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Harini Shankar

@healthitwithharini.bsky.social
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Lifelong student of Nutrition and Biology Menstrual, Menopausal and Mental Health are my main jams Book lover, Indian Dancer & Instructor, 200 Hr Certified Yoga teacher (It's the ADHD - here to let it freak out too)

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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“One thing that disturbs me is the doctors who dismiss a mother’s intuition,”... “How do you go to medical school and think you know more about a child’s health?” As a mother, I pray not everything about my children's well being rests on my intuition alone. That is a terrible burden to bear #MedSky
politico.com
Florida health officials meet amid fierce debate over childhood vaccine plans
The hearing was one of the last steps before Florida's new vaccine guidelines take effect.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's not lost on me that, given how much attention and outrage MMIW and Kendall Francis are getting... A lot of people are assuming Jane Doe is white It's not lost on me that, it's best it stays that way
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They are holding children's Covid vaccines from 11 states and 1 territory, and there's no update if or when they will be available this year. They are elevating from vaccine misinformation to outright obstruction. What will stop them from restricting others? #MedSky #Vaccines
theguardian.com
Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines
Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! I thought I had until today 😭 I have to wait 12 weeks for the last 30 min. I had to stop at the most devastating part and now I have to live with it 😭😭😭😭 #BookSky #Libby #Stranded
Screenshot of Libby app announcing the return of The Bluest Sky audiobook, with only 31 minutes left
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Justice for Nolan Wells
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A saliva test for endometriosis has been doing the rounds of social media, for a *good reason* It has the potential to cut down the average 10 years it takes to get a diagnosis, to within a week or two The test has been approved for a 4 year evidence gathering period in a England and Wales #MedSky
nursingtimes.net
NICE set to back future use of saliva test for endometriosis
A saliva-based test that can be used in general practice to diagnose endometriosis more quickly looks set to be added to national guidelines.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Libraries today are doing what made Temples so important 1000s of years ago - They are communal centers offering education and empowerment to its people, while bringing them together That's it #BookSky #Libraries #LibraryAdult
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm going to take a while to finish this, because I had to sit for a minute right at chapter 1... Oh Pecola, how many tears am I going to shed for you? #BookSky
Audiobook cover for The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This book made me realize I've read very few portal fantasies... And I've enjoyed every one - King's 11/22/63 is one. Outlander too - for all its problems, it helped kick off my midlife reading revival after decades. Looking forward to more portal fantasy reading in my future #BookSky #TKWNKM
Audiobook cover for "This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me" by Ilona Andrews
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
TW: Child trafficking I hope by now we all read about the 163 children rescued in a 5 day operation, kids from 7 states, 1 US territory, and 12 other countries. Something important to note - only 3 men related to this horror have been arrested. All three... are white men.
people.com
Florida Officials Say More Than 160 Missing Children Were Found in Statewide Law Enforcement Operation
Florida law enforcement officials recovered 163 missing children, ranging in age from 2 months to 17 years, in Operation Statewide Shield. Children were found across Florida, as well as in six other s...
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
*Almost* every single terrible suffering in the world today is because of the abuse of power. *Almost* every system in effect at large today is one that allows it
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Want kids to read? alt-text: books from Blood at the Root Series by author LaDarrion Williams. All three books feature the Black teenage main character on the cover and coordinating color scheme: Bones at the Crossroads (red), Blood at the Root (blue), Ashes at the Altar (gold) #BlackSky #BookSky
penguinrandomhouse.com
Blood at the Root
Buy books online and find book series such as Blood at the Root written by LaDarrion Williams from PenguinRandomHouse.com
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"If we are not careful, soon we will be the minority" And explain to me the problem about that #Racism #Casteism #SystemsOfOppression
A woman in her living room, with a messy bun and glasses, a collared red & pink blouse, and a multicolored beaded necklace, looking at the camera with an expression that says "Well?"
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This planet will live for millions and millions, billions more years. What we're collectively doing is threatening our time on it. The glacial ice and land that separated, crossed international borders. Because nothing else besides us cares about our differences and borders. #Nepal #ClimateSky
abcnews.com
What caused Nepal flood? Scientist says it was enormous landslide, glacier fall
An "enormous" landslide that triggered the fall of at least part of a glacier down the Himalayas caused the severe flash floods that devastated Nepal Wednesday.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
19 million eggs affected by the Salmonella recall, resulting in 98 people sickened, and 26 hospitalizations (known so far) The FDA has upgraded the recall to a Class 1 two weeks ago, the highest risk level. It's not normal for a food contamination to keep getting worse over two months. #FDA #CDC
time.com
Salmonella Egg Recall Is Now Class I, the FDA’s Highest Risk Level
The heightened risk classification comes as health officials investigate a multistate outbreak that has sickened nearly 100 people.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton's life taught me, that many times, what I'm vocal about, matters less than what I do about it I'm not dissing being vocal. Only seeing another side. Maybe a smarter side for someone like her. She could play the games of her world and use that fame for those in need. #DollyParton
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Diversifying authors makes for a more delightful read... a few favorites: 1. The Heaven & Earth Grocery store - James McBride 2. Razerblade tears - SA Cosby 3. The Legendborn cycle series - Trace Deonn 4. Unwind dystology series - Neal Shusterman 5. Gods & Monster series - Amber V Nicole #BookSky
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The *easiest* way to find a Romantasy or Fantasy book that doesn't fall into the predictable formula for the plot... Is to read ones written by the Global majority. I have yet to find *anything* even close to the plot of The Fifth Season #BookSky
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Ironically, for a book very critical about the very foundation of modern AI, the epilog is hands down the most promising case made FOR AI that I've seen yet - IF we can wrangle it from the very colonial approach big tech employs for it today. Will likely look at Timnit Gebru's books next. #BookSky
Screenshot of audiobook cover for "Empire of AI" by Karen Hao
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"A child was in northern Ontario with his family in 2024 when he woke up and found a bat on his face. He swatted it away and his father caught it in a pot and released it outside. The parents did not see any scratches on their son’s face so they didn't take him to a doctor at that time." So sad.
