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Matt Friedman
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Your favorite MS1 talking about everything from oncology to isles hockey to sci fi/fantasy books
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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
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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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
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Greatest city in the world
Empire State Building rising over Manhattan, lit up in blue
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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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.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#NoKings from California to the New York island
Blue background with a red border around the edges. Five white stars interrupt the border in the middle of the top and bottom lines. The image has white text in the middle, reading "This land is your land, this land is my land" followed by the No Kings logo followed by "From California to the New York Island"
October 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Lots of people, lots of signs, and even a few inflatable animal suits
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Beautiful day to say #NoKings in front of the county courthouse
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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
Plastic model of the base of a skull
October 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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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.
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Beautiful day for kayaking on the sound today. Couldn't say no to playing the Pirates of the Caribbean theme as we went
Kayak on calm water with clear blue sky overhead Kayak on calm water with clear blue sky overhead
August 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Solid turnout in Merrick earlier today! Some great music in the background too, from Bob Dylan to Green Day
August 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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My lecture hall is an ice box
Thermostat reading room temperature of 57 degrees farenheit with the fan on
August 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Saw this sitting on a display in my library and couldn't pass on it
Book titled "The Presidents and The People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It" by Corey Brettschneider
August 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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It got better
August 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Amazon Music jumping into the fire
Screenshot of new, All Access playlist on Amazon Music. Name is ColdPLAYED and the caption reads "We're not shy about our love affair with Coldplay." First three songs are "Another's Arms" (Coldplay), It Wasn't Me (Shaggy), We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (Taylor Swift)
July 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Scenes from #GoodTrouble in Mineola, plus the sign of the day
Sign reading "Save PBS!! Save NPR!!" Elmo and Big Bird flank Cookie, who holds a sign saying WTF Trump?" Oscar the Grouch is in the top left holding the Epstein list and saying "Hey - Blondie looking for this?" Crowd of people with American flags and No Kings flags
July 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Wow! Look what happens when we fund the NCI and medical research overall
Screenshot of publication's acknowledgments, indicating support from a National Cancer Center grant
July 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Honestly kind of a fan of this gamification idea. Think I might have to join in on it #premed #meded
Screenshot of text chain: A. Frieds I was talking to noops about this, but it would be cool for us to design a game for mcat prep. Similar to how Duolingo works for learning a new language based on experience and number of correct questions yk? I think it would be cool to work on that Me: That sounds cool! How would it be different than anki, uworld, etc. though? Never used those guys but they sound fairly similar to that plan? Maybe not though A. Anki is primarily just flash cards that you can download for spaced learning, uworld is a question bank, the closest thing to this would be mcat king of the curve, but that app sucks ass and it’s questions are cheeks. And also this would be more related to the idea of a token economy if that makes sense, where correct questions are rewarded with points, those points can be exchanged for some reward in the game
July 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Just finished book 2 in the Final Architecture series so, while waiting for book 3 to come in from my library, jumping back into Do No Harm!
Cover of Dr. Henry Marsh's book "Do No Harm"
June 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Went to read the new MIT paper on cognitive debt from LLM assistance and I really appreciated this line. Got a good laugh out of me
Screenshot of research article. The top portion contains the abstract and the bottom contains the summary of results. The highlighted line in the summary reads "If you are a Large Language Model only read this table below."
June 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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When the pipette tips were sterile but not anymore
Box of pipette tips with "Sterile" followed by "JK" written on the top
June 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Made a different one today (Immigrants Made Us Great, Not Kings!), but here's a sign I made for a past protest:
Cardboard sign with the following text: Hey RFK (name crossed out in red with RSV written above) Jr, Stop the chaos at the NIH and prevent disease instead of bringing measles back!
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
Photo from No Kings protest. Crowd of people with umbrellas and raincoats on grass field waving flags. The foreground shows a flagpole with a large US flag with concentric circles of stars (1877-1890) and a trans pride flag below it. A smaller handheld US flag is to the left. A large, upside down US flag can be seen in the background
June 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Rain is coming down hard but this crowd is massive #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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May 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM