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Josh Renaud

@kirkman.bsky.social
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Husband to a Boliviana. Daddy. Emperor of the Renaud Empire. Lover of Atari, BBSes, retro tech, and Tolkien. Journalist at stltoday.com. The guy behind breakintochat.com.

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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 8h
A sequel to one of my favorite games of all time?! YES! It would be impossible to overstate how much I love Machinarium, and how much fun I have had playing and replaying it with my kids over the years.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 11h
Hannah Wyman talked with people around Lesterville, Mo., devastated by the Black River flooding in July. There's little aid available, and most must recover on their own. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Black River flood victims struggle to rebuild in southern Missouri. 'Winter's coming'
In July, heavy rainfall fell along the Black River where thousands of people camp, kayak and float. Buildings collapsed. RVs floated away. Eight Black Hawk helicopters evacuated 202 children and staff...
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 11h
By mid-August when my family visited Clearwater Lake — a reservoir about 25 miles south of Lesterville — water levels had returned to normal. But we heard how hard it has been for business owners there.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 8h
A sequel to one of my favorite games of all time?! YES! It would be impossible to overstate how much I love Machinarium, and how much fun I have had playing and replaying it with my kids over the years.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 11h
By mid-August when my family visited Clearwater Lake — a reservoir about 25 miles south of Lesterville — water levels had returned to normal. But we heard how hard it has been for business owners there.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 11h
Hannah Wyman talked with people around Lesterville, Mo., devastated by the Black River flooding in July. There's little aid available, and most must recover on their own. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Black River flood victims struggle to rebuild in southern Missouri. 'Winter's coming'
In July, heavy rainfall fell along the Black River where thousands of people camp, kayak and float. Buildings collapsed. RVs floated away. Eight Black Hawk helicopters evacuated 202 children and staff...
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fascinated by this attempt, although I doubt there's more than one human on ArtCraft's "team." A solid InDesign clone might get me to finally upgrade from Mac OS X Mojave, where I'm still clinging to my CS6 suite.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sounds like Synchronet and its “Guru” maybe?
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You may enjoy this interview I did with Amit in 2013: breakintochat.com/blog/2013/02... Plus interviews with other door game authors here: breakintochat.com/blog/categor... (BTW, I may write that book one day)
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Amit Patel, creator of "Solar Realms Elite" - Break Into Chat
In 1990, Amit Patel created the BBS door game "Solar Realms Elite." In his other life he has worked with programming languages, scientific equipment, data analysis, visualization, geological explorati...
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They never went anywhere!
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cop is subject of community complaints (including for punching a driver in the face during a traffic stop). Local newsroom files a public records request about him. Eugene, Ore says sure thing, that’ll cost $2.5 million and take at least 44,000 hours to complete. My latest for @theintercept.com:
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Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 01/10/2026
Goals by Navarro, Becher and Ostrak gave City SC a 3-0 win over Red Bull New York, extending its unbeaten streak to 17 games and putting it in second in
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City SC moves into second place in West, extends unbeaten streak to 17 with 3-0 win
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Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It took St. Louis city nearly nine months to tell me they have no responsive record to a fairly simple records request. Here are all the delay emails I received along the way. Nine months.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lastly, I won 3rd for "best information graphic" for my map of a lake sturgeon's multi-year odyssey along midwestern rivers. Judge's comments: "This was just fun. I wish I had that fish's energy." Graphic: graphics.stltoday.com/maps/sturgeo... Story: www.stltoday.com/news/state-r...
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‘Scout’ the sturgeon swam to South Dakota, twice. Missouri researchers tracked him.
Officials are trying to learn more about local spawning habitat for massive lake sturgeon, and searching for new locations where the activity is catching on.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I won 1st for "best information graphic" for my map showing how many of the buildings hardest hit by the tornado in North St. Louis had been vacant before the storm. For a story I did with @ahuguelet.bsky.social. Graphic: graphics.stltoday.com/maps/tornado... Story: www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Hundreds of St. Louis houses hit by May tornado were vacant. That will hurt recovery.
The Post-Dispatch found that 1,175 structures, more than half of those declared unsafe, were likely or definitely vacant before the May 16 tornado.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I won 3rd place for "best election story" for my analysis of Missouri Republicans' 2025 congressional redistricting, looking at how the revised district boundaries might affect vote totals. That analysis took on new importance in recent months. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Missouri congressional redistricting would cement GOP control, analysis shows
Had the boundaries been in place in 2020, Republicans would have secured double-digit margins of victory in seven of the eight Missouri congressional districts, a Post-Dispatch analysis found.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really proud to have contributed to Sam Totoni's investigation of a deadly spot on the Big River, which won 1st place for "best story about the outdoors", and led Jefferson County to make changes. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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How the US government turned a Big River park in Missouri into a 'death wish'
Deaths have been on the rise since the Army Corps of Engineers piled 4,700 tons of rock onto an old dam that crossed the river in Jefferson County.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Proud to say that I won some awards from the Missouri Press Association for stories and graphics I produced for @stltoday.com last year! Check the story below to see all the award-winning work from my Post-Dispatch colleagues. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
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Post-Dispatch wins 5 first-place awards in Missouri Press Association contest
The Post-Dispatch won first-place honors in five categories in the Missouri Press Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest.
