Steve Gallagher
@stevegallagher.bsky.social
Behavioural Scientist by training. Senior Lecturer @Otago - Digital Health and Health Education including immersive technologies and AI.
Music, food, games, dogs. Maybe some academic stuff. Personal opinions.
Music, food, games, dogs. Maybe some academic stuff. Personal opinions.
Attended a superb talk from @carlbergstrom.com today - another this evening if you can make it. Recommended.
www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/...
www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/...
The crisis of human collective decision-making in a social media world (Professor Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington)
In this talk, Professor Carl Bergstrom will look at what social media vand information technology more generally are doing to society; consider how we ended up here; examine where AI chatbots are taki...
www.otago.ac.nz
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Attended a superb talk from @carlbergstrom.com today - another this evening if you can make it. Recommended.
www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/...
www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/...
@ahawkins.bsky.social loving that Leo Vincent track - and Anhoni for the double punch?
February 8, 2026 at 12:52 AM
@ahawkins.bsky.social loving that Leo Vincent track - and Anhoni for the double punch?
Liking this, shades of the instrumental bits of Goat methinks (Geologist - Can I get a pack of Camel Lights?)
open.qobuz.com/album/igilgz...
open.qobuz.com/album/igilgz...
Open Qobuz
open.qobuz.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Liking this, shades of the instrumental bits of Goat methinks (Geologist - Can I get a pack of Camel Lights?)
open.qobuz.com/album/igilgz...
open.qobuz.com/album/igilgz...
Today I listened to the radio, learned about an exhibition at the art gallery, met with a colleague and talked about stuff, got a book recommendation, checked it out of the university library, and got @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social ‘s phone fixed. Now a beer at Woof!. It is a good day.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Today I listened to the radio, learned about an exhibition at the art gallery, met with a colleague and talked about stuff, got a book recommendation, checked it out of the university library, and got @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social ‘s phone fixed. Now a beer at Woof!. It is a good day.
Spent 20 minutes searching my digital notebooks for notes from a digital health summit earlier this year. Eventually found them in my paper notebook.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Spent 20 minutes searching my digital notebooks for notes from a digital health summit earlier this year. Eventually found them in my paper notebook.
The greatest thing so far of this summer holiday is watching the original Twin Peaks seasons on DVD with @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social and the wee girl.
January 7, 2026 at 7:54 AM
The greatest thing so far of this summer holiday is watching the original Twin Peaks seasons on DVD with @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social and the wee girl.
Just spotted a copy of Clannad - Legend priced at $50. I mean it’s a banger but someone’s having a laugh.
January 7, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Just spotted a copy of Clannad - Legend priced at $50. I mean it’s a banger but someone’s having a laugh.
Bought a bbq. Walked the dog. Making Persian rice. Later, a pavlova. Salmon in the fridge for tomorrow. Wine on board. Listening to The Cure. Happy new year folks x
December 31, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Bought a bbq. Walked the dog. Making Persian rice. Later, a pavlova. Salmon in the fridge for tomorrow. Wine on board. Listening to The Cure. Happy new year folks x
A very interesting read this , thanks Chris. Ping @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social
Recommending: "Landslide; a ghost story"
CW: earthquakes, liquefaction, societal information collapse
www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...
CW: earthquakes, liquefaction, societal information collapse
www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...
Landslide; a ghost story
On March 27, 1964, a converted liberty ship named the SS Chena brought a shipment of supplies to the port of Valdez, Alaska. Valdez, which I need you to know is pronounced “valDEEZ,” sits at the end o...
www.wrecka.ge
December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A very interesting read this , thanks Chris. Ping @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social
My Christmas gift to myself is turning off my LinkedIn notifications
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My Christmas gift to myself is turning off my LinkedIn notifications
Celebrating my first day off work by going into work
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Celebrating my first day off work by going into work
Been listening to Geese and trying to understand why everyone is raving about them. I don’t get it.
December 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Been listening to Geese and trying to understand why everyone is raving about them. I don’t get it.
Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head?
‘O pointy birds, o pointy pointy,
Anoint my head, annointy-nointy’
And all of Stevie Smith’s short poems.
