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Max Davie

@maxdavie.bsky.social
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ADHD in every sense. Trustee and co-founder at ADHDUK. Paediatrician. Writing about games and books at playandwords.substack.com He/him

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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interesting argument advanced here by @jamesomalley.co.uk. I have thought about this in connection with neurodivergent support- AI is proving revolutionary for people, so what happens when the golden age of free AI ends? takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/ai-compute...
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Access to AI compute is a social justice issue
A new cause for the left to fight for?
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is all kinds of not ok from Marina Hyde. I'll be avoiding her output, personally
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This, from @iandunt.bsky.social is spot on about the absurd moral panic over vaping. iandunt.substack.com/p/lost-in-th... What I would add is the role of the medical profession in perpetuating this panic. Take for example the frankly hysterical position taken by the BPRS share.google/MR1fSzsAZBM8...
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Lost in the cloud: How vaping was undermined by a moral panic
New data shows that vaping is by far the most effective way to stop people smoking. It’s about time we acclimatise ourselves to the evidence.
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So, it's been over a year since we spent any time in a tent...
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our discussion of that terrible ADHD documentary is now on Youtube, so trying out this: youtu.be/weBtgmu4EWg?...
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ADHD UK Podcast Episode 8: Challenging the Channel 4 Documentary "The Great ADHD Myth?"
YouTube video by ADHD UK
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Controversy sells. Careful science journalism is slower, less theatrical and harder work. Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? aims its fire at the pharmaceutical industry but its shot lands on patients.My analysis. #adhd #neurodiversity overmatter.substack.com/p/anatomy-of...
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Anatomy of a TV disaster: why ADHD is not a social construct
ADHD UK has complained to Ofcom that Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? is misleading and harmful
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I know everyone has an opinion on the recent channel 4 ADHD documentary, but I wanted to set out some of the scientific errors made, as well as giving credit for interesting questions raised. So I hopped on the pod! zencastr.com/z/ddt3II3o
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Challenging the ADHD myth documentary · Zencastr Video
In this episode we take a critical look at a recent ADHD documentary — separating the myths from the science, unpacking what the film got right, what it got wrong, and what it means for people navigat
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In fairness to Nigel, there was a plot to embarrass him, hatched by the MP for Clacton about 4 weeks ago.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The excesses of the Woke 1 era mostly amount to cringe public statements, harmless vocabulary updates and loss of prestige for public figures. The backlash to Woke 1, on the other hand, is imprisoning dissidents, dismantling public education and eroding democracy. That's what needs reckoning
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ᚅᚓᚃ ᚆᚐᚔᚏᚇᚑ ᚃᚆᚑ ᚇᚔᚄ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 09/08/2026
And you just know that the media will run with "NHS waste millions defending trans cases" instead of "crackpot forces NHS to legal action" because that's what they did in the Peggie case already
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Seeing lots of upset in the ADHD world about the upcoming channel 4 doc which looks to be very unscientific and contrarian. So delighted that we at ADHDUK have come out swinging on this. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/adhd-u...
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Exclusive: ADHD Charity Slams Channel 4 Over 'The Great ADHD Myth?' Documentary
The CEO of ADHD UK has shared an open letter calling for changes to be made to the show ahead of its release.
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David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
For those who prefer their hair to be nasty, brutish and short
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Jackson O'Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Much as I wholeheartedly agree with the thrust of the Amnesty report, that there is a lot of money flowing into anti rights campaigning, it's important to retain nuance if you're going to carry the mainstream of opinion. Source: BBC share.google/4vRGqJpCAZkU...
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Amnesty 'regret' over JK Rowling sex assault centre criticism
The human rights charity had characterised the women-only service in Edinburgh as "anti-rights".
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"Why a grouo who constitute 2.5% of PiP claimants, many of whom will also be working, are the real problem with the welfare bill" There, @benchu.bsky.social- fixed your headline. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How rise in ADHD benefits claims is adding to Andy Burnham's welfare challenge
More than 100,000 people with ADHD as their main condition receive Pip, latest figures show, an increase of 40% since Labour came to power.
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Great discussion of Farage's travails and weariness on this week's @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social (yeah I'm a bit behind). But disappointed given the presence of @jonnelledge.bsky.social and @mattgreencomedy.com that no-one referenced this.
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Yes yes the Clacton by-election will be a tawdry new low for democracy so can we possible have this guy back to stand for Labour again?
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
If you didn't bother to watch the Farage press conference, here's the short version:
Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hello. I wrote about the government's new conversion therapy ban, and why the healthcare exemption makes it worse than useless. paedspoliticsbiscuits.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/d...
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Does the conversion therapy ban need a healthcare exemption?
Like many people I was delighted and surprised to find the UK government finally publishing the long-awaited draft bill on conversion practices, and that this bill includes bans on the forced conve…
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This book is just magnificently written and so sparklingly witty, like its subject. Huge hat tip to @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com for promoting it so assiduously. (And yeah, it's a library copy. Libraries are good!!)
Copy of Super infinite by Katherine Rundell with whom I am slightly besotted
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Ava Santina @avasantina.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Hugely unpopular policy. Khan could have reneged or bowed to pressure at any point over the last few years but he stuck to principles and pushed on. Politicians could learn a lot from the Mayor. Ignore the papers, and invest in long-term policies for public good.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up
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Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack
The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Reading the character generation chapter of an intriguing Nordic Horror RPG and... kill me now.
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ben chambers 🏴 @benjaminchambers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
fwiw: 1. nowak was polish whom the british far right had previously not considered white and in fact singled out as a nonwhite immigrant threat; 2. police neglected him because he was a teenager in distress and thus assumed to be a hoodlum on drugs ie anti-youth and anti-user, not anti-white
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🚨DR UK's Statement on the EHRC's New Code of Practice "We are appalled at implications that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. We will not be used as a loophole in the wider erosion of trans rights." Full statement👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...
Disability Rights UK’s Statement on the EHRC’s New Code of Practice
As the makers of the original RADAR key and custodian of the National Key Scheme, Disability Rights UK issues our unequivocal solidarity with trans people, who should not be forced to choose between risking harassment in public facilities – or not using them at all. 
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We are appalled at implications from the Code that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. It is a vain attempt to get two marginalised groups to blame one another for our lack of facilities, when the blame lies firmly at the feet of policymakers. We will not fall for it. We will not be used as a ‘loophole’ in the wider erosion of trans rights.  
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Our RADAR key scheme began in 1981, rooted in the understanding that accessible facilities can be the difference between living the lives we deserve – socialising, travelling and working – and complete social exclusion.  

