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Canada has Y&R and DAYS on Global, B&B on CTV, and GH on CityTV. Does anyone know if there are plans for BTG to air in Canada?

I don't think this is about Jamey joining BTG. He's just congratulating Wankaya because he knew her from Ambitions. Yeah I know that MVJ worked on Ambitions with Jamey, and that Jamey lives in Atlanta. But Jamey seems committed to his current dual writing jobs on DAYS and Sistas. He tweets about both of those shows. (Since there's a ginormous writing-to-taping-to-airdate gap on DAYS, I obviously don't know if Jamey is still at DAYS, but he's still promoting it.).

BTG's Wankaya Hinkon worked with Vonda Morris on the hair-and-makeup team for "Lawmen: Bass Reeves". I found some interviews with Wankaya and Vonda for the Bass Reeves series. (Vonda isn't on BTG, but Wankaya is) You can see the care that Wankaya takes in her work. They are interviewed here by Variety https://variety.com/2024/artisans/awards/lawmen-bass-reeves-branding-1236040139/ And interviewed here by Gold Derby:

https://www.instagram.com/jameygiddens/p/DFA5YfjxYTi/ jameygiddens Come thru, @hairbywankaya!! So proud of you. I know you will have the cast of #BeyondTheGates laid to the GAWDS! Not a baby hair outta place. --- From the comments section: ----------------- Jamey posting congrats to BTG hair designer Wankaya Hinkon, after seeing her featured on CBS Sunday Morning. (Wankaya worked on Ambitions). I think she is congratulating Jamey for his WGA nomination as part of the DAYS writing team. -----------------

same when Jane Elliot returned in 2023!

Eric Braeden saw this on nextdoor.com, and amplified it on his social media bluesky (Link), facebook (Link) , and instagram (Link) A post from the handyman section of a nextdoor neighborhood

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFB3HenR4az/ January 19, 2025 AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) Guess I’m old school that way. on IG video: All these journalists are like. . . "Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration?" "Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration?" "Are you going to the inauguration?" Let me make myself clear: I don't celebrate rapists. So no. I'm not going to the inauguration tomorrow.

Erica and Travis! She's pregnant with Bianca! I loved Erica and Travis together.

Musk supporting the neo-Nazis in Germany https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/05/dont-feed-the-troll-german-chancellor-responds-to-elon-musk-comments Musk meddling in other European countries https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/11/how-elon-musk-has-meddled-in-european-affairs

I think it's always been Nancy Pelosi's daughter Christine Pelosi who was active on twitter and spoke up for her mother. https://x.com/sfpelosi Christine wants to be on the DNC, she says so on her website... https://www.christinepelosi.com/ I think Christine's the one that has been said to maybe run for Nancy's seat someday. I never heard of Alexandra before that politico article.

It's in the last line of Errol's post: That 92Y link goes here https://www.92ny.org/event/susan-lucci When you go there, look for a black rectangle that says "buy now" and click on that

January 2025: Mandy Moore's husband is musician Taylor Goldsmith Mandy posted on IG that their property was destroyed in the L.A. area fires. She's in Altadena, so it was the Eaton Fire. They were able to evacuate safely with their children. Mandy said that her husband and his brother had a music studio on the property, and this music studio was completely destroyed. Most of other structures on Mandy's property are gone. Mandy said that her main house is mostly still standing but is unlivable. Some in-laws have lost their home. She said that her children's school was destroyed in the fire. Video of evacuating: https://www.instagram.com/p/DElMytoSkCd/ Pictures of returning to see the damage: https://www.instagram.com/p/DEnXs-Gy2jn/

Climate disasters often have more impact on lower-income people. This certainly was the case with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. The Ninth Ward flooded faster and well there are a zillion articles about this. I was just reading about the January 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles -- The news is saying that A) gofundme campaigns for anyone, must be carefully worded, or you might inadvertently disqualify yourself from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) assistance in the USA https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/los-angeles-eaton-palisades-wildfire-aid-fema-gofundme . B ) gofundme campaigns are usually better publicized amongst the wealthy who have their own fame and social media networks. In contrast, low-income or middle-income people who have no "connections" receive relatively little via gofundme. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/la-fires-gofundme-mandy-moore Wealthy people can afford their own private firefighters, who may or may not be properly trained, but will arrive quicker: https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/private-firefighters-are-increasingly-popular-with-insurers-but-do-they-pose-a-risk Globally, the affects of Climate change will be affecting areas of continents that have less financial resources.

