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Courtney Milan
@courtneymilan.com
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She/her. I write books about carriages, corsets, and smartwatches. Mother of (emoji) dinosaurs 🦖🦕. 羽生結弦 fan. Fan of tea. Born at 332 ppm.

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You probably don't need to be told that this scammer is not Nora Roberts, but that is definitely not her email address, fuck you, get her name out of your mouth.
From: Nora Roberts noraroberts.writing@gmail.com Nora Roberts <noraroberts.writing@gmail.com> to me: Hi Courtney Wishing you a good start to the New Year. I came across your work recently and wanted to write. Your writing stayed with me, and I appreciated spending time with it. As the year begins, I am curious how this period feels as a writer. Does the year change how you approach your work, or do you prefer to let ideas develop at their own pace. For me, this time is quieter and reflective, a goal to think about direction and intention. I would also be interested to know what first led you to writing, and whether that early motivation still shows up in your work this day Wishing you a steady and meaningful year ahead Nora Roberts Nora Roberts #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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In addition to being evil, this is so genuinely incapable of understanding that other people exist and have wants and feelings and desires for things like self-determination.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?

MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO

T: So force is on the table?

M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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🚨 Evacuation order in Louisville CO for a grass fire in windy conditions experience.arcgis.com/experience/e...
Screenshot of a grass fire near Louisville and announcement of an evacuation order
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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Sebastian has been scandalizing polite society with his scientific theories of sexual inheritance. But there’s one small problem. They’re not his theories. They’re Violet’s.
/jb

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The Cover for The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan: a woman in a purple gown. Text: "This book defines everything I love about romance novels." -Smexy Books The Brothers Sinister Series: covers for The Governess Affair, The Duchess War, The Heiress Effect, The Countess Conspiracy, and The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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It's interesting seeing the people who say things like "that sounds great, sign me up" versus the people who say "uhhhh so like if Colorado is extremely dry and has no snowpack, what happens to the water?"
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d
Welcome to January in Colorado, where it's sunny and *checks notes* 64 degrees
January 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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what if--hear me out--Venezuelans run Venezuela?
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that the moment you put the laundry out on a surface to fold it, the cat will curl up in the most inconvenient spot.
January 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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This is it. "What do you think calling your electeds will do?"

Make them feel about me the same way everyone who's ever defaulted on student loans feels about their voicemail.
blackavar-inle.bsky.social Blackavar @blackavar-inle.bsky.social · 2d
Ask not what your representative will do for you (nothing), ask how you can make your representative so miserable they quit their job
mostlybree.kitrocha.com Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.

I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.

My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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Another post from a Venezuelan friend:
They speak of justice while ruling through fear. They speak of sovereignty while stealing the vote. They speak of dignity while condemning their own people. I learned that those who insist the most on calling themselves "the good ones" are often the ones most afraid to face themselves. The Maduro regime wraps itself in flags, in anti-imperialist rhetoric, in a false epic where any criticism is labeled as betrayal. They claim to defend Venezuela, yet they stole the people's voice when they refused to respect the elections. That act alone strips away any moral authority. But do not be mistaken. The fact that a tyrant is real does not automatically turn an external aggressor into a savior. The United States does not act out of love for democracy. It acts out of interest. It always has. The language changes, the enemy changes, but the method remains the same: pressure, punishment, displays of power. And as always, the blow is not absorbed by those in power, but by ordinary people. The Venezuelan people are trapped between two narratives that do not represent them. One that oppresses them from within, and another that exploits them from outside. One that claims legitimacy without real elections. Another that claims justice without taking responsibility for the human consequences of its actions. I do not defend Maduro. I point at him. But I also refuse to accept that a global power can appoint itself as a moral judge while its history is written in interventions, sanctions, and broken countries. Pain does not need propaganda. Hunger does not understand geopolitics. Dignity is not imposed with missiles, nor with dictatorships. While some sell themselves as the good ones to justify repression, and others sell themselves as the good ones to justify aggression, the result is always the same: more suffering, more rage, more generations learning that force replaces justice. And once again, pain is inherited.
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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So like, what if Maduro is somehow acquitted?
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Welcome to January in Colorado, where it's sunny and *checks notes* 64 degrees
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Jeremy Wentworth has been in love with Chloe Fong for as long as he can remember. Maybe it’s time he mentioned that he’s actually a duke?
/jb