Our community knows how it feels to be scapegoated simply for trying to access the necessities we need to live. Trans rights do not come at the expense of Disabled, nor anyone else’s.
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As is clear from this Code of Practice, it sets a dangerous precedent for the erosion of other protected characteristics. If the Equality Act can be up for debate in this arena, who is to say this will not be the case when it comes to disability in the near future? 

As a result, the Disabled-led movement must make a clear stand against this ruling, not to mention because 52% of trans people are Disabled themselves.  
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I realise this is the most 'hello I am a paediatrician' coded response, but my thought at the horrendous conclusion of the Henry Nowak footage was "If only we fucking listened to young people when they told us they were hurt"
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
share.google/4WhkFsv0Tw5C... Grade should really have gone the whole hog and taken the Reform whip in the lords. Guess we know now why Ofcom have been letting GBeebies off.
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Ofcom ex-chair: broadcasters embarrassed by GB News following ‘majority agenda’
Michael Grade dismisses impartiality concerns, saying rightwing channel faces same rules as BBC, Sky and ITN
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is tremendous stuff
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The OfS was explicitly set up to pursue the free speech on campus moral panic, so OF COURSE it has fallen on its arse legally
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/04/2026
When you are such a fan of free speech that you actually end up being legally incapable of doing your job impartially 🤦‍♂️ www.ft.com/content/c43d...
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'm afraid Starmer has to go. This behaviour is utterly unworthy
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/04/2026
I think this is pretty much exactly on the money
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Unexpected surge of national pride
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@marcasg.bsky.social sorry to see the Fantasy football show go on hiatus- hearing you guys talk about pretend football has been a very pleasant feature of my week for some time, and I will miss it. Hopefully back for the new season???
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Our podcast is back! New name! New co-host! Same old guy making dumb jokes! Same subject (ADHD) but a broader scope. zencastr.com/z/hFClA1DC
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ADHDUK Podcast episode 1 by @ADHDUK
Do not adjust your set! We have rebranded to the ADHDUK podcast. We will still cover the science of ADHD but alongside news and interviews from the wider world of ADHD.  We also welcome a new co-host...
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Absurd, and fails to grasp the basics of negotiation- you don't manufacture scarcity when the thing you are making scarce (medical training) is held by your opponent!
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I am grateful for the wisdom of the trans people in my life who have guided my understanding. I am in awe of their courage and dignity in the face of cruelty. I am thankful for their friendship. #TransDayOfVisibility
Trans flag colours
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Daniel Woolf 🇨🇦 @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Shortest reign by a Tudor since Lady Jane Grey.
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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 28/03/2026
"doctors just give you pills, I only take dozens of wellness pills instead"
many bottles of prescription pills. In reality, all pills do is cover up a problem instead of getting to the root cause.Now I take about 30 supplements a day: omega-3, vitamin D, digestive enzymes, that kind of thing. I feel like they've really helped. Seth Trueger @MDaware
why spend money on medicines with at least some scientific evidence and a reasonable regulatory apparatus when I can spend money on pills with mostly negative or lacking evidence with no regulatory apparatus and many don't event contain their purported ingredients
2:22 PM • Nov 21, 2022.
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Po-LINA-tergeist 👻 لينا @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Never seen anything so relatable
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Andrew @parko66.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
George Michael is the reverse Morrissey. Effortlessly talented, graceful, soulful, multicultural, and grew in stature with his age. Never a Wham fan, I grew to love his voice, talent and humanity. A massive Smiths fan, inevitably grew up to loathe the sight and sound of god knows he's miserable now.
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Wuthering Heights has the image of a love story, but it's really a brutal portrait of intergenerational trauma. So it's hard to think of a better use case for content warnings, tbh. BBC News - Wuthering Heights uni module given content warning for students www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wuthering Heights uni module given content warning for students
A Cardiff University module featuring Wuthering Heights carries 'distressing content' warning
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Why I love big, dumb action RPGs, and why we'll miss them when they're gone. open.substack.com/pub/playandw...
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The passing golden age of open world RPG video games
These games are hugely successful, if routinely sniffed at by critics. For all their success, they are an endangered species, and we will miss them when they are gone.
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
FFS do all the political parties need to indulge in this nonsense?
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 11/03/2026
Is it war? youtube.com/shorts/P_eLH...
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Max Davie @maxdavie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Why I love big, dumb action RPGs, and why we'll miss them when they're gone. open.substack.com/pub/playandw...
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The passing golden age of open world RPG video games
These games are hugely successful, if routinely sniffed at by critics. For all their success, they are an endangered species, and we will miss them when they are gone.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Policy-based evidence-making again. www.linkedin.com/posts/erin-r...
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New NHS England Review Excluded 97% Of All Trans Studies To Say Care Doesn't Work | Erin Reed
A new NHS England Review excluded 97% of all trans care studies to conclude that trans youth care doesn't work. It explicitly violates several guidelines around reviewing literature, and appears to b...
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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available
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