Patrick Meier, PhD
@patrickmeier.bsky.social
Inclusive Innovation | Sustainability | Climate Tech | Robotics | 5x Founder | 5x TEDx Speaker | National Geographic Explorer | Photography | Born & raised in Africa | Broadcasting from🇨🇭
Had 20K+ follows on Twitter 🙃
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Had 20K+ follows on Twitter 🙃
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“Despite thousands of years of innovations and breathtaking scientific advances, you'd be more likely to survive if you were marooned on a tropical island with a tradesman or farmer from ancient Rome or medieval England than with most modern professionals.” - @brianklaas.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“Despite thousands of years of innovations and breathtaking scientific advances, you'd be more likely to survive if you were marooned on a tropical island with a tradesman or farmer from ancient Rome or medieval England than with most modern professionals.” - @brianklaas.bsky.social
One of my favorite stories about Mamdani’s father, who was jailed during the civil rights march in Montgomery in 1965:
Weeks after he got out, the FBI paid him a visit. They asked why he was at the march, and who had influenced him. An hour into the interrogation, they asked, “Do you like Marx?”
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Weeks after he got out, the FBI paid him a visit. They asked why he was at the march, and who had influenced him. An hour into the interrogation, they asked, “Do you like Marx?”
🧵
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
One of my favorite stories about Mamdani’s father, who was jailed during the civil rights march in Montgomery in 1965:
Weeks after he got out, the FBI paid him a visit. They asked why he was at the march, and who had influenced him. An hour into the interrogation, they asked, “Do you like Marx?”
🧵
Weeks after he got out, the FBI paid him a visit. They asked why he was at the march, and who had influenced him. An hour into the interrogation, they asked, “Do you like Marx?”
🧵
Sunset in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sunset in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
Whoa: This highway outside Paris can charge your EV while you drive – at a whopping 300 kW (!)
Can’t do that with ICE motors!
This approach could significantly reduce the size, weight and materials needed for EV batteries, (eg, for buses), without compromising uptime!
electrek.co/2025/10/30/t...
Can’t do that with ICE motors!
This approach could significantly reduce the size, weight and materials needed for EV batteries, (eg, for buses), without compromising uptime!
electrek.co/2025/10/30/t...
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Whoa: This highway outside Paris can charge your EV while you drive – at a whopping 300 kW (!)
Can’t do that with ICE motors!
This approach could significantly reduce the size, weight and materials needed for EV batteries, (eg, for buses), without compromising uptime!
electrek.co/2025/10/30/t...
Can’t do that with ICE motors!
This approach could significantly reduce the size, weight and materials needed for EV batteries, (eg, for buses), without compromising uptime!
electrek.co/2025/10/30/t...
Moment of Zen, from the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Moment of Zen, from the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
We’re hiring for an Entrepreneurship Manager based in Berlin! This is a central role on our Sustainable Ventures Team at beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship.
Are you passionate about environmental entrepreneurship, climate innovation, sustainability? If yes: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Are you passionate about environmental entrepreneurship, climate innovation, sustainability? If yes: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
October 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We’re hiring for an Entrepreneurship Manager based in Berlin! This is a central role on our Sustainable Ventures Team at beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship.
Are you passionate about environmental entrepreneurship, climate innovation, sustainability? If yes: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Are you passionate about environmental entrepreneurship, climate innovation, sustainability? If yes: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Today in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
✅ Flu shot
✅ Covid shot
Modern science rocks 👩🔬
✅ Covid shot
Modern science rocks 👩🔬
October 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
✅ Flu shot
✅ Covid shot
Modern science rocks 👩🔬
✅ Covid shot
Modern science rocks 👩🔬
It’s been *totally* overcast for 6 (!) days in a row now ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
So I went back to the mountaintops this morning in search of the sun. 🏔️🇨🇭
So I went back to the mountaintops this morning in search of the sun. 🏔️🇨🇭
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It’s been *totally* overcast for 6 (!) days in a row now ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️
So I went back to the mountaintops this morning in search of the sun. 🏔️🇨🇭
So I went back to the mountaintops this morning in search of the sun. 🏔️🇨🇭
October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Found another sunny spot above the clouds in the Swiss Alps today (during my lunch break). Perhaps a good reminder about life in general: “Above the clouds it is always sunny.” 🏔️🇨🇭
October 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Found another sunny spot above the clouds in the Swiss Alps today (during my lunch break). Perhaps a good reminder about life in general: “Above the clouds it is always sunny.” 🏔️🇨🇭
Today in the Swiss Alps. I love this cloud effect over the lake. Only happens 2-3 times a year during colder months. During the winter it’s so dark & grey below the clouds (see next photo in thread), so finding the sun & blue skies on mountain tops is one of my favorite things about planet Earth. 🏔️🇨🇭
October 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today in the Swiss Alps. I love this cloud effect over the lake. Only happens 2-3 times a year during colder months. During the winter it’s so dark & grey below the clouds (see next photo in thread), so finding the sun & blue skies on mountain tops is one of my favorite things about planet Earth. 🏔️🇨🇭
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I remember like 10 years ago when fascism was seen by most people for what it is: criminal behavior, and not “political opinions”.
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I remember like 10 years ago when fascism was seen by most people for what it is: criminal behavior, and not “political opinions”.
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Due to recent trolling by the Bluesky CEO, I finally decided to try out another server - namely the myatproto.social server offered to non-Black users by Blacksky. Followed the transfer instructions below and it went fine! (Had to use my DID id instead of my username, but other than that, all good!)
October 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Due to recent trolling by the Bluesky CEO, I finally decided to try out another server - namely the myatproto.social server offered to non-Black users by Blacksky. Followed the transfer instructions below and it went fine! (Had to use my DID id instead of my username, but other than that, all good!)
On my way from Lausanne to Berlin by train. So much more comfortable than dealing with airports and airplanes. More importantly, far better for the climate! Just 8 more hours to go 🚅 🚃🚃🚃🚃 #SlowTravel #Trains
October 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
On my way from Lausanne to Berlin by train. So much more comfortable than dealing with airports and airplanes. More importantly, far better for the climate! Just 8 more hours to go 🚅 🚃🚃🚃🚃 #SlowTravel #Trains
Timeline moment of Zen, from last weekend in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
September 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Timeline moment of Zen, from last weekend in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
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my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
September 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
Today in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
September 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
Reposted by Patrick Meier, PhD
jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts
September 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts
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A wide ranging convo between me & @rabble.nz for @revolution.social
→ past, present and future of Blacksky (the community + company)
→ mutual aid, susus, people's assemblies, etc
→ building protocols for people
wherever you get your podcasts.
→ past, present and future of Blacksky (the community + company)
→ mutual aid, susus, people's assemblies, etc
→ building protocols for people
wherever you get your podcasts.
Rudy Fraser on Blacksky, Mutual Aid & Reclaiming Social Media
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A wide ranging convo between me & @rabble.nz for @revolution.social
→ past, present and future of Blacksky (the community + company)
→ mutual aid, susus, people's assemblies, etc
→ building protocols for people
wherever you get your podcasts.
→ past, present and future of Blacksky (the community + company)
→ mutual aid, susus, people's assemblies, etc
→ building protocols for people
wherever you get your podcasts.