theguardian.com
Canadian boy dies of rabies after waking to find bat on his face
Eleven-year-old developed symptoms 19 days after encounter in Ontario in ‘exceedingly rare’ case
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Look, I'll be the first to agree that industrial farming practices have a lot of problems. But comparing the water used to prevent starvation, to justify the water used to fire people from jobs and lose their incomes... is one of the most disingenuous things I've seen. No matter the "ratio" #AI
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Vaccines work like a bunch of pencils. A big bunch is almost impossible to break - breaking a single pencil is terribly easy. A small bunch quite possible. These little kids will not be the only ones to pay the price for their parents' misinformed choice. That's the real heartbreak. #MedSky #Health
cnn.com
Record share of kindergartners missed required vaccines last year as Trump executive order takes aim at state mandates | CNN
A record share of kindergartners in the United States had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, as the Trump administration continues to make moves to reduce the number of vaccinat...
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
No amount of technological progress can surpass civilizational deterioration. For DRC to experience the worst ever Ebola outbreak in their entire history, given everything learned so far about managing the outbreak, is a very sobering example of that. #HealthSky #MedSky
cnn.com
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo becomes deadliest in country’s history | CNN
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country’s h...
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Protect Trans kids
motherjones.com
Trump admin releases final rule attacking healthcare for low-income trans kids
It will prevent Medicaid and CHIP dollars from covering gender dysphoria treatments for minors.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I just saw someone say "I don't owe anyone anything" is propaganda for capitalism, and I'm going to sit with that the rest of the day (I always resisted the phrase, but this is another angle of what this mentality is doing to us) #Capitalism
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Don't ever allow them to get away with claiming *anything* to be "inevitable". Your voice always... ALWAYS.. matters. Any technology is only as good as how well it benefits, and is in demand by people. It shouldn't be forced.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Things are dire, no doubt. 5.2 million acres have burnt just this year, just in the US. But before you tell me its too late, I invite you to join me in getting educated about land back and environmental protection efforts by Indigenous communities.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Jerry Falade is the third Black author to be accused of using AI in his writing in just a couple of weeks, losing a contract for more than $2 million because of it. The accusation was based on suspicions and not clear evidence. The oppressed always pay a higher price in any disruption. #BookSky
nypost.com
Debut novelist’s $2M deal for ‘amazing’ book canceled on suspicions of AI use
Jerry Falade’s unpublished novel, “Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body,” was pulled from sale by his representatives, according to reports.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Shredded lettuce infected by Cyclospora Millions of eggs recalled for Salmonella 12,000 lbs of bacon recalled for reasons still unclear We're seeing the effects of federal food safety systems crumbling in real time. This article that warns about this very thing? It's more than a year old
npr.org
How safe is the food supply after federal cutbacks? Experts are worried
As the Trump administration slashes the federal workforce, experts say cuts to the USDA, FDA and CDC have left the food supply vulnerable to outbreaks of foodborne illness.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Historically, technological innovations always disrupted lives. - That does NOT make it OK - It's intensifying Is organizing your thoughts with this tool, worth your higher utility bills? Is faster tech development, worth neighborhoods suffering for the sake of a center? Is the payoff worth it?
