Daniel SwainI just wanted to let folks know that I have, in fact, read your email, but due to the incredible volume of inbound requests I have unfortunately reached the point that I simply don't have capacity to respond to all of them. So thank you for your patience and understanding!
Please keep in mind that I don't have any administrative support; it's just me! At times like the present, I work 7 days a week and well into the evenings and am still only able to say "yes" to 5-10% of requests (which is...alas...probably still too high a fraction!).
I really do try very hard to respond to every person and organization, but I am inherently limited by the simple math of the number of hours per day. I also manage a severely energy-limited auto-inflammatory condition (Yao Syndrome, if you're interested!), which flares ~monthly.
It is, ultimately, humbling that so many people and entities want to engage. Truly.
It is also, decidedly, exhausting. And it speaks to the desperate need for institutions to support far more scientists in public facing roles: the demand is extreme, and the supply is tiny.
Adrian Cockcroft@weatherwest Thank you for what you have done over the years. I hope you inspire more scientists to copy your public outreach.