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Still, she took a more cautious approach to climate activism until she retired in 2021. “As a working GP, I didn’t really want to do anything that was arrestable . . . Maybe I retired a bit earlier as part of my wanting to do more for the climate.”

In November 2023, she was arrested and charged under the newly introduced offence of interference with key national infrastructure, which carries a maximum sentence of 12 months imprisonment, for taking part in a so-called slow march on Waterloo Bridge.

I appreciate that they're going into this prepared to get arrested. And now they're like "fuck it." It's weird people reading thw article seem to get the impression these specific women have sat on their butts their whole lives. Am I missing something? What should these specific women do differently?

They're doing the right thing now. That is what matters. I'm really impressed. They could just chill and enjoy the rest of their lives. Instead, they are fighting for a better world for all of us, some even risking prison. We should all follow their example.

So they can preside over the end of all things and claim they did something, I guess.

lol, they woke up when it got too hot because their house was on fire, but they’re still in bed.

Had they just started reducing emissions by 1%/year in 1993, none of this would be happening to begin with. The definition of too little too late.