TORO
@destinytoro.com
Illustration ➕ Animation ➕ Patterns
Inspired by the flora, fauna, and indigenous arts of
📍Borikén/Puerto Rico
#NoAI
destinytoro.com
Inspired by the flora, fauna, and indigenous arts of
📍Borikén/Puerto Rico
#NoAI
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TORO
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🧵 Buiti/buenas! I’m a disabled artist in Borikén/Puerto Rico. All of the flora and fauna in my work are based on species here in PR and the Caribbean. I study and incorporate Taino designs 🌀
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#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
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#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
This makes me so incredibly happy to see 🖤
I gave out over 200 masks for an EZLN event.
Keeping our organizing efforts alive and our communities safer.
Keeping our organizing efforts alive and our communities safer.
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
This makes me so incredibly happy to see 🖤
First Borikén Mail Club drop of 2026!! Sign up this month to get all 3 mailed to you from Puerto Rico 🖤 (The oracle card mini-print will be revealed on March 1st!)
Learn more & join here: borikenmailclub.com
#art #illustration #indigenousArt #BlueskyNightMarket
Learn more & join here: borikenmailclub.com
#art #illustration #indigenousArt #BlueskyNightMarket
January 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
First Borikén Mail Club drop of 2026!! Sign up this month to get all 3 mailed to you from Puerto Rico 🖤 (The oracle card mini-print will be revealed on March 1st!)
Learn more & join here: borikenmailclub.com
#art #illustration #indigenousArt #BlueskyNightMarket
Learn more & join here: borikenmailclub.com
#art #illustration #indigenousArt #BlueskyNightMarket
Relatable
Frog got a ladder. He put the box up on a high shelf. “There,” said Frog. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
January 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Relatable
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Sometimes I post art even though I'm not satisfied with it—people still enjoy it.
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
January 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Sometimes I post art even though I'm not satisfied with it—people still enjoy it.
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
Reminder that anyone can do art... drew 2 stick figures exchanging New Year's greetings? Congratulations, you're an artist & you didn't need a machine to spit that out for you.
Be not afraid... do human art in 2026💜
I had a feeling I’d hit 666 followers on New Year’s Day and it makes my dark, heathen, ex-evangelicult heart happy 🖤🌚
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I had a feeling I’d hit 666 followers on New Year’s Day and it makes my dark, heathen, ex-evangelicult heart happy 🖤🌚
Happy #Birbfest2026! 🐦⬛
As usual, I'm modifying this art challenge to fit birds from Puerto Rico/Caribbean since that is what I focus on, and I'll be skipping days.
Today, I offer a Tórtola Rabiche, or Mourning Dove 🖤
#Birbfest #BirdArt #ArtSky #SciArt #illustration
As usual, I'm modifying this art challenge to fit birds from Puerto Rico/Caribbean since that is what I focus on, and I'll be skipping days.
Today, I offer a Tórtola Rabiche, or Mourning Dove 🖤
#Birbfest #BirdArt #ArtSky #SciArt #illustration
January 1, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Happy #Birbfest2026! 🐦⬛
As usual, I'm modifying this art challenge to fit birds from Puerto Rico/Caribbean since that is what I focus on, and I'll be skipping days.
Today, I offer a Tórtola Rabiche, or Mourning Dove 🖤
#Birbfest #BirdArt #ArtSky #SciArt #illustration
As usual, I'm modifying this art challenge to fit birds from Puerto Rico/Caribbean since that is what I focus on, and I'll be skipping days.
Today, I offer a Tórtola Rabiche, or Mourning Dove 🖤
#Birbfest #BirdArt #ArtSky #SciArt #illustration
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January 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
🥳
I’m not someone who likes to be (or can be, really) in the crowds at NYE celebrations, but I love the energy & seeing fireworks from afar.
I love where I live because starting now, I can look out of my window & see little pops of fireworks going off throughout the mountains 🖤 I love it so much
I love where I live because starting now, I can look out of my window & see little pops of fireworks going off throughout the mountains 🖤 I love it so much
December 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m not someone who likes to be (or can be, really) in the crowds at NYE celebrations, but I love the energy & seeing fireworks from afar.
I love where I live because starting now, I can look out of my window & see little pops of fireworks going off throughout the mountains 🖤 I love it so much
I love where I live because starting now, I can look out of my window & see little pops of fireworks going off throughout the mountains 🖤 I love it so much
I also saw a guaraguao (hawk) and for the first time saw 4 guinea (helmeted guineafowl) including one white one today! I think it’s pretty auspicious for New Year’s Eve 🖤
Los garrapateros (Smooth-billed Ani) are visiting this morning for the first time in a while! What a lovely gift for NYE 🖤 They’re one of my favorite birds.
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I also saw a guaraguao (hawk) and for the first time saw 4 guinea (helmeted guineafowl) including one white one today! I think it’s pretty auspicious for New Year’s Eve 🖤
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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For my hero of 2025 at @motherjones.com, I wrote about the late great disabled disability justice oracle Alice Wong, including her work with Disability Visibility Project, Crips for eSims for Gaza, and #CripTheVote. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Hero of 2025: Alice Wong
The disability justice icon's last message: "Don’t let the bastards grind you down."
www.motherjones.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Los garrapateros (Smooth-billed Ani) are visiting this morning for the first time in a while! What a lovely gift for NYE 🖤 They’re one of my favorite birds.
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Los garrapateros (Smooth-billed Ani) are visiting this morning for the first time in a while! What a lovely gift for NYE 🖤 They’re one of my favorite birds.
Learn how we utilize Gen AI at Buttondown–it may surprise you.
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How Buttondown uses your content to power generative AI
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December 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
📣 Borikén Mail Club members:
The last Mail Drop of the year just went out! Keep an eye on your mailbox 📬
The last Mail Drop of the year just went out! Keep an eye on your mailbox 📬
3/ Join the Borikén Mail Club! 💌
Get art mailed to you from PR🇵🇷 throughout the year, as well as 1-2 extra emails every month with blogs, videos, BTS of my Taino-inspired oracle card deck, & more 🖤
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Get art mailed to you from PR🇵🇷 throughout the year, as well as 1-2 extra emails every month with blogs, videos, BTS of my Taino-inspired oracle card deck, & more 🖤
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December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
📣 Borikén Mail Club members:
The last Mail Drop of the year just went out! Keep an eye on your mailbox 📬
The last Mail Drop of the year just went out! Keep an eye on your mailbox 📬
Tbh, the doc will run some tests, they’ll come back normal bc they’re not testing for ::gestures at the ancient tentacled god:: this, so they’ll send you home. And if you’re in the U.S. you’ll owe a bunch of money for it. And they’ll call you a drug seeker. So. Idk, you have options.
Friends, please speak with a doctor if you spend more than 3 nights per week floating through the cosmos as an ancient tentacled god, slumbering for eons and waiting for the right moment to unleash your madness upon the universe.
December 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tbh, the doc will run some tests, they’ll come back normal bc they’re not testing for ::gestures at the ancient tentacled god:: this, so they’ll send you home. And if you’re in the U.S. you’ll owe a bunch of money for it. And they’ll call you a drug seeker. So. Idk, you have options.
🧵 Buiti/buenas! I’m a disabled artist in Borikén/Puerto Rico. All of the flora and fauna in my work are based on species here in PR and the Caribbean. I study and incorporate Taino designs 🌀
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🧵 Buiti/buenas! I’m a disabled artist in Borikén/Puerto Rico. All of the flora and fauna in my work are based on species here in PR and the Caribbean. I study and incorporate Taino designs 🌀
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
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I normally don't post my newsletters, but in this one, I announce my move from Ko-fi to my own 📣Borikén Mail Club📣 and I discuss my theme for 2026- Arúkawa Anaké Waôni- so I thought I'd share with you.
Take a lil read and subscribe for free if you'd like to receive more from me in the coming year 🖤
Take a lil read and subscribe for free if you'd like to receive more from me in the coming year 🖤
December Newsletter
In this newsletter: Thank you for supporting me in 20252026 Theme: Arúkawa Anaké WaôniBig Announcement: Borikén Mail Club 📣Things I’ve Been Enjoying...
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December 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I normally don't post my newsletters, but in this one, I announce my move from Ko-fi to my own 📣Borikén Mail Club📣 and I discuss my theme for 2026- Arúkawa Anaké Waôni- so I thought I'd share with you.
