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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Yesterday’s lunch. Peak Cajun cuisine IYKYK

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

My cousin weighs in on my IG post. It’s gonna be a great summer, back home and down South.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Trump doesn’t look like he’s enjoying his little birthday party.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

We only recognize one kind of crown in Louisiana. We only throw parades for one kind of king in Louisiana. #NoKings Happy No Kings Day for all who celebrate.

Photo of a Mardi Gras crown, lying on top of green, yellow, and purple Mardi Gras beads

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Reminds me of this bit from Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”:

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Throwback to this wonderful memory from this time of year. PhD graduation with our oldest (now 15! 😬) and UofT used this photo on their socials and coverage. I was flattered and excited but I also know it was 100000% because of her overwhelming adorableness.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

This is on the wall headed down to my basement

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Haha! Yup. Living in 🇨🇦 now but LC born and raised! Today we’re having chips and Casa Mañana salsa. Boudin from Best Stop and Market Basket.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Dat’s my hometown team, y’all! McNeese and Lake Charles represent. #MarchMadness #NCAABasketball Let’s Geauxxxxx!

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The Daytona 500 is about to go green! So glad @nascar.com’s back! I can’t believe I’m saying this: I hope Kyle Busch takes the 🏁

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

King Cake Season is upon us! Living in Toronto, there’s only one option: make my own. Here’s last year’s effort. I’m more cook than baker, but this one pleased me. And everyone else in the house.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Pretty proud of this here roux. (Rendered beef tallow from the 4-bone Prime Rib Roast I did for Christmas. I’m going to use it for a meatball fricassee tomorrow, enough for 60 meatballs)

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

My wife said this New Years Dinner was easily my best greens ever. It might be related to the bunch I grabbed. I’ve bought a lot of greens over the years, but never one with a stick in it. So I picked that one. With a sample of n=1, we’re at 100%

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

New Year's Day dinner is my single favorite meal of the year. Y'all can keep the rest - Ham glazed w/ Dr. Pepper reduction (w/ heat and citrus) - black-eyed peas (Hoppin' John, and yes I like it with rice) - collard greens (w/ potlikker and tasso) - homemade cornbread - cornbread dressing HNYy'!

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

It’s been years now, and while I wouldn’t say I’ve perfected the popover, I’d say I’ve gotten within spittin’ distance.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

White supremacist website wants everyone to know which of their 2024 Two Minutes Hate podcasts were the most racist.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

This is quite the slate for the final Sunday of regular season NFL football, in the middle of the holidays. At least the Bengals and Broncos gave us cinema yesterday. We're gonna need it to last today, too. And Monday (Det vs. SF). This is just a sewer pipe.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Mike Breen + Doris Burke + LeBron James + Christmas Day =

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Surrounded by new toys and gadgets, and this is what our three are doing. Merry Christmas from a bunch of happy bookworms 🎄

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Turning 50 and just learning how to take care of long curls, thanks to reddit of all places. Shout out to r/curlyhair. Kept my hair short with a close fade forever. Now letting it grow out and taming it. Before and After.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Well… fuck. (My first go round with it. It’s very rough)

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Awwww... I'm sorry you didn't get affirming feedback. I hesitated to post this because I didn't want to make it worse, but then thought maybe the levity might help? When I read your reply, this popped into my head.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Just found this a couple of months ago. My kindergarten teacher believed in me.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Did my kids really just break our TV? They’re freaking out and my universal remote isn’t doing anything. Any TV Tech people here? It’s an OLED screen if that helps.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

My shit is poppin off on Bluesky. This is after ONLY 22 hours!!

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sorry if I'm taking researchers' words for it over yours. You seem to resent that, but it won't change my mind. E.g. Dr. Brian Bow at Dalhousie www.dal.ca/news/2024/11...

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I don't even know what this is supposed to mean.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I am also a Cajun home cook. Made it to the Top 50 on season one of Masterchef: Canada. I’m making an American Thanksgiving dinner like we had back home. A key side is my dad’s (he passed suddenly this summer) cornbread dressing. Sneak peek video 😊😋

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Basketball coach and fan, from Louisiana and living in Toronto. Being a Raptors and a Pelicans fan is pain.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Good Morning! Have I told y'all lately how much I love football? I know last week I said I hated it and would never ever watch it again. What changed my mind, you ask? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My middle child… no, I am not changing his Contact Name to this. The hell is he doing?

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I mean… she considers herself an objective and informed moderate centrist, existing between the left and right poles. She is the right pole on education. One among many many bad faith actors in #cdned and #onted Thankfully she’s gotten nowhere in years of her work, bc it’s so limited in scope

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

No, Melanie. You aren’t “as good as anyone” to “fix education” This is how ignorantly arrogant the anti-woke are. She has zero experience in education but claims to spend “all my time researching it” Her thread is just “Marxism is everywhere” based on reading James Lindsay. Zero concern for kids.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Terrible NASCAR season. The playoff system is terrible. Chevy teams (who I am a fan of) gaming the system. It wasn’t great. As for food photos, I know I’ve got something from recent. Oh yea, made this crawfish etouffee a couple weeks ago. #Louisiana crawfish #Cajun cooking.

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

My dad passed peacefully in his sleep at home, unexpectedly, in late June. We are still being billed for medical services. He was at the hospital twice for foot infections. One of the stays was 6 days, the longest. It did require strong IV antibiotics but this still seems high? 833k?

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I mean, all it took was for her to search for the word "Christmas" in Anand's TL. The fact she claims to be a researcher and can't or won't do that shows that it's purely a matter of politics for her. It's so stupid, and she's trying to pass it off as clever virtue signaling

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Jonathan Arendt, PhD @drarendt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

More mind rot of the alt-right in Canada. Anita Anand is my local MP, and she was at the Christmas Parade. We were there, too. Melanie tries a GOTCHA! by asking her what holiday it was, as if she wouldn't say "Christmas." Except Anita wished me and others "Merry Christmas". When corrected, 🦗🦗🦗

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