cnn.com
AI is making your life more expensive. Here’s how | CNN Business
AI is raising prices for Americans – and not just electricity bills.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Here is a classic example for why we need public funding in scientific research. Corporates & Big Wellness can't profit from studying social determinants of health - if poverty or racism were found to be real factors affecting health, they can't sell you anything to solve that problem. #HealthSky
scitechdaily.com
Long-Term Money Problems May Accelerate Brain Aging
Decades of financial hardship were associated with poorer cognition and brain health later in life.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Finished this book while waiting for the fourth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series to become available. The contrast between the series is night & day, while both touch on severe social inequalities & the way they restrict/affect lives, with a little political intrigue. #BookSky 📚
EBook Cover for The Apothecary Diaries Book 7, by Natsu Hyuuga. With illustrations by Touko Shino
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
You can't hate children and be for Matriarchy. You don't have to center them in your lives, or even like them. But children are the center of a Matriarchy - which means prioritizing children rather than profits or power. Economically, societally, architecturally. We can't prioritize what we hate.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Just finished this book while reading it to my kids. We started from the very beginning, and we do it slow. So it's been a solid year of the Hitchhiker's series playing a part in our bedtime tradition Now I really understand when we say something has a very special place in our lives. #BookSky 📚
Ebook Cover for Life, The Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Just started this book this week, and I'm already aware of a factual error about the Chile data center's water usage going in. So far, it's an accounting of the company's birth interspersed with more recent drama, and some themes are already flashing in my head. #BookSky 📚
Audiobook cover for Empire Of AI by Karen Hao
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Science is developing one of the most powerful tools to hold fossil fuel and *other* companies responsible for the amount of influence they have in an extreme weather event - Attribution science #ClimateSky www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/c...
nytimes.com
Top Science Panel Backs Research Linking Extreme Weather to Climate Change
Attribution science is advancing quickly, researchers said. That could support lawsuits seeking damages for severe events worsened by global warming.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Sometimes, a book series is a lot of fun simply because of its community. I've been having some lovely conversations on other apps since I started this series. That's not all that's interesting about the series, not by a long shot. But its a huge reason I'm enjoying it so much #BookSky 📚
Ebook Cover art for Carl's Doomsday Scenario, the second book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I already mentioned this book yesterday, it was a wild ride. Now that I finished it, I get the feeling, if you're from the LGBTQIA+ community, you may not appreciate it as much? Because it's about your experiences, without centering you, if that makes sense?Please correct me if I'm wrong #BookSky 📚
Audiobook cover for Razorblade Tears
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
When a culture is responsible for the loss of lives, that culture needs to change Depending on armed, poorly trained, racially prejudiced people for a mental health crisis, or civil documentation problems, is one such culture When that culture harms some people today, it will eventually harm *all*
npr.org
He was having a mental health crisis. Memphis task force agents came and shot him
Jonah Neal, 25, was struck by a Homeland Security Investigations agent in May. There have been at least four deadly shootings related to the task force.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Just last night, I got to the meat of this book, Razorblade Tears. When Buddy finds out. People need to have read this book AND be chronically online to have seen that tell-all post circulating online, to know just how eery the timing of it all feels to me. So eery, man. #BookSky 📚
Audiobook cover for Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My ADHD peeps who work Mon to Fri Are you feeling the Friday burnout too?
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Spent last night watching a trail full of fireflies instead of fireworks. Not the first time I did that... It's the most heavenly sight.
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
If I leave the caps of my kids' water bottles untouched for a while, they would build grime in their seals & grooves When I pull out the seal & dig in, things get real nasty Just because I can see it now, doesn't mean it's new. It was always there. Just hidden This post is not about water bottles
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The complete lack of regulations is ACTIVELY harming lives - no exaggeration We've already heard AI tools don't always help curb su!c!d@l ideations Now this LLMs scan ALL information online - without guardrails, that includes dangerous misinformation With guardrails, it could be a good thing
theguardian.com
Frequent AI chatbot users more likely to believe anti-vaccine myths, poll finds
Poll finds use of AI tools for health advice is correlated with belief in vaccine falsehoods, such as shots causing autism
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My biggest takeaway is the Behind The Scenes network that existed at that time of no phones or media. That network among free Black people was a chief reason that enabled young girls like Ona Judge to escape, more than once. That is community. #BookSky
Audiobook cover for Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. By Erica Armstrong Dunbar
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Gave my first .5 star review on Storygraph. Ever. Every book I read, I usually do so fully appreciating all the effort, time, & creativity it has taken to birth it. So poor reviews are something I rarely give out. But I actually grieved the time lost reading this one & acted on impulse 😭 #BookSky
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My Friday night rabbit hole will be figuring out how Gracie the Giraffe could escape authorities for two whole weeks... Go Gracie
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A chilling read - we're all living in the consequences of Climate change right now. This comes in the heels of an estimate published this year, predicting 33,000 deaths from single heat wave in India. Not to mention, rising allergies & ticks in the US, from #ClimateChange #ClimateSky
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Most people will look at this study, & immediately assume it's a reflection on personal habits. When the truth is, this & other large scale studies on UPF consumption are a commentary on poverty & means. And poverty is a communal, societal failing. Not a personal one. #MedSky #HealthSky #Wellness
health.harvard.edu
Harvard study links ultra-processed foods to higher rates of cognitive decline, dementia - Harvard Health
A Harvard study found that diets high in ultra-processed foods were linked to a greater risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Learn what the findings mean for brain health....
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Harini Shankar @healthitwithharini.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
As much as I'm not going to do much to expand my post reach, it's nice when it happens. So, #BookSky, I love that I could find fellow fans, or future readers of the latest book I enjoyed. Hope to connect more with your thoughts too
Screenshot of the engagement for previous post talking about the book "This is How You Lose the Time War". 8 reposts, 2 quotes, 111 likes and 7 saves.
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