Naked Universe

Author of The Naked Universe Saga. Cosmic philosophy, pigeons, lost keys & the magnificent absurdity of being human.

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Sick of all the fucking AI ads? So am I. The marketing department has been reduced to a blue pen and a pigeon. 📷
THE NAKED UNIVERSE SAGA — five books about life, love, ego, lost keys and a universe that clearly hasn’t read the instructions.
If you’re over 45, you’ve probably gathered enough material to recognise the problem. These books find the funny side of it. Sometimes the tender side, too. We’re not made of bloody concrete.
They’re actually fucking funny. Have a look — they hardly cost anything:
https://t.co/uMWUYBHfJ3
Can anybody still read? Tell me the last book that made you properly laugh. 📷
#TheNakedUniverse #EmbraceTheSplatter #BooksForGrownUps #RichardDavies @elonmusk

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Who are you allowed to miss, even if they hurt you? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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Would you use that tone if we were sitting at the same table? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies https://t.co/Dq88Hyhi9f

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Does the next person have to pay for what the last one did? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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Can you take the joke you just told? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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Who are you when nobody needs anything from you? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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What’s the most expensive thing you’ve fixed for free? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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Who taught you that being useful was the price of being loved? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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What did you do when your mate wasn’t home in 1996? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies https://t.co/Dq88HyhPYN

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Would you take advice from the bloke you are when you’re angry? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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MY PSYCHIATRIST RETIRED. SO DID MY ADHD TREATMENT.

@NSWHealth, who can review my treatment in the public system? @abcnews, this is what losing access to ADHD care has cost me.

I ran an architecture firm. Give me a brief, a team and a deadline and I could hold a whole building in my head. Today I can walk away from a half-made coffee and find it days later.

Back then my ADHD went unrecognised. The stakes were high, and chasing perfection gave me a hit of reward every time I solved a detail. I kept pushing until I burnt out and couldn’t reliably start, organise or finish everyday tasks.

In 2008 I was told I had severe depression. I lost the better part of a decade to long stretches in bed and heavy drinking. In 2016 I recognised ADHD in myself and started prescribed Ritalin. The fog lifted. I could hold on to a thought and finish a job again.

The change on Ritalin was immediate. I thrive when there’s a team, a deadline and a structure around me. Take that scaffolding away and my train of thought can vanish mid-task. I forget what I was doing while I’m still doing it. That’s what executive dysfunction looks like for me, every fucking day.

My psychiatrist knew my history and stuck up for me. Then he retired. I went to NSW Health and lost access to Ritalin in 2023. They’ve raised concerns about stimulants and psychosis. I took prescribed Ritalin for years without experiencing psychosis. As I remember it, the symptoms started after I came off it. Check the fucking dates in my file.

Now I’m required to have Abilify injections. I’m told it’s to stabilise my mood. Here’s what it’s been like for me. I’m irritable and so restless I can’t sit still for five seconds. I can’t read a fucking book. I can’t watch TV. At night I can’t get to sleep.

I’ve turned to street stimulants. They’ve eased that restlessness for me, and I wish I’d never felt desperate enough to take that risk. Now my street use is part of why I’m being refused prescribed stimulants. I’m spending money I need for fucking food. Where is the sense in any of this?

I’ve been without the prescribed treatment that let me function for more than two years. The rules and the way they’re applied have left me with no way back to it. I turned to street stimulants out of desperation, trying to get through ordinary days and stop my life unravelling. How many lives are being dismantled by this gatekeeping?

I could be earning over A$200,000 a year in my field. I’m on the Disability Support Pension. Some days I lie in bed, furious, feeling like a fucking vegetable. I’ve already seen a GP. The psychiatrist appointments I’ve priced are around A$700, at least A$450 out of pocket, and it could take several visits. How the fuck am I meant to pay for that?

NSW Health, I want my treatment reviewed within the public system. Look at what happened when I was on Ritalin, what happened after it stopped, and what’s happening to me now. Put your reasons in writing. Tell me what I’m supposed to do while I wait.

By Richard Davies

#RockTheBoat #SundayRoast #AdultADHD #MentalHealthAccess

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Why does every little job need a bloody account? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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Would your mates know if you were having a shit week? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies

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When did someone last change your mind? #RockTheBoat #RichardDavies https://t.co/Dq88Hyhi9f

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What we give continues.
In a Nutshell: The Meaning of Life.
https://t.co/KSTZ3h3H09
@elonmusk #RichardDavies #InANutshell
AI image and narration.

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There’s a particular sort of quiet when you’ve finished being useful for the day.

From I Wanted to Be Wanted Again by Richard Davies. Narration generated with ElevenLabs.

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MY PSYCHIATRIST RETIRED. SO DID MY ADHD TREATMENT.

@NSWHealth, who can review my treatment in the public system? @abcnews, this is what losing access to ADHD care has cost me.

I ran an architecture firm. Give me a brief, a team and a deadline and I could hold a whole building in my head. Today I can walk away from a half-made coffee and find it days later.

Back then my ADHD went unrecognised. The stakes were high, and chasing perfection gave me a hit of reward every time I solved a detail. I kept pushing until I burnt out and couldn’t reliably start, organise or finish everyday tasks.

In 2008 I was told I had severe depression. I lost the better part of a decade to long stretches in bed and heavy drinking. In 2016 I recognised ADHD in myself and started prescribed Ritalin. The fog lifted. I could hold on to a thought and finish a job again.

The change on Ritalin was immediate. I thrive when there’s a team, a deadline and a structure around me. Take that scaffolding away and my train of thought can vanish mid-task. I forget what I was doing while I’m still doing it. That’s what executive dysfunction looks like for me, every fucking day.

My psychiatrist knew my history and stuck up for me. Then he retired. I went to NSW Health and lost access to Ritalin in 2023. They’ve raised concerns about stimulants and psychosis. I took prescribed Ritalin for years without experiencing psychosis. As I remember it, the symptoms started after I came off it. Check the fucking dates in my file.

Now I’m required to have Abilify injections. I’m told it’s to stabilise my mood. Here’s what it’s been like for me. I’m irritable and so restless I can’t sit still for five seconds. I can’t read a fucking book. I can’t watch TV. At night I can’t get to sleep.

I’ve turned to street stimulants. They’ve eased that restlessness for me, and I wish I’d never felt desperate enough to take that risk. Now my street use is part of why I’m being refused prescribed stimulants. I’m spending money I need for fucking food. Where is the sense in any of this?

I’ve been without the prescribed treatment that let me function for more than two years. The rules and the way they’re applied have left me with no way back to it. I turned to street stimulants out of desperation, trying to get through ordinary days and stop my life unravelling. How many lives are being dismantled by this gatekeeping?

I could be earning over A$200,000 a year in my field. I’m on the Disability Support Pension. Some days I lie in bed, furious, feeling like a fucking vegetable. I’ve already seen a GP. The psychiatrist appointments I’ve priced are around A$700, at least A$450 out of pocket, and it could take several visits. How the fuck am I meant to pay for that?

NSW Health, I want my treatment reviewed within the public system. Look at what happened when I was on Ritalin, what happened after it stopped, and what’s happening to me now. Put your reasons in writing. Tell me what I’m supposed to do while I wait.

By Richard Davies

#RockTheBoat #SundayRoast #AdultADHD #MentalHealthAccess

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Could you last a week on the phone rules you set for your kids?

No phones at the table. Just let me reply to this bloke who’s wrong about roundabouts.

Which rule would you break first?

#RockTheBoat #SundayRoast #DigitalParenting

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Quiet can be company too.
In a Nutshell: The Meaning of Life.
https://t.co/KSTZ3h3H09
@elonmusk #RichardDavies #InANutshell
AI image and narration.

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We can disagree and still pass the bread.
In a Nutshell: The Meaning of Life.
https://t.co/KSTZ3h39aB
@elonmusk #RichardDavies #InANutshell
AI image and narration.