with your money, your data, and your investments / retirement
You’re already on Bluesky, so drop Instagram entirely. Use eBay, not Amazon; Signal, not WhatsApp; and DuckDuckGo, not Chrome
#us #politics #berniesanders
In the meantime, stop funding oligarchs with your money, your data, and your investments / retirement
You’re already on Bluesky, so drop Instagram entirely. Use eBay, not Amazon; Signal, not WhatsApp; and DuckDuckGo, not Chrome
#us #politics #berniesanders
Speaking out isn’t enough
—Stop giving your data and business to corporations that support him
—Drop BigTech stocks from your portfolio
—Refuse to pay federal taxes: don’t fund mass deportations and the militarized invasions of blue states
You aren’t what you preach; you are what you pay for!
—Stop giving your data and business to corporations that support him
—Drop BigTech stocks from your portfolio
—Refuse to pay federal taxes: don’t fund mass deportations and the militarized invasions of blue states
You aren’t what you preach; you are what you pay for!
October 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Speaking out isn’t enough
—Stop giving your data and business to corporations that support him
—Drop BigTech stocks from your portfolio
—Refuse to pay federal taxes: don’t fund mass deportations and the militarized invasions of blue states
You aren’t what you preach; you are what you pay for!
—Stop giving your data and business to corporations that support him
—Drop BigTech stocks from your portfolio
—Refuse to pay federal taxes: don’t fund mass deportations and the militarized invasions of blue states
You aren’t what you preach; you are what you pay for!
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How I read this headline: “The narcissists currently running your government mask-switch in front of their victims, successfully play the role of a victim themselves, and shift blame onto the Democrats.”
Democracy is compromise—not Republican lies
#cptsd #uspolitics #narcissism #psychology #toxic
Democracy is compromise—not Republican lies
#cptsd #uspolitics #narcissism #psychology #toxic
Who's winning the blame game over the government shutdown? Everyone and no one, AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll finds most Americans see the government shutdown as a significant problem as it drags on.
apnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
How I read this headline: “The narcissists currently running your government mask-switch in front of their victims, successfully play the role of a victim themselves, and shift blame onto the Democrats.”
Democracy is compromise—not Republican lies
#cptsd #uspolitics #narcissism #psychology #toxic
Democracy is compromise—not Republican lies
#cptsd #uspolitics #narcissism #psychology #toxic
Reposted by Steven Deridder
Trump didn’t light the fire overnight. He’s been turning up the heat slowly, hoping we won’t notice until we’re already cooked.
October 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Trump didn’t light the fire overnight. He’s been turning up the heat slowly, hoping we won’t notice until we’re already cooked.
It's crazy how quickly small and BigTech companies alike have gaslighted people into believing their environment-destroying, art-stealing, perpetually-lying AI is necessary
It's crazier, though, that even those in the know about AI are still using the companies pushing for it
💰>🗣️
It's crazier, though, that even those in the know about AI are still using the companies pushing for it
💰>🗣️
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's crazy how quickly small and BigTech companies alike have gaslighted people into believing their environment-destroying, art-stealing, perpetually-lying AI is necessary
It's crazier, though, that even those in the know about AI are still using the companies pushing for it
💰>🗣️
It's crazier, though, that even those in the know about AI are still using the companies pushing for it
💰>🗣️
In a decade, the audiences of literature and genre fiction alike will be used to reading “works” by LLMs. Their word choice, cadence, and structure will be the norm
Since accessibility and market appeal are what most publishers look for, will writers then need to sound like an LLM to be published?
Since accessibility and market appeal are what most publishers look for, will writers then need to sound like an LLM to be published?
October 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In a decade, the audiences of literature and genre fiction alike will be used to reading “works” by LLMs. Their word choice, cadence, and structure will be the norm
Since accessibility and market appeal are what most publishers look for, will writers then need to sound like an LLM to be published?
Since accessibility and market appeal are what most publishers look for, will writers then need to sound like an LLM to be published?
AI is inherently narcissistic. It tries to match your energy and will lie to you to do so. It’ll change its “personality” to please you. It wants you to use it constantly
Sound familiar #cptsd, #narcissism, and #psychology ?
Magical thinking, mask-switching, and gaslighting?
#bigtech #AI
Sound familiar #cptsd, #narcissism, and #psychology ?
Magical thinking, mask-switching, and gaslighting?
#bigtech #AI
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
AI is inherently narcissistic. It tries to match your energy and will lie to you to do so. It’ll change its “personality” to please you. It wants you to use it constantly
Sound familiar #cptsd, #narcissism, and #psychology ?
Magical thinking, mask-switching, and gaslighting?
#bigtech #AI
Sound familiar #cptsd, #narcissism, and #psychology ?
Magical thinking, mask-switching, and gaslighting?
#bigtech #AI
If BigTech's blood money got Trump elected, our wallets will oust him. Not our words
If Republican incumbents' apathy and sycophancy allowed for Trump to break the law, our direct and actionable opposition is what will hold him to justice. Not our reposts
If Republican incumbents' apathy and sycophancy allowed for Trump to break the law, our direct and actionable opposition is what will hold him to justice. Not our reposts
October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If BigTech's blood money got Trump elected, our wallets will oust him. Not our words
If Republican incumbents' apathy and sycophancy allowed for Trump to break the law, our direct and actionable opposition is what will hold him to justice. Not our reposts
If Republican incumbents' apathy and sycophancy allowed for Trump to break the law, our direct and actionable opposition is what will hold him to justice. Not our reposts
If just one of these stories on Reddit is true, it’s one too many
Reposting here, protesting outside, or existing-to-resist is not enough
Once upon a time, 11 US states seceded to protect slavery
We can do the same for freedom
Or would we rather pay federal taxes this year to disappear citizens?