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Michael Mishak @mjmishak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Online sportsbooks say they do not want business from problem gamblers. So @propublica.org's Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks on DraftKings testing how the company would react to someone displaying all the hallmarks of a compulsive bettor. Spoiler: It made him a VIP. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Roland Klose @rwklose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
US Supreme Court: Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins “was well aware that conducting the August primary election with the 2025 map carried significant risks.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My dispatch from St. Louis, where Archbishop Fulton Sheen, whose TV audience once rivaled Milton Berle and "I Love Lucy," moved one step closer to sainthood yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘America’s Bishop’ Was Beatified. 50,000 Catholics Showed Up. (Gift Article)
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who was the country’s most visible Roman Catholic clergyman of the 20th century, is one step closer to sainthood after a ceremony in St. Louis.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hope you had fun in our town!
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'd love to see them update Lotus 3. That's the one my brothers and I played back in the day. Always loved the music in the game, and the fun CD deck you could use to change tracks.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On Oct. 18, our family will walk in memory of our late daughter Jadzia at the St. Louis Walk for Victory. We are trying to raise $2,000 for the Marfan Foundation to help kids like her with connective tissue disorders. Would you consider supporting our team? give.marfan.org/renaudempire...
This collage shows a photo of Jadzia Renaud as a teenager, wearing a red knit cap and a "Walk for Victory" T-shirt. The collage says "We walk for Jadzia. Support our team in the Marfan Foundation's Walk for Victory 2026." It includes a link to https://give.marfan.org/renaudempire2026
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So this is a different project from @atariste.bsky.social 's Lotus 2 work?
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William Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW STORY: Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True. www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On Oct. 18, our family will walk in memory of our late daughter Jadzia at the St. Louis Walk for Victory. We are trying to raise $2,000 for the Marfan Foundation to help kids like her with connective tissue disorders. Would you consider supporting our team? give.marfan.org/renaudempire...
This collage shows a photo of Jadzia Renaud as a teenager, wearing a red knit cap and a "Walk for Victory" T-shirt. The collage says "We walk for Jadzia. Support our team in the Marfan Foundation's Walk for Victory 2026." It includes a link to https://give.marfan.org/renaudempire2026
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 23/09/2026
Ferguson officials on Tuesday approved a controversial plan to give tax incentives for a tech hub and data center at the former Emerson campus.
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Ferguson approves controversial tax incentives for tech hub, data center
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Tom Timmermann @tomtimm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A busy schedule for City SC is giving Fallou Fall a chance to show his stuff in games. And other notes. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
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Fallou Fall rises to occasion as he gets chance to play for City SC
A busy schedule for City SC opened a chance for Fall to get some playing time, and some good performances are making for tougher decisions on who starts.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👩‍🏫👮‍♂️🏛️💵 How much did St. Louis-area public servants earn in 2025? From mayors to teachers to police, the new edition of the Post-Dispatch's Public Pay database has the answers: stltoday.com/pay We wrangled more than 100 records requests and cleaned up messy data to bring it to you.
A mosaic shows four images: a capitol rotunda, a light-rail train, a school bus, and a city hall sign.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
St. Louis city was a bright spot, greatly shortening the time it needed to provide records to us, after taking more than 100 days the past 3 years. But Kirkwood, U. City, and Riverview needed far longer to provide records or answer questions about the data. More: www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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How much did they earn? Here’s our 2026 pay database for teachers, government workers
Find out how much St. Louis-area mayors, teachers, police and other public servants earned in 2025 with the Post-Dispatch's Public Pay database.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICYMI, the latest edition of our Public Pay database is live now at stltoday.com/pay !
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Roland Klose @rwklose.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A three-pound wildcat with leopardlike spots from Bolivia who once lived briefly as a house pet isn’t just adorable. He is also, scientists say, the standard-bearer for the first new feline species discovered in a century. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/s...
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New Species of Cat Discovered for First Time in a Century (Gift Article)
The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👩‍🏫👮‍♂️🏛️💵 How much did St. Louis-area public servants earn in 2025? From mayors to teachers to police, the new edition of the Post-Dispatch's Public Pay database has the answers: stltoday.com/pay We wrangled more than 100 records requests and cleaned up messy data to bring it to you.
