Gwen Montoya
@gmontoyapdx.bsky.social
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Blockity, block, block.
June 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Blockity, block, block.
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April 5 Mega Thread 🧵 :
Post your photos in the comments!
Post your photos in the comments!
April 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
April 5 Mega Thread 🧵 :
Post your photos in the comments!
Post your photos in the comments!
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
My cats are fed 730 times each year, and they have the audacity to act like each feeding is both the first and last they’ll ever get.
March 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
My cats are fed 730 times each year, and they have the audacity to act like each feeding is both the first and last they’ll ever get.
I update this every couple of months to add new resources or remove ones that don’t exist anymore (or have changed what they offer).
The latest update is up!
www.gwenmontoya.com/blog/grants-...
The latest update is up!
www.gwenmontoya.com/blog/grants-...
Funding Resources for Women Owned Small Businesses — Gwen Montoya
Learn about grants, crowdfunding, loans, and other funding options for small business owners.
www.gwenmontoya.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I update this every couple of months to add new resources or remove ones that don’t exist anymore (or have changed what they offer).
The latest update is up!
www.gwenmontoya.com/blog/grants-...
The latest update is up!
www.gwenmontoya.com/blog/grants-...
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
Last month, I quietly ran an experiment on my Instagram account.
What would happen if I only posted Reels for 30 days?
Would my reach improve?
Would I gain followers?
Would I see any difference at all?
Read it here - Read it here - gwenmontoya.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What would happen if I only posted Reels for 30 days?
Would my reach improve?
Would I gain followers?
Would I see any difference at all?
Read it here - Read it here - gwenmontoya.substack.com/p/what-happe...
March 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Last month, I quietly ran an experiment on my Instagram account.
What would happen if I only posted Reels for 30 days?
Would my reach improve?
Would I gain followers?
Would I see any difference at all?
Read it here - Read it here - gwenmontoya.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What would happen if I only posted Reels for 30 days?
Would my reach improve?
Would I gain followers?
Would I see any difference at all?
Read it here - Read it here - gwenmontoya.substack.com/p/what-happe...
I love fat cats and I cannot lie.
This guy is 20 pounds and photos do NOT capture his magnificence.
This guy is 20 pounds and photos do NOT capture his magnificence.
March 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I love fat cats and I cannot lie.
This guy is 20 pounds and photos do NOT capture his magnificence.
This guy is 20 pounds and photos do NOT capture his magnificence.
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
February 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky
The Black Rock barista was giving so much Dutch Bros energy that I double checked the signage on the building.
February 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Black Rock barista was giving so much Dutch Bros energy that I double checked the signage on the building.
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Pete's here
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Pete's here
Monday snuggles.
February 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Monday snuggles.
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
A tale of two kitties (Jekyll and Hyde style).
Sure, he knows how to turn on the “I’m just a cute & fuzzy ‘lil guy” bit.
But underneath? Chaos demon plotting his next escapade of destruction.
Sure, he knows how to turn on the “I’m just a cute & fuzzy ‘lil guy” bit.
But underneath? Chaos demon plotting his next escapade of destruction.
February 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A tale of two kitties (Jekyll and Hyde style).
Sure, he knows how to turn on the “I’m just a cute & fuzzy ‘lil guy” bit.
But underneath? Chaos demon plotting his next escapade of destruction.
Sure, he knows how to turn on the “I’m just a cute & fuzzy ‘lil guy” bit.
But underneath? Chaos demon plotting his next escapade of destruction.
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a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
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They suck equally hard.
February 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
They suck equally hard.
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
I was talking to a client about using the SBA and SCORE as resources today. And in the middle of saying it I realized they are going to gut those, too.
There are resources veterans, women, and minority-owned businesses, plus support around getting federal contracts.
There are resources veterans, women, and minority-owned businesses, plus support around getting federal contracts.
February 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I was talking to a client about using the SBA and SCORE as resources today. And in the middle of saying it I realized they are going to gut those, too.
There are resources veterans, women, and minority-owned businesses, plus support around getting federal contracts.
There are resources veterans, women, and minority-owned businesses, plus support around getting federal contracts.
This was excellent!
Yesterday’s live is now on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?featur...
February 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This was excellent!
Typical anxiety:
Everyone is mad at me and things might be terrible.
2025 anxiety:
Everyone is mad at me, but they are temporarily distracted because everything is actually terrible.
Everyone is mad at me and things might be terrible.
2025 anxiety:
Everyone is mad at me, but they are temporarily distracted because everything is actually terrible.
February 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Typical anxiety:
Everyone is mad at me and things might be terrible.
2025 anxiety:
Everyone is mad at me, but they are temporarily distracted because everything is actually terrible.
Everyone is mad at me and things might be terrible.
2025 anxiety:
Everyone is mad at me, but they are temporarily distracted because everything is actually terrible.
I got to snuggle this guy AND meet two new dogs today.
Pretty good Monday.
Pretty good Monday.
February 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I got to snuggle this guy AND meet two new dogs today.
Pretty good Monday.
Pretty good Monday.
My kids are gaming with friends, I’m updating my “Marketing Beyond Social Media” training after writing my reps & governor.
I also cleaned the toilets, did the dishes, watched Heather Cox Richardson’s live, & am hoping for the best, I guess?
And we might get snow.
This is the weirdest timeline.
I also cleaned the toilets, did the dishes, watched Heather Cox Richardson’s live, & am hoping for the best, I guess?
And we might get snow.
This is the weirdest timeline.
February 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My kids are gaming with friends, I’m updating my “Marketing Beyond Social Media” training after writing my reps & governor.
I also cleaned the toilets, did the dishes, watched Heather Cox Richardson’s live, & am hoping for the best, I guess?
And we might get snow.
This is the weirdest timeline.
I also cleaned the toilets, did the dishes, watched Heather Cox Richardson’s live, & am hoping for the best, I guess?
And we might get snow.
This is the weirdest timeline.
Please, please, please!
SEO can have such a big impact on local businesses.
If you want to learn to do it yourself MOZ, SEMRush, and AHrefs put out good content and even have some free trainings.
Maybe YT or a course, but make sure it is up to date and has current best practices.
SEO can have such a big impact on local businesses.
If you want to learn to do it yourself MOZ, SEMRush, and AHrefs put out good content and even have some free trainings.
Maybe YT or a course, but make sure it is up to date and has current best practices.
January 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Please, please, please!
SEO can have such a big impact on local businesses.
If you want to learn to do it yourself MOZ, SEMRush, and AHrefs put out good content and even have some free trainings.
Maybe YT or a course, but make sure it is up to date and has current best practices.
SEO can have such a big impact on local businesses.
If you want to learn to do it yourself MOZ, SEMRush, and AHrefs put out good content and even have some free trainings.
Maybe YT or a course, but make sure it is up to date and has current best practices.