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The Duke who Didn't - one of Amazon's best romances of 2020 - one of Washington Post's best romances of 2020 - a NYT notable book The Wedgeford Trials by Courtney Milan covers for The Duke who Didn't, The Marquis who Mustn't, and The Earl who Isn't
January 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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let's go Peruvian shaman prophesy part II
mollyploofkins.bsky.social Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 6d
A group of Peruvian shamans gathered on a beach in southern Lima to perform their annual New Year ritual, delivering predictions for 2026 that included the fall of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a serious illness for US President Donald Trump
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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to anyone wondering whether the decision to come out in favor of this or condemn it will look worse, historically speaking, may I refer you to *gestures to the entire history of american foreign policy and also the track record of the goons in office*
January 4, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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For those inclined to make the same arguments as the dipshit I just blocked:
1: The US involvement in the overthrow of Hawaii was obviously illegal at the time, not just in retrospect.
2: If you need something to be "among the most" bad things we've done to get outraged, that's a you problem.
questauthority.bsky.social The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 2d
I'm not a fan of yesterday's "military misadventure," but I'm also writing from a state that was a nation before American business interests conspired with the American ambassador to secure the help of American Marines to overthow the government.

"Among the most"? Pressing 'f' to doubt.
January 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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I keep thinking about how Trump has framed this as "law enforcement" -- going to back to my idea of "making the military more like police."
Law enforcement in this country is so violent, acting without regard to public safety, so the goal was the make the military more like cops.
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
1 They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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Next… week???
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d
The Senate will hold a vote next week on another bipartisan resolution blocking the use of military force against Venezuela without the express authorization of Congress, Sen. Tim Kaine announced
U.S. Senate Will Vote To Block Military Action Against Venezuela Next Week
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January 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.

It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Democracy is increasingly under attack, as evidenced by this administration AND their actions today.

Be loud and demand accountability, and don't let naysayers get you. Encourage others to act.

Every act together collectively adds up, and we've seen this time and again in our country's history.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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I'm boosting myself to say this:

You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.

Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.

But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
celestepewter.bsky.social Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 2d
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.

Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
nerowolfenstein.bsky.social Nero Wolfenstein @nerowolfenstein.bsky.social · 2d
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Denver:
Graphic that reads: EMERGENCY PROTEST NO WAR ON VENEZUELA STOP THE BOMBINGS! SAT JANUARY 3 - 2PM • COLORADO STATE CAPITOL
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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It would be great if Jared Polis shut the fuck up forever thanks!
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Fuccccckkkk this dude
ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 2d
Gov. Polis on Venezuela:
Today is a moment to celebrate the ouster of the brutal socialist dictator of Venezuela, who has cruelly impoverished this once-prosperous country that sits on greater oil wealth than Saudi Arabia. I join our fellow Coloradans who have suffered so severely from this thug in calling for a democratic Venezuela where freedom and opportunity can again flourish. This is a time of great uncertainty, promise, and peril across dangerous political terrain as the regime’s Vice President and Minister of Interior seek to retain power with violence and repression. In July 2024, the people of Venezuela overwhelmingly elected as their president Unity Democratic Platform candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who succeeded the party’s candidate María Corina Machado after she was unlawfully disqualified from running. Now is the time for President-elect González to receive the support he deserves from the U.S. in cooperation with the international community and the people of Venezuela to assume his rightful place and powers as president. Venezuelans deserve to determine their own future and select their own government. Today, I stand with the Venezuelan people in Colorado and in Venezuela. Following the President’s remarks today and the actions taken by the United States overnight, it is not at all clear what the plan actually is, or even who is in charge. I am further troubled by the lack of Congressional oversight and engagement up to this point. It is crucial that the United States present a clear plan for what a transition to genuine democracy and self-rule entails, and involve Congress in planning next steps to help ensure stability and freedom for the long oppressed people of Venezuela. We cannot have a failed foreign policy misadventure; the Venezuelan people and region deserve better. We respect everyone’s right to peaceful demonstration including celebrating the fall of Maduro and ask all to do so without violence.
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM