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Art as a Portal to Puerto Rico
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🧵 Buiti/buenas! I’m a disabled artist in Borikén/Puerto Rico. I make artwork of our nature and indigenous stories 🌀
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#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
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#ArtSky #illustration #NatureArt #IndigenousArt #DisabledArtist #BlueskyPR #NoAI
A lil wiggle this morning
September 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A lil wiggle this morning
Borikén Mail Club members 📣 the September newsletter is out 🖤
Borikén Mail Club: September
Method vs Meaning Pt. 1 · Mail Drop
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September 16, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Borikén Mail Club members 📣 the September newsletter is out 🖤
🚨 If you’re in Puerto Rico or VI and use Mistolin, please stop and check this recall. Especially if you or your loved ones are immunocompromised/chronically ill. 🚨
6.3M cleaning products sold at Walmart, Costco recalled due to dangerous bacteria contamination
Clorox is recalling 6.3 million cleaning bottles over bacterial contamination risks, urging consumers to discard products and seek refunds.
www.nj.com
September 4, 2026 at 11:02 PM
🚨 If you’re in Puerto Rico or VI and use Mistolin, please stop and check this recall. Especially if you or your loved ones are immunocompromised/chronically ill. 🚨
For new followers, I’m creating a Taino-inspired oracle deck and in each of my seasonal mail drops, borikenmailclub.com members are getting one of the cards as well as following the making of it in newsletters.
Join BMC if that’s something you’re interested in! 🖤
Join BMC if that’s something you’re interested in! 🖤
This month's Borikén Mail Club oracle card mini print is out!
If you aren't a member and would like to receive this and future mail drops in your mailbox, you can join at borikenmailclub.com 🖤
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September 2, 2026 at 9:52 PM
For new followers, I’m creating a Taino-inspired oracle deck and in each of my seasonal mail drops, borikenmailclub.com members are getting one of the cards as well as following the making of it in newsletters.
Join BMC if that’s something you’re interested in! 🖤
Join BMC if that’s something you’re interested in! 🖤
This month's newsletter is out!
If you'd like to read my piece about Project Hail Mary and how it's a movie about disabled relationships, you can sign up and access it in my archive 🖤
buttondown.com/TORO/archive...
If you'd like to read my piece about Project Hail Mary and how it's a movie about disabled relationships, you can sign up and access it in my archive 🖤
buttondown.com/TORO/archive...
Newsletter subs 📣 I normally send my newsletter out on the 1st & this one is a long one, I’m talking about Project Hail Mary from a disability lens.
I’ve REALLY enjoyed writing it!! It’s a piece I’ve wanted to write for years, long before PHM. But I’m still editing it, so it’ll go out tomorrow 🖤
I’ve REALLY enjoyed writing it!! It’s a piece I’ve wanted to write for years, long before PHM. But I’m still editing it, so it’ll go out tomorrow 🖤
September 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This month's newsletter is out!
If you'd like to read my piece about Project Hail Mary and how it's a movie about disabled relationships, you can sign up and access it in my archive 🖤
buttondown.com/TORO/archive...
If you'd like to read my piece about Project Hail Mary and how it's a movie about disabled relationships, you can sign up and access it in my archive 🖤
buttondown.com/TORO/archive...
This month's Borikén Mail Club oracle card mini print is out!
If you aren't a member and would like to receive this and future mail drops in your mailbox, you can join at borikenmailclub.com 🖤
If you aren't a member and would like to receive this and future mail drops in your mailbox, you can join at borikenmailclub.com 🖤
September 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This month's Borikén Mail Club oracle card mini print is out!
If you aren't a member and would like to receive this and future mail drops in your mailbox, you can join at borikenmailclub.com 🖤
If you aren't a member and would like to receive this and future mail drops in your mailbox, you can join at borikenmailclub.com 🖤
"In the coquí, I see several motifs that are used throughout Taino art and design. Some of these motifs may not have originated with observing specifically the coquí and could be just reflections of the motifs' existence throughout nature, which itself is a theme found within the Taino worldview."
September 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
"In the coquí, I see several motifs that are used throughout Taino art and design. Some of these motifs may not have originated with observing specifically the coquí and could be just reflections of the motifs' existence throughout nature, which itself is a theme found within the Taino worldview."
Newsletter subs 📣 I normally send my newsletter out on the 1st & this one is a long one, I’m talking about Project Hail Mary from a disability lens.
I’ve REALLY enjoyed writing it!! It’s a piece I’ve wanted to write for years, long before PHM. But I’m still editing it, so it’ll go out tomorrow 🖤
I’ve REALLY enjoyed writing it!! It’s a piece I’ve wanted to write for years, long before PHM. But I’m still editing it, so it’ll go out tomorrow 🖤
September 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Newsletter subs 📣 I normally send my newsletter out on the 1st & this one is a long one, I’m talking about Project Hail Mary from a disability lens.
I’ve REALLY enjoyed writing it!! It’s a piece I’ve wanted to write for years, long before PHM. But I’m still editing it, so it’ll go out tomorrow 🖤
I’ve REALLY enjoyed writing it!! It’s a piece I’ve wanted to write for years, long before PHM. But I’m still editing it, so it’ll go out tomorrow 🖤
Reposted by TORO
Many thanks to Uncloseted for the chance to shine a light on the dark areas of the children who have been left behind and trying to navigate allyship.
open.substack.com/pub/uncloset...
open.substack.com/pub/uncloset...
In MAGA Country in Missouri’s Ozarks, This Mom Offers a Safe Haven for LGBTQ Youth
Amanda Finley, who was raised in a conservative Christian home, knows what it feels like to not have anyone looking out for her. That’s why her door is always open.
open.substack.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Many thanks to Uncloseted for the chance to shine a light on the dark areas of the children who have been left behind and trying to navigate allyship.
open.substack.com/pub/uncloset...
open.substack.com/pub/uncloset...
1/ I asked myself, Did I need to experience all that suffering to finally get to visual art as a path?
And David Lynch answered my question. "..people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or because of—his suffering...
And David Lynch answered my question. "..people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or because of—his suffering...
August 31, 2026 at 8:23 PM
1/ I asked myself, Did I need to experience all that suffering to finally get to visual art as a path?
And David Lynch answered my question. "..people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or because of—his suffering...
And David Lynch answered my question. "..people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or because of—his suffering...
1/ "One day, the sun finally breached, illuminating everything. I could finally see a vast landscape with so many creative destinations and paths. It was this moment that suddenly I realized that whole time- for 4 whole years- I hadn't had a horizon.
And now I had one. The relief of seeing it...
And now I had one. The relief of seeing it...
August 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
1/ "One day, the sun finally breached, illuminating everything. I could finally see a vast landscape with so many creative destinations and paths. It was this moment that suddenly I realized that whole time- for 4 whole years- I hadn't had a horizon.
And now I had one. The relief of seeing it...
And now I had one. The relief of seeing it...
Checked Deflock for the first time in about 6 weeks and was STUNNED at how many new cameras have gone up in PR in that amount of time. Not surprised, but definitely stunned.
August 28, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Checked Deflock for the first time in about 6 weeks and was STUNNED at how many new cameras have gone up in PR in that amount of time. Not surprised, but definitely stunned.
Last few days to join borikenmailclub.com in time to receive this mini print in next month's Mail Drop!
If you know one person who might be interested in joining, can you send them my website? Having this stable monthly income is essential & word of mouth is the best free way for you to support me🖤
If you know one person who might be interested in joining, can you send them my website? Having this stable monthly income is essential & word of mouth is the best free way for you to support me🖤
This month’s borikenmailclub.com mini print is the glowing- dare I say ethereal!- endemic Gaeotis flavolineata or Puerto Rican Semi-slug 🖤
If you’re not a member and would like to receive this in next month’s Mail Drop, be sure to join by the end of this month!
If you’re not a member and would like to receive this in next month’s Mail Drop, be sure to join by the end of this month!
August 28, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Last few days to join borikenmailclub.com in time to receive this mini print in next month's Mail Drop!
If you know one person who might be interested in joining, can you send them my website? Having this stable monthly income is essential & word of mouth is the best free way for you to support me🖤
If you know one person who might be interested in joining, can you send them my website? Having this stable monthly income is essential & word of mouth is the best free way for you to support me🖤
Our endemic & critically endangered Puerto Rican Amazon/Cotorra Puertorriqueña for #AvianAugust 🖤 Our surviving Taino word for them is iwaca.
paralanaturaleza.org/conserva/historias-conservacion/cotorra-puertorriquena
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#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
paralanaturaleza.org/conserva/historias-conservacion/cotorra-puertorriquena
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
August 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Our endemic & critically endangered Puerto Rican Amazon/Cotorra Puertorriqueña for #AvianAugust 🖤 Our surviving Taino word for them is iwaca.
paralanaturaleza.org/conserva/historias-conservacion/cotorra-puertorriquena
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
paralanaturaleza.org/conserva/historias-conservacion/cotorra-puertorriquena
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
1/ "...I describe the ugly phase in a piece of artwork or the hard phase of learning a new skill or the jumbly, unsure period of a project as 'painful but exquisite.' We find this same natural tension in all growth and learning and creative processes. It's an exciting, frustrating...
August 26, 2026 at 6:01 PM
1/ "...I describe the ugly phase in a piece of artwork or the hard phase of learning a new skill or the jumbly, unsure period of a project as 'painful but exquisite.' We find this same natural tension in all growth and learning and creative processes. It's an exciting, frustrating...