There was a huge situation with animals for Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. So many humans were told they'd be evacuating for only a couple of hours, and left their pets behind with food and water -- the people had the best intentions, they just had no idea what was to come. Not intentional, the people just had no idea how huge this would be. And then the flooding was enormous, and nobody was allowed to return home for weeks! In some cases, the police were untrained in procedures for a disaster of this magnitude, and FORCED people (at the police gunpoint!) to evacuate immediately and leave their pets behind. For those who were able to evacuate with pets, there were no shelters that would take humans with pets. People had nowhere to go if they had pets with them. The city was flooded and unreachable for weeks. There was a ENORMOUS effort to find lost pets, and the New Orleans newspaper (The "Times-Picayune") -- their website (nola.com) had an online messageboard back then, to help with the animals. People posted their addresses, please find my dog or cat -- but the rescue workers could not even find the addresses -- the street signs had been destroyed in the flooding. In addition to all of that... many people had been low-income and unable to spay/neuter their pets BEFORE the hurricane came, and by the time these animals were found, many had given birth. So many homeless animals, it was heartbreaking. When rescue workers finally found the lost animals (or newly-born animals) there were so many, who had become feral, just trying to survive as the weeks passed. Many animals had no ID tags, so it was impossible to reunite them with their humans, unless someone had posted something very specific on a messageboard and a rescue worker happened to read it, and there was just too much overwhelm and not enough people able to help. It was enormous. When the animals were finally found, if they were not reunited with their humans, then they were shipped to animal rescue agencies in other parts of the USA. Meanwhile many of the humans had been relocated to other cities. All so sad. Nowadays, most emergency personnel are trained about helping people to evacuate with their pets -- and most cities are prepared for emergencies so that shelters will take pets and animals of all sizes. But that wasn't available in 2005 in New Orleans -- nobody knew how to organize that back then, and again, nobody had any idea how huge the hurricane damage would be. -------------- Through the years, in other cites/states, in more rural areas, during other hurricanes and wildfires -- farm animals and wild animals have been caught in disastrous situations beyond anyone's control. These disasters will increase as the climate warms.

https://bsky.app/profile/hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social/post/3lfzt2dvank2e

video, January 2025 https://www.instagram.com/p/DEnTaF3RVhq/

Snoop Dog just performed at a Trump pre-inauguration party event. What? Yes he did. He'll do whatever for money/attention, apparently. Nelly is slated to perform at one of the inaugural balls.

Eileen just posted an IG video of her husband walking around the outside patio or backyard/garden walkway (?) at their home (the point of the video is that he says he is recovering from hip surgery and is walking okay) and the visible areas look fine, so I think the fire didn't affect their property?. https://www.instagram.com/p/DE76d0HSPnI/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DE73haDPecw/ barackobama January 17, 2025 Happy birthday to the love of my life, @MichelleObama. You fill every room with warmth, wisdom, humor, and grace – and you look good doing it. I’m so lucky to be able to take on life’s adventures with you. Love you!

Just NO to this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/trump-inauguration-guest-list The Village People, whose 1978 hit YMCA is a staple of Trump rallies and Mar-a-Lago gatherings, to perform at two inaugural events. The band’s lead singer, Victor Willis, issued an almost apologetic explanation, saying its members would perform despite having supported Harris’s presidential bid. “We believe that music is to be performed without regard to politics,” he wrote on Facebook. “Our song YMCA is a global anthem that hopefully helps bring the country together after a tumultuous and divided campaign where our preferred candidate lost.”

The ceasefire is scheduled to begin Sunday, 19 January, 2025 Sunday 19 Jan. at 8:30 am Israel/Gaza time, Sunday 19 Jan. at 6:30 am London UK time, Sunday 19 Jan. at 1:30 am New York time, Saturday 18 Jan. at 10:30 pm Los Angeles time.

January 2025: Fearing raids, barred from aid: Los Angeles immigrants doubly vulnerable amid wildfires. Non-profits rush to assist undocumented immigrants who face deportation threat on top of displacement and job loss. In recent years, mega-fires – as well as other extreme weather catastrophes, including atmospheric river storms and intense heatwaves – have repeatedly upended the lives of immigrant workers across the state. In the wake of disasters, undocumented immigrants are especially vulnerable, and largely ineligible for federal disaster aid. Many have lost work as well as their homes – and they are increasingly afraid that seeking help will attract the scrutiny of immigration authorities. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/la-fires-immigrants-undocumented-aid

I saw that @Chris B had posted that pilot of Reed Diamond on the primetime soaps thread (Link to post) so then I followed @DRW50's suggestion to check out Reed's social media, so I started scanning Reed's IG -- and saw that he has this Homicide podcast, with descriptions in each IG post, and one mentioned soaps, so that's how I found this. Thank you! I haven't even read all the descriptions yet, nor have I watched any other episodes of the podcast. Just found this one and wanted to post it right away. I didn't listen to the entire episode, so there may be nuggets that I missed. You could listen to the other episodes on that Homicide podcast youtube channel for more stories from Reed Diamond and Kyle Secor. That particular conversation was inspired by Matthew Cowles's appearance on that episode of Homicide. If other soap actors appeared on other Homicide episodes, perhaps they might comment on that?