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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My new motto for golf The only reason I'm in the deep rough is to experience the full course

Picture of Matthew Schaefer with the quote "I think my favorite thing about my golf game is I like to see the full course. A lot of people drive it up the middle and just see the fairway. I'm in the bushes and the trees. I like to see the full course"

Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I need to start including more puzzles in my DnD campaigns. Ran a one shot yesterday and watching players struggle through and solve puzzles is one of my favorite parts of DMing (here's the puzzle if anyone wants to try solving with hints they got and the answer in thread. Took them ~20 mins)

Two columns of circles with various symbols inside. In the left column, from top down, the circles have 2 lines, 1 line, 4, 1, [blank/missing marks], 5, 2. On the right from top down (which starts one spot lower than the left), the circles have 3 lines, 5, 5, 4, 8, 7.

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Poking through old notebooks for something and didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find this guy (very early plan for the last dnd campaign I DM'd)

Rough sketch of a fantasy map with many cross outs and a brief outline of a DnD campaign setting

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What a call transcript (called to schedule a tee time but apparently made a reservation with god)

Transcript of phone call with Bethpage Golf Course listing several options (including "For God's reservation information, press five" followed by "thank you for calling Bethpage babe"

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Work has a world cup party with food from all over today and I am far too happy

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Crossed over to Jersey for Plain White Ts, New Found Glory, and Yellowcard last night

Yellowcard ocean avenue shirt: grey background with yellow text reading YELLOWCARD over an upside down neon triangle with palm trees and the text Ocean Avenue Leave This Town and run Forever. A circle to the left reads Summer of '03!

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Can't get over the new pancreatic cancer study. Always more work to be done but from where we had been? Just an incredible new survival curve www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Survival curve showing large increase in survival for patients receiving daraxonrasib compared to standard chemo. Study published in NEJM and presented at ASCO

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 31/05/2026

Among patients with previously treated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the RAS(ON) inhibitor daraxonrasib led to significantly longer overall survival and progression-free survival than chemotherapy. Full phase 3 RASolute 302 trial results: nej.md/4nWaxvM #ASCO26

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

How can you not get romantic about hockey?

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I love these posts because of how much they grow my to read list. I also hate these posts because of how much they grow my to read list (Please keep making them)

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Just told a kid I tutor "I'm the backstreet boys, gotta tell me why" and he looked at me like I was crazy. Absolutely no idea what I was talking about. Think we might need to expand beyond math next session

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New York State Department of Health @nysdoh.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

This National Public Health Week, DOH stands with the Northeast Public Health Collaborative in accelerating regional success by sharing best practices across state borders. Together, we are advancing regional readiness to foster thriving communities. #NEPHC

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Lots of red white and blue getting set to say No Kings

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Dad of one of the kids I tutor just said if his son doesn't finish the worksheet I left him, no #Isles game tonight. That might honestly be more of a reward than anything else, especially after last night's debacle

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Post exam library pickup complete

Two books (The Shadow of the Gods, John Gwynne and Value(s): Building a Better World for All) side by side

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Stopped by the Opening Ceremony at my old Model UN conference, great keynote speaker!

Podium next to a panel of speakers in a mid sized theater, with the words "Hofstra University Model United Nations Conference" in the background

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Just found out Celebrini has the most goals and second most points in Olympic men's hockey?! The future is bright in San Jose

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 04/02/2026

Today is World Cancer Day. Cancer touches nearly every family. We stand with patients and loved ones and with the clinicians, scientists, and advocates working toward prevention, early detection, and better outcomes. 💙

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Official website of World Cancer Day by UICC | 4 February

An international awareness day led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise worldwide attention and inspire action for a cancer-free future.

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Super exciting! Journey before destination and all, but I'm looking forward to seeing how both turn out

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Five years ago.

Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Hard agree on Memory, great series and short. Haven't read Ancillary yet but it's on my list

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Started reading The Death of Cancer in earnest since my exams are done. Great so far, might have to get a copy and add to the shelf

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Picked up an early Hanukkah present for myself from the library after a rec by one of my mentors, looking forward to reading it!

Book cover that reads "The Death of Cancer/ After fifty years on the front lines of medicine, a pioneering oncologist reveals why the war on cancer is winnable - and how we can get there / Vincent T DeVita Jr., M.D., and Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn"

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

If anyone's interested in a pair of tickets for the #isles game against the Canucks on 12/19, let me know. Two buddies cancelled, but since tickets were bought with student discount, I can't resell on ticket master. I'd rather they go to a fan than go to waste!

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Not his first rodeo, altering hurricane paths since 2019

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Something pretty funny about, 22+ games in, the Leafs being the only team in the East below .500

Screenshot of TSN NHL standings page. All metropolitan division teams have at least as many points as games played, and all Atlantic division teams (except the Toronto Maple Leafs) have at least as many points as games played

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

"For each measure of adolescent cognitive performance, students performed better if they were exposed to sufficient levels of fluoride—either throughout childhood, or during part of childhood" Doesn't seem very much like a neurotoxin at supplement levels! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

science.org

Childhood fluoride exposure and cognition across the life course

Childhood fluoride exposure is associated with higher academic achievement in high school.

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Been way too busy with classes and tutoring, but trying to make some time to read again. Checked out A Memory Called Empire the other day and I'm glad I did. Off to a great start so far

Cover of A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Service is the truest measure of patriotism. On Veterans Day, we honor all who have taken the oath and worn the uniform - and our nation recommits to keeping its promises to every veteran who served our country.

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Beauty of a win at the garden

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Democrats @democrats.org · 04/11/2025

HAVE YOU VOTED YET? 🇺🇸

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Lamellipodia-saurus wishes everyone a happy Halloween

Whiteboard drawing of an oval with four feet on the bottom, a nose protruding forwards, a tail, a cowboy hat, and an angry face.

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Back to watching the isles (think it's safe to say their loss last game broke my curse) and what a rollercoaster of an opening minute and a half

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Founding dean of my school came for a brief talk today and, while explaining how he got into medicine to avoid being sent to Vietnam, casually dropped that he was part of the team that discovered cisplatin. Med school has some crazy stories

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Update! Islanders record in games I watch: 0-3 Islanders record in games I don't watch: 4-0 Promises made, promises kept #isles

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

#NoKings from California to the New York island

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Beautiful day to say #NoKings in front of the county courthouse

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

There was a presentation today at the @asgct.bsky.social conference about in vivo monocyte reprogramming (for less side effects than CAR-T) via mRNA in IV lipid nanoparticles and, it's very preliminary work, but it's hard not to get excited about this (and all the other incredible projects)

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Did my med school buddies and I stop and go through all the cranial nerve foramina when there was an open skull on the side of the path at Six Flags for Fright Fest? Yes, yes we did

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Reading a CDC article for class and this popped up at the top. Excuse me?!

Screenshot of banner on CDC website that reads:
The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of CDC will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown. Certain federal government activities have ceased due to a lack of appropriated funding. During the government shutdown, only web sites supporting excepted functions will be updated. As a result, the information on this website may not be up to date and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries.

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Heard the updated goal song on WRHU's pregame intro and man, I like this energy #isles

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