Reposting here, protesting outside, or existing-to-resist is not enough
Once upon a time, 11 US states seceded to protect slavery
We can do the same for freedom
Or would we rather pay federal taxes this year to disappear citizens?
From the AskReddit community on Reddit
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October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If just one of these stories on Reddit is true, it’s one too many
Reposting here, protesting outside, or existing-to-resist is not enough
Once upon a time, 11 US states seceded to protect slavery
We can do the same for freedom
Or would we rather pay federal taxes this year to disappear citizens?
Reposting here, protesting outside, or existing-to-resist is not enough
Once upon a time, 11 US states seceded to protect slavery
We can do the same for freedom
Or would we rather pay federal taxes this year to disappear citizens?
Friendly reminder: healing from this is possible!! It FEELS impossible, and all the knowledge of what to actually do to heal, and of how and why it’s so difficult, isn’t going to make it feel any less impossible.
But it IS possible.
I believe in you
#cptsd #narcissism #mentalhealth #sane #ptsd
But it IS possible.
I believe in you
#cptsd #narcissism #mentalhealth #sane #ptsd
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Friendly reminder: healing from this is possible!! It FEELS impossible, and all the knowledge of what to actually do to heal, and of how and why it’s so difficult, isn’t going to make it feel any less impossible.
But it IS possible.
I believe in you
#cptsd #narcissism #mentalhealth #sane #ptsd
But it IS possible.
I believe in you
#cptsd #narcissism #mentalhealth #sane #ptsd
If speech is made easy and free enough for MAGA narcissists like Trump to tear down reality with lies, it becomes categorically worthless
Pick you poison: democratic tools for mass communication, always to be usurped by tyrants—or paid spaces moderated by experts
I’ll pay a real journalist any day
Pick you poison: democratic tools for mass communication, always to be usurped by tyrants—or paid spaces moderated by experts
I’ll pay a real journalist any day
This is a declaration of war against United States citizens
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If speech is made easy and free enough for MAGA narcissists like Trump to tear down reality with lies, it becomes categorically worthless
Pick you poison: democratic tools for mass communication, always to be usurped by tyrants—or paid spaces moderated by experts
I’ll pay a real journalist any day
Pick you poison: democratic tools for mass communication, always to be usurped by tyrants—or paid spaces moderated by experts
I’ll pay a real journalist any day
Ooof, he sounds a lot like my ex. He is a narcissist and in a position of power too, on the c-suite. I think these growth-focused grifters get off to gaslighting audiences they perceive as captive. They can’t really conceptualize humiliating themselves or ever being the problem, unfortunately 🤷♀️☠️
Trump has humiliated the United States on the global stage again
Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ooof, he sounds a lot like my ex. He is a narcissist and in a position of power too, on the c-suite. I think these growth-focused grifters get off to gaslighting audiences they perceive as captive. They can’t really conceptualize humiliating themselves or ever being the problem, unfortunately 🤷♀️☠️
MAGAs being complete hypocrites, rewriting recent history, and playing the victim is on another level, far past the “average” dumb and selfish. It’s classic narcissism
Personality disorders cannot exist in a vacuum
I’m pretty sure you can catch “catch” narcissism
#cptsd #npd #narcissism #politics
Personality disorders cannot exist in a vacuum
I’m pretty sure you can catch “catch” narcissism
#cptsd #npd #narcissism #politics
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
MAGAs being complete hypocrites, rewriting recent history, and playing the victim is on another level, far past the “average” dumb and selfish. It’s classic narcissism
Personality disorders cannot exist in a vacuum
I’m pretty sure you can catch “catch” narcissism
#cptsd #npd #narcissism #politics
Personality disorders cannot exist in a vacuum
I’m pretty sure you can catch “catch” narcissism
#cptsd #npd #narcissism #politics
The censoring of Charlie Kirk naysayers by conservatives (if you can even call them that anymore) underscores how little values they actually have. It’s clear that half of America has been gaslit by narcissists, all ring-led by Trump
No exaggeration, MAGA = cult
#narcissist #resistance #nameit
No exaggeration, MAGA = cult
#narcissist #resistance #nameit
In the days following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, numerous workers have been fired for their comments on his death, among them MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd.
Workers commenting on Kirk's death learn the limits of free speech in and out of their jobs
In the days following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, numerous workers have been fired for their comments on his death, among them MSNBC political analyst Matthew Dowd.
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The censoring of Charlie Kirk naysayers by conservatives (if you can even call them that anymore) underscores how little values they actually have. It’s clear that half of America has been gaslit by narcissists, all ring-led by Trump
No exaggeration, MAGA = cult
#narcissist #resistance #nameit
No exaggeration, MAGA = cult
#narcissist #resistance #nameit
Reposted by Steven Deridder
I love this article on #enshittification. I have all my students read it
Social media sells the ability to speak freely and bypass gatekeepers. It’s always been about the freedom of speech
When BigTech enshittifies social media, they enshittify free speech, thus all of democracy
#politics #bigtech
Social media sells the ability to speak freely and bypass gatekeepers. It’s always been about the freedom of speech
When BigTech enshittifies social media, they enshittify free speech, thus all of democracy
#politics #bigtech
Pluralistic: Tiktok’s enshittification (21 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
September 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I love this article on #enshittification. I have all my students read it
Social media sells the ability to speak freely and bypass gatekeepers. It’s always been about the freedom of speech
When BigTech enshittifies social media, they enshittify free speech, thus all of democracy
#politics #bigtech
Social media sells the ability to speak freely and bypass gatekeepers. It’s always been about the freedom of speech
When BigTech enshittifies social media, they enshittify free speech, thus all of democracy
#politics #bigtech