Another thing that fueled the fire was the telegram message (at the usual drop time) which just promoted a new casino game instead of the release of the post monthly. Felt a bit like next level trolling if you ask me.

I completely understand what you mean but we also have to understand it from a different side, new games and bonuses are managed by different teams so actually it wasn't something intentional. I suspect if the bonus is forced to be distributed on Friday there is a possibility that it will impact the weekly bonus for example miss calculation or link error, if you remember in the last 2 weeks there was a problem with the weekly bonus link which not work for some users well maybe this is one of the things to avoid.
I saw on reddit that Eddie last night pretty much confirmed there will be a post monthly this week. I guess if there wasn't any the players would have gone crazy again. I don't understand why they would even delay it that much. Even if they release it tomorrow that would be 4 days after .us got them. Why this site always get the better end of the stick is totally crazy. In the raffle they get 33% of what .com does even though the player base and turnover is AT LEAST 10 times smaller. No wonder .com users always feel unappreciated. Not only are they much more people but it's also them that actually built (financed) the site to what it is now.