Patrick Heizer
@patrickheizer.bsky.social
Biomedical engineer at AstraZeneca, permaculture farmer in Maryland, amateur Camus scholar, Chesapeake Bay watershed supremacy, husband, and father.
TheCounterpoint.substack.com
TheCounterpoint.substack.com
I've written about how the economic changes from AGI would necessitate a new social contract, and how we better start thinking about and implementing it now!
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I've written about how the economic changes from AGI would necessitate a new social contract, and how we better start thinking about and implementing it now!
North America has the highest quality grasslands and savannas in the entire world.
We could and should be entirely independent from globalized meat production.
Any meat import is a policy error.
We could and should be entirely independent from globalized meat production.
Any meat import is a policy error.
October 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
North America has the highest quality grasslands and savannas in the entire world.
We could and should be entirely independent from globalized meat production.
Any meat import is a policy error.
We could and should be entirely independent from globalized meat production.
Any meat import is a policy error.
Hey Dads, go plant some fruit trees with your children.
You won't regret it.
You won't regret it.
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hey Dads, go plant some fruit trees with your children.
You won't regret it.
You won't regret it.
In the 41 House elections since 1944, Republicans have won >50.0% of the total vote four times.
Democrats have done it 24 times, and four times since 2006.
Democrats have done it 24 times, and four times since 2006.
October 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In the 41 House elections since 1944, Republicans have won >50.0% of the total vote four times.
Democrats have done it 24 times, and four times since 2006.
Democrats have done it 24 times, and four times since 2006.
The future contains more paths forward than you're imagining.
October 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The future contains more paths forward than you're imagining.
Infinite Jest deserves every bit of acclaim it receives, but I wish more people also read The Pale King.
While unfinished, it contains as much genius, heart, and wisdom as Infinite Jest.
While unfinished, it contains as much genius, heart, and wisdom as Infinite Jest.
September 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Infinite Jest deserves every bit of acclaim it receives, but I wish more people also read The Pale King.
While unfinished, it contains as much genius, heart, and wisdom as Infinite Jest.
While unfinished, it contains as much genius, heart, and wisdom as Infinite Jest.
My farm's very first pawpaw!!
I'm in a quiet and humble state of shock. I knew that this tree had flowered, but it was the only one, so I'd said, "oh, maybe next year!"
But I was mowing the orchard for the last time this year, and I noticed this single fruit in the mulch.
I'm in a quiet and humble state of shock. I knew that this tree had flowered, but it was the only one, so I'd said, "oh, maybe next year!"
But I was mowing the orchard for the last time this year, and I noticed this single fruit in the mulch.
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My farm's very first pawpaw!!
I'm in a quiet and humble state of shock. I knew that this tree had flowered, but it was the only one, so I'd said, "oh, maybe next year!"
But I was mowing the orchard for the last time this year, and I noticed this single fruit in the mulch.
I'm in a quiet and humble state of shock. I knew that this tree had flowered, but it was the only one, so I'd said, "oh, maybe next year!"
But I was mowing the orchard for the last time this year, and I noticed this single fruit in the mulch.
Frederick, MD has one of the nicest downtowns in the US. It's a walkable core overflowing w/ local small businesses, historic buildings, & mature tree canopy.
But it didn't just happen. It took decades of active leadership & community involvement.
This book tells that story.
But it didn't just happen. It took decades of active leadership & community involvement.
This book tells that story.
September 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Frederick, MD has one of the nicest downtowns in the US. It's a walkable core overflowing w/ local small businesses, historic buildings, & mature tree canopy.
But it didn't just happen. It took decades of active leadership & community involvement.
This book tells that story.
But it didn't just happen. It took decades of active leadership & community involvement.
This book tells that story.
This book does an excellent job of teaching the basics to personal finance, no matter what stage in life you're at.
September 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This book does an excellent job of teaching the basics to personal finance, no matter what stage in life you're at.
The most underrated multi-generational personal finance hack:
Have your kids participate in 4H. Use the proceeds to fund a Roth IRA.
Even without a single additional dollar afterward, a fully funded Roth from ages 8 to 18 will be ~$2M at retirement.
