Brian Gallagher
@bsgallagher
Freelance journalist and editor. Writing a book. Hosting the occasional salon @interintellect_. Previously @nautilusmag.
I am indeed on the look out for new opportunities! If you’re hiring an editor or know someone who is searching for one, I’d be grateful to hear from you. Shoot me a note at: [email protected]
If anyone is looking for a great non-fiction editor, @bsgallagher is your man. He did brilliant work for me improving the draft of The Anxious Generation, and on @EthicalSystems. Highly recommend.
Jesse Singal @jessesingal: Has My Social Media Addiction Sadly Caused Me To Pathetically Overuse Adverbs? open.substack.com/pub/jessesinga…
Not my fault!
The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data shows. nbcnews.com/health/health-…
It wasn’t the Jedi who betrayed the Republic but the Chancellor. I know the Jedi tried to kill him but he orchestrated the whole civil war! It sounds crazy, that Palpy played both sides, but you gotta believe me the Jedi were trying to save democracy by taking over the Senate!
What's a conspiracy theory you believe with your whole heart?
Absolute banger of a geology/geophysics story. If you feel like Earth science is boring, this’ll get you thinking again. Highly recommend.
From 2019: A young paleontologist may have discovered a record of the most significant event in the history of life on Earth. nyer.cm/mhZyK5F
On Hitler, Trump, Freud, and political religion. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Wrote about Trump's reversal on Ukraine and apparent détente with the establishment for @NewLeftReview sidecar newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…
The voiceover narration in this show is so hypnotic and deep. A lot of profundities get repeated by different characters, but rather than feel tiresome, the effect is somehow amplified. I didn’t know what I was getting into with this show but it bowled me over.
One of my minor hobbies was collecting and identifying everything Christopher Hitchens ever wrote. I wanted to read it all. That fire has subsided, but I still return to favorites, like this one—his introduction to 2010’s The Best American Essays. (He died in 2011.) That first…
traumatize a fandom with one image
traumatize a fandom with one image
The imagery is nice—but can you hear John Williams' score playing here in your mind? It's beautiful and inextricable. If Star Wars never recovers the aura it once had pre-Disney, the legacy of Williams' impact on the franchise will live on imperishably.
Star Wars (1977) dir. George Lucas
If you ever wondered just how often ant-eaters evolved among mammals after the dinos went extinct, the answer is 12. There are so many ants that evolution threw up its hands and said enough is enough. Convergent adaptations like this are a trip!
