Courtney Milan

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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. This biography should not be taken as a complete description. courtneymilan.com

Cover for What Happened at Midnight by Courtney Milan. Image of a white woman in a pale pink dress with a lake and partly cloudy sky at nighttime in the background.
A five month old border collie puppy, black and white with a few brown spots, standing on a kitchen floor, surrounded by pink mallets that have been chewed and are strewn about.
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§ 6526. Exempt persons. The following persons under the following limitations may practice medicine within the state without a license: 1. Any physician who is employed as a resident in a public hospital, provided such practice is limited to such hospital and is under the supervision of a licensed physician;
d. Disbursement of Cash Payments from Settlement Fund. Within twenty-eight (28) days of the Effective Date, or such other subsequent date or dates as the Court may set or Class Counsel shall determine, the Settlement Administrator shall send Settlement Payments from the Settlement Fund to Class Members.
.15 “Effective Date” means one business day following the later of: (a) the date upon which the time expires for filing or noticing any appeal of the Final Judgment; (b) if there is an appeal or appeals (other than ones solely with respect to the Fee Award and/or service awards), the date of completion, in a manner that finally affirms and leaves in place the Final Judgment without any material modification, of all proceedings arising out of the appeal(s) (including, but not limited to, the expiration of all deadlines for motions for reconsideration or petitions for review and/or certiorari, all proceedings ordered on remand, and all proceedings arising out of any subsequent appeal(s) following decisions on remand); or (c) the date of final dismissal of any appeal or the final dismissal of any proceeding on certiorari with respect to the Final Judgment.
1.21 "Liquidity Event" means the consummation of (a) Liquidation Transaction (as defined in Anthropic's certificate of incorporation as amended from time to time) or (b) an initial public offering of Anthropic common stock pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that results in gross proceeds to Anthropic of at least ten billion dollars ($10,000,000,000).
1.27 "Qualified Financing" means the issuance and sale by Anthropic of preferred stock for bona fide capital raising purposes in a single transaction or series of related transactions yielding gross proceeds to Anthropic of at least five billion dollars ($5,000,000,000.00). For the avoidance of doubt, Anthropi's Series F financing shall not constitute a Qualified Financing for purposes of this Agreement.
iv. Defendant shall pay an additional four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000.00) ("Scheduled Payment 2") no later than twenty-four (24) months after the entry of Preliminary Approval (the "Schedule Payment 2 Date"), provided that, in the event a Qualified Financing or Liquidity Event occurs subsequent to the payment of Scheduled Payment 1 and prior to the Scheduled Payment 2 Date, Scheduled Payment 2 shall be payable within thirty (30) days of the final closing of such Qualified Financing or Liquidity Event.
iii. Defendant shall pay an additional four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000.00) ("Scheduled Payment 1') no later than twelve months after the entry of Preliminary Approval (the "Scheduled Payment 1 Date"), provided that, in the event a Qualified Financing or Liquidity Event occurs prior to the Scheduled Payment 1 Date, the Scheduled Payment 1 shall be payable within thirty (30) days of the later of (i) the final closing of such Qualified Financing or Liquidity Event-and (ii) the date of Final Approval; and
It is currently estimated that you will receive your initial payment by August 10, 2026. Subsequent payments to Class Members may also occur, depending on the timing of Anthropic's installment payments into the Settlement Fund, as described in Question 11. Please check this website for updates. The payments may be slower than predicted if the Settlement is appealed, or faster than predicted if Anthropic pays the Settlement on a faster timetable.
A sheet of paper. The top is a big gray box where you can put the date. Then there are a bunch of lines where I can dump out all the things I'm way behind on. To the right, there's a little box that says "check your calendar" because otherwise I'll forget to do that and then miss all my appointments. Then, there's a space for "sticky task." It's only big enough for ONE task that I'm procrastinating on and really need to do or my whole brain will be stuck. If I tell myself to do more than one, I will do zero. Finally, there's a big white box where I can organize tasks and decide which ones I'm going to do.
The cover of the Duchess War by Courtney Milan: a woman in a red gown with one hand on her waist. Wallflowers don't get mad. They get strategy.