Have your kids participate in 4H. Use the proceeds to fund a Roth IRA.
Even without a single additional dollar afterward, a fully funded Roth from ages 8 to 18 will be ~$2M at retirement.
September 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The most underrated multi-generational personal finance hack:
Have your kids participate in 4H. Use the proceeds to fund a Roth IRA.
Even without a single additional dollar afterward, a fully funded Roth from ages 8 to 18 will be ~$2M at retirement.
Have your kids participate in 4H. Use the proceeds to fund a Roth IRA.
Even without a single additional dollar afterward, a fully funded Roth from ages 8 to 18 will be ~$2M at retirement.
My first official task as a member of the Frederick County Soil Conservation District: spending the day at the county fair teaching kids about the importance of soil!
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My first official task as a member of the Frederick County Soil Conservation District: spending the day at the county fair teaching kids about the importance of soil!
A yellow jacket sting reduced my ganglion cyst by ~80%.
After a single sting in my hand, I had a "large local reaction" for ~48 hours: massive swelling w/o pulmonary, neuro, or GI symptoms.
Now that the swelling has resided, my ganglion cyst is basically gone.
After a single sting in my hand, I had a "large local reaction" for ~48 hours: massive swelling w/o pulmonary, neuro, or GI symptoms.
Now that the swelling has resided, my ganglion cyst is basically gone.
September 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A yellow jacket sting reduced my ganglion cyst by ~80%.
After a single sting in my hand, I had a "large local reaction" for ~48 hours: massive swelling w/o pulmonary, neuro, or GI symptoms.
Now that the swelling has resided, my ganglion cyst is basically gone.
After a single sting in my hand, I had a "large local reaction" for ~48 hours: massive swelling w/o pulmonary, neuro, or GI symptoms.
Now that the swelling has resided, my ganglion cyst is basically gone.
With paternity time over, I'm back in the saddle developing next-generation cell and gene therapies.
September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
With paternity time over, I'm back in the saddle developing next-generation cell and gene therapies.
Chestnuts and coonhound at dawn.
September 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Chestnuts and coonhound at dawn.
Quite the melancholy came over me when I realized that it's been over ten years since this tweet.
September 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Quite the melancholy came over me when I realized that it's been over ten years since this tweet.
It's from his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
Similar ideas are present in his "The Almond Trees" essay, which you might also enjoy.
Similar ideas are present in his "The Almond Trees" essay, which you might also enjoy.
September 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It's from his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.
Similar ideas are present in his "The Almond Trees" essay, which you might also enjoy.
Similar ideas are present in his "The Almond Trees" essay, which you might also enjoy.
You should be reading Albert Camus.
September 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
You should be reading Albert Camus.
Maryland hired Mississippi's Education Superintendent and is now seeing improvements.
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Maryland hired Mississippi's Education Superintendent and is now seeing improvements.
I have finally read, consolidated, and culled my to-read stack down to a single bookcase.
Which book should I read next?
Which book should I read next?
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I have finally read, consolidated, and culled my to-read stack down to a single bookcase.
Which book should I read next?
Which book should I read next?
Spent the sunrise cleaning up a fencerow along the road that I had a crew clean up. Filled two large trash bags with litter. At least I got a half barrow of cans out of it.
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Spent the sunrise cleaning up a fencerow along the road that I had a crew clean up. Filled two large trash bags with litter. At least I got a half barrow of cans out of it.
Here's a photo of me with ~50,000,000 human T cells.
How often do you work with T cells?
How often do you work with T cells?
August 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here's a photo of me with ~50,000,000 human T cells.
How often do you work with T cells?
How often do you work with T cells?
Remember the "scientists" and "advocates" who claimed that the majority of the population would develop Long COVID?
August 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Remember the "scientists" and "advocates" who claimed that the majority of the population would develop Long COVID?
Blue Glade Farm's bees near dawn on a slightly foggy summer morning.
July 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Blue Glade Farm's bees near dawn on a slightly foggy summer morning.
This pawpaw is now already taller than my reach.
July 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This pawpaw is now already taller than my reach.
Lost feeling in my arm an hour ago but I don't dare move.
July 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Lost feeling in my arm an hour ago but I don't dare move.