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Stephen

@shanafin.bsky.social

670 followers 860 following 900 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 · 4d

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?!

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 4d

Clock

#52frames_time #photography

Black and white photo of a clock dial with temperature sub-dial just below the '3'.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 4d

Rolled credits on Mafia: The Old Country this morning. That was a good-ass game.

#gaming #mafia

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 10d

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.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you!

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 12d

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

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d

Peace out, #gamepass.

Screenshot of my canceled Gamepass subscription

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d

RIP #gamepass, you used to be cool.

You can take your $30 subscription and shove it where the sun don't shine.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d

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.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d

MORE.

#photography #boston

Outdoor book sale at Brattle Book Shop in Boston

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.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d

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.

Italian restaurants at Boston's North Square. This is a dense neighborhood of narrow streets with lots of Italian restaurants and a great atmosphere.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d

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...

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 13d

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 · 13d

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 · 13d

#52frames_texture #photography

Redbrick wall splattered with old whitewash, strongly side-lit.

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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 14d

Just got home after three days in #Boston. My fist time there. I really enjoyed it. Cool city!

#travel

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 16d

What’s a video game that was released the year you were born?

Cover art for Pitfall (1982) for Atari VCS

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 17d

The hero we need

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 17d

#Boston. I am in you.

Photograph of downtown Boston from a hotel room window. A tall glass building with a “State Street” sign is on the right.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 18d

“Kung Fu”, by Ash. An absolute banger from 1995.

#music

Ash - Kung Fu (2019 Remaster) (Official Video)

YouTube video by Ash

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Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 18d

Shining light

#photography #52frames_soundtrack #sonya6600

Some colored christmas lights against a beige curtain. The plastic crystal covers on the lights have a mesh texture to them.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 19d

Mafia: The Old Country update. I’m on to chapter 8 now and still enjoying it very much. I don’t know how many chapters there are in total but I feel like I’m quite deep into it now.

I like this game, and would recommend it to others.

#gaming #mafia

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 21d

I like neon.

Shot on my recently-acquired Sony a6600 this evening.

#photography #neon #night

The red neon signage of an Autozone store illuminates a pickup truck in its parking lot.

Neon 'TACOS' and LED 'OPEN' signs in the window of a local taqueria in North Aurora, IL.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 21d

Watched it for the first time a couple of years ago. Truly chilling.

Stephen @shanafin.bsky.social · 22d

I was there... all the way in the back in the other room they had to open up to contain the crowding!