Alexandra Fine, a mother of three young children, spends about $85,000 a year on a team of seven that includes nannies, a home organizer, a handyman and a virtual assistant.
Seth Norman Greenberg, vice president of the household-staffing firm Pavillion Agency, said that he once placed a caregiver for a family practicing diaper-free parenting, expecting staff to read infant cues and rush the baby to the bathroom in time.
Cover for the governess affair by Courtney Milan. A woman in a yellow dress is looking at a flower. Next to this is a banner saying "free."
Hey, this is the last email from me today. We're just hours away from our mid-month fundraising deadline
A border collie sniffing a brown and white cat.
Virga, a very small handful of a pup, in black and white and brown.
A very large border collie looking dog who is almost five months old. Black and white and brown. The rough coated floof is beginning to come in on a few spots on his back, except his tail has gone full poof. It is very cute and a little dorky.
Highlawn 187.47. @highlawn.bsky.soc... • 1d Comprehension is a two way street no? It's not hard to comprehend that this is an op to stop a candidate from becoming a senator. Well never know until the jury decides.
Highlawn 187.47. @highlawn.bsky.soc... • 1d You can't articulate your own thoughts I think he should drop out and immediately challenge his accuser and the state of Maine to present evidence to a grand jury. Class A crime, no limits They won't because there isn't any. The "evidence" is only compelling to the mob. This is why we have juries. ... CB @cbowers.bsky.social • 1d how do you know there's no evidence? you've just concluded this on the basis of absolutely no evidence - you are claiming she's falsely accused him of a crime with no basis ⑦1 10 Highlawn 187.47. @highlawn.bsky.social Everything you and I know came from the accusers statements. Any "actual" evidence the accuser says "oops, i deleted". Read the politico interview that started the rape accusations. There is no evidence.
Following Lee's dismissal, Moraff struggled to find work as a political consultant. He instead focused his efforts on attending Yale Law School.
Dashes and semi colons serve different purposes. If writers are arguing over this, they're using Al, trying to prove they're not. Actual competent writers should simply say they used the dash and semi colon because commas (or perhaps parentheses) and a new sentence didn't work there. #grammar @
Cover for Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan, a woman in a blue gown sitting in a field of flowers. Text: Milan is as usual exquisite. Nocturnal book reviews.
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
A variety of cheese spread on the left side with a quote on the right: "The cheese is a lie." The cover of Hamilton's Battalion below.
When Stephanie Lang made up her mind to vote for Phil Weiser for governor, she wasn't moved by campaign events or the barrage of ads for or against him. It was a phone call that secured her support - and not even one that Lang received herself. She'd met someone at a May Day labor rally who had a transgender child. The otherwise stranger told Lang about calling the Colorado Attorney General's Office to express worry about the Trump administration's rollback of protections for children like hers. Weiser — the elected attorney general since 2019 — responded, Lang said, by calling that constituent personally to promise he would use his office to protect those rights.
Some sugar snap peas, a handful of lamb’s quarters, a bright yellow summer squash in scallop, a few tomatoes, and a squash blossom.
A collage of book covers by Courtney Milan, featuring women (many diverse) wearing gowns in rich jewel tones.
great many persons who are born here to illegal immi- grant parents fail this test because at birth they are auto- matically made nationals of their parents’ native country and, as a result, incur duties to that country. This means that they are “subject to a foreign power” and are thus not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.
This understanding of the phrase "subject to the jurisdic- tion thereof" also explains why naturalized citizens must foreswear all other allegiances when they become United States citizens. From the earliest days of our Republic until now, Congress has required naturalized citizens to "re- nounce and abjure absolutely and entirely all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sover- eignty of whom or which the applicant was before a subject or citizen." 8 U. S. C. §1448(a); see Act of Jan. 29, 1795, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 414 (he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty ... whereof he was before a citizen or subject"). Such an oath would not be nec- essary if the Constitution permitted anything less than ex- clusive jurisdiction.
