Max Davie
@maxdavie.bsky.social
ADHD in every sense. Trustee and co-founder at ADHDUK. Paediatrician.
Writing about games and books at https://playandwords.substack.com/
He/him
Writing about games and books at https://playandwords.substack.com/
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
I mean, really these BBC allegations should have been discredited by the fact the guy thought they were biased *towards* trans people.
Deeply sad to see it kowtow to the right.
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Deeply sad to see it kowtow to the right.
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The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
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November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I mean, really these BBC allegations should have been discredited by the fact the guy thought they were biased *towards* trans people.
Deeply sad to see it kowtow to the right.
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Deeply sad to see it kowtow to the right.
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🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever:
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
Stop promoting natural birth ideology, midwife courses told
Despite a litany of scandals, universities are still pushing ‘normal birth’ over medical interventions. Now our investigation has prompted the regulator to act
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November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever:
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...
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Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
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I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X
The platform has quietly dragged British politics into a dark place
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October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've written a couple of things over the last days about how the government and much of Westminster remaining on X as the platform becomes increasingly toxic is having consequences for our politics...
Hello! I went to the latest Grayson Perry show, so you don't have to.
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Grayson Perry shouts at clouds
A baffling and incoherent show that suggests an unpleasant side to the artist and national treasure.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hello! I went to the latest Grayson Perry show, so you don't have to.
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Lots to unpack here. Why is the burbling of the CAN-SG's extremists now worthy of a news story in the BMJ?
More seriously, for all that the status quo (de facto ban on medical transition) is unacceptable, the only realistic way forward is to do the trial. Which is... where, exactly?
More seriously, for all that the status quo (de facto ban on medical transition) is unacceptable, the only realistic way forward is to do the trial. Which is... where, exactly?
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Lots to unpack here. Why is the burbling of the CAN-SG's extremists now worthy of a news story in the BMJ?
More seriously, for all that the status quo (de facto ban on medical transition) is unacceptable, the only realistic way forward is to do the trial. Which is... where, exactly?
More seriously, for all that the status quo (de facto ban on medical transition) is unacceptable, the only realistic way forward is to do the trial. Which is... where, exactly?
This is kind of what happens if you follow the racialised agenda of your opponents, then try to run things in a non-racialised way.
A mess of Starmer's making.
BBC News - Four survivors say minister must quit for them to rejoin grooming inquiry
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A mess of Starmer's making.
BBC News - Four survivors say minister must quit for them to rejoin grooming inquiry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four survivors say Jess Phillips must quit for them to rejoin grooming inquiry
The government is standing by safeguarding minister Jess Phillips as the grooming gang row deepens.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is kind of what happens if you follow the racialised agenda of your opponents, then try to run things in a non-racialised way.
A mess of Starmer's making.
BBC News - Four survivors say minister must quit for them to rejoin grooming inquiry
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A mess of Starmer's making.
BBC News - Four survivors say minister must quit for them to rejoin grooming inquiry
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This, from Devi Shridar's Guardian newsletter, is total horseshit. Where's the evidence that children missing school "just don't want to?".
It's exactly the kind of judgemental BS parents have to deal with every day.
It's exactly the kind of judgemental BS parents have to deal with every day.
October 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This, from Devi Shridar's Guardian newsletter, is total horseshit. Where's the evidence that children missing school "just don't want to?".
It's exactly the kind of judgemental BS parents have to deal with every day.
It's exactly the kind of judgemental BS parents have to deal with every day.
It seems more and more GPs are refusing to take on shared care with specialist teams for #ADHD.
This makes sense if you think of a GP practice as a small business needing to maintain profit margins.
But most small businesses allow their customers to go elsewhere for a service...
This makes sense if you think of a GP practice as a small business needing to maintain profit margins.
But most small businesses allow their customers to go elsewhere for a service...
October 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It seems more and more GPs are refusing to take on shared care with specialist teams for #ADHD.
This makes sense if you think of a GP practice as a small business needing to maintain profit margins.
But most small businesses allow their customers to go elsewhere for a service...
This makes sense if you think of a GP practice as a small business needing to maintain profit margins.
But most small businesses allow their customers to go elsewhere for a service...
Bracing stuff from @iandunt.bsky.social giving the EHRC both barrels on their inept anti-trans convulsions.
iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...
I hope for better with Falkner leaving- let's see.
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I hope for better with Falkner leaving- let's see.
Frightened and desperate: EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum
A week of absolute scenes leaves the organisation in limbo.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Bracing stuff from @iandunt.bsky.social giving the EHRC both barrels on their inept anti-trans convulsions.
iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...
I hope for better with Falkner leaving- let's see.
iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...
I hope for better with Falkner leaving- let's see.
Either an evening of pleasant stretching in the hall, or Tiddington's first boxing match. Who knows?
October 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Either an evening of pleasant stretching in the hall, or Tiddington's first boxing match. Who knows?
The most insane educational event- a global 28 hour ADHD conference, just started and IT'S FREE.
So proud to be part of ADHDUK today.
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So proud to be part of ADHDUK today.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The most insane educational event- a global 28 hour ADHD conference, just started and IT'S FREE.
So proud to be part of ADHDUK today.
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So proud to be part of ADHDUK today.
