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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16/10/2026

A perpetual wallflower destined for spinsterhood. Her former tormenter is up to his old tricks. This time, though, the earl is going to discover that wallflowers can fight back. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unloc... Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/... Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...

Book cover of Unlocked by Courtney Milan, New York Times Bestselling author. The Turner Series, book 1 1/2. A white woman in a vibrant pink dress clutches a white man in dark clothing on a light blue background.

Collage of covers for The Turner Series books by Courtney Milan: Unveiled, Unlocked, Unclaimed, and Unraveled.

Purple background with text that says:
The Turner series.
Three brothers who have overcome extraordinary odds just to survive are taking on their biggest challenge yet: happiness.
"Quite compelling and emotionally complex." - Book list

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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

🌋Deity of Hawaiian volcanoes, Pele lives in Hawaiian hearts & minds as the supreme personification of volcanic majesty & power. Here are myths, legends, romances & folktales of Pele, illustrated with reproductions of color paintings by the author. #PeleGoddess #HerbKane #HawaiianPeople

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Pele - Goddess of Hawaiʻi's Volcanoes

Deity of Hawaiʻi's volcanoes, Pele lives in Hawaiian hearts and minds as the supreme personification of volcanic majesty and power. Here are myths, legends, romances, and folktales of Pele, illustrate...

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Less than 1% of BCS readers support us financially. Over 99% do not. If you'd like to help us keep paying our authors and First Readers, please consider supporting us, like on the BCS Patreon or with a donation. Thank you! www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/support-bcs/...

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 09/10/2026

We’re less than two months from the release of ROSES & STONE, the second/final book in the SILVER & BLOOD duology, so today’s #FridayFling is a tiny peek at someone you met in book one. 👀 Prompt: “attract” Preorder now—out December 1! miha.li/RS #Romancelandia #Books

Lord Mar gave Garrick a wide berth and approached my other side on a white and brown yammok. The envoy gave me a bright smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Princess Riela, it is my pleasure to accompany you today. You’ve attracted quite the crowd.”

“Yes, it seems several interlopers invited themselves along on what was supposed to be a private outing,” I murmured pointedly as he edged closer.
Mar chuckled, but his expression remained tight. “Indeed. You are too tempting to resist.”

There was a subtle warning layered under his words, but I hardly needed Mar to tell me I was a target.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026

People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree

We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 04/10/2026

If you've ever wondered where to start reading my books, I have a guide here: www.courtneymilan.co... /jb

A bookshelf, bookending by a dragon head and tail, with books by Courtney Milan in series, separated by little book nooks showing miniature tableaus.

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 02/10/2026

Trade reviews are starting to come in for ROSES & STONE, which is always nerve racking, but Library Journal liked it!! 🎉 I can’t believe it comes out in less than two months—which gives you just enough time to preorder! ;) www.jessiemihalik.com/book/roses-a...

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Roses & Stone

Riela and Garrick’s story concludes in the second book of the Silver & Blood duology, coming December 1, 2026! Earl...

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sunrise over Weenipagamiksaguygun on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Reflecting, as a settler, on how much better things would be if more people adopted an Indigenous World View and treated the lake and all around us as our relatives.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

I got nominated for a Signal Award for B*tch, Listen! My interview w/ Elie Mystal—The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men—has been nominated for best individual episode in the Activism, Public Service, and Social Impact category! But now I need YOUR help. 1/2

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The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 24/09/2026

You've probably heard about the “super El Niño” that's impacting weather patterns around the world. But how exactly does unusually warm water in the Pacific impact us thousands of miles away? 📲Find out in a live virtual discussion with ocean experts on Oct. 7: go.whoi.edu/2026-el-nino

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🌎 You probably have questions about #ElNiño. Scripps Oceanography scientists have answers! Learn more about the science behind El Niño and potential impacts on marine ecosystems, weather and more: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/el-nino

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 17/09/2026

As El Niño strengthens, WHOI scientists are using new tools to discover heat-resilient corals in the Marshall Islands. What makes a reef “super"? 📲Watch the full video to find out: go.whoi.edu/elnino-super-reefs

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026

In 1971, SCOTUS said a neutral policy can still be discrimination if it disproportionately harms Black workers. Under Trump, the EEOC has abandoned this disparate impact liability standard, the DOJ has attacked it, and “reverse discrimination” claims may get easier. New Baby Boom! Lawyered. Out now.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026

There are no trans women in the WNBA, and no history of any playing in the league. This week on B*tch, Listen, I trace the manufactured panic behind Sophie Cunningham and Enes Kanter Freedom's fight to "protect" women's sports. 🎧B*tch, Listen. Out now. Wherever you get your podcasts.

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 11/09/2026

Oh right, and I’m so good I marketing I forgot to mention that the ROSES & STONE preorder is 25% off at Barnes & Noble today for members! Today is the last day; use code PREORDER25. miha.li/RS_BN

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Roses & Stone: A Novel

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

It's always a good time to share this.

