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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

He's been a puck magnet this period. Feels like each shift he gets plunked

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Of course (it's me, I'm kids)

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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"

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fully thought that was a Star Wars imperial officer when I first scrolled past

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

Answer: Filling empty circle with rune for 3 (the one that looks like pi/is in the top right circle); each circle on the right is filled with the sum of the rune to its left and the rune above that one

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

At this point they were on right track and managed to solve but here are some bonus hints if needed 1: You get a feeling that, perhaps, the runes are a tally mark system? 2: Setting the totals equal on left and right does not seem to work easily, nor does splitting into equal top and bottom halves

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

Hint 3 (stuck for a bit and prayed for some help): You feel your deity guiding you and feel drawn not to the shape of the runes but their composition

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

Hint 2 (Walking around the chamber for clues): You notice many of the books are related to math, with the rest focusing on nature, astronomy, and magic

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

Hint 1 (Investigation check on the stone): There seems to be very faded etchings on the blank circle, an echo of what might have once been there, but you can't make out what it is

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

First tries: You can't move any of the runes; they're engraved in the stone. Pushing/pulling doesn't do anything. Knock won't open it. No visible area to use lockpicking tools (basically, have to solve the puzzle to advance)

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

Scene setting: Circles and runes engraved on stone filled archway in antechamber of the BBEG that lit up in arcane glow when the wall was approached; lots of books plus a few gold pieces and some artwork decorate the room

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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 · 08/08/2026

Larry David out here (agree with all once you flip croissant and donut)

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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 · 24/07/2026

Clearly the answer is to say "Yahoo it" instead

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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 · 26/06/2026

Good luck, bound to be a bunch there 🫡

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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 · 25/05/2026

My wiz just cast meteor swarm

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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 · 11/05/2026

Most of the comments are either on my list or hard agrees from me, but to add something new: Fractal Noise by Chris Paolini. Quick read and a very interesting sci-fi premise

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

If you want to branch out some, can't recommend Emperor of All Maladies (Dr. Mukherjee) and The Death of Cancer (Dr. DeVita, past MCI director) enough. Great reads and don't need med background for either Poli related? The Presidents and the People (Corey Brettschneider) was a solid read

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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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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Seems like someone's an Oilers fan (incredible how good all of these are though)

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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

And yet, one must imagine Sisyphus happy

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

Give me a book with a map and I'm a happy man

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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 · 01/04/2026

The best sport (at raising my blood pressure)

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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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Matt Friedman @mfrieds.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

5-1 5-0 5-0 5-0 Guess five's the magic number

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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. 💙

worldcancerday.org

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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