To reiterate what Danni said in less exciting form: YES TO ALL.
One thought is that we could have Release Tuesday instead of Monday. Releases could be prepared Monday and deployed Tuesday. The advantage of this is that it gives testers a chance to catch up over the weekend. Devs don’t work as much on the weekends. And since the testers are also often doing support work weekends tend to be quieter times for testers. This means that in busy weeks we can enjoy vibing Friday nights of testing or relaxing Sunday mornings of testing. Then we can get everything into the release.
#testersdonthavelives
Thanks @Rachel for the gif 