And there certainly was no settled understanding about the citizenship of a child born on United States soil to parents whose presence in the country was unlawful. That was a situation that could not have occurred.
The important point for present purposes is that during the antebellum period, there was no settled understanding about the meaning of citizenship under the Constitution.
In the United States, on the other hand, nearly 700,000 lived in slavery—roughly one-fifth of the country’s popula- tion—according to the first census in 1790. And since the contemporary definition of a citizen was a “freeman of a city; . . . not a slave,” 1 S. Johnson, A Dictionary of the Eng- lish Language (4th rev. ed. 1773), it was obvious that nei- ther the Articles of Confederation nor the Constitution, both of which allowed slavery to continue, recognized the members of this sizeable population as citizens. Even for the free black population of the United States, there was substantial opposition to application of the Brit- ish rule. Many States, both in the South and Midwest, re- stricted the rights traditionally associated with citizen- ship—such as the ability to settle, vote, and serve as a witness in court—to white residents.2 And there was some federal support for this understanding of citizenship.
transplanted intact to American soil. As modified, the rule was that a child born in this country is automatically an American citizen unless the child is born to tribal Indians or to a diplomat with immunity from legal process. During the period before the Civil War, the rule’s status was firm. After the war, Congress codified the rule in §1 of the Four- teenth Amendment. And in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U. S. 649 (1898), this Court issued a binding precedent confirming what Congress had done.
What's at the bottom of my can? If you see sediment in the bottom of the can, don't worry. That's just some of the protein settling over time. It does not change the taste or quality of the drink. Remember to flip and sip before drinking to help mix as well!
A photograph of three men in suits. They all look like regular guys who do real estate. The one in the middle kinda looks like Tom Kean. It's his twin. Are they the same guy? Not quite. Could they be? Sure.
The cover of Unclaimed by Courtney Milan: a white couple embracing, with her looking away. Text: Unique characters, fresh plot, sizzling sexual tension, and sparkling dialogue, Unclaimed has everything a romance fan could want and more.” - Wit and Sin
My voice: Here you go, Virgs Dog My hand sets a small bowl on the floor. A black, white, and brown puppy (Virga) laps curiously at it, and then takes two steps back. My voice: What do you think? Virga steps forward and takes a few laps. Me: going back for more. Virga takes a few steps back, circles, and then starts lapping again. Me: That’s it? You don’t have to finish it if you don’t want to. More laps, more steps back, more circling. Me: not enthusiastic. Virga steps back in and laps at the bowl again. Me: But finishing. Well, that’s how I would characterize what I did, too. Virga licks the bottom of the bowl. Me: that’s a good boy.
A close up of the bottom of the cup. You can see little flecks of…unknown, but guessable…floating there.
A pint glass, about 3/4 full, with a monstrous beverage that looks like beer.
A label sewn into bright blue denim. The label says, "Ask yourself constantly, 'Am I winning?' If the answer is Yes, Nothing Else Matters--Chaos is Tolerable; Pain is Tolerable. The only thing that Matters is to Win." Shyam Sankar The lines are broken up, with large gaps between words. It's printed on a sewn-in label that looks like it would be very itchy.
The brown and white puppy from before, totally crashed out on the floor, his head (and only his head) resting on a dog bed.
Virga, a black, brown, and white border collie puppy, sitting in front of two hex tiles of fluent pet buttons, paws around the button marked “play,” looking frustrated.
The cover of Unclaimed by Courtney Milan: a white couple embracing, with her looking away. Text: Unique characters, fresh plot, sizzling sexual tension, and sparkling dialogue, Unclaimed has everything a romance fan could want and more.” - Wit and Sin
The very sad ball pit from Dashcon that looks like a square kiddy pool that someone threw a handful of balls into.