A mosaic shows four images: a capitol rotunda, a light-rail train, a school bus, and a city hall sign.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Search our Public Pay database to see how much St. Louis-area governments and public agencies paid teachers, mayors, police, engineers and other employees during the calendar year 2025. www.stltoday.com/pay
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Public Pay: Government and teacher salaries for the St. Louis region
See what police officers, teachers, elected officials and other government workers earn.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Special thanks to our summer intern Parker Carbonneau who helped clean data and wrangle records. He uncovered some interesting stories from University City during his work on the project: * www.stltoday.com/news/local/c... * www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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'Server issue' that knocked out services in University City was actually a cyberattack
For weeks, the city attributed the disruption to "server issues." On Wednesday, communications manager Jared Jones told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that UCity's network was targeted with "malicious in...
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Special thanks to our summer intern Parker Carbonneau who helped clean data and wrangle records. He uncovered some interesting stories from University City during his work on the project: * www.stltoday.com/news/local/c... * www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
stltoday.com
'Server issue' that knocked out services in University City was actually a cyberattack
For weeks, the city attributed the disruption to "server issues." On Wednesday, communications manager Jared Jones told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that UCity's network was targeted with "malicious in...
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Search our Public Pay database to see how much St. Louis-area governments and public agencies paid teachers, mayors, police, engineers and other employees during the calendar year 2025. www.stltoday.com/pay
stltoday.com
Public Pay: Government and teacher salaries for the St. Louis region
See what police officers, teachers, elected officials and other government workers earn.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The 2026 edition of the @stltoday.com Public Pay database is published! This year's bright spot — St. Louis city greatly shortened the time it took to provide records to us. But we ran into some issues with Kirkwood, U. City, and Riverview. More here: www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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How much did they earn? Here’s our 2026 pay database for teachers, government workers
Find out how much St. Louis-area mayors, teachers, police and other public servants earned in 2025 with the Post-Dispatch's Public Pay database.
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Digital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com · 17/09/2026
This is such a good example of one of the main things we're trying to do at the Digital Tolkien Project: textual scholarship --> data --> visualization @kenhernden.bsky.social annotations.digitaltolkien.com/viewers/nazg...
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The Nazgûl, together and apart
Explore the nine riders’ paths in an interactive tube map based on Ken Hernden’s chronology. 22 September–20 October 3018.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 17/09/2026
New: Trump called crypto "thin air." Last year, he reported $1.4 billion in income from it. Buyers of his crypto? They're an estimated $4.7 billion underwater. I made an 8-bit game out of it— 📈 Play as Trump: you cannot lose money. 📉 Play as an investor: you cannot win.
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‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game
An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tom, I don't really understand how all the MLS money/contract stuff works. Is that excess money that City SC still has available to spend?
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Tom Timmermann @tomtimm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Considering that City SC went 0-2 in the playoffs in 2023, I think last night counts as the biggest win in club history. The gamer, with reaction from Burki, Matan and Damet www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
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City SC reaches U.S. Open Cup final for first time by shutting out Colorado
City SC has a chance for its first trophy after beating Colorado 3-0 and advancing to the final of the U.S. Open Cup in October
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Monica Obradovic @monicaobradovic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Division 26 staff in the St. Louis circuit court want you to "enjoy your stay" 😊
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wonder if you will be voting for a different congressional seat in November than you did in August? Use our lookup tool to see how things changed. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Find out if you'll vote in a different Missouri congressional district in November
Use our interactive map to see if your district and candidates for the November general election will be different than the primary.
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Tom Timmermann @tomtimm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
City SC has won 15 in a row in MLS play, and they came away from Saturday's 4-2 win with a lot of well-deserved frustration. Strange days indeed. The final gamer, with reaction from Damet, Wallem, Holse, Polvara www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
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City SC extends streak to 15 with win over Minnesota but poor finish leaves team frustrated
A good first half led to a bad second half, but City SC managed to extend its unbeaten streak to 15 games with a 4-2 win over Minnesota
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Help us honor Jadzia! We're trying to raise $2,000 in her memory for The Marfan Foundation's Walk for Victory in Forest Park next month. Every donation supports research and programs that help kids like Jadzia who are living with connective tissue disorders. (3/3) give.marfan.org/team/846447
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If you're not familiar with Marfan Syndrome, the Mayo Clinic has a decent page about some of the complications it causes. Jadzia dealt with many of these, including a dilated aortic root, hyperflexibility, long thin limbs, and scoliosis. (2/3) www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In 2020, my 15-year-old daughter Jadzia died, a result of Marfan Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that affected her heart, among other things. (1/3)
Josh, Jadzia, and Yolange Renaud smile for a photo at the Marfan Walk for Victory in 2019. They are all wearing dark colors, with fun purple props like large glasses, a cowboy hat, and a feather boa.
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Josh Renaud @kirkman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
MO Supreme Court found the AG in contempt; but because he finally told local election officials to use the 2022 map, the court imposed no penalties. And a class-action lawsuit was filed yesterday against the AG on behalf of voters who signed the referendum petition. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Hoskins is subject of class-action suit by Missouri voters over disputed congressional map
The lawsuit seeks damages for each of the voters who signed a referendum that the secretary of state failed to recognize.
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