KeAnne

I loved this movie as a child!

Manufacturing Extension Partnerships Face Uncertain Future as Trump Pulls Funding President Trump's administration has decided not to renew contracts for 10 Manufacturing Extension Partnership programs, potentially defunding the entire national network. This...

Make it make sense! BTW, there’s a MEP Center in every state and Puerto Rico focused on helping SMMs. www.industryweek.com/leadership/n...

I’m exhausted. Just existentially exhausted this week. Everything feels so heavy.

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Trump's manufacturing campaign pledge caught in crosshairs of grant pause Trump's federal grant pause is creating "added challenges" and uncertainty for manufacturers, one industry leader told Newsweek.

Many types of programs will be impacted by any federal funding pause. Like this one: www.newsweek.com/trump-manufa...

Supporting my friends and colleagues.

Been amused by this stroll down memory lane!

I like that.

Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚

Me too.

Awwww!!

A table at a craft fair-type event shows ceramic items for sale, including earrings, a smiley face spoon, and other knickknacks. There are ceramic letters on the table spelling out “deny depend depose”. The artist is a white woman in glasses standing proudly with her work.

I went to a pop-up holiday market and this white lady selling hand made ceramic earrings was proudly displaying the political message left by an assassin on bullet casings after a successful murder so that’s a bit of a data point for Where Things Are

That’s a nice closet!

Welp. Spotify Wrapped 2024 confirmed I have an unhealthy attachment to Fleetwood Mac and vanilla taste in music 😆

For Asheville's restaurants, water system fix marks only the beginning of recovery Among the restaurants that have reopened, owners and workers have been doing their best to survive — and the future is uncertain.

Asheville restauranteur Eric Scheffer says it's harder to remain optimistic.

"I know that at some point this too shall pass. ... But it's more difficult ... to not walk out of a meeting with my staff or even with city officials with tears in my eyes."

www.wunc.org/2024-12-04/f...

Yikes. That was a shortsighted move on their part

Not too late to add a little Made in NC flare to your Thanksgiving table! ncmep.org/made-and-eat...

‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’

Australia sees that dictionary dot com picked “demure” as its word of the year, stumbles into the hostel they’re staying at, screams “Aussie Aussie Assie oi oi oi” and pukes on the floor

Gonna be using this for foreseeable future

Trump has promised lower taxes. These are 3 ways it could impact you From "no tax on tips" to Social Security, Donald Trump has made a range of promises about the taxes Americans will pay. We take a look at three changes we could see in the months ahead.

A second Trump presidency could add up to a lower tax bill, but it might also have drastic consequences for the national budget

-Trump is likely to renew his big 2017 tax cuts
-"No tax on tips" could be messy
-Ending taxes on Social Security benefits would hurt SS

www.wunc.org/2024-11-26/t...

Working from my home & my cats are practically glued to me. I love it, but I always eye them warily like, “what do you know that I don’t? Something wrong with me?!”
#Catanoia

For All Things Considered - Asheville just got drinkable water back, but some communities in N.C. are still waiting & also lack wastewater disposal. (Spruce Pine just got water back today).

www.npr.org/2024/11/21/n...

Vibes are off today. Anyone else? But I feel a soupçon of holiday spirit.

Not sure anyone wants to “Monday” today.

Desmond keeping me company

Teen out of town. Cats snoring. House to myself. This is the ideal Friday night at age 47!