Voters who are familiar with Weiser prefer the two-term attorney general 62%-25%, the pollsters said, while Bennet trails Weiser 48%-41% among voters who are familiar enough with the three- term senator. The pollster also found Weiser holds a 62%-21% lead over Bennet among voters younger than 45, with Bennet leading 43%-37% among older voters. I spokesman for the super PAC that commissioned the poll said in a written statement that the esults show Weiser with more room to grow than his better-known rival in Tuesday's primary
Voters who are familiar with Weiser prefer the two-term attorney general 62%-25%, the pollsters said, while Bennet trails Weiser 48%-41% among voters who are familiar enough with the three-term senator. The pollster also found Weiser holds a 62%-21% lead over Bennet among voters younger than 45, with Bennet leading 43%-37% among older voters. A spokesman for the super PAC that commissioned the poll said in a written statement that the results show Weiser with more room to grow than his better-known rival in Tuesday’s primary
Attorney General Phil Weiser holds a lead over U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet among likely voters less than a week before ballots are due in Colorado's Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a new poll released Thursday by a group backing Weiser. The survey, conducted Wednesday and Thursday by Democratic firm Public Policy Polling, found Weiser with 45% support to Bennet's 36%, with 19% undecided.
A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Colorado went on a disturbing anti-LGBTQ+ rant during which he said queer people are against nature and are infiltrating the government to "force" their "beliefs" on others. Speaking at a forum for GOP candidates, state Sen. Mark Baisley decried the fact that the state legislature has a historic number of LGBTQ+ representatives and said the reason for the representation is because "they are in rebellion against nature."
#5 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRISIS The open border crisis during the Biden administration has caused soo many problems for American citizens. We must continue to secure our borders from invaders and protect our citizens from harm. MY NO'S No to communist socialism No to more taxes on citizens No to sharia law No to chem-trails, toxic weather modifications No to dual-citizens in American government No to adults to manipulate children to mutilize their perfect bodies No to SAPS syringe access points, only further drug sales, dependence and a degenerative culture No to rainbow & pride flags in schools and/or promoted by governments
Key Takeaways • Dogs can eat kiwi in small amounts if it's peeled and cut into small pieces • Whole kiwis can pose a choking hazard, especially for larger dogs • The skin and high fiber content may cause digestive upset • Diagnosis typically involves fecal or blood testing • Kiwi should be an occasional treat, not a dietary staple
Is Kiwi Good for Dogs to Eat? If you're wondering whether your dog's going to reap all of the health benefits that humans do from eating kiwi, the answer is no. "Dogs don't have the same nutritional requirements as humans," explains Dr. Hohenhaus. That said, an occasional bite of kiwi can still be a safe and enjoyable treat. Just keep in mind that it should never replace a complete and balanced dog food diet, which is specifically formulated to meet your dog's nutritional needs.
Is Kiwi Safe for Dogs? Because they are somewhat small in size, you should never feed your dog a whole kiwi. While smaller breeds, such as the Havanese, won't be able to get a whole kiwi into their mouths, a larger breed, like the Golden Retriever, could potentially devour it in just one bite. If that happens, the fruit could get lodged in your dog's throat and block their airway. To avoid a choking hazard, cut the kiwi into small pieces or slices and feed your dog a little bit at a time. When introducing anything new, especially human food, start off gradually to see how your dog reacts. "Some dogs just don't tolerate things other than their own food," says Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, a senior veterinarian at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center of New York City. While dogs have evolved to be better at eating the foods we eat, not all are able to readily digest the snacks we love to share with them.
Cover of Trade Me, a white man holding an Asian Woman. Text: "Milan knocks it so far out of the park that it's 200 miles away." - Fresh Fiction
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
A snapshot of a sketched trellis design: the sides are a set of 5 2x2s, three in the middle, spaced with 2x2 spacers, and two on the end. The top has four cross beams for stability and for hanging shade cloth, and two lengths of copper pipe for hanging tomato roller hooks from.
A chart showing polls in the Colorado Governor's race. The first listed poll, by Public Policy Polling, has dates June 1, 2026 - June 2, 2026, and shows Bennet 36%, Weiser 30%, Not sure 34%, with a 4.4% margin of error The second by Colorado Community Research, Dates May 22, 2026-May 28,2026, shows Bennet 34%, Weiser 41%, Not sure 25%, 4.0% margin of error
Virg, a black, brown and white puppy, rocking a bright orange bandana and looking extremely fashionable.