Stephen
@shanafin.bsky.social
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.
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.
Oh, btw, I'm about 3 hours into Ghost of Tsushima now, and enjoying the shit out of it. I die a lot on normal difficulty, but the checkpointing so far has been good enough that it hasn't been problem enough to make me drop it down to easy.
#gaming #ghostoftsushima
#gaming #ghostoftsushima
December 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Oh, btw, I'm about 3 hours into Ghost of Tsushima now, and enjoying the shit out of it. I die a lot on normal difficulty, but the checkpointing so far has been good enough that it hasn't been problem enough to make me drop it down to easy.
#gaming #ghostoftsushima
#gaming #ghostoftsushima
December 20, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Geeked out today and setup a Sunshine service on my PC so that I could stream my Steam games to my couch. Worked great with Moonlight clients on both an Xbox and an Amazon Fire stick, though the experience was certainly a little better on the Xbox. Fire stick lacks horsepower.
#linuxgaming
#linuxgaming
December 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Geeked out today and setup a Sunshine service on my PC so that I could stream my Steam games to my couch. Worked great with Moonlight clients on both an Xbox and an Amazon Fire stick, though the experience was certainly a little better on the Xbox. Fire stick lacks horsepower.
#linuxgaming
#linuxgaming
Steam winter sale got me: bought Ghost of Tsushima. Works flawlessly on Linux thus far.
#gaming #steamsale
#gaming #steamsale
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Steam winter sale got me: bought Ghost of Tsushima. Works flawlessly on Linux thus far.
#gaming #steamsale
#gaming #steamsale
Had bone graft surgery at the endodontist today. That was quite the experience. Remarkably pain-free in the moment but I think once everything wears off tonight it’s gonna suck.
Nitrous oxide kept me chilled the fuck out throughout.
#pain
Nitrous oxide kept me chilled the fuck out throughout.
#pain
December 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Had bone graft surgery at the endodontist today. That was quite the experience. Remarkably pain-free in the moment but I think once everything wears off tonight it’s gonna suck.
Nitrous oxide kept me chilled the fuck out throughout.
#pain
Nitrous oxide kept me chilled the fuck out throughout.
#pain
Based Danny
the only reason I've never used GenAI is because if I did i'd feel like a sick artistic fraud. filthy, like I'd sold my mother's wedding ring for drugs, or cheated on my wife with her sister or kicked a baby into a river. that's the only reason. well that and everything it makes looks shit.
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Based Danny
I finished a replay of the main GTA IV story yesterday and got the achievement for finishing it in less than 30 hours for the first time on any platform, lol.
Really holds up quite well with the #fusionfix mod to make it look good and work well on modern systems.
#gaming #gta4
Really holds up quite well with the #fusionfix mod to make it look good and work well on modern systems.
#gaming #gta4
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I finished a replay of the main GTA IV story yesterday and got the achievement for finishing it in less than 30 hours for the first time on any platform, lol.
Really holds up quite well with the #fusionfix mod to make it look good and work well on modern systems.
#gaming #gta4
Really holds up quite well with the #fusionfix mod to make it look good and work well on modern systems.
#gaming #gta4
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Fun dental appointment today… I have a cyst in the root of an already root canal-treated tooth. I go back next week to have it DRILLED THE FUCK OUT OF MY SKULL. This is gonna suck.
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Fun dental appointment today… I have a cyst in the root of an already root canal-treated tooth. I go back next week to have it DRILLED THE FUCK OUT OF MY SKULL. This is gonna suck.
Managed to score a pair of tickets for the #Taskmaster show in Chicago in January during the presale today! Apparently they sold FAST.
Stoked.
Stoked.
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Managed to score a pair of tickets for the #Taskmaster show in Chicago in January during the presale today! Apparently they sold FAST.
Stoked.
Stoked.
Spotted on Facebook Marketplace today. Listed as a 1995 R1 but that model didn't exist back then. I'm pretty sure it is a YZF600R. It oozes '90s style and I want it. #motosky
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spotted on Facebook Marketplace today. Listed as a 1995 R1 but that model didn't exist back then. I'm pretty sure it is a YZF600R. It oozes '90s style and I want it. #motosky
Witcher 3 update: I’m about 38 hours in and enjoying the crap out of it. I’m doing lots of side quests but largely ignoring the kill-a-monster contract jobs because I don’t find them interesting.
I have no idea how much of the main quest remains. I’ve made it to Skellige.
#gaming
I have no idea how much of the main quest remains. I’ve made it to Skellige.
#gaming
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Witcher 3 update: I’m about 38 hours in and enjoying the crap out of it. I’m doing lots of side quests but largely ignoring the kill-a-monster contract jobs because I don’t find them interesting.
I have no idea how much of the main quest remains. I’ve made it to Skellige.
