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Member of Arizona state senate has medical need for an abortion and can't get one. She is pregnant with an nonviable fetus and is addressing the legislature. This is from March 2024 and I don't know what's happened since then. It's a very intense 9:36, but watch the whole thing and pass it on. (I started to post this last week and I don't think it went through, forgive me if this is a duplication): Copy on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYPCnsSxfzs copy on twitter:

Star Trek Discovery debuted its fifth/final season with two episodes during first week of April 2024. I enjoyed it. Well the premise of the season is based on classic Next Gen, specifically Season 6, Episode 20. Watch it that NextGen ep, if you can!, you don't even need to know who any of the characters/storylines are for Next Generation to enjoy the episode - it's a standalone that's a classic. This episode: link to memoryalpha summary of that NextGen eppy: (The Chase) I'm excited about Discovery for the first time in years.

SOD replaced their own tweet with a new tweet, linking to same article. https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-cameron-mathison-dishes-on-drew-and-ninas-hate-sex/

Photos for Nikki and Victor's party April 12 US (April 11 Canada) https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/the-young-and-the-restless/photos?episode=24521

(Keep in mind that Katie Levine, the photographer for the new playgirl photoshoot said elsewhere that she's a longtime friend of RSW. She said she'd wanted him in playgirl for a long time, So of course he's featured more than the others.) Back in Sept. 2021, the same photographer Katie Levine (not for playgirl but instead for "Paper Magazine" ) did a photoshoot of Victoria Konefal and RSW Included in that Sept. 2021 photoshoot for PaperMagazine were RSW and VK dressed up as Doug and Julie to try to "recapture" the famous BH/SSH Time Magazine cover.

the Days playgirl photoshoot https://playgirl.com/features/soaking-up-the-soap-hunk-legacy/ The page has "mini-interviews" in addition to the photos. I like that in Bryan D's replies, he is realistic and I appreciate him.

When t**p says leave abortion up to the states, I hear "states rights" as a blatant dog whistle for states' rights to own humans as slaves. But in this case, it's states' rights to control women with a dogwhistle to attract both racists and sexists.

It was established a few years ago that JJ Deveraux had a friend who lived in Chicago and they said it was only 30 minutes or a half hour away. Also, a more obvious thing is that there's a map of Illinois on the wall at the Salem PD.

A throwaway line? Srsly? I haven't been watching every episode, but does Billy even know that Claire is Eve? Does Billy know about Jordan terrorizing Victoria? Does Billy know that Jordan burned down the house he shared with Victoria/Johnny/Katie? Also do they remember that Reed exists?

Ever since Jordan set Victoria's house on fire and the house was completely destroyed, Victoria has been living at the Newman ranch main house. Claire moved into the ranch main house when she was released from the hospital. Johnny and Katie are still at boarding school. April 2nd. Teriah had been living in the tack house. They have found a larger place to live and are packing to move out of the tack house. Teriah encounter Victoria/Cole at Society and tell them about their moving plans. Victoria/Cole explain that they lived at the tack house together ages ago, so Teriah invite them to visit. Later same evening, Victoria&Cole bring Claire for a visit to see the tack house -- so she can see where Victoria&Cole were in love when they were young. During the visit, Claire bonds with little Aria. Then *this* happens -- After the visit to the tack house, Victoria gives an idea for a solution ... (from the transcript): Note the bolded -- a throwaway line in which we learn that Victoria told Johnny & Katie offscreen that Claire is their sister Eve. Victoria: Well, this might sound a little bit crazy, but it could also be really incredible. What would you think about living in the tack house? Claire: You want me to move? Victoria: Well, you liked the tack house, didn’t you? Claire: Yeah, it’s great. It’s just… did I do something wrong? Victoria: No. Claire: Because I would understand if I’d overstayed my welcome or if you just didn’t want me around all the time. Victoria: What? No. No, no, no. That’s not what I meant at all. No, you would– you would be moving there with me. I would move with you, and then Johnny and Katie could join us later. Claire: Oh. Victoria: I don’t want you to ever think that you’re not welcome wherever we go. You’re family. You should never forget that. Claire: Thank you. Cole: You know, I think it’s a great idea. It’s a really good space. And you still are right here on the Newman property, so you have access to all of Victor’s security. Victoria: And I have been a little worried about Johnny and Katie coming home from spring break and not having a house to come home to. I mean, I love that they want to spend a lot of time with Mom and Dad, but, I mean, the five of us in the main house together could get a little stressful, and this way you guys could get to know each other. Claire: I’d really like that, but how would they feel about me being there? Victoria: Well, I’ve already told them all about you. They’re really anxious to meet their big sister. Claire: Big sister. I still can’t believe I have siblings. Victoria: You’re going to be so great with them. Just like you were with Aria tonight. You know, she’s a real natural with children. Claire: This all just, it’s a little overwhelming. Victoria: I know. And I’m sorry if I just dumped it on you like this, but after we ran into Mariah and Tessa and they told us that they were moving, I just felt that it was the universe sending us a message. Cole: To live the dream. Victoria: Yeah. And it can be our home. You know, a place where we can all come together. And Cole, you’re welcome to come as often as you like. Cole: Thank you. Victoria: And Claire, it’ll be a place to give you space and time to plan the rest of your life. But you have time to think about it, of course. There’s no rush. Claire: So, when can we move?

