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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Posts by Dr. Ralph Mercer
Agnostic 53%
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.
... 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.
You know there is no Twitter, right? Just a dumping ground for Musk and extremist views. If you have an account, you are complicit.
45 years in the blink of an eye
The future doesn't care what you call it. Left unexamined unnamed, it follows the path of power.
Christmas Dinner
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
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
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
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
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.
@gandersocial.bsky.social any update on when access will expand?
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
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
@gandersocial.bsky.social can’t wait for access, thanks
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
#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
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
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
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
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
We all need to wake up.
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
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
A Special Edition of the Neohumanist Review
ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP
Neohumanist Review 6
Publication date: March 2026
#neohumanism #neohumanist #posthumanism
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