Destini Islands 🎮🧍🏿
@destiniislands.blacksky.app
🌕 Narrative Designer (full-time)
🌓 Indie Games Writer (part-time)
🌒 working on #TheDog (book), #AdoniaAI (game), and 2 NDA (game)
#destinidabble • destini.itch.io
🌓 Indie Games Writer (part-time)
🌒 working on #TheDog (book), #AdoniaAI (game), and 2 NDA (game)
#destinidabble • destini.itch.io
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Hi, I'm Destini! SFF narrative designer, writer, producer, traveler, & villains enthusiast. ✨️
- 🌈✊🏿🌠🌎🚅
- #destinidabble for nerdy poetry
- destini.itch.io for my (indie) stuff & game recommendations
- A little too deep into Immortal Days, Ikemen Villains, Alien Stage, Nu:Carnival, & trains
Hi, I'm Destini! SFF narrative designer, writer, producer, traveler, & villains enthusiast. ✨️
- 🌈✊🏿🌠🌎🚅
- #destinidabble for nerdy poetry
- destini.itch.io for my (indie) stuff & game recommendations
- A little too deep into Immortal Days, Ikemen Villains, Alien Stage, Nu:Carnival, & trains
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Feels like it should be bigger news that a journalist known for being loud about her investigations into banks/payment processors appears to be getting financially stonewalled by the entire industry unaminously right now.
The full count as of today:
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
Is it really a conspiracy to say Ana is being explicitly flagged by finance bros when she's now been banned (or censored) from Twitch, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, and *PornHub*??
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Feels like it should be bigger news that a journalist known for being loud about her investigations into banks/payment processors appears to be getting financially stonewalled by the entire industry unaminously right now.
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This is the dystopian bullshit so many of us feared. It's not coming, it's here.
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is the dystopian bullshit so many of us feared. It's not coming, it's here.
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Payment processors and banks have been conspiring for years to censor freedom of expression, and the use of MTI and Recorded Future has been yet another method of censorship bsky.app/profile/acva...
I did some digging
MTI is based off "cyber threat intelligence from Recorded Future," which was acquired by MasterCard in 2024
Guess who was an early Recorded Future client? Bank of America
www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/n...
www.insightpartners.com/ideas/how-ch...
MTI is based off "cyber threat intelligence from Recorded Future," which was acquired by MasterCard in 2024
Guess who was an early Recorded Future client? Bank of America
www.mastercard.com/news/ap/en/n...
www.insightpartners.com/ideas/how-ch...
How Christopher Ahlberg is making the world safer and more secure with Recorded Future
Christopher Ahlberg explains how Recorded Future has grown and evolved since its inception in 2009 as it strives for global security.
www.insightpartners.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Payment processors and banks have been conspiring for years to censor freedom of expression, and the use of MTI and Recorded Future has been yet another method of censorship bsky.app/profile/acva...
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heres one from 4 years ago, paypal has been robbing people for a long time but now it is targeted
www.reddit.com/r/paypal/com...
www.reddit.com/r/paypal/com...
From the paypal community on Reddit: Here is What to Do When PayPal Steals Your Money After Holding it For 180 Days
Explore this post and more from the paypal community
www.reddit.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
heres one from 4 years ago, paypal has been robbing people for a long time but now it is targeted
www.reddit.com/r/paypal/com...
www.reddit.com/r/paypal/com...
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I hate that people keep rediscovering this, but we've known for decades now that paypal does this, arbitrarily and with little recourse.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
3D artist on Patreon suddenly banned by PayPal: “I have nothing to pay my bills for this month. I have nothing to pay my rent, and I have only around $100 for a living before I resolve this, alter my billing in Patreon and wait a 5 day cooldown. PayPal says I can access my money only in 6 months”
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I hate that people keep rediscovering this, but we've known for decades now that paypal does this, arbitrarily and with little recourse.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
*Never* keep money in Paypal. Pull it to a real bank the second it hits. Your day-to-day Paypal balance should be at most in the low double digits.
