Kat Rina

A Scot in Ireland: An Ethnography.

Natural Heritage & Cultural Anthropology

@TechCommKat

[Katrina Joyce @EdTechKat_]

@IrishRail By the Power of Twitter can we get this mother and son back with their belongings?
#Heuston #Mayo #Celbridge

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

AI has the potential to greatly enhance students’ abilities to think critically and expand their soft skills.
#AI #ChatGPT #Educacion #eLearning
https://t.co/IUS22tHZSN

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

With continued carbon emissions, the melting of other ice caps and thermal expansion of the ocean, a multi-metre sea-level rise appears likely.
#ClimateEmergency
#Greenland
#IceCaps
https://t.co/dvHKDVrIhs

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

Researchers were able to obtain DNA from 6 skulls, enabling them to determine skin, hair, & eye color of individuals. DNA from a female skull indicates that she was blonde but darker skinned, attesting to the genetic complexity of Scandinavia at that time.
https://t.co/4SYn61Eg5m

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

Hybrid specimens suggests that interbreeding was either common or not considered odd. This could support the idea that both the Neanderthals and the Denisovans interbred with humans to the point where they ceased to exist as a species.
#HumanEvolution https://t.co/2usijbH9hH

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

Despite the lack of fossil evidence, the location of the cave in Siberia and its cool climate has meant that DNA within these remains was well-preserved enough to get a complete genomic sequence. 
#GeoArchaeology #HumanEvolution #Fossils
https://t.co/mSdK5A7DRe

[Adult Learning University of Galway @unigalway_adult]

Our Current #MicroCreds Project Lead Katrina Joyce highlights the benefits of micro-credentials - https://t.co/wqNdMiXAOc @TechCommKat #lifelonglearning

[Herstoric Ireland @Herstoric_IRL]

Sisters Mary and Margaret O’Neill of Killountain, west of #Bandon, played a significant role in the War of Independence as members of the local Cumann na mBan. This article looks at their contribution:

https://t.co/e3Ry4V31vr

#herstory #herstoric #mná100

[Paul Deighan @PaulDeighano]

Trinity College lit up by @HerstoryIreland to celebrate #StBrigidsDay #StudentVoices and in honour of schoolteacher Ashling Murphy @rtenews

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

The Brehon Laws stated that wives held the “right to be consulted on every subject”. Women chose who to marry&were never considered to be their father’s or husband’s property. Women owned their own wealth & retained property in the case of divorce.
https://t.co/cCuQ6p1eVp

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

@Kinlay_Galway @AranIslandFerry @GroundAndCo @GalwayAquarium @Andrew_Joyce7

[World Meteorological Organization @WMO]

#Canada just had a temperature of nearly 50°C (Lytton, 49.6°C)
"Without human-induced climate change, it would have been almost impossible ...as the chances of natural occurrence is once every tens of thousands of years," says @metoffice scientist
Details https://t.co/fb1nIF8wny

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

@ELTbyLina Done 😊

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

@ELTbyLina So what can I do for you? Can you send me a DM with the details?

[This Day in Irish History @ThisDayIrish]

This day 72 years ago – 18 April 1949 – the Irish state officially became a Republic, leaving the Commonwealth, and repealing the External Relations Act.

A 21-gun salute was fired from O'Connell Bridge, and in Cork, IRA veteran Tom Barry read the 1916 Proclamation at City Hall.

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

“There’s something wonderfully escapist about immersing yourself in the past. There are five pillars of wellbeing: be physically active, connect with other people, make a contribution, keep learning and be mindful. Archaeology can do all of those things.” https://t.co/eqI5L51EDj

[Kat Rina @Kateeny]

The team points out some of the flaws in facial reconstructions of ancient hominids — and the social and ethical implications misleading portraits may have
#ArtisticBias #Neanderthals #Reconstruction https://t.co/eifv1jRR42