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Australian Antarctic Program Partnership @antarctic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🚨 PhD project in Hobart @utas.edu.au 🌊 Using Deep Argo floats, investigate variability and change in #Antarctic Bottom Water and the deep overturning circulation in the Southern Ocean 🎓 Scholarships available ✍️ Applications close 1 October ▶️ More info at www.utas.edu.au/research/deg...

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My Labor Day reminder that my (very short) fantasy/portal novel THE KEEPER'S SIX features an older woman getting the gang back together to rescue her kidnapped adult son, who in captivity is doing his best to help a work force organize for better labor conditions. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The Keeper's Six

You never stop worrying about your kids, even when they're adults. Kate Elliott's action-packed The Keeper's Six features a world-hopping, bad-ass, spell-sli...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 06/09/2026

The heroine is clipboard-dependent. The hero has no idea what he's doing. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0... Apple: books.apple.com/us/b... Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/e... #HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #WedgefordTrials

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

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 05/09/2026

My post from earlier today about the craziness around Anthropic claim notices, updated with both of the notices writers are receiving, and a list of literary agents who are trying to claim a share of payouts writerbeware.blog/2026/09/04/a...

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Anthropic Copyright Settlement: Publishers Are Making Incorrect Claims on Authors' Payouts - Writer Beware

This week, many authors who are part of the Anthropic copyright class action settlement began receiving notices like these: The one on the right invites authors to review and confirm their claims: jus...

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 03/09/2026

I somehow lost my blog post about English titles in the move, and people keep asking, so here it is: refreshed, revamped, even more irritable. Never get a title in your histrom wrong again!

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Enter Title Here — KJ Charles

I am fed up of seeing British-set historical romances that mess up with titles. Here is a briefish guide to getting it right.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 03/09/2026

I know I already posted about this...but to reiterate: Anthropic copyright settlement authors, PLEASE contact me (Writer Beware) if your publisher is making a claim on a book whose rights have reverted, or claiming anything other than a 50/50 split on an in-contract book. beware@sfwa.org

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 02/09/2026

🌀 Peak hurricane season is upon us! ⁠ Across the globe, storm intensity is increasing, fueled by record temperatures on land and at sea—and even communities far inland face risks. Ocean monitoring systems can help us prepare for future storms. 💪 Knowledge is power: go.whoi.edu/Hurricane

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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I’m in

We're all in, right? Friday, Sept. 25 for Dolly celebration day. If Star Wars can co-opt May 4, then we can take 9-2-5 for Dolly.

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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

325 #kakapo! The chicks from this year's record breeding season are now juveniles and so have been added to the population. In 1995 there were just 51 kākāpō left. Recovery of critically endangered species _is_ possible with sustained effort. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots

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Dr. Levi Cowan @tropicaltidbits.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🌀 Monday video update on the new storm developing in the Gulf which will impact portions of eastern #Texas and western #Louisiana on Tuesday and Wednesday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZP...

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[Monday] New Storm Forming in the Gulf; will Impact Texas and Louisiana

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Jennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you're a teacher, I have a new "using AI is like using a forklift on the weights at the gym" metaphor I've been using. I asked my students (they're in 7th grade) the thing they are really good at making for themselves in the kitchen. It's what you'd expect: Mac & cheese, PB&J, noodles, eggs.

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 28/08/2026

Today’s #FridayFling snippet is from SILVER & BLOOD! Riela isn’t against using Garrick’s own tricks against him, especially when he looks at her *like that.* Prompt: “disaster” First three chapters + buy links: miha.li/SB #Romancelandia #BookSky

A partially hidden door on the left wall swung open and Garrick sauntered through—from his bedroom. Our rooms were connected by a single flimsy door.

In truth, the door looked sturdy enough, but it was still just one panel between me and disaster.

“Put my room back where it was,” I demanded.

“No.”

“Garrick,” I growled, but my next words were lost as his eyes darkened. Did he feel the same pull I did when he said my name?

I softened my tone. “Garrick,” I purred, and sure enough, his jaw clenched. “Put my room back or sleep with one eye open.”

“If you want to join me in bed, you only have to ask, Riela.”

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 28/08/2026

Courtney Milan worlds collide in this free short story: "In Which Adam Reynolds Meets Fredrica Marshall Clark," available now on my website: www.courtneymilan.co...

Authors name, Courtney Milan, in white text with red rose background.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Witch Roads duology now out in trade paper! A grimsweet fantasy road trip (on foot) w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials on a back country route that includes a ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt. us.macmillan.com/series/thewi...

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The Witch Roads | Series | Macmillan

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026

Baby Boom! Lawyered launches September 8. New name. New format. Same Angry Black Lady reading 97 pages of Clarence Thomas's bullshit so you can keep your will to live.

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Sarah MacLean @sarahmaclean.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You don't need a crown to be queen. Duchess arrives February 16, 2027

The cover of the trade paperback version of Sarah MacLean's Mastermind

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 20/08/2026

I write books! SILVER & BLOOD is out now; ROSES & STONE is out Dec 1! Come for the fantasy romance (and magical library!), stay for the comeuppance served bloody. 👀🔥 I also write sci-fi romance featuring badass women & dangerous, smitten men… IN SPACE! Learn more: www.jessiemihalik.com/books/

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Liana Brooks @lianabrooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Kady's sick nephew wants to meet the Yukon's only super villain, the Polar Terror. When the real Terror shows up at the hospital sparks fly and hearts melt faster than the ice in spring. books2read.com/the-p... #CosplayHero #Books #Romance #SweetRomance

The cover for The Polar Terror. A brown-skinned man with short cut black hair holds the face of a brown-skinned woman with long, dark hair as he kisses her. In the background are stars and green northern lights. At the bottom are mountains covered in snow. The faint outline of snowflakes are visible on the left and the title is at the bottom.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/08/2026

Sometimes a romance novel is a girl, a boy, and someone who loves you for your megalodon facts. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0... Apple: books.apple.com/us/b... Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c... Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/e... #HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #WorthSaga

The cover of The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan: a woman wearing a red dress. The cover is next to promotional text: Grumpy telegraphic empire builder. Sunshine telegraphic code maker. http://www.courtneymilan.com

She managed to bite back her words before her megalodonic enthusiasm overwhelmed the conversation. She could imagine her mother’s reproach. Nobody wants to know more megalodon facts, Amelia.

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Congresswoman Gwen Moore @repgwenmoore.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My office is aware of the measles outbreak that is spreading in the SW part of Wisconsin. I implore folks to get vaccinated. The measles vaccine is perfectly safe and effective.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/08/2026

I'm a big fan of Upright Health (many of his mobility exercises have been EXCELLENT for me), but I feel like this video (with the accurate yet clickbait-y title) is something a lot of people might benefit from seeing.

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How to Stop a Fall from Killing You

YouTube video by Upright Health

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11/08/2026

A novella collection including previously published titles: Unlocked, Talk Sweetly to Me, Her Every Wish, and Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure. With a title like that, what more do you really need to know, though? /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/a/dp/... Apple: books.apple.com/us/b...

Cover of A Compendium of Ever-Increasing Mayhem by Courtney Milan. A lit candle sits next to ink and quill and a stack of books

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My DIL sent me this photo of THE WITCH ROADS as a Staff Pick at Powells, which is cool, because I don't think I've managed that before.

A bookstore shelf with THE WITCH ROADS face out, atop a "Staff Pick" notice that reads "if you, like me, enjoy a good fantasy wander, you might want to try The Witch Roads, which is pretty much one big walk. Some lovely character work in this one, especially my boy Kem. Part of of a duology! anna

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/08/2026

"Why would we use specifics to express ourselves when we could instead strike fear into the hearts of our enemies with a handful of dried plant material?"

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 31/07/2026

This stern and relentless hero secretly feeds cats. /jb Amazon: www.amazon.com/Unrav... Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/... Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c... Kobo: store.koboboo... #HistoricalRomance #Romance #Romancelandia #HEA #TurnerSeries

The book cover for Unraveled, in which a white woman with reddish hair wearing a red gown is being embraced by a man.

Quote on a light purple background: “You,” Miranda said daringly, “have a kind heart.” He turned away from her, the tails of his greatcoat swirling about him. “Don’t enlarge too much upon the matter. The cats were hungry. I had food. This seemed to be a problem with a ready solution. It’s not kindness to solve problems; it’s efficiency.” “I stand corrected. You have an efficient heart.”

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 29/07/2026

Boaty McBoatface has returned from its first expedition under glacial mélange! Our friends at @noc.ac.uk sent the UK's favourite submarine on a 23hr mission from the RRS Sir David Attenborough. This data will help show how Greenland's glaciers interact with the fjords and oceans.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 27/07/2026

Forty years after we shared the first full color-views of Titanic in its final resting place, we've compiled over an hour of footage from this historic survey. 👉Watch it now: go.whoi.edu/titanic

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🦈 In this video, Scripps Oceanography PhD student Jessica Zhong shares her experience teaming up with Monterey Bay White Sharks to help develop and improve environmental DNA sampling and analysis techniques. 🎥 Sharks filmed in accordance with MBNMS permit MULTI-2023-005

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The Sunday Morning Transport @morningtransport.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The Sunday Morning Transport goes for a walk in the woods today with a story from Zoe Bellerive (@zoebellerive.bsky.social) about taking a very strange job. All of our July stories are free to read!

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Close Encounters of the Ethereal Kind

Every July, we bring you four great, free, Sunday Morning short stories!

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Jessie Mihalik @jessiemihalik.com · 16/07/2026

It’s boob smushing day, yaaaaay. 😭 But let this be your gentle reminder that if you’re due for a mammogram, you should get it scheduled, right now, before a squirrel runs by and distracts you. Now stop thinking about squirrels and schedule your mammogram! <3

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