Freddie Ingle
fringle.bsky.social
Freddie Ingle
@fringle.bsky.social
I'm got some stuff to say
The problem with the analogy is that there are literal parks you can go to. Social media is only "necessary" if everyone else is on it. If you ban it for everyone some people will get a VPN, but many others will just adapt and those growing into adolescence won't adapt to it in the first place.
February 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
It's not "go play in the abandoned factory" it's "go play in the abandoned factory in the next town with the weird kids who are writing in elvish".

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February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I think that friction is important John, and I don't think it would read across entirely to where socials are now. That lack of optimisation, and the...heavily moderated dynamics in those forums, protected a big majority of people from them.

Not me, but pro-wrestling and RPGs aren't quite as bad.
February 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I'm starting to suspect a conspiracy of bottom half premier league defenders to pad Cole Palmer's stats. Pedro is an unfortunate patsy for their fiendish plan.
February 10, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Best practice is an initial conversation in which the leader talks through in detail with the writer what they want to say. "Being the guiding mind", and, frankly, short-circuiting a lot of debate later. But then there has to be proper engagement on the *final draft*, or what are we even doing?
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I've had a few principals that have taken what I've written, kept the structure and many of the phrases, but then changed them to fit closer to their own language, story or vision. That's great! That's what my job should be —a launching pad, not a strait jacket.
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
BUT I don't think the solution is that leaders should produce the first draft. That's partly because I don't think that's logistically feasible , but also because they're often no good at structure or framing an argument.

I do think, though, that they often need to be more involved at the end
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Babe 2: Pig in the Sausage.
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Wouldn't he need congressional approval to actually do that? A, admittedly swift, Google suggests that congress passed a Bill last year to stop him doing precisely this.
January 20, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Id like to revise this bet to "Easter"
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I think this conversations makes an assumption - that all these pictures are being produced for sexual gratification - when I think a higher-than-you'd-expect number are being produced to troll. They're creating them to hurt people and prompt outrage. That's what they're really getting off to.
January 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
I mean honestly Liam, it was right there.
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Chelsea in 18 months.
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
You can, and should, use information and entertainment in speeches. They're crucial for establishing credibility and connection. But they're not the end point. I often think that's what's missing in speeches I here. They think their points are the point.
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
That means your first focus isn't your message, it's your audience. Where are they? Where do they need to be? Then you figure out how to get them from Point A to Point B. That's why you should start by writing the end. Then the start, then the middle.
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Presentations at work, in politics, etc are the same. The big question for any speech is "How do I want the hearer to think/act differently afterward"? "I want them to accept this restructure", "I want them to buy this", "I want their vote".
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And yes, Best man/maid of honour speeches, and eulogies at funerals, are still this. They're encouragement to praise the focus of the day, to elicit an emotional response of joy or grief (and almost always have value propositions in them, not for nothing)
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Instead, consider that words spoken aloud to an audience are almost always for the sake of persuasion. I think the number of times this isn't true is statistically insignificant, and probably includes virtually every conversation we have (though often in that case, the persuasion is "like me").
December 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM