iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 2h

If enough diagnosed people with ADHD tell you that you have ADHD then that should count as a diagnosis, imo.

Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today I learned that “Greased Lightning” was an early 19th century neologism and now I need a Regency period Grease remake. The more I think about it the more it works.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Spoiler: the answer is capitalism! And sand. Also this is my home town, which is lovely except for the many steadily-deepening dips in the roads which may or may not open a passage to hell at any moment. We try not to think too hard about them.

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Why are there so many sinkholes in Prestwich?

The town has been plagued by sinkholes over recent years, with the latest opening just last week

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is my birthday. I am 44. I’m celebrating in my own way. My mother approves.

A very fresh tattoo amongst older ink on a white woman’s inner elbow. It says Hag Life in black capital letters

Three messages. Message one says “Not sure what Hag Life is but otherwise very artistic!” Message two says “It means I’m embracing the hag life. It is time. I will be moving to a shack in a swap and selling curses. Personal grooming? Out. Cathartic cackling? In.” Message three says “Can I buy in bulk?”

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

it is my solemn pledge to you that if 1000 of you buy or subscribe to Wyrd Science within the next 24 hours then me, my horse friend and his wife will spend a chunk of that money reenacting this classic booze ad start the clock! wyrd.science

in a dark wood panelled library, a man, woman and horse are sat behind a table covered with some kind of historical wargame.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

😭 he’s wriggling like he wants to go play but mum says it’s bath time

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New pendants are up in my Etsy store! thecultonthecorner.etsy.com

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Megan Ramirez @mumblemegs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's Solo September! 🎲📝✨ If environmental justice with a dash of cosmic horror sounds like something you can vibe with, why not check out my recently revamped, Carta SRD-based game The Horrors Persist but So Do Aye-Aye? mumblemegs.itch.io/the-horrors-...

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The Horrors Persist but So Do Aye-Aye by MLRamirez

A Solo Journaling RPG of Cosmic Horror and Environmental Justice

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Welp. No Tabletop Scotland for me this weekend 😭

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

From current personal experience covid still sucks.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

One of the things I love about where I live is that people do give a shit about the community and there are lots of groups doing good work - litter picking, planting flowers, feeding the homeless, providing social spaces for folks isolated by mental illness. I need to get back into volunteering 🤔

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Completed my first freelance TTRPG layout job! 🎉🎉🎉 Thanks to @nickmunroturner.bsky.social for entrusting me with this. I'm particularly proud of my hand drawn character sheet 🐙 You can hire me to do your layout too! I have examples and pricing info on my site: www.buttonkin.com/services/layout

The Rogue Octopus Escapes character sheet. A long-limbed green octopus sits in the centre of the page, wrapping its tentacles around all the various sections of the character sheet: Name, Size, Personality, Skills, etc.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I will never understand the enduring appeal of The Conga as a dance

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Just made my first sale! It’s all happening, folks

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Wanted: someone to come pet my dog You get: to pet this dog I get: at least ten minutes of peace

An orange cocker spaniel sitting on a patterned red and blue rug. The photo taker is reaching into the frame to scratch her behind her right ear. She’s tilting her head into the scratch, mouth open, tongue lolling out

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I started making these pendants for LARP and it seems I can’t stop. So here’s an Etsy store where you can take them off my hands: thecultonthecorner.etsy.com

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It is August 2026 and I still have little to no AI slop in my Instagram feed. Not one high-definition UFO encounter. Not a single pregnant lemon. Why am I being deprived my portion of slop? Can anyone tell me?

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Getting myself in the mood to write for my game this weekend by watching all the regency period dramas I can find that I haven’t already seen. Recommendations welcome!

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I don’t wish my dog could talk because I know in my soul she has a deeply cringey term of endearment she uses exclusively for me.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Want to see me talk about generative AI while so tired I’m practically hallucinating? No? Well the good news is the rest of the cast of this video are doing a great job!