‘O pointy birds, o pointy pointy,
Anoint my head, annointy-nointy’
And all of Stevie Smith’s short poems.
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head?
‘O pointy birds, o pointy pointy,
Anoint my head, annointy-nointy’
And all of Stevie Smith’s short poems.
‘O pointy birds, o pointy pointy,
Anoint my head, annointy-nointy’
And all of Stevie Smith’s short poems.
Doing the kind of soul sucking bureaucratic work that is literally making me seethe with the pointlessness of it. I might have finally found something I’m willing to have AI support.
December 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Doing the kind of soul sucking bureaucratic work that is literally making me seethe with the pointlessness of it. I might have finally found something I’m willing to have AI support.
Will a new special notebook change my life?
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Will a new special notebook change my life?
Phenomenal keynote from @mariannhardey.com at the Deepfakes and Society hui from Otago's Division of Humanities, holy shit it was so clear and thought provoking.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Phenomenal keynote from @mariannhardey.com at the Deepfakes and Society hui from Otago's Division of Humanities, holy shit it was so clear and thought provoking.
Once uppn a time i’d regularly share tracks accompany me during the day on Twitter. Here’s one open.qobuz.com/track/324728...
Open Qobuz
open.qobuz.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Once uppn a time i’d regularly share tracks accompany me during the day on Twitter. Here’s one open.qobuz.com/track/324728...
Pretty sure the hold music I'm listening to is AI generated. No human would make something so shit.
September 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Pretty sure the hold music I'm listening to is AI generated. No human would make something so shit.
Enjoying the show today @ahawkins.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Enjoying the show today @ahawkins.bsky.social
On my way to leaving Spotify in favour of Qobuz. Even if I don’t know how to pronounce it correctly.
September 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
On my way to leaving Spotify in favour of Qobuz. Even if I don’t know how to pronounce it correctly.
Reposted by Steve Gallagher
Oh my FUCK!
The Government intends remove Art History from the senior curriculum!
Jesus they are fucking moronic philistines.
This simply can’t happen. #NZPol
sway.cloud.microsoft/aZfEZWannIl3...
The Government intends remove Art History from the senior curriculum!
Jesus they are fucking moronic philistines.
This simply can’t happen. #NZPol
sway.cloud.microsoft/aZfEZWannIl3...
SAVE ART HISTORY
It has just been announced that the Government intends remove Art History from the senior curriculum subject list.
sway.cloud.microsoft
September 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Oh my FUCK!
The Government intends remove Art History from the senior curriculum!
Jesus they are fucking moronic philistines.
This simply can’t happen. #NZPol
sway.cloud.microsoft/aZfEZWannIl3...
The Government intends remove Art History from the senior curriculum!
Jesus they are fucking moronic philistines.
This simply can’t happen. #NZPol
sway.cloud.microsoft/aZfEZWannIl3...
Art history in 7th form was the best thing I ever studied. Vandals.
The galling thing is that they will be erasing the enormous role art played in the Christchurch rebuild. We relied on art of make the destruction bearable. We repeated this in covid.
The miserable pricks want our lives to suck - cause apparently its the only thing that gives the “Luxon class” joy
The miserable pricks want our lives to suck - cause apparently its the only thing that gives the “Luxon class” joy
I am really fucking dark on Art History being removed from the new subject list lemme tell ya
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Art history in 7th form was the best thing I ever studied. Vandals.
The most fun this weekend, apart from buying a CD player, has been playing Silksong now it’s finally been released. Soo good.
September 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The most fun this weekend, apart from buying a CD player, has been playing Silksong now it’s finally been released. Soo good.
Picked up Tubeway Army on vinyl at the Ōpoho school fair, one from the Martin Phillips collection. Listening to it on some recently acquired gear from Relics music. It’s a good day for music.
September 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Picked up Tubeway Army on vinyl at the Ōpoho school fair, one from the Martin Phillips collection. Listening to it on some recently acquired gear from Relics music. It’s a good day for music.
I’ve given up on my Duolingo streak and oh my god the relief.
August 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I’ve given up on my Duolingo streak and oh my god the relief.