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A veces fallan las palabras para tratar de explicar que estamos volando un avión sin sensores adecuados en cuanto al COVID. Pero sigue siendo la verdad. #puertorico
August 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM
A veces fallan las palabras para tratar de explicar que estamos volando un avión sin sensores adecuados en cuanto al COVID. Pero sigue siendo la verdad. #puertorico
I'm currently writing all about this for my free September newsletter! If you'd like to read it, it'll be out on the 1st. You can sign up for it at destinytoro.com 🖤
Finally got to watch Project Hail Mary. Why didn’t anyone tell me it’s [also] a movie about disability justice, access needs, and interdependence?!
If people would bring the same energy they give to the relationship between Rocky and Grace to the disabled relationships in their lives, we’d be okay.
If people would bring the same energy they give to the relationship between Rocky and Grace to the disabled relationships in their lives, we’d be okay.
August 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I'm currently writing all about this for my free September newsletter! If you'd like to read it, it'll be out on the 1st. You can sign up for it at destinytoro.com 🖤
1/ "The question isn't 'What would Taino art look like now?'
The question is, 'What does Taino art look like now?'
It looks like many things; it doesn’t have to look like historical recreations of Pre-Columbian art because we aren’t. The legacy of Taino art persists in many forms...
The question is, 'What does Taino art look like now?'
It looks like many things; it doesn’t have to look like historical recreations of Pre-Columbian art because we aren’t. The legacy of Taino art persists in many forms...
August 24, 2026 at 6:48 PM
1/ "The question isn't 'What would Taino art look like now?'
The question is, 'What does Taino art look like now?'
It looks like many things; it doesn’t have to look like historical recreations of Pre-Columbian art because we aren’t. The legacy of Taino art persists in many forms...
The question is, 'What does Taino art look like now?'
It looks like many things; it doesn’t have to look like historical recreations of Pre-Columbian art because we aren’t. The legacy of Taino art persists in many forms...
Our endemic woodpecker/Carpintero de Puerto Rico for #AvianAugust! Also called inriri, a surviving Taino name for these sacred birds present in our origin stories.
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
August 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Our endemic woodpecker/Carpintero de Puerto Rico for #AvianAugust! Also called inriri, a surviving Taino name for these sacred birds present in our origin stories.
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
destinytoro.com
#ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI #IndigenousArt
"My friend (illustrator) Haley Brown reminded me this morning that part of our job as artists is to go into the underworld, into these transitions and build these internal bridges. The art we share with the world is the result of that."
buttondown.com/TORO/...
buttondown.com/TORO/...
August 21, 2026 at 3:20 PM
"My friend (illustrator) Haley Brown reminded me this morning that part of our job as artists is to go into the underworld, into these transitions and build these internal bridges. The art we share with the world is the result of that."
buttondown.com/TORO/...
buttondown.com/TORO/...
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Y'all better bring Dr. Johnathan Flowers back because he didn't do anything & received no communication from bluesky on his suspension. #freeflowers
Um why would bluesky go after Dr. Jonathan Flowers? That's some bullshit. And it doesn't make them look good to go after respected Black philosophers who do good on here & don't behave badly. It only looks like racism.
August 21, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Y'all better bring Dr. Johnathan Flowers back because he didn't do anything & received no communication from bluesky on his suspension. #freeflowers
📣 BMC members, get your vote for next month's mini print in by tomorrow night at 9pm ET 🖤
📣 BMC members, this month's newsletter is out! Be sure to vote on next month's Oracle Card Mini Print by this Friday 🖤
Borikén Mail Club: August
Vote on next month's Oracle Card Mini Print!
buttondown.com
August 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
📣 BMC members, get your vote for next month's mini print in by tomorrow night at 9pm ET 🖤
Reposted by TORO
This month’s borikenmailclub.com mini print is the glowing- dare I say ethereal!- endemic Gaeotis flavolineata or Puerto Rican Semi-slug 🖤
If you’re not a member and would like to receive this in next month’s Mail Drop, be sure to join by the end of this month!
If you’re not a member and would like to receive this in next month’s Mail Drop, be sure to join by the end of this month!
August 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This month’s borikenmailclub.com mini print is the glowing- dare I say ethereal!- endemic Gaeotis flavolineata or Puerto Rican Semi-slug 🖤
If you’re not a member and would like to receive this in next month’s Mail Drop, be sure to join by the end of this month!
If you’re not a member and would like to receive this in next month’s Mail Drop, be sure to join by the end of this month!
📣 BMC members, this month's newsletter is out! Be sure to vote on next month's Oracle Card Mini Print by this Friday 🖤
Borikén Mail Club: August
Vote on next month's Oracle Card Mini Print!
buttondown.com
August 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
📣 BMC members, this month's newsletter is out! Be sure to vote on next month's Oracle Card Mini Print by this Friday 🖤