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I know that the lore is a mess but it just seems like it should be possible to make a Mortal Kombat film that makes the slightest little bit of sense.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

There’s a cluster of birthdays around mine - 20th-30th September. I call us Christmas babies.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I was today years old when I realised that when people ask celebrities to sign their boobs it’s because then the celebrity has to touch their boobs. I’ve always been like “but what’s the point, it’d wash off?” 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I don’t post crafts here a lot but I was pleased with these! Resin amulets for my LARP game, where we’re holding an in character art exhibit ✨

Five blue and black pendants with gold wiring set inside them in spiral patterns with hands and human figures. They’re a mix of oval, teardrop, and circular shapes

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🎶 This is the return of my PMT 🎶 🎶 Interplanetary bad vibes zone 🎶

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New post over on the Button Blog: Austen's regency fantasy, Bridgerton's class conundrum, and how "hobbyism" shapes the games I make: www.buttonkin.com/news/regency...

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Why am I making The Custom of the Sea

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Oh, mysterious flurry of itch.io sales. Where did you come from? Where will you go? Where did you come from? Cotton Eyed Joe.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New post over on the Button Blog: Austen's regency fantasy, Bridgerton's class conundrum, and how "hobbyism" shapes the games I make: www.buttonkin.com/news/regency...

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Why am I making The Custom of the Sea

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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Cosmic Power Posters! on sale ;-) www.inprnt.com/posters/carl...

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Read the first 18 pages of the latest Wyrd Science. Had to stop for a bit as my brain is now a bees nest of game ideas and new hobby lust. These magazines are both some of my favorite things and cursed objects I must take care not to be consumed by.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

“No one has an attention span any more”, meanwhile video essayists are going multiple hours deep on niche cultural and media analysis and I’m currently watching a pleasant Cornish man streaming his summer dog walk down a forest path. I am also on my phone though, sooo… check mate, I guess?

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Heads up: if you use Bandcamp I'd start looking for a back up option. The venture capitalists that now own it just fired all my old colleagues. They're replacing them with a Finnish tech firm without doing any sort of handover. Sounds like it's about to get heavily en-shittified.

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Bastionland Press @bastionland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Want to get on the letters page in the Bastionland Presser? It's not too late for tomorrow's edition. forms.gle/rNLMJtYESZpD...

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Letters to Bastionland

Send a letter to Bastionland for potential publication and response at https://bastionland.substack.com/ Not a general contact form for Bastionland Press

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

How day 3? 4? of heatwave is going in my house

Two frames from Edward Scissorhands with subtitles. The first shows a close up of Winona Ryder in a terrible blonde wig. She says “Hold me. The second shows Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands. He says “I can’t”. The poster has written over the image, labelling Winona as “My dog” and Depp as “me”.

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hey, you! Are you making a neat little ttrpg for a game jam and need a cover? I gotchu. ✨And they're free✨ ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Anyone else engage in long meeting cope-crafts?

A section of a white, freckled woman’s body from her chin to chest. She’s wearing a black tank top and has one arm across her chest. She’s wearing two spiral macramé necklaces in green and red, and one box knot bracelet in black, white, red, and green.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Oh god, they invited a guest speaker and he's doing a presentation of entirely slop images.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Not only do I have a day job, I'm currently stuck in a 3 hour meeting about how we can use more AI. In a heatwave. Day-jobbing on hard mode.

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EUphoria Actual Play @euphoriaap.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Rain would be nice right about now. And a deep, COOL, subterranean pool in which to swim and dive? GM @buttonkin.bsky.social had both in their plenty when she ran oneshot of @threesailsstudios.bsky.social's Mappa Mundi! buff.ly/AijETzz

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Deep Melody | Mappa Mundi One-shot

Seiotung, the capitol city of Zoumung, has been experiencing a supernatural deluge of rain. The requested Chroniclers from the Mappa Mundi Institute arrive to get to the bottom of this mystery and…

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I don't think I understand anything about Free RPG Day. Colour me bemused.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I feel bad for the person getting dunked for complaining about the word "scrying" in a book they were reading. I'm sure they thought they had a relatable take. These things happen. What it really makes me wonder is who taught them that new words are a tedious obstacle rather than an opportunity?

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Play testing my regency era spooky castaway game is already reminding me how much I love this phase of development. Doing 3 more in the coming weeks and then taking a break until after Tabletop Scotland Join me: tickets.buttonkin.com/events

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Events

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The correct answer is The Muppet Count of Monte Cristo.

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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games @buttonkin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Ever feel like you’re being given the hard sell?

A mostly grey but partly red and white tube of glue with words printed on it that read:
Is a surprise adhesive force
This was a great adhesive.
Best selling Europe and America
Mad fans around the workd.
BU LAI EN®
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