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Would you know what to do if you experienced transphobic discrimination at work? We’re running free Know Your Rights at Work Zoom workshops.
Come along and hear how UK law protects you. The next session's on 4th October. Sign up at: buff.ly/yuKaqiP
#KnowYourRights #workshop #transrights
Come along and hear how UK law protects you. The next session's on 4th October. Sign up at: buff.ly/yuKaqiP
#KnowYourRights #workshop #transrights
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Would you know what to do if you experienced transphobic discrimination at work? We’re running free Know Your Rights at Work Zoom workshops.
Come along and hear how UK law protects you. The next session's on 4th October. Sign up at: buff.ly/yuKaqiP
#KnowYourRights #workshop #transrights
Come along and hear how UK law protects you. The next session's on 4th October. Sign up at: buff.ly/yuKaqiP
#KnowYourRights #workshop #transrights
I'm probably the millionth person to make this point but Emma Watson said something very loving and conciliatory, so Rowling... launches another vicious attack. Unhinged.
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J.K. Rowling Brands Emma Watson “Ignorant” in Lengthy Post Defending Anti-Trans Stance: “She Has So Little Experience of Real Life”
"I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous," said the 'Harry Potter' author in the wake of another social media clash over her transphobia.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm probably the millionth person to make this point but Emma Watson said something very loving and conciliatory, so Rowling... launches another vicious attack. Unhinged.
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We worry about Very Online Kids much more than their Very Online Parents, and I'm not sure that's wise
September 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We worry about Very Online Kids much more than their Very Online Parents, and I'm not sure that's wise
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The rebranding of reactionary gender and biological essentialism as “heterodox and challenging ideas to which liberal students must be exposed” is one of the greatest achievements of our stupid era. Congratulations to the reactionary centrists who helped make it happen - you dupes, you utter dolts.
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”
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Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders
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September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The rebranding of reactionary gender and biological essentialism as “heterodox and challenging ideas to which liberal students must be exposed” is one of the greatest achievements of our stupid era. Congratulations to the reactionary centrists who helped make it happen - you dupes, you utter dolts.
In case people in the UK think this vile stuff has no connection to our own gender critical hegemony:
The Heritage Foundation fund SEGM.
People associated with SEGM train and run the new NHS youth gender service.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nhs-trans-...
The Heritage Foundation fund SEGM.
People associated with SEGM train and run the new NHS youth gender service.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nhs-trans-...
September 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
In case people in the UK think this vile stuff has no connection to our own gender critical hegemony:
The Heritage Foundation fund SEGM.
People associated with SEGM train and run the new NHS youth gender service.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nhs-trans-...
The Heritage Foundation fund SEGM.
People associated with SEGM train and run the new NHS youth gender service.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/nhs-trans-...
I think if you squint you can see the sense here, but my god the optics are fucking terrible.
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Met chief: Why facial scanning was not used at Robinson rally
Sir Mark Rowley says the Met has not yet used live facial recognition technology at any protest.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I think if you squint you can see the sense here, but my god the optics are fucking terrible.
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The thing is, not just is this not true (of current Reform intenders or especially their 2024 vote), but it's actually somewhat unusual in British politics to be the most popular party and have a support base as deviant from the median voter.
Michael Gove, "Reform voters are very close to, in their general views, with the British public"
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September 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The thing is, not just is this not true (of current Reform intenders or especially their 2024 vote), but it's actually somewhat unusual in British politics to be the most popular party and have a support base as deviant from the median voter.
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every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
This is a stunning 90 minutes of poddery
🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦
Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
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Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.
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MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m
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September 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is a stunning 90 minutes of poddery
Kind of extraordinary for the health secretary to stray so far outside their brief to bat for the right to express violent transphobia.
But then it's Wes, so not a big surprise.
But then it's Wes, so not a big surprise.
Says a government who arrested hundreds of pensioners for holding sign opposing genocide. We are being run by fucking morons.
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Police should focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest
Health secretary criticises Tory policing record after Father Ted co-creator arrested over posts on transgender issues
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Kind of extraordinary for the health secretary to stray so far outside their brief to bat for the right to express violent transphobia.
But then it's Wes, so not a big surprise.
But then it's Wes, so not a big surprise.
Another excellent post on this: a reminder that the fact that the evidence for gender-affirming care is weak DOES NOT justify a ban.
And yes, what is happening at the moment in the UK is a ban on medical transition in youth by any other name.
And yes, what is happening at the moment in the UK is a ban on medical transition in youth by any other name.
There's been a big fight over gender-affirming care after Gordon Guyatt and his team at McMaster released a statement contradicting their former funders' public policy.
I wrote about the whole thing, and what "evidence-based medicine" really means.
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I wrote about the whole thing, and what "evidence-based medicine" really means.
gidmk.substack.com/p/a-fight-ov...
A Fight Over Evidence-Based Medicine And Gender Affirming Care
The case of McMaster University
gidmk.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Another excellent post on this: a reminder that the fact that the evidence for gender-affirming care is weak DOES NOT justify a ban.
And yes, what is happening at the moment in the UK is a ban on medical transition in youth by any other name.
And yes, what is happening at the moment in the UK is a ban on medical transition in youth by any other name.