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Diane Shipley

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PhD student and CNF writer (bylines inc The Guardian, Washington Post, Longreads & more). Writing a book. Loves a good dachshund photo. Covid isn’t over. Black lives matter. Trans women are women. https://open.substack.com/pub/loweryourexpectations

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Sign the Petition Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention

He finally has the attention of twenty members of Congress who are fighting for his release.

Please share his story.

Please scream about him.

Disabled lives are undervalued and often disappeared without a trace.

We can still save Rodney but we have to get him out of the camp:

23.02.2026 05:54 👍 86 🔁 61 💬 1 📌 3
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Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

This is Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been imprisoned by ICE for a year.

He was about to get new prosthetic legs when he was kidnapped… and they won’t let him have them.

His health is declining & there’s been almost no media coverage.

No protests. No noise.

23.02.2026 05:54 👍 390 🔁 329 💬 7 📌 8

Disabled people are part of the future.
We must and should imagine and dream of futures where disabled people don't just exist but are everywhere, as we should be.
This need to fix/cure all disability is a eugenicist dreaming, and we should want better for ourselves.

12.02.2026 22:02 👍 657 🔁 221 💬 19 📌 5

Sophie Hillyerd on signing for Watford on loan - lnkd.in/e6sqQR-f

I'm now looking for freelance, contract or part-time work - if you'd like me to add depth and context to your women's football coverage, for online or print, please get in touch and let's talk about how we can work together.

08.02.2026 13:33 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Hello BlueSky! A quick post asking for some assistance.

I love telling stories in women's football that might fly under the radar a little otherwise. Take for example these from the last week or so:

Moneyfields - lnkd.in/eSyrfeE9

Emily Wallace of Norwich City - lnkd.in/eC-YdJTJ

08.02.2026 13:33 👍 4 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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Almost halfway!

Thank you so much for your donations to our 3 kitties in urgent need. They don't know yet, but their lives are about to get so much better.

Please keep sharing, the sooner we reach our goal, the sooner we can change their lives ❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/three-beau...

03.02.2026 16:55 👍 118 🔁 45 💬 0 📌 2

Please help our friend @maedayj.bsky.social stay housed and with necessities.
Mae really needs food and medication right now and February is almost here.
Whenever Mae deals with this her health takes a downturn.
Please be a blessing to someone who is a blessing to so many.
If you can't help, Cher! 💖

26.01.2026 00:36 👍 5 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0

I'm in a bad pain flare and can't afford pain meds

My February rent is due in 5 days. I really need every bit of help I can get uplifting this very urgent need. I'm still so so far from my goal

#neisvoid #painsomnia #spoonies #helpfolkslive

25.01.2026 07:30 👍 15 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 1

Solidarity action ASAP plz!

Miu is halfway there and safe for tonight BUT SURVIVAL IS STILL RELIANT ON MORE HELP 🔥✊🏻

>Share if you can't spare
>Reply, repost, & QP to increase visibility
>Send what you safely can to #KeepFolksAlive

#HelpFolksLive2026 #MABoost #HelpSky #TransCrowdfund

22.01.2026 00:29 👍 11 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 0

Exactly!

09.01.2026 21:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh, hey.....do you know what today is?

Today is a GREAT DAY TO WEAR A RESPIRATOR MASK IN ALL SITUATIONS OF POTENTIAL CONTAGION.

Covid, flu, etc al. inflict harm and injury. Why would we want to bring that onto ourselves, or someone else?

09.01.2026 17:54 👍 23 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0

Well, I’ve had 1 (one) hour’s sleep, that should sustain me for the most stressful time of the year

24.12.2025 07:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

$50 in 20 days

Please help! It costs more than $50 to keep my utilities on!

💸💕 #MutualAid #MutualAidVoid #HelpPeopleLive #KeepFolksAlive #HelpSky #MARequest

21.12.2025 03:48 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

The pandemic didn’t end.

The bigots in charge know that an unmitigated pandemic causes disproportionate death & disability of the groups they hate: trans folks, poor folks, immigrants, disabled folks, BIPOC communities, &c.

Don’t let them turn you into a weapon. Mask up. Give/get mask mutual aid:

30.11.2025 23:30 👍 65 🔁 31 💬 0 📌 1

It’s been six years since the first reported case of SARSCov2.

It’s never too late to wear a mask.

It’s never too late to clean the air.

Every infection avoided or delayed is a win for long term health.

We can drastically reduce transmission if everyone does their part.

01.12.2025 03:33 👍 337 🔁 107 💬 3 📌 3

You could have written about any number of other comedians who aren’t pieces of shit & have interesting things to say.

30.11.2025 04:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

25.11.2025 23:07 👍 9658 🔁 3866 💬 69 📌 143

Remembering as Alice Wong and Leslie Lee III’s names are being said a lot:

People now eulogizing and donating to their GFMs were very recently saying—with patronizing, casual contempt—that their call for people to mask to protect and include disabled and vulnerable people was “unreasonable.”

16.11.2025 19:23 👍 33 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1

Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.

15.11.2025 07:23 👍 382 🔁 95 💬 1 📌 1

I’m heartbroken to hear our warrior Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social has passed. She was so important to me & welcoming of me. This is the great loss of a true fighter. May she rise to power as an ancestor, may we never forget her lessons & continue her work for disability justice.

15.11.2025 11:48 👍 328 🔁 68 💬 7 📌 1

No borders, UBI for everyone, education, housing and healthcare should always be free & we should mitigate against the ongoing pandemic instead of shrugging

14.11.2025 11:25 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nothing yet - Can you spare $2 or $5?
You can help!

Aid asks are usually solved by many small donations - large donors are Very Rare.

Help?
Venmo.com/u/WishMage
Venmo.com/u/MousePounder
Cash.app/$WishMage
PayPal.me/MousePounder
PayPal.me/WyldWish

All paylinks:
linktr.ee/wylder

05.11.2025 20:28 👍 19 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 6

Been for my flu jab this morning and I’m officially calling it: it’s earmuffs weather.

25.10.2025 08:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0