#gaming
I have no idea how much of the main quest remains. I’ve made it to Skellige.
#gaming
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I stumbled onto this thing in a YouTube video and now I’ve gotta have one. It’s so adorable.
Fiio Echo Mini. Cheap tiny digital audio player. Sadly, the battery is soldered in and the micro SD slot maxes out at 256GB, but it looks to be otherwise awesome. And did I mention cheap?
#tech
Fiio Echo Mini. Cheap tiny digital audio player. Sadly, the battery is soldered in and the micro SD slot maxes out at 256GB, but it looks to be otherwise awesome. And did I mention cheap?
#tech
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I stumbled onto this thing in a YouTube video and now I’ve gotta have one. It’s so adorable.
Fiio Echo Mini. Cheap tiny digital audio player. Sadly, the battery is soldered in and the micro SD slot maxes out at 256GB, but it looks to be otherwise awesome. And did I mention cheap?
#tech
Fiio Echo Mini. Cheap tiny digital audio player. Sadly, the battery is soldered in and the micro SD slot maxes out at 256GB, but it looks to be otherwise awesome. And did I mention cheap?
#tech
Rolled credits on the Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty DLC today. That was a solid piece of game. Recommended.
Also, if you thought Night City was a shithole, it's like belle epoque Paris compared to Dogtown.
#gaming
Also, if you thought Night City was a shithole, it's like belle epoque Paris compared to Dogtown.
#gaming
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Rolled credits on the Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty DLC today. That was a solid piece of game. Recommended.
Also, if you thought Night City was a shithole, it's like belle epoque Paris compared to Dogtown.
#gaming
Also, if you thought Night City was a shithole, it's like belle epoque Paris compared to Dogtown.
#gaming
Rolled credits on #Cyberpunk2077 for the second time today, 5 years after the first time. Chose a different ending. The game is in such a better state now. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and have just the finale mission for the Phantom Liberty DLC left to go.
#gaming
#gaming
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Rolled credits on #Cyberpunk2077 for the second time today, 5 years after the first time. Chose a different ending. The game is in such a better state now. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and have just the finale mission for the Phantom Liberty DLC left to go.
#gaming
#gaming
Bricks, Aurora, IL
One of my first edits in RawTherapee. Trying to wean myself off Adobe Lightroom.
#photography #52frames_architecture #52frames #blackandwhite
One of my first edits in RawTherapee. Trying to wean myself off Adobe Lightroom.
#photography #52frames_architecture #52frames #blackandwhite
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Bricks, Aurora, IL
One of my first edits in RawTherapee. Trying to wean myself off Adobe Lightroom.
#photography #52frames_architecture #52frames #blackandwhite
One of my first edits in RawTherapee. Trying to wean myself off Adobe Lightroom.
#photography #52frames_architecture #52frames #blackandwhite
Black Friday is upon us. The giant outlet mall down the road from my house has been open since 6AM. The police are closing streets around my neighborhood because of it. I’m staying at home.
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Black Friday is upon us. The giant outlet mall down the road from my house has been open since 6AM. The police are closing streets around my neighborhood because of it. I’m staying at home.
Further gaming-on-Linux experiments today: got Cyberpunk 2077 going with AMD FSR 4 support on my 9070 XT. It runs excellently in 1440p with everything besides full-blown path-tracing enabled.
Picked up my cloud save from where I left it off on Windows 2 months ago without issue also.
Picked up my cloud save from where I left it off on Windows 2 months ago without issue also.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Further gaming-on-Linux experiments today: got Cyberpunk 2077 going with AMD FSR 4 support on my 9070 XT. It runs excellently in 1440p with everything besides full-blown path-tracing enabled.
Picked up my cloud save from where I left it off on Windows 2 months ago without issue also.
Picked up my cloud save from where I left it off on Windows 2 months ago without issue also.
It’s been about a week since I blew away my Windows 11 installation and replaced it with Fedora 43🐧. Things are going pretty well. I tried out Heroic Launcher today to get my GoG and Epic libraries going, and successfully used it to play Fallout London. Surprisingly easy.
#linux
#linux
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s been about a week since I blew away my Windows 11 installation and replaced it with Fedora 43🐧. Things are going pretty well. I tried out Heroic Launcher today to get my GoG and Epic libraries going, and successfully used it to play Fallout London. Surprisingly easy.
#linux
#linux
Intrepid football player Ike
#photography #52frames_sportsphotography #frenchbulldog #frenchie #sonya6600
#photography #52frames_sportsphotography #frenchbulldog #frenchie #sonya6600
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Intrepid football player Ike
#photography #52frames_sportsphotography #frenchbulldog #frenchie #sonya6600
#photography #52frames_sportsphotography #frenchbulldog #frenchie #sonya6600