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.
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.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
‘O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home
Across the sands of Dee;’
The western wind was wild and dank with foam,
And all alone went she.
‘O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home
Across the sands of Dee;’
The western wind was wild and dank with foam,
And all alone went she.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors
A thousand windows and a thousand doors….
Also:
I do not dream of Sussex Downs,
Of quaint old England’s quaint old towns…
Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors
A thousand windows and a thousand doors….
Also:
I do not dream of Sussex Downs,
Of quaint old England’s quaint old towns…
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.
I have Covid. Yay.
August 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I have Covid. Yay.
Pleasant surprise to hear Dick Move on Iggy Pop’s BBC show.
July 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Pleasant surprise to hear Dick Move on Iggy Pop’s BBC show.
I like reading @garymarcus.bsky.social on Substack - this makes sense to me and it’s so well written it’s easy to believe. I’m sure Hinton would disagree but that’s part of the joy. Very smart people disagreeing about very important things.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
How o3 and Grok 4 Accidentally Vindicated Neurosymbolic AI
Neurosymbolic AI is quietly winning. Here’s what that means – and why it took so long
open.substack.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I like reading @garymarcus.bsky.social on Substack - this makes sense to me and it’s so well written it’s easy to believe. I’m sure Hinton would disagree but that’s part of the joy. Very smart people disagreeing about very important things.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Is it bad that all I want to do is lock myself in a room with an XT and play Zork?
July 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Is it bad that all I want to do is lock myself in a room with an XT and play Zork?
Submitted on the regulatory standards bill. Found it useful to read to summary of previous consultation. Only two days left to submit.
www.regulation.govt.nz/about-us/our...
www.regulation.govt.nz/about-us/our...
Information Release - Summary of Submissions for proposed Regulatory Standards Bill | Ministry for Regulation
www.regulation.govt.nz
June 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Submitted on the regulatory standards bill. Found it useful to read to summary of previous consultation. Only two days left to submit.
www.regulation.govt.nz/about-us/our...
www.regulation.govt.nz/about-us/our...
Where do I get my “Shut up you dickhead” tshirt?
May 31, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Where do I get my “Shut up you dickhead” tshirt?
Anyone else eaten too many hot cross buns?
April 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Anyone else eaten too many hot cross buns?
Don’t listen to audiobooks about the existential threat of AI before bed. Better living everybody!
April 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Don’t listen to audiobooks about the existential threat of AI before bed. Better living everybody!