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🇨🇭
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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
After they left, Mamdani went to the library to look for Marx, and then took a class on Mark. And that’s how Mamdani Senior was introduced to Karl Marx! (3/3)
ps. Mamdani Sr.’s books had a big impact on me in grad school. And turns out we both went to Fletcher.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood...
ps. Mamdani Sr.’s books had a big impact on me in grad school. And turns out we both went to Fletcher.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood...
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
After they left, Mamdani went to the library to look for Marx, and then took a class on Mark. And that’s how Mamdani Senior was introduced to Karl Marx! (3/3)
ps. Mamdani Sr.’s books had a big impact on me in grad school. And turns out we both went to Fletcher.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood...
ps. Mamdani Sr.’s books had a big impact on me in grad school. And turns out we both went to Fletcher.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood...
Mamdani Senior: “I haven’t met him.”
FBI: “No, no, he’s dead.”
M: “Wow, what happened?”
FBI: “No, no, he died long ago.”
M: “Why are you asking me, if he died long ago?”
FBI: “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.”
M: “Sounds amazing.”
🧵 (2/3)
FBI: “No, no, he’s dead.”
M: “Wow, what happened?”
FBI: “No, no, he died long ago.”
M: “Why are you asking me, if he died long ago?”
FBI: “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.”
M: “Sounds amazing.”
🧵 (2/3)
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mamdani Senior: “I haven’t met him.”
FBI: “No, no, he’s dead.”
M: “Wow, what happened?”
FBI: “No, no, he died long ago.”
M: “Why are you asking me, if he died long ago?”
FBI: “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.”
M: “Sounds amazing.”
🧵 (2/3)
FBI: “No, no, he’s dead.”
M: “Wow, what happened?”
FBI: “No, no, he died long ago.”
M: “Why are you asking me, if he died long ago?”
FBI: “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.”
M: “Sounds amazing.”
🧵 (2/3)
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?”
🧵
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 🏔️🇨🇭
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 🏔️🇨🇭
And Switzerland 😊🇨🇭🇺🇸
October 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
And Switzerland 😊🇨🇭🇺🇸
No Kings, Swiss edition 🇨🇭
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
No Kings, Swiss edition 🇨🇭
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 🏔️🇨🇭
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. 🏔️🇨🇭
And this morning’s sunrise! 🫶
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
And this morning’s sunrise! 🫶
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.” 🏔️🇨🇭
The top of the mountain that disappears into the clouds in this photo is where I took the above video!
October 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The top of the mountain that disappears into the clouds in this photo is where I took the above video!
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. 🏔️🇨🇭
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 🏔️🇨🇭
Today in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
September 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today in the Swiss Alps 🏔️🇨🇭
Remember the part in “V For Vendetta” when the late-night comedy host gets canceled for upsetting the dictator?
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Remember the part in “V For Vendetta” when the late-night comedy host gets canceled for upsetting the dictator?
From the 1878 World Fair in Paris, this solar energy concentrator could heat water and produce steam. It also produced ice. The inventor, Augustin Mouchot, also experimented with the conversion of solar energy into electricity, nearly 150 years ago!
September 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
From the 1878 World Fair in Paris, this solar energy concentrator could heat water and produce steam. It also produced ice. The inventor, Augustin Mouchot, also experimented with the conversion of solar energy into electricity, nearly 150 years ago!
Every billionaire is a staggering policy failure.
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Every billionaire is a staggering policy failure.