I MISS HAIKYUU SO BAD I'M GOING TO CRY
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I MISS HAIKYUU SO BAD I'M GOING TO CRY
The new stupid twitch.tv policy makes it so I can't login using ANY of the browsers I choose to use ON MY OWNNN COMPUTER other than the approved Big Business ones and I also can't even send in a support ticket that they'd ignore anyway. Amazing and intelligent decision /sarcasm
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The new stupid twitch.tv policy makes it so I can't login using ANY of the browsers I choose to use ON MY OWNNN COMPUTER other than the approved Big Business ones and I also can't even send in a support ticket that they'd ignore anyway. Amazing and intelligent decision /sarcasm
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This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
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Happy Halloween and belated birthday (10/30) to xyx and xyx ALONE 🎃🎉
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Happy Halloween and belated birthday (10/30) to xyx and xyx ALONE 🎃🎉
Really appreciate all the amazing work that goes into the Progressive Voter's Guides. Breakdown by state AND county? Real people interviewing? Easy navigation and endorsements? It's mind-boggling. If you're a US voter, this should be one of the first things you read.
progressivevotersguide.com
progressivevotersguide.com
Progressive Voters Guide
Get the facts before you vote!
progressivevotersguide.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Really appreciate all the amazing work that goes into the Progressive Voter's Guides. Breakdown by state AND county? Real people interviewing? Easy navigation and endorsements? It's mind-boggling. If you're a US voter, this should be one of the first things you read.
progressivevotersguide.com
progressivevotersguide.com
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This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is literally Nazi shit. This is what the Nazis did. If you support this, you are a Nazi, and if that makes you upset, then STOP BEING A FUCKING NAZI
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not sure if it’s obvious by now but i’ve got orders to monitor ICE activity and, as usual, i’d appreciate any help bsky has to offer. if you gotta tip, my signal account is in my bio.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
not sure if it’s obvious by now but i’ve got orders to monitor ICE activity and, as usual, i’d appreciate any help bsky has to offer. if you gotta tip, my signal account is in my bio.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
i’m very mechanical. i can track things. data. paperwork. but i could always use help w/ people.
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CALLING ALL WOMEN & GENDER MARGINALIZED!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!
October 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
CALLING ALL WOMEN & GENDER MARGINALIZED!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!
We are happy to announce the Women’s Day Sale is returning in 2026—on Feb 27–Mar 8, 2026🔥
Celebrating the amazing women and gender marginalised in games 😎 🎮
Spread the word! 💜 SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!
👉 Submit your game: bit.ly/WDS2026Apply
🗓️ Apply by Nov 9th!
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to anyone trying to migrate to Blacksky, this is a video guide that will walk you through the steps !!
⚠️ IMPORTANT CHANGES SINCE I MADE THE VIDEO ⚠️
1. no invite code is needed
2. non-black users should input USERNAME.myatproto.social or USERNAME.cryptoanarchy.network in the "NEW HANDLE" section
⚠️ IMPORTANT CHANGES SINCE I MADE THE VIDEO ⚠️
1. no invite code is needed
2. non-black users should input USERNAME.myatproto.social or USERNAME.cryptoanarchy.network in the "NEW HANDLE" section
Entry 31 - Migrating from the Bluesky PDS to the #BlackSky PDS with PDS MOOver #SharpieVLOG
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
to anyone trying to migrate to Blacksky, this is a video guide that will walk you through the steps !!
⚠️ IMPORTANT CHANGES SINCE I MADE THE VIDEO ⚠️
1. no invite code is needed
2. non-black users should input USERNAME.myatproto.social or USERNAME.cryptoanarchy.network in the "NEW HANDLE" section
⚠️ IMPORTANT CHANGES SINCE I MADE THE VIDEO ⚠️
1. no invite code is needed
2. non-black users should input USERNAME.myatproto.social or USERNAME.cryptoanarchy.network in the "NEW HANDLE" section
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October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Three SCOTUS cases saw movement this week targeting LGBTQ+ people: A conversation therapy case, a shadow-docket case on trans passports, and a sports ban that will determine equal protection for trans people.
Writer S. Baum details all of them in our latest.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Writer S. Baum details all of them in our latest.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Three Supreme Court Cases Targeting LGBTQ+ People See Movement This Week
From sports to passports, these cases may determine the vitality of trans rights in the U.S. for generations to come.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Three SCOTUS cases saw movement this week targeting LGBTQ+ people: A conversation therapy case, a shadow-docket case on trans passports, and a sports ban that will determine equal protection for trans people.
Writer S. Baum details all of them in our latest.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Writer S. Baum details all of them in our latest.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Part 2 of the Pack:
go.bsky.app/DG2Xdpt
go.bsky.app/DG2Xdpt
October 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Part 2 of the Pack:
go.bsky.app/DG2Xdpt
go.bsky.app/DG2Xdpt
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Hi #DVPIT loves.
Be sure to look at my Black Authors starter kit for names and pitches as well. This algorithim is weird next to Twitter's/Xs and so what I'm seeing is a lot of Black Authors fading out of the algo due to typical engagement.
#POC
go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
Be sure to look at my Black Authors starter kit for names and pitches as well. This algorithim is weird next to Twitter's/Xs and so what I'm seeing is a lot of Black Authors fading out of the algo due to typical engagement.
#POC
go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
October 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hi #DVPIT loves.
Be sure to look at my Black Authors starter kit for names and pitches as well. This algorithim is weird next to Twitter's/Xs and so what I'm seeing is a lot of Black Authors fading out of the algo due to typical engagement.
#POC
go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
Be sure to look at my Black Authors starter kit for names and pitches as well. This algorithim is weird next to Twitter's/Xs and so what I'm seeing is a lot of Black Authors fading out of the algo due to typical engagement.
#POC
go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e
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kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...
Banned Books
bookshop.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...
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fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
There’s a lot in here that deserves a pull quote, but this is the most egregious. I need people to recognize the gravity of the situation here in Chicago;
October 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
fucked up that this is all just landlords swatting their own buildings to get rid of all the working class residents so they can raise the rent or sell to a developer who'll flip them into high end condos or w/e
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
like it's a real estate scam! it's a fucking land grab! a fire for the insurance money!
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There are still 30 spaces left in my Starter Pack for Black and Indigenous artists!
If you’re a Black and/or Indigenous artist (mixed folks 100% welcome), please reply to this post with examples of your work to be added!
Others, please share this post!
#BlackSky #IndigiSky #artistsupport
If you’re a Black and/or Indigenous artist (mixed folks 100% welcome), please reply to this post with examples of your work to be added!
Others, please share this post!
#BlackSky #IndigiSky #artistsupport
September 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
There are still 30 spaces left in my Starter Pack for Black and Indigenous artists!
If you’re a Black and/or Indigenous artist (mixed folks 100% welcome), please reply to this post with examples of your work to be added!
Others, please share this post!
#BlackSky #IndigiSky #artistsupport
If you’re a Black and/or Indigenous artist (mixed folks 100% welcome), please reply to this post with examples of your work to be added!
Others, please share this post!
#BlackSky #IndigiSky #artistsupport
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Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky
Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.
bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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For @blackscifi.bsky.social, I reviewed @zcheraime.bsky.social powerful animated short film Captain Zero Into The Abyss Part II, which addresses Black mental health through a superhero lens blacksci-fi.com/captain-zero...
'Captain Zero Into The Abyss Part II' Tackles Mental Health
'Captain Zero Into The Abyss Part II' Tackles Mental Health
blacksci-fi.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
For @blackscifi.bsky.social, I reviewed @zcheraime.bsky.social powerful animated short film Captain Zero Into The Abyss Part II, which addresses Black mental health through a superhero lens blacksci-fi.com/captain-zero...
As time goes on I find that the only sustainable approach to writing personal, good fiction is with the intention of it being a little fucked up for you and your best friends to giggle over. It's age old advice, I know, but I always viewed it as a "nice approach."
No.
It is the only approach.
No.
It is the only approach.
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
As time goes on I find that the only sustainable approach to writing personal, good fiction is with the intention of it being a little fucked up for you and your best friends to giggle over. It's age old advice, I know, but I always viewed it as a "nice approach."
No.
It is the only approach.
No.
It is the only approach.