Deshnee Subramany
@deeshroom.bsky.social
Communications manager at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies.
~ Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
~ Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
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With prices soaring, eggs have been reported stolen from porches and farm stands. At one point, federal agents at the border were seizing eggs more often than fentanyl.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
The Great Egg Heist: 280,000 eggs disappeared from America’s top producer. Then came a ransom note.
As prices skyrocketed, and egg giant Cal-Maine raked in record profits, the company was hit by one of the biggest egg thefts in history.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
With prices soaring, eggs have been reported stolen from porches and farm stands. At one point, federal agents at the border were seizing eggs more often than fentanyl.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
Then, earlier this year, a Maryland sheriff’s office learned about a $100,000 egg heist — complete with a ransom note.
I am watching The Outsider. Since Dark, I have not enjoyed something in this flavour until now. Tremendous.
June 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I am watching The Outsider. Since Dark, I have not enjoyed something in this flavour until now. Tremendous.
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Celebrate with us! 🎉 Our new Director, Professor @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social, is no stranger to those in the land, poverty and agrarian sectors. Read about her contributions to research, teaching & policy engagement in SA, the rest of Africa, & her influence globally. plaas.org.za/halala-profe...
Halala! Professor Ruth Hall appointed as new PLAAS Director | Plaas
The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) welcomes Professor Ruth Hall as the new Director of the research institute. Beginning 1 June, P...
plaas.org.za
June 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Celebrate with us! 🎉 Our new Director, Professor @ruthhallplaas.bsky.social, is no stranger to those in the land, poverty and agrarian sectors. Read about her contributions to research, teaching & policy engagement in SA, the rest of Africa, & her influence globally. plaas.org.za/halala-profe...
This is basically a rewritten press release. Would be fantastic to know how the trust is set up. I always smell machinations with big corporates...
On Friday, 16 May, Tiger Brands, South Africa’s largest food producer, announced the sale of its deciduous fruit business, Langeberg & Ashton Foods, to a consortium led by local fruit growers for a nominal sum of R1.
COMMUNITY DEAL: Tiger Brands passes the fruit basket to growers in sale of Langeberg and Ashton Foods
www.dailymaverick.co.za
May 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This is basically a rewritten press release. Would be fantastic to know how the trust is set up. I always smell machinations with big corporates...
Muriel Rukeyser. 🪽
May 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Muriel Rukeyser. 🪽
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This is progress, but whether or when the South African government will use these provisions remains to be seen.
#ExpropriationBill
#ExpropriationBill
January 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is progress, but whether or when the South African government will use these provisions remains to be seen.
#ExpropriationBill
#ExpropriationBill
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Up to now, government has chosen a "willing buyer, willing seller" approach, paying at or even above market price. It need not do so. The Act gives some examples of cases where no or limited compensation should be paid.
#ExpropriationBill
#ExpropriationBill
January 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Up to now, government has chosen a "willing buyer, willing seller" approach, paying at or even above market price. It need not do so. The Act gives some examples of cases where no or limited compensation should be paid.
#ExpropriationBill
#ExpropriationBill
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For our first BlueSky post, it is appropriate that we begin with South Africa's newly signed Expropriation Act. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has today signed into law the Expropriation Bill, which repeals the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975. However...
#ExpropriationBill
#ExpropriationBill
January 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For our first BlueSky post, it is appropriate that we begin with South Africa's newly signed Expropriation Act. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has today signed into law the Expropriation Bill, which repeals the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975. However...
#ExpropriationBill
#ExpropriationBill
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Archive | The Continent
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I'm watching Desperately Seeking Susan. We used to have films with A PLOT.
December 13, 2024 at 11:48 AM
I'm watching Desperately Seeking Susan. We used to have films with A PLOT.
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All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 185 of The Continent
France isn't having a great month. This week, its government collapsed. And last week, not one but two of its former African colonies told it to get lost. A lot of western analysts are blaming Russia. This misses the point.
bit.ly/TC185
Welcome to Issue 185 of The Continent
France isn't having a great month. This week, its government collapsed. And last week, not one but two of its former African colonies told it to get lost. A lot of western analysts are blaming Russia. This misses the point.
bit.ly/TC185
December 6, 2024 at 10:28 PM
All Protocol Observed
Welcome to Issue 185 of The Continent
France isn't having a great month. This week, its government collapsed. And last week, not one but two of its former African colonies told it to get lost. A lot of western analysts are blaming Russia. This misses the point.
bit.ly/TC185
Welcome to Issue 185 of The Continent
France isn't having a great month. This week, its government collapsed. And last week, not one but two of its former African colonies told it to get lost. A lot of western analysts are blaming Russia. This misses the point.
bit.ly/TC185
Incredible. The film history itself feels like this was created by at least six producers. The writing, cinematography - pretty much everything about it - was executed to perfection. For women who have been on the verge of madness, and men witnessing it. Heart wrenching.
mubi.com/films/witche...
mubi.com/films/witche...
Watch Witches (2024) on MUBI
Director Elizabeth Sankey explores the connections between postpartum mental health and the portrayal of witches in Western society and popular culture. Sankey intertwines her personal experiences wit...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Incredible. The film history itself feels like this was created by at least six producers. The writing, cinematography - pretty much everything about it - was executed to perfection. For women who have been on the verge of madness, and men witnessing it. Heart wrenching.
mubi.com/films/witche...
mubi.com/films/witche...
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I will say as a Jew and a rabbi that this is a profound desecration of the holy and of history.
On top of all the other atrocities and harms.
On top of all the other atrocities and harms.
Israel has obliterated the mausoleum of Simon Peter, the Apostle of Christ, in Shama, southern Lebanon.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
A sacred site that has stood for over 2,000 years, now lies in ruins.
This is not “self-defense”.
This is a war crime and a crime against history.
December 1, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I will say as a Jew and a rabbi that this is a profound desecration of the holy and of history.
On top of all the other atrocities and harms.
On top of all the other atrocities and harms.