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  • I just finished Normal People, which was my first Sally Rooney book. I loved it, but I wouldn’t say it had a lot of political theory, just light commentary by the characters. I take it you recommend Beautiful World?

    I’m currently reading The Bricks That Built the Houses by Kae Tempest. It might be a good candidate, but I’m not far enough through to really recommend it yet.

    Some that come to mind:

    • Han Kang - We Do Not Part or Human Acts
    • Michael Ondaatje - In the Skin of a Lion or Anil’s Ghost
    • James Baldwin - Another Country




  • "I had to present some of those facts that Crown Royal is proudly made-in-Manitoba whisky. It’s Canada’s number 1 export spirit,

    Crown Royal is distilled in Diageo’s plant in Gimli, Man., but U.K.-based Diageo — which owns the Crown Royal brand — announced last year it was closing down the factory that bottles the whisky in Amherstburg, Ont., prompting Ford’s threat to take the liquor off Ontario’s shelves.

    Doug Ford is a piece of shit, but they shut a plant in Ontario to move the work to the US. It has nothing to do with where it’s distilled. He also doesn’t give a fuck about Manitoba