You want to add you contact info to your HN bio. I thought you did a reasonable writeup and would consider contracting with you for this sort of work. I will avoid Upwork based on their appalling behavior here and lack of willingness to engage and accept their mistakes.
It's like it's just now the norm for these things to happen.
If you'd like to, i'd be happy to post your story in an edit below mine. I know this isn't the first time it's happened.
If you want to contact me, it's shad @ the domain in my twitter bio.
Good luck!