Take a lil read and subscribe for free if you'd like to receive more from me in the coming year 🖤
Take a lil read and subscribe for free if you'd like to receive more from me in the coming year 🖤
There's still time to sign up for the Borikén Mail Club in time to get December's postcard & a New Years gift from me 🖤 New drop coming on the 1st!
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December 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There's still time to sign up for the Borikén Mail Club in time to get December's postcard & a New Years gift from me 🖤 New drop coming on the 1st!
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Today is my birthday! Please consider helping my favorite charity, Backpacks for the Street. Jeffrey and Jayson turned their own harrowing experiences into good for others.
backpacksforthestreet.org/about-us/
backpacksforthestreet.org/about-us/
About Us - Backpacks For The Street
About Us - We are an organization that brings compassion, dignity, and hope to the homeless.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today is my birthday! Please consider helping my favorite charity, Backpacks for the Street. Jeffrey and Jayson turned their own harrowing experiences into good for others.
backpacksforthestreet.org/about-us/
backpacksforthestreet.org/about-us/
Just the coziest chilly morning here in PR 🖤
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Just the coziest chilly morning here in PR 🖤
Also can we take a second to appreciate the *beautiful* cover by @franzanth.bsky.social 🖤 Thank you for the work you put into this. It's gorgeous!
We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
December 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Also can we take a second to appreciate the *beautiful* cover by @franzanth.bsky.social 🖤 Thank you for the work you put into this. It's gorgeous!
I haven't been able to post for #InverteFest this week bc I'm prioritizing rest and 2026 planning. But I'm having so much fun scrolling through this season's book! Here's my Escarabajo Rinoceronte 🖤👇🪲
@whistberry.bsky.social your red-banded leafhopper is beautiful!!
@whistberry.bsky.social your red-banded leafhopper is beautiful!!
December 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I haven't been able to post for #InverteFest this week bc I'm prioritizing rest and 2026 planning. But I'm having so much fun scrolling through this season's book! Here's my Escarabajo Rinoceronte 🖤👇🪲
@whistberry.bsky.social your red-banded leafhopper is beautiful!!
@whistberry.bsky.social your red-banded leafhopper is beautiful!!
When we say “listen to disabled people” we mean *listen*. Not “demand extra labor from disabled people.”
I think people believe that listening is a passive activity. It’s not. It requires work on the listener’s part. It’s work to read and pull on threads, to stretch our brains, to be empathetic.
I think people believe that listening is a passive activity. It’s not. It requires work on the listener’s part. It’s work to read and pull on threads, to stretch our brains, to be empathetic.
Then.. idk either lean in, read the rest of the article, and learn more by following the threads that are there… or move on? Alice is/was one of the best communicators in disability history, and I don’t have anything to add to her piece.
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
When we say “listen to disabled people” we mean *listen*. Not “demand extra labor from disabled people.”
I think people believe that listening is a passive activity. It’s not. It requires work on the listener’s part. It’s work to read and pull on threads, to stretch our brains, to be empathetic.
I think people believe that listening is a passive activity. It’s not. It requires work on the listener’s part. It’s work to read and pull on threads, to stretch our brains, to be empathetic.
My previous Twitter Covid conscious and/or crip friends- is thomas IATSE STRIKE/@t_NYC on Bluesky yet? Is he still on the other site? I miss his posts and this reminded me.
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My previous Twitter Covid conscious and/or crip friends- is thomas IATSE STRIKE/@t_NYC on Bluesky yet? Is he still on the other site? I miss his posts and this reminded me.
I survived. I kept my cats fed & clean. I asked for help when I needed. I made a lot of art I'm really proud of. And it's the first year my business made a profit- TINY, but a profit nonetheless.
Want to help me close out the year with some bills paid?
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Venmo: destiny-toro
Want to help me close out the year with some bills paid?
Shop/Join: destinytoro.com
Venmo: destiny-toro
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I survived. I kept my cats fed & clean. I asked for help when I needed. I made a lot of art I'm really proud of. And it's the first year my business made a profit- TINY, but a profit nonetheless.
Want to help me close out the year with some bills paid?
Shop/Join: destinytoro.com
Venmo: destiny-toro
Want to help me close out the year with some bills paid?
Shop/Join: destinytoro.com
Venmo: destiny-toro