Shiv (they/them)
shivanidave.co.uk
Shiv (they/them)
@shivanidave.co.uk
Journalist / broadcaster / political commentator
Science, tech, LGBTQ+ rights
community organiser - London Dyke March
some people know me as shivscamp
support me on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shivscamp
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
February 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My parents aren’t sure about what I do for a living. Neither am I tbh.
The internet was 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 to be a space where anything was possible and everyone has an equal voice. That feels less and less true - especially on 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 platforms.

Check out The People for a deep dive on the harms of Big Tech every fortnight.

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#PvBT #Memes #Newsletter
February 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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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.
February 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Made my first meme.
February 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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!
February 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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
They’re not even hiding it anymore.

(P.S. JFT97✊🏽)
February 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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
Bluesky even has a setting you can enable to prevent yourself from being able to post an image unless you have added alt text - this is really useful, especially if you're still getting into the habit of using alt text. 4/
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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!
Bluesky even has a setting you can enable to prevent yourself from being able to post an image unless you have added alt text - this is really useful, especially if you're still getting into the habit of using alt text. 4/
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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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/
February 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
What do you do when you get ghosted but in a work capacity?
February 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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…?
February 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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.
February 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every single person has the potential to be a DYKE

There is hope! Become a DYKE today!
February 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
i’m awake but not happy about it
February 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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In UK Parliament, Kate Osborne MP says “trans people have always existed”

@kateosbornemp.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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?
February 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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*
February 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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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
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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) 🫡
February 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
i’m so depressed i act like it’s my birthday everyday!
February 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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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.
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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February 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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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.
February 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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
I am not gonna say which council cos I don’t want to dox myself and I am going to try and press them on it. Will I have the time? Probably not.

The far right and their empathisers are everywhere - one even lives right next door to me and there is nothing that can be done about it ✌🏽
February 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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”
February 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM