Mostyn Gale
@mostyngale.bsky.social
Trade makes everybody better off.
Or you could have schools run by state, or federal government.
Most countries seem to run schools at a higher level of government.
Most countries seem to run schools at a higher level of government.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Or you could have schools run by state, or federal government.
Most countries seem to run schools at a higher level of government.
Most countries seem to run schools at a higher level of government.
I put it to you that rape in prison is despicable, even if it is despicable child rapists on the receiving end.
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I put it to you that rape in prison is despicable, even if it is despicable child rapists on the receiving end.
Well yeah I knew she was closer to the present day than the pyramids.
Completely bonkers, isn't it!!!!
Completely bonkers, isn't it!!!!
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Well yeah I knew she was closer to the present day than the pyramids.
Completely bonkers, isn't it!!!!
Completely bonkers, isn't it!!!!
Why do we waste our time thinking about Marx? Our understanding of economics has progressed tremendously since he was alive.
Moreover, we have the evidence of experience: the best way to organise society is a liberal democracy with a good mix of markets and government intervention.
Moreover, we have the evidence of experience: the best way to organise society is a liberal democracy with a good mix of markets and government intervention.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Why do we waste our time thinking about Marx? Our understanding of economics has progressed tremendously since he was alive.
Moreover, we have the evidence of experience: the best way to organise society is a liberal democracy with a good mix of markets and government intervention.
Moreover, we have the evidence of experience: the best way to organise society is a liberal democracy with a good mix of markets and government intervention.
I guess they got away with being lazy for such a long time...
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I guess they got away with being lazy for such a long time...
When I watch this scene and cry, I wonder how many WWI vets watched it and cried.
There still would have been some in their 80s when it aired.
There still would have been some in their 80s when it aired.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
When I watch this scene and cry, I wonder how many WWI vets watched it and cried.
There still would have been some in their 80s when it aired.
There still would have been some in their 80s when it aired.
Is that you, or a quote from someone else?
I love it!
I love it!
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Is that you, or a quote from someone else?
I love it!
I love it!
"It's just different from the research scientists do in their labs".
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"It's just different from the research scientists do in their labs".
I'm no expert, but it seems to me that the key to becoming a good reader is to do lots of it.
I.e. kids need to spend lots of time reading whatever it is that they love reading.
I.e. kids need to spend lots of time reading whatever it is that they love reading.
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I'm no expert, but it seems to me that the key to becoming a good reader is to do lots of it.
I.e. kids need to spend lots of time reading whatever it is that they love reading.
I.e. kids need to spend lots of time reading whatever it is that they love reading.
.... my experience as an Australian Teacher is that a lot of students struggle to read. It takes more effort than it should.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
.... my experience as an Australian Teacher is that a lot of students struggle to read. It takes more effort than it should.
Argh. As a teacher who used to work in government policy, curricula are heavily shaped by politics and people's philosophical prejudices.
I put it to you sir, that the very fact that you, a member of the public, are aware of the curriculum is a bad thing.
But I do very much agree....
I put it to you sir, that the very fact that you, a member of the public, are aware of the curriculum is a bad thing.
But I do very much agree....
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Argh. As a teacher who used to work in government policy, curricula are heavily shaped by politics and people's philosophical prejudices.
I put it to you sir, that the very fact that you, a member of the public, are aware of the curriculum is a bad thing.
But I do very much agree....
I put it to you sir, that the very fact that you, a member of the public, are aware of the curriculum is a bad thing.
But I do very much agree....
I suspect it's probably more culture, in that the US is more divided and contentious, than reading ability.
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I suspect it's probably more culture, in that the US is more divided and contentious, than reading ability.
It just occurred to me that maybe magazines present an unrealistic view of real life just like social media.
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It just occurred to me that maybe magazines present an unrealistic view of real life just like social media.
Yeah, that was so recent in history.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Yeah, that was so recent in history.
I haven't had the chance yet...
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I haven't had the chance yet...
That's the bridge between bunnings and COC?
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
That's the bridge between bunnings and COC?
I was just thinking the other day, it's a choice between having a system where you can't get rid of a Trump, or a system where you can get rid of a Whitlam.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I was just thinking the other day, it's a choice between having a system where you can't get rid of a Trump, or a system where you can get rid of a Whitlam.
Yep, in the non-US developed world, that injury would be treated immediately and at virtually no cost, while 500 years ago, all the riches in the world couldn't have bought this now trivial therapy.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Yep, in the non-US developed world, that injury would be treated immediately and at virtually no cost, while 500 years ago, all the riches in the world couldn't have bought this now trivial therapy.
Absolutely! 100%!
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Absolutely! 100%!
My father worked for a phone company from the late 60s to around 2010. He was saying the other day how he couldn't have imagined a world where people were not directly charged for phone calls.
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My father worked for a phone company from the late 60s to around 2010. He was saying the other day how he couldn't have imagined a world where people were not directly charged for phone calls.
Absolute poverty, as in living on less than a dolar per day, is plumeting worldwide.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Absolute poverty, as in living on less than a dolar per day, is plumeting worldwide.