Now you know I love to sh-t in Harvard. But I also like accuracy. So I decided to go look at Harvard’s catalog to see its lack of military history that this article describes (they only teach history of pets it claims) and what I found shocked me! Shocked me! A thread: 1/

First off, Harvard students literally have multiple sections of military history that they can take listed. (It appears these ones are taught at MIT, so they might have to walk down the street for these) but... 2/
Say they want to stay on campus...they can only take numerous classes on war and diplomacy...3/
They have an entire class on Yalta. That’s right. An entire class on Yalta. 4/
But wait! There is more! They can take the British Empire, The Fall of the Roman Empire for those wanting traditional topics... 5/
But it’s not over! This is my favorite. They literally have a class taught by @DrewFaust28 on war stories. That’s right. An entire class by one of the leading authorities on Civil War history and it’s reserved for Freshman! 6/
So I tried to find a history of pets. All I could find was this history of pests...the pets in history class is not being offered (and wasn’t from the history department in the first place) 7/
I could go on but I think I’ve shown it’s an article exaggerates. How did I know that everyone at Harvard doesn’t care about studying wars? Cause I’ve been invited to speak to Harvard classes and I study war. 8/
Perhaps the decrease in history majors doesn’t come from a decline in history major but the constant devaluing the humanities and obsessing over STEM for the past 30 years? Indeed attacking other forms of history than military as not valuable contributes to this problem. 9/
How many times have I heard military historians whine about gender historians, or historians of the body, or historians of pets being irrelevant? More than I hear anyone say military history is totally irrelevant. I hear people say it’s not their thing but not that its useless.10
Maybe instead of attacking subfields to puff ourselves up we should be remind folks all fields of history have something valuable to teach us. Scholars of diplomacy should realize historians of any field are their natural allies. 11
The issue isn’t devaluing of military history. It’s the devaluing of history and of the humanities more generally. 12
So to conclude while I still firmly believe that Harvard sucks (and Princeton doesn’t matter-sorry @KevinMKruse, but you understand college rivalries I know) Harvard actually has lots of military history options. And military history is not dead. 13/13
Of course the first tweet in my 13 tweet thread has a typo.
And it appears there are even more classes on war taught than I realized...(thank you @DrewFaust28 for letting me know about these classes) https://t.co/Koywhf3KP2
As @MilHist_Lee (who helped train me in *checks notes* military history) points out, other schools also have similar offerings. https://t.co/1mhpou8jwN
And another list of classes about war that are being offered. This one from @TomSugrue. https://t.co/ugwiQIAgrN

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Why do B12 and folate deficiencies lead to HUGE red blood cells?

And, if the issue is DNA synthesis, why are red blood cells (which don't have DNA) the key cell line affected?

For answers, we'll have to go back a few billion years.


2/
RNA came first. Then, ~3-4 billion years ago, DNA emerged.

Among their differences:
🔹RNA contains uracil
🔹DNA contains thymine

But why does DNA contains thymine (T) instead of uracil (U)?

https://t.co/XlxT6cLLXg


3/
🔑Cytosine (C) can undergo spontaneous deamination to uracil (U).

In the RNA world, this meant that U could appear intensionally or unintentionally. This is clearly problematic. How can you repair RNA when you can't tell if something is an error?

https://t.co/bIZGviHBUc


4/
DNA's use of T instead of U means that spontaneous C → U deamination can be corrected without worry that an intentional U is being removed.

DNA requires greater stability than RNA so the transition to a thymine-based structure was beneficial.

https://t.co/bIZGviHBUc


5/
Let's return to megaloblastic anemia secondary to B12 or folate deficiency.

When either is severely deficient deoxythymidine monophosphate (dTMP*) production is hindered. With less dTMP, DNA synthesis is abnormal.

[*Note: thymine is the base in dTMP]

https://t.co/AnDUtKkbZh

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In the first skandh, the importance of Vedvyas


and characters of Pandavas are described by the dialogues between Suutji and Shaunakji. Then there is the story of Parikshit.
Next there is a Brahm Narad dialogue describing the avtaar of Bhagwan. Then the characteristics of Puraan are mentioned.

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Next is the portrayal of Vidur and his dialogue with Maitreyji. Then there is a mention of Creation of universe by Brahma and the preachings of Sankhya by Kapil Muni.


In the next section we find the portrayal of Sati, Dhruv, Pruthu, and the story of ancient King, Bahirshi.
In the next section we find the character of King Priyavrat and his sons, different types of loks in this universe, and description of Narak. ( https://t.co/gmDTkLktKS )


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