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Posts by Dr. Ralph Mercer

Vacancies - UCD School of Education

Come do your PhD with me!

I am offering a fully-funded, four-year PhD position in the School of Education @ucddublin.bsky.social. If you want to do critical research on technology and education, especially combining philosophical and qualitative methods, please apply!

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Agnostic 53%

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This is exactly right. The Onion quietly left Twitter a month ago and... our weekly subscribers went up. It's because we're doing well here, on Instagram and on YouTube.

As a business, being on Twitter is somewhere between useless or detrimental, unless you're selling boner pills.

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... introducing ideas of universalism and equality (ie woke), making us "weak" and less "virile". It sang the praises of Mussolini, Hitler and Britain's homegrown fascists. What we are seeing is technologically new but politically old. Potent new technologies used to project toxic old ideas.

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You know there is no Twitter, right? Just a dumping ground for Musk and extremist views. If you have an account, you are complicit.

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Anime is the philosophical medium of our time <p><em>Anime is philosophical in its very form. In this article, philosopher and novelist Mike Benett argues that anime’s distinctive visual style and narrative structure embody a phenomenological app...

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45 years in the blink of an eye

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The future doesn't care what you call it. Left unexamined unnamed, it follows the path of power.

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Christmas Dinner

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When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists.
You laugh and then you weep.
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India moves to regulate AI-generated content (deepfakes)! 🤖 New draft rules mandate clear labeling (min. 10% of visual/audio) for synthetic info to curb misinformation, fraud & election manipulation. 🇮🇳 #DeepfakeRegulation #AI #IndiaTech

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the intention of unveiling the intrinsic #possibilities and relations among them. See how different outcomes involving knowledge hierarchy and #uncertainty and multiple #scenarios are presented. #futuresstudies #futuresliteracy @rem59.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social

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The Future of the human species is tied to how we understand our relationship with technology, and technology is one of the dominant cultural codes of our time. The codes embedded in our technology, like our words, narratives, and stories, have the power to worldbuild.

#futures #technology

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constructing #preferredfutures amidst pressing #globalchallenges and tensions, exploring the #futureofpeace and the implications it encompasses. #futuresstudies #futuresliteracy #foresight #future #criticalfutures @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social

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Two weeks from today, I embark on my Cross-Canada adventure.
I will be spending 55 days car and tent camping with the goal of reaching St. John's and back. Along the way, I will share stories of Canada's history and interview Canadians for a new project.
Will visit BC in Sept.

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@gandersocial.bsky.social any update on when access will expand?

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Call for Papers

A Special Edition of the Neohumanist Review

Submissions by 1 December 2025 • Publication: March 2026

We seek contributions from, the following themes:

Sadvipra's Journey
Social Order
Dialogues Between Neohumanism and Emergent Philosophies

Details: lnkd.in/eUCTKrW8

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Book Review: The Hesitant Feminist’s Guide to the Future by Ivana Milojević * Journal of Futures Studies “The Hesitant Feminist’s Guide to the Future” is a fast-paced journey through 20 short sections of 2-5 pages. It builds from a historical vantage point by exploring how language defines feminism and v...

jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... Have a quick read of Ralph Mercer, PhD's review of Ivana Milojević's 'The Hesitant Feminist's Guide to the Future'. Get an overview of the key themes discussed in the book regarding #feminism and the modern #feministmovement as well as its historical origins, touching

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@gandersocial.bsky.social can’t wait for access, thanks

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voice of love and care for all, the WILD Feminine Futurist serves as a Futures #Doula, guiding the transition towards more #equitable, interconnected and #regenerativefutures. @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social

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#feminist insights, creating more #inclusivefutures that advocate for the recognition and #inclusion of #marginalisedvoices #futuresstudies #futureisfemale @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social

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Tune in, get inspired, and join the conversation! 🌟
Asia Pacific Futures Network #JFSPerspectives #FutureOfSport #Recreation #Innovation #Leadership @jose-ramos.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social

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critical #studentengagement for creating more #equitable and #diverse visions of the future. #decolonialfeminism #equitablefutures #futuresthinking #futureisfemale #qatar @sohailfutures.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social

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processes such as hope and #empowerment, utilizing #CausalLayeredAnalysis and #speculativedesign to explore alternative #futures. #designfutures #futureisfemale @sohailfutures.bsky.social @itsanisah.bsky.social @ivanafutures.bsky.social @rem59.bsky.social

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Beyond Hesitancy: Dialogues and Reflections on Feminist Futures * Journal of Futures Studies This Symposium response builds on the themes of The Hesitant Feminist’s Guide to the Future (2024) and the contributions of thirty authors that emerged from it. The Symposium itself arose from a year-...

jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... Join the amazing dialogue as we move beyond hesitancy and reflect on hopeful #feministfutures in this introduction to the Journal of Futures Studies special issue with the one and only Ivana Milojević! See how the enduring necessity of #feminist thought and action in

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We all need to wake up.

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The amazing (and worldwide distributed) magazine @philosophynow.bsky.social syndicates our stories in their magazine. The most recent issue included "The Smart Shoppers" by Joe R.R. Angelitis

You can read it online here. buff.ly/41zOD84

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Scenarios for US-Canada Relations (2025-2030) Under the 47th president’s administration (or a similar populist successor), Canada may face increasing US economic, political, and security pressures.

Latest thoughts
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The black-and-white photo shows an early biplane in flight, with two sets of wings stacked vertically and a person piloting it. The aircraft has a lightweight frame, visible wheels, and a simple design typical of early 20th-century aviation, set against a plain sky background.

The black-and-white photo shows an early biplane in flight, with two sets of wings stacked vertically and a person piloting it. The aircraft has a lightweight frame, visible wheels, and a simple design typical of early 20th-century aviation, set against a plain sky background.

On this day in 1909, the Silver Dart took to the air at Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
Designed by the Aerial Experiment Association, under the guidance of Alexander Graham Bell, it was Canada's first controlled powered flight.
Let's learn more about it :)

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Call For Papers - Neohumanist Review A Special Edition of the Neohumanist Review ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIPNeohumanist Review 6Publication date: March 2026 The Neohumanist Review invites a diverse range of explorations into the role of enlig...

Call For Papers

A Special Edition of the Neohumanist Review

ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP
Neohumanist Review 6
Publication date: March 2026
#neohumanism #neohumanist #posthumanism

theneohumanist.com/call-for-pap...

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