I don’t know what people are surprised about here; the claims that she is saying this sort of thing because she has been pushed to for the sake of “popularity” or “intersectionalism” are coming from a complete misunderstanding.
From the first day Thunberg became famous, her core view has stayed the same - that by refusing to adopt a maximalist or near-maximalist stance on climate change, every government and powerful entity in the world is in the act of committing a slow genocide against the young and/or future population of the Earth. However you feel about this view, it is absolutely one where statements like this - which in most context indeed don’t come across as anything meaningful - actually do make sense!
Very often in the past five years, media have tried to reconstrue her as some sort of Microsoft Clippy who is just around to tell us “hey guys! Remember about climate change, ok??” - but this has always been a fabrication and one I find insulting not just to her but to audiences as well. She’s always believed this stuff and has been quite clear on that point.
I don't particularly care either way about the merits of "intersectionalism" or the "land back" movement or how well Thunberg fits that paradigm. Her association with strident pro-Palestine figures doesn't affect my opinion of her or her advocacy that much.
Actual update- my reaction to this year's booster shot was more severe than the last two. For whatever reason my vaccine-induced fever really ed with my appetite and sense of coordination and I spent most of yesterday lying around in bed and trying to make up for lost sleep from the night before. Am mostly better today, I'm usually okay 48-60 hours after the shot.
