Pamela Tuffley

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.

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.

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

Indirect Costs and Trump's Attack on Independent Voices.

My latest post:

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YouTube video by Association of American Universities Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer

Here’s how F&A works:

YouTube video by Association of American Universities Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And if you want to take some other action here is a list of things to do.
bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

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. 📚💙

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! 😭🔥💜

And “I am here for you.”

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

It’s true. Many people retreat because they don’t know what to say or do. Isolation though can add to the suffering for those experiencing grief.

We heard a loud rumbling on Riverview but didn’t feel the ground shake. Our house is on a cinder block foundation.

We’re being trolled.

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🕯️

Erica is utterly brilliant and this is a gift worth opening.

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.

Animal agriculture impacts biodiversity.....

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.

Turkey tail?

I miss my friends’ posts but 4 days in I feel more at ease. You can not live your values but you won’t live well.

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

The cruelty is the point. The hatefulness is the point. The freedom to abuse is the point.

Self-Censorship, Passing, and Natural Cover In a recent post I mentioned a forthcoming book by Glenn Loury that contains his classic essay on self-censorship in public discourse, with a new foreword and afterword.

New post on self-censorship, passing, and natural cover:

open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

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.