I saw that you posted the pic of Finn and Steffy. But I didn't see the pic of Finn and Deacon. EDIT: Oh wait, I see, that scene is in the video we both already posted, LOL.

Howard Wise / JPI Studios courtesy of: https://www.soapoperadigest.com/photos/first-look-photos-spoiler-pics-of-the-week-ahead-1738411/ (Deacon tries to tell Finn that Sheila is still alive)

Ashley and her alters from Friday April 5 Canada. Screencaps and clip from Canadian recappers. This will air Monday April 8th in the U.S. (if the eclipse preempts it in your locale, it will still be online).

Mulcahey wrote for the Avant family at B&B. The main storylines were by HW Brad Bell, of course, but Mulcahey did some scriptwriting for this storyline. Trans woman Maya wanted to be a mother, and her sister Nicole became the gestational surrogate. The conflict was from the sisters' father Julius Avant who disapproved of his daughter Maya being trans, and Julius wanted his other daughter Nicole to keep the baby. Nicole willingly gave the baby to her sister. A very minor conflict arose later when Maya was working as a model and the baby was ill, and for a moment, Nicole considered refusing to sign the adoption papers, but then Nicole signed. Meanwhile a larger conflict arose after the baby was born, when Nicole was revealed to *NEWLY* being unable to carry any more children. But it wasn't about Nicole wanting to take Maya's child. She was just dealing with her new medical condition. There was also some stuff with Nicole's boyfriend. But he later proposed. (Then suddenly Brad Bell wrote the entire family off and moved them to Paris and/or other places out-of-town, but that wasn't Mulcahey's fault.) My point is, Mulcahey has been scriptwriter for a surrogacy storyline, but in the B&B story, the mother was LGBTQ and the surrogate was cis. Mulcahey knows the way to write subtleties for this and he *could* write the Molly/Kristina storyline. I think there is potential in Kristina miscarrying, and then Kristina being support for Molly's endometriosis issue. Kristina could support her sister without having to be the surrogate. Edit, I see that @titan1978 wrote while I was composing my post "The only other dramatic option I see would be if there is a medical crisis, the baby ends up fine but Kristina can no longer have children." Which is what happened on B&B, but the surrogate still let go of the baby.

I think Deidre Hall would agree with you. She and the real-life gestational surrogate of her sons remained friends, and there was never any notion of the surrogate wanting the babies back.

Kate Mansi has endometriosis in real life. Also Lily Brooks O'Briant who plays teen Lucy Romalotti on Y&R. It is a physically painful condition, often misdiagnosed for years. Mansi and O'Briant have each posted about it on their instagrams. They've referred to women who bring awareness to the issue as "endo-warriors". Mansi has also mentioned it in interviews. Mansi said one of the reasons she was happy to take the role of Kristina was because of the endometriosis storyline, in that she was hoping to bring awareness. Something about it being a cause important to her. She was hired just before the writers strike began, so she didn't comment much at first. Mansi knew Kristina was bi and would have expected that to be written as part of her character. Mansi has said she's friendly with Lexi A. in real life and they had communicated. I would speculate that Mansi had hoped C&D would write Molly's diagnosis with a small bit of being informative. Some of NLG's storylines had medical stuff (and NLG-adjacent with Gregory's ALS) so maybe Mansi was hopeful? But then just as Mansi was hired, Pullos drove drunk, there were three replacement Molly actresses, and the writers went on strike. The Kraze pairing was created by the strike writers with some flirting at Charlie's. And also the Kristina at Sonny/Nina wedding on the island - when Blaze happened to show up on the island where her grandmother had lived. But yeah it does seem like, "let's throw people together and check some boxes" instead of it evolving organically. I don't think what aired about the endometriosis medical diagnosis was done accurately (I know soaps rarely get medical stuff right, but anyways). Molly was having trouble conceiving but did she hide the symptoms from TJ? Admittedly I wasn't watching but I read recaps - I don't remember Molly being having symptoms of physical pain. Or if she did, how would she hide that from TJ? There should have been other stuff besides infertility that Molly was dealing with. But with the recasts and the writer strike, it all kind of fizzled. I hope Mulcahey writes something good for Mansi, whatever it may be.

This.

This part of that article: Mail delays have become so prevalent in Richmond, which implemented one of the first regional distribution centers in October, that Richmond General Registrar Keith Balmer told residents in February not to send their ballots for the March presidential primary by mail and to instead use one of three drop boxes in the city or to vote in person at an early voting location or a polling site on Election Day. For the upcoming election, Balmer said he will be strongly urging voters to use drop boxes. “I understand that these issues extend beyond mere inconvenience; they represent a fundamental threat to our democracy,” Balmer said in a blog post tweeted on Feb. 26. (Link)

On the next GH - preview of miscellaneous scenes from Tuesday April 9 (Drew/Nina; Olivia; Diane; Sonny/Ava; Jason; and Carly in a car honking her horn and yelling) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnLvFlAi54

The path of eclipse totality is diagonally across the USA and Mexico. But a great deal of North and Central America (from Panama to Canada) will have at least a partial eclipse. And it's in the middle of the day. Beginning with Tahiti and Hawaii as the sun is rising. Ending across the Atlantic to Ireland, Scotland, and the Canary Islands just as the sun is setting. This map shows the path (narrow band) of the totality. But it's interactive in that you can click anywhere on the map to find out the percentage of the sun that will be obscured in your area: https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2024/

Update that on Monday April 8, Canada and maybe some US markets will get a rerun of Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Episode #14978 (Season 59, Episode 171) -Michael and Drew receive an unexpected offer from Carly. -At his birthday party, Leo reminds Chase of the promise he made. -Ned has a meeting with someone unexpected. -Ava and Esme butt heads, while Sam tells Spencer she needs answers. -Gladys figures out what Sasha has been hiding. Dustin's recap: (Link)

Thanks. For anyone outside the US who can't see it, it's a preview of part of a Tuesday April 9th scene: Jason asks Diane to meet him at Corinthos Coffee, and we see bags of coffee beans on the shelves, and then he brings Diane to the door to Sonny's coffee office there and Jason tells Diane that this is gonna be "my new office". (Jason is claiming that coffee office as his own.) Diane says incredulously "Sonny's office?" and Jason replies "not anymore".

Per zap2it.com , this is the GH rerun that will air on CityTV in Canada on Monday April 9 (and possibly markets in US not airing at same time as eclipse) Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Episode #14978 (Season 59, Episode 171) Michael and Drew receive an unexpected offer from Carly. At his birthday party, Leo reminds Chase of the promise he made. Ned has a meeting with someone unexpected. Ava and Esme butt heads, while Sam tells Spencer she needs answers. Gladys figures out what Sasha has been hiding. Dustin Cushman's recap: https://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/recaps/631481/general-hospital-spencer-confides-sam-about-real-esme/

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yrs-mishael-morgan-on-her-daytime-pride April 2024: a newly-published SOD mini-interview with Mishael Morgan. It could have been done at any time but it seems to be new. It's all about how Mishael is grateful for soaps and for Y&R and considers it home, etc. etc. I'm posting because she is proud of her soap heritage, and so I thought maybe The Gates would appreciate her. (If Y&R continues to be stupid)