Pamela Tuffley
@pjtuffley.bsky.social
Research administrator, vegan, community gardener, and amateur fiddler. she/her/they/them
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NEW: A federal judge has barred Trump from illegally cutting NIH funds to research institutions.
We fought Trump’s attempt to attack medical and health innovation and we won.
The important work of fighting cancer, curing diseases, and saving lives will continue.
We fought Trump’s attempt to attack medical and health innovation and we won.
The important work of fighting cancer, curing diseases, and saving lives will continue.
March 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
NEW: A federal judge has barred Trump from illegally cutting NIH funds to research institutions.
We fought Trump’s attempt to attack medical and health innovation and we won.
The important work of fighting cancer, curing diseases, and saving lives will continue.
We fought Trump’s attempt to attack medical and health innovation and we won.
The important work of fighting cancer, curing diseases, and saving lives will continue.
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Major ruling out of Boston, where a US judge granted an injunction blocking the Trump admin from carrying out a cut to the reimbursement rate for indirect costs for federal research grants. Story from Bloomberg Law: buff.ly/0gXeFSm
Opinion: buff.ly/rCR6Ouo
Opinion: buff.ly/rCR6Ouo
Trump's Cuts to NIH Indirect Research Funds Blocked by Judge
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a reduced rate for indirect costs used for medical research grants at the National Institutes of Health.
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Major ruling out of Boston, where a US judge granted an injunction blocking the Trump admin from carrying out a cut to the reimbursement rate for indirect costs for federal research grants. Story from Bloomberg Law: buff.ly/0gXeFSm
Opinion: buff.ly/rCR6Ouo
Opinion: buff.ly/rCR6Ouo
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Indirect Costs and Trump's Attack on Independent Voices.
My latest post:
buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...
My latest post:
buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...
Indirect Costs and Trump's Attack on Independent Voices
By Samuel Bagenstos A strong democracy requires a robust independent sector. Organizations and associations that stand apart from the governing state regime...
buttondown.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Indirect Costs and Trump's Attack on Independent Voices.
My latest post:
buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...
My latest post:
buttondown.com/sbagen/archi...
A short video that explains F&A and why it is necessary and not simply “a tax” on PIs research or superfluous income stream for universities.
Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A short video that explains F&A and why it is necessary and not simply “a tax” on PIs research or superfluous income stream for universities.
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To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms).
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
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And if you want to take some other action here is a list of things to do.
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025
Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.
bookriot.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And if you want to take some other action here is a list of things to do.
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...
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One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
January 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
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I JUST finished the first chapter...the FIRST one...the INTRO, and I've cried, yelled "YES!" alongside plenty of expletives, and felt seen in subtle and beautiful ways I haven't in a long time. Talia! 😭🔥💜
'Trans/Rad/Fem' is LIVE ON ITCH NOW!!!
Trans/Rad/Fem by taliabhatt
Essays on Transfeminism
taliabhatt.itch.io
January 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I JUST finished the first chapter...the FIRST one...the INTRO, and I've cried, yelled "YES!" alongside plenty of expletives, and felt seen in subtle and beautiful ways I haven't in a long time. Talia! 😭🔥💜
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My best advice, working in research development, is try not to speculate. Wait for official guidance, whether via an agency memo or email, NOFO amendment, correspondence with your program official, or updated guidance on agency websites. And talk to your RD office/OSP. And be patient with your PO/PD
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
My best advice, working in research development, is try not to speculate. Wait for official guidance, whether via an agency memo or email, NOFO amendment, correspondence with your program official, or updated guidance on agency websites. And talk to your RD office/OSP. And be patient with your PO/PD
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In honor of Paul Rubens, let's all make donations (money or time) to our local LGBTQA+ alliances. And let us pledge to make sure that NO ONE has to hide who they are.
In Pee-wee's name, amen🕯️
In Pee-wee's name, amen🕯️
Fuck ever living in the closet again, this is heartbreaking:
'Pee-wee Herman' Star Paul Reubens Comes Out as Gay in Posthumous Documentary: 'Self Hatred or Self Preservation'
Paul Reubens, best known for playing Pee-wee Herman, came out as gay in HBO's posthumous documentary, 'Pee-wee as Himself', which debuted on Jan. 23 at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival
people.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In honor of Paul Rubens, let's all make donations (money or time) to our local LGBTQA+ alliances. And let us pledge to make sure that NO ONE has to hide who they are.
In Pee-wee's name, amen🕯️
In Pee-wee's name, amen🕯️
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Erica is utterly brilliant and this is a gift worth opening.
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Erica is utterly brilliant and this is a gift worth opening.
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This is not an empty threat. Just 35 people/couples donated $1.6 billion to Trump's campaign in 2024. Just SEVEN of them accounted for $1 billion.
It took a decade, but the country's billionaires finally figured out the full meaning of Citizen's United. And they're taking advantage.
It took a decade, but the country's billionaires finally figured out the full meaning of Citizen's United. And they're taking advantage.
January 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is not an empty threat. Just 35 people/couples donated $1.6 billion to Trump's campaign in 2024. Just SEVEN of them accounted for $1 billion.
It took a decade, but the country's billionaires finally figured out the full meaning of Citizen's United. And they're taking advantage.
It took a decade, but the country's billionaires finally figured out the full meaning of Citizen's United. And they're taking advantage.
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Animal agriculture impacts biodiversity.....
January 17, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Animal agriculture impacts biodiversity.....
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The argument here--that it's *morally wrong* to judge somebody by the ideas and beliefs they profess and advocate--has somehow become the dominant elite ideology of our era and it's still the stupidest fucking thing I've ever encountered.
I very much get where this is coming from, but I think we should resist this framing. As long as they're acting with integrity (which we should presume unless proven otherwise), academics need to be given the space to pursue their ideas in good faith, wherever they lead. 🧵
This isn’t a quaint academic debate. It’s people’s lives. If law professors want to audition for judgeships that’s fine, but then we should treat their scholarship accordingly with an extra grain of salt. I’m over it.
January 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The argument here--that it's *morally wrong* to judge somebody by the ideas and beliefs they profess and advocate--has somehow become the dominant elite ideology of our era and it's still the stupidest fucking thing I've ever encountered.
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With so much abject capitulation to Trump by rich, scared men, it’s affirming and a high honor to highlight when women have stood up firmly against him this week. My write-up on three such women: https://buff.ly/4avog60
January 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
With so much abject capitulation to Trump by rich, scared men, it’s affirming and a high honor to highlight when women have stood up firmly against him this week. My write-up on three such women: https://buff.ly/4avog60
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The cruelty is the point. The hatefulness is the point. The freedom to abuse is the point.
January 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The cruelty is the point. The hatefulness is the point. The freedom to abuse is the point.
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
Deactivated Meta and shut off notifications from NYT. Feeling disconnected and have fomo. I think I need to push through all that though and communicate with my people individually, the old fashion way. Thank you friends who are here.
January 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Deactivated Meta and shut off notifications from NYT. Feeling disconnected and have fomo. I think I need to push through all that though and communicate with my people individually, the old fashion way. Thank you friends who are here.
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ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
January 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICE is planning immigration raids starting Tuesday. Please amplify.
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The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.
It’s fucking brilliant.
It’s fucking brilliant.
January 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.
It’s fucking brilliant.
It’s fucking brilliant.