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Stephen
@shanafin.bsky.social
670 followers 860 following 910 posts
You may also know me as [email protected]. I’m a dual 🇮🇪🇺🇸citizen. I like books, motorcycles, photography, dogs, and video games. I post infrequently. Currently living in Illinois. I hate Illinois nazis. All photos are my own.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 11h
Fuck this. Unfollowed.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 14h
I started playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt this week. It totally passed me by at release because I wasn't much of a fan of action RPGs back then... but now I am, and it has been sitting in my backlog.

I'm enjoying the shit out of it. Playing on Xbox Series X.

#gaming #thewitcher
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 3d
#NoKings #Chicago #photography
Black and white photo of a protestor holding a sign reading 'Its giving small dicktator energy' at the No Kings protest in Chicago on October 18th, 2025.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 4d
Chicago's Fine Arts Building, during Open House Chicago 2025.

#photography #chicago #blackandwhite #OHC
Black and white photo of a dimly lit corridor, with a bright exterior window at the end, reflecting on the floor. Some theater seats are on the left.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 5d
Chicago Union Station, yesterday.

#photography #52frames_shadows #chicago #blackandwhite
Black and white photo of Metra south concourse platforms at Chicago Union Station. Trains are stationary at two of the three visible tracks, and a couple is walking towards the camera in shadow.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 5d
Saw @sarahmillican.bsky.social tonight at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre - a 4,000 seat room packed to the rafters. She was hilarious.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 5d
#Chicago Harold Washington Library at night after a very busy No Kings day

#photography #night
Night photo of the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, shot from a nearby rooftop. A CTA train station is visible in front of the library
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 5d
Chicago’s #NoKings protest today was insanely massive. People are furious, and rightly so.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d
Saw @foilarmsandhog.bsky.social at The Vic in Chicago tonight. Great show!
Maximum respect to Colby, the lawyer they plucked out of the crowd to participate in a sketch; he absolutely killed it.

Wtf at those shitty folding chairs, though?!
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d
Clock

#52frames_time #photography
Black and white photo of a clock dial with temperature sub-dial just below the '3'.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 14d
Rolled credits on Mafia: The Old Country this morning. That was a good-ass game.

#gaming #mafia
Cover art for Mafia: The Old Country
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 19d
I’ve had one experience swapping tires on a motorcycle with tubes and spokes and that was a nightmare. I’m not looking forward to ever doing it again.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 20d
Thank you!
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 21d
Made my first purchase of the Steam autumn sale today: Tomb Raider Definitive Survior Trilogy with a bunch of DLC for $11.91.
These games are a few years old so they run pretty much locked at 60 on the Steam Deck.

#gaming #steam
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 22d
Peace out, #gamepass.
Screenshot of my canceled Gamepass subscription
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 22d
RIP #gamepass, you used to be cool.

You can take your $30 subscription and shove it where the sun don't shine.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
Continuing...
Night shot of Ciao Roma restaurant's neon sign at North Square. People are clustered outside the building. "My Mother's Cutlets", an Italian deli... I think. Some people are hanging out by their branded Vespa outside. "The Goal" statue at TD Garden, shot at night A customer leaves Piccolo Nido restaurant. An old Boston fire box with red beacon is visible.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
MORE.

#photography #boston
Outdoor book sale at Brattle Book Shop in Boston MBTA Orange line at North Station Sunset at the Bunker Hill Monument from Bill Russell Bridge. Lots of yachts moored in the foreground. Obligatory shot of the 'Cheers' sign at the bar that claims to be the inspiration for the show, the Bull and Finch.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
have some more.

#photography #boston
Sunset at Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, shot from the nearby Bill Russell bridge, with lots of vehicle traffic present. Black and white "Unbound" statue at King's Chapel, Boston, recently unveiled. The statue honors the 219 people who were enslaved by members and ministers of the church. It is 14 feet tall and depicts a black woman releasing six birds out of a cage to freedom. Sunset at Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, shot from the nearby Bill Russell bridge, with lots of vehicle traffic present. Italian restaurants at Boston's North Square. This is a dense neighborhood of narrow streets with lots of Italian restaurants and a great atmosphere.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
More!

#photography #boston
Rowing team on the Charles River meets T-Rex at the Science Museum Boston's Old State House, site of the Boston Massacre. This is the oldest surviving public building in the city and is surrounded by far more modern tall buildings. A uniformed park ranger rides a horse on Boston Common Dutch angle shot of an old church in downtown Boston, shot that way because it was shot from a moving vehicle with limited viewing angles...
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
Some more

#photography #boston
Quincy Market at night. There are lots of people around. A large American flag hangs over the building entrance. Boston Custom House clock tower illuminated at night A carousel in motion on the Boston Greenway at night Interior of the 'living room' at the Citizen M North station hotel. Lots of eclectic things on shelves, with large hanging light fixtures with reflective copper-looking surfaces.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
Some scenes from my past few days in Boston

#photography #boston
Spherical sculptures at 100 High Street in Boston. One is like a spherical representation of an MBTA red line train, the other Fenway Park's green monster scoreboard. Contrails seen between tall buildings in the evening sky A brightly-lit event space between two buildings. Downtown Boston street scene in the evening. Lots of reflective glass.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
#52frames_texture #photography
Redbrick wall splattered with old whitewash, strongly side-lit.
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 23d
Just got home after three days in #Boston. My fist time there. I really enjoyed it. Cool city!

#travel
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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 25d
What’s a video game that was released the year you were born?
Cover art for Pitfall (1982) for Atari VCS
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