After this I was two stepping on stage to a Beyoncé song that I’ve never heard before Don’t let the grassroots arts die or the record will say we are all freaks and terrorists when I know our community is so much greater than they will ever know

My parents aren’t sure about what I do for a living. Neither am I tbh.

The thing is, I get Jeff Bezos. As a monopolist, it's obvious why he wants to get influential media to lobby against deregulation. The people I understand less are the ones he's going to get to shill for this with like fairly mid salaries. Complete sellouts.

Made my first meme.

Told one of my regular commissioners “my resilience has limits and I yearn for the quiet life of boring teenagers to sleep talking about physics 😂” I’m still “around” until September but very much hoping to be able to be less reliant on the gig economy of journalism in the not-so-distant future!

Sorry but there are way more than 14 seats in a carriage on a jubilee line train. This is simply lazy shitposting and if you’re gonna call yourself a journalist you should be stripped of your income until you check your facts

For anyone else trying to be better with alt text but could do with a prompt sometimes when in a rush etc… You can prevent yourself from posting an image UNLESS you have alt text by going to: Settings -> Display -> ALT Text

How do I do this? Really trying to be better with alt text but still feel like I am not in the habit and would love a prompt. For the posts where I press “Post” too soon!

We love how easy it is to add alt text on Bluesky, but there are still a lot of account sharing images who don't use it as standard. Alternative text helps anyone using assistive technology to understand what is in the image, even if they can't see it, making the post more inclusive. 1/

What do you do when you get ghosted but in a work capacity?

I love when a dyke ally wants to come to a LDN DYKE March event and they are like “but I’m not a dyke is that okay” and I’m literally like…?

The UK public vote for Denise to be with Jack and not Ravi shows that this country is with the dogs. In this essay; how a public vote, resulting in the win of a bent white cop over a working class brown man, shows the U.K. is a racist country that values the illusion of authority over desire.

Every single person has the potential to be a DYKE There is hope! Become a DYKE today!

i’m awake but not happy about it

In UK Parliament, Kate Osborne MP says “trans people have always existed” @kateosbornemp.bsky.social

put the words “i heart femme tops” on a muscle tank want watch the mascs of east london find their spare change to get that. if i collaborate with printers/ designers to make something SICK (while paying everyone fairly) how much would you pay?

adulthood - the comic series depicting being on the phone to the GP, fighting the council, and worrying about taxes *insert ai generated image cos i didn’t have time to sketch it*

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

don’t worry, i have remembered femmes exist and i will do my best to serve them today (anyone else who this work benefits or impacts is a secondary consequence) 🫡

i’m so depressed i act like it’s my birthday everyday!

Oh my god. They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service. "Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights" WOW.

I now have a dedicated page to my website where people can support me one off or monthly: shivanidave.co.uk/coffee I don’t want to put my work behind a pay wall and am currently looking at ways to bring it off Meta So if you are subscribing on those platforms please make sure you pay

Now is a great time to hire trans people. Ensuring a trans person has housing, food and clothing at a critical time like this is life-saving work.

The reality is I have to go and host an “LGBT History Month Quiz” this evening and pretend everything is fine despite knowing when I walk to my flat after the gig I’ll hold my breath as I pass his door and my heart will race until the door is bolted behind me

This is actually a joke. My neighbour told my partner he was going to “do in that lil p*ki c*nt” He lives directly below me (literally and otherwise) Reported to the police -> they say report to council Reported to the council -> council “that doesn’t count as anti-social”

Allotments are a great way to connect with nature, grow food sustainably and bring the community together. Allotments for all! www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/i%E2...

Watching that Lucy Dacus video on loop cos I have already had too much today

as a trans person of colour i feel a morbid sense of relief. finally, people are seeing that things are as bad as we have been saying they are. we were right. we were being gaslit but we were right. so there’s that…

Hadn’t even seen all the fash stuff from Kanye when I posted this

SPOTTED: Rudyard Kipling books embossed with swastika. I have some thoughts…

My life has been altered in ways i cannot explain because i watched this: youtu.be/a90_cjTF770?...

the dykiest thing someone could do is become a paid subscriber to my Patreon: patreon.com/shivscamp?ut...

BREAKING: 1) France court opens cybercrime investigation into X/Twitter over suspected algorithm bias. 2) Germany court rules that X/Twitter must provide researchers with data to monitor German elections. @defenddemocracy.bsky.social #EUsky #BigTech www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Got talking to The Speaker @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @kateosbornemp.bsky.social @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social about the work I do with @ldndykemarch.bsky.social and @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social

Hormone Stealing Wesley Streeting strikes again www.wearequeeraf.com/revealed-str...

A 🧵 on what aid cuts mean for HIV. HIV treatment saves lives. Currently 20 million people worldwide are on treatment funded by the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). That funding was halted by Presidential order and then given a reprieve for 90 days. Its future is uncertain. 1/10

after a break from grey’s anatomy im back at it and can’t help but feel an immense sense of déjà vu

A list of forbidden terms: Gender, transgender, pregnant person, pregnant people, LGBT, transsexual, non-binary, nonbinary, assigned male at birth, assigned female at birth, biologically male, biologically female. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

friends 👯‍♂️ fear 😈 they are on their “buying things that foster a sense of whimsy 🤳 vs 💪🏽 no ethical consumption under capitalism” ❌🧢 soapbox ❌🧢 again 😱

I entered a “dyke-y david beckham” look alike contest and have decided i actually love this hair on me??

it took 2 days for the algorithm to show me this post. why are they trying to suppress one of the key issues of our generation? 👀 www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/eas...

yesterday was one year since i had my first date with my girlfriend, we went out with some of the people we deeply love and there was a moment on that dance floor where i saw heaven in my girlfriends eyes

We haven't been very active on here because our social media manager has been writing the 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲. @shivanidave.co.uk (that's me!) looks at Big Tech's relationship with LGBTQ+ people before and after the updated Meta Community Standards.

not me being down bad on main, if i went to a gym i would be crying at it (that one is for my swifties)

my girlfriend bought me flowers and it's the first time any romantic partner has done that for me. even though i was trying to play it cool when she gave them to me, i catch glimpses of them as i read about horrible racism, homophobia, and transphobia online and feel like maybe not everything is bad

as a freelancer i like texting my friends with Real Jobs jovial things throughout the day so they see it on their screens, smile, and have a brief but sweet release from being a cog in the capitalist machine

You can also join them in: Manchester on 15 Feb www.eventbrite.com/e/gays-the-w... Redruth, Cornwall on 22 Mar www.eventbrite.com/e/gays-the-w...

During LGBTQ+ History Month, some of our favourite people are hosting workshops drawing on the @senatehouselib.bsky.social Seized Books! Project. 📆 Join them for their first workshop on 8 Feb in Stanley, Co Durham @bamullinspeaks.bsky.social @shivanidave.co.uk @adamzmith.bsky.social

i’m in a group chat of trans mascs and cis women who date trans mascs and all the cis women are talking about their boobs and that is ALLYSHIP

today i met a woman who had a bette porter sounding job title and a bette porter sorta vibe. now i see why yall were so down for bette porter