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Stephen
@shanafin.bsky.social
You may also know me as st3ph3n@mastodon.social.

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.
Monkey Island 1 and 2. I was a bit too young to get all of the jokes and to understand all of the puzzles the first time through, but I've come back to them so many times over the years.
Insult sword fighting was such a fun mechanic!

Aside: I just happen to be reading On Stranger Tides right now.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Winter has arrived in the Midwest 💀
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Watched episode 1 of Vince Gilligan’s #Pluribus tonight. Sucked me right in, I recommend it.

#television
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
There a decent chance of snow flurries here tonight. My motorcycle is sad.

I think I may be driving a car to Small Displacement Sunday tomorrow…

#motosky
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
My MiSTerPi and Speedlink Competition Pro joystick. A great way to play old Amiga games without investing a fortune in a now super-rare working vintage Amiga.

#photography #52frames_showusyourtoys #misterpi #gaming
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
JUSTICE FOR DC SANDWICH GUY!

#notguilty #acquitted
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My 128GB iPhone 13 attempted to install iOS 26.1 today and failed due to not having enough free space. It had over 20GB of free space. WTF, Apple?
The update itself showed as being 3.65GB. Once I deleted enough stuff to free up another 10GB or so it installed successfully.

#BLOAT
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I always seem to find myself in a grocery store parking lot equipped with only a phone when a cool sunset happens…

#photography #sunset
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The midwest riding season is swiftly coming to a close as the weather cools down, so I'm riding as much as I can while I still can. Got the ol' CB750 out for about 50 miles today, and the Tiger 1200 for a quick ride too later in the day.

The CB is more fun, the Tiger is more comfy.

#motosky
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
After months of living with my '75 Honda CB750's front wheel squealing like a banshee when I just move it around unpowered, I finally googled how to fix it and found a youtube video that told me which nut to turn. Fixed in 30 seconds, lol.

#motosky
November 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Bought 12 CDs for $34 today. Physical media is becoming more valuable!
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This week's #52frames submission, on the subject of 'Your worst nightmare'.

#photography #52frames_yourworstnightmare #nikonz6 #fisheye
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Fedora 43 released today. Just completed a successful upgrade from the Fedora 42 KDE spin on my Thinkpad :)

#linux
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
October 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Chicago's Fine Arts Building, during Open House Chicago 2025.

#photography #chicago #blackandwhite #OHC
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Chicago Union Station, yesterday.

#photography #52frames_shadows #chicago #blackandwhite
October 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Saw @sarahmillican.bsky.social tonight at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre - a 4,000 seat room packed to the rafters. She was hilarious.
October 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
#Chicago Harold Washington Library at night after a very busy No Kings day

#photography #night
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Chicago’s #NoKings protest today was insanely massive. People are furious, and rightly so.
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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?!
October 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
October 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Rolled credits on Mafia: The Old Country this morning. That was a good-ass game.

#gaming #mafia
October 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Peace out, #gamepass.
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM