Thread by @ClimateHuman

Rose Abramoff (@ultracricket) and I jumped up on a stage at a climate science conference begging our colleagues to speak out. Rose was fired for it.

We are doing everything we can to urge society to address Earth breakdown and we are being censured for it
nytimes.com/2023/01/10/opi…

This was at #AGU22 in Chicago in December. For two weeks after the action, I thought I might get fired as well. "I knew that I could face retaliation. But inaction during this critical time will have far greater consequences."

This is part of why I haven't been on social media a lot lately. I sought solace in simply doing my work. Just got some very important results, I think, on extreme humid heat. If I do get fired, for me the greatest loss would be getting cut off from continuing that critical work.

I do feel like Rose and I (and others) are fighting for the survival of a society that doesn't want us to fight for it, and even wants to punish us for it. And that sucks. But I'll keep fighting until the end, until I can't, because for me it's simply the far better option.

I've got so much more to say on all of this. But saying it is also challenging and time consuming. This action, and also the last time we got arrested (at the Charlotte private jet terminal) were barely noticed by anyone. I'd honestly much rather just do science. but... my kids

Here is my comment on Rose's op ed, fwiw.