Mike Donachie

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THE ROUNDUP | Your weekly guide to London Ont. local news | Tolpuddle Housing Co-op gets action | EXCLUSIVE the councillor who WILL run again | Merry Irishmas | All fancy at 20 Under 40 | And critters Councillor Sam Trosow's hat is in the ring | Apparently it's time for London to acquire Arva | All the top stories | The Executive Summary for Informed Citizens | Built For Recovering Doomscrollers

A full week, including a marvellous time at London Inc. Magazine's 20 Under 40 event. It's all rounded up here. Get your Executive Summary for Informed Citizens! (All engagement is gratefully appreciated.)
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Lost Doctor Who and the Daleks episodes discovered in 'ramshackle' collection The Doctor's assistant Peter Purves was invited to a screening of the episodes in Leicester.

Here's really, really good news: two missing Doctor Who episodes, from 1965's "The Daleks' Master Plan," have been recovered and returned: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oh god please check in again when you have experienced Roger Livesey in full.

Oh I’m so happy to hear that. There are genuinely terrifying moments of realization in that. The Nutwood-esque setting works in ways it should not. I love those books.

Excuse me what now? Oh my brother in geekery, read it all. Now I have the tingles - this one is special.

My god, we must chat P&P. I recently watched Blimp and A Matter of Life and Death. Just amazing.

Hey, thanks for reading!

I’m so excited to see Billy Bragg right here in London Ont! We have our tickets!

The London Music Hall will host @billybragg.bsky.social on July 7th. A great venue with a capacity of only 1,850.
#LdnOnt #Canada

That’s an awful shame. I feel like telling him I can run it for him. But there’s a reason I stay on one side of the bar. 🤪

Community halts Cheapside housing plans | Planning committee decision and more | EXCLUSIVE: The councillor who won't run this fall | Floodplains | Airbnb rules | Your London City Council news briefing Councillor Jerry Pribil to focus on business instead | Stories from Planning | The time MY neighbours showed up at City Hall | Executive Summary for the Informed Citizen | And it's still raining

Eventful time at Planning this week - my own neighbourhood showed up, and won. #LdnOnt

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I’m still excited about what’s inside Kano’s black box.

Wow, I only just completed it to number 30! Yeah, old.

Pronouncing Moi Points to rhyme with Boy Points.

When housing the homeless doesn't work | Tough words at City Hall from Tolpuddle Housing Co-op | London City Council news | PLUS Rats everywhere | Drug kits | Airbnbs | And please let councillors pee Back to the fray at Community and Protective Services Committee | "Nothing but crickets": community leader's impassioned speech | All the issues | Let's enforce rat bylaws | Free needles to continue

I was hugely impressed by this passionate speaker at City Hall yesterday. I went so far as to extract a chunk of audio and embed it here for easy access.
It’s serious, troubling issue, and I’m so happy our city has courageous leaders like this.

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Sometimes you stop and think “What?”
Here’s a cat-shaped bird feeder.

It’s very comforting! I regret nothing but I probably should regret the amount I ate.

I’ve had SO MUCH BEEF STEW mmm

I’m going to blog about this. They couldn’t even agree to take a bathroom break. Incoming tomorrow!

I really waaaaant this but cannot keep buying books!

I’m at City Hall, where some of the 15 people who repeatedly agree to underinvest in garbage collection are discussing why the city is infested with rats. I need to figure out how to get paid for this. #LdnOnt

This is literally a Terry Pratchett character. Bloody hell 🤣

The best episodes of Bargain Hunt are the ones where the contestants are in the live auction and shout YAY when their item breaks even and everyone just stops bidding.

Today I filled some holes, touched up lots of paint, and started hanging art.

The happy outcome.

I remember when they only had truncheons.

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Putin's Russia - The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham — Comics Bookcase Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator, was published on February 15. Ten days later, the Russian military invaded Ukraine. At time of writing, the civilian death toll is 2,729, according to the Unite...

I’m probably going to do a blog post that links to that one review I wrote for you years ago, if that’s the tiniest help. www.comicsbookcase.com/reviews-arch...

Oh look, there were tornadoes in a place very far away WAIT

THE ROUNDUP | London Ont. Local News | Your quickfire weekly guide | Needles, condoms and foil | Rat infestations now, apparently | Election in T-Minus 234 Days Next week's controversy arrives early | London City Council and more | Public interest before big business | Executive Summary For The Informed Citizen | Built For Recovering Doomscrollers

Sharing my weekly news roundup, because this one includes an update on my plans and a Values statement. I’m a hipster entrepreneur now, somehow.
Hi everybody! Happy Friday! We made it!

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