Josh Renaud

Whether you call it “ripping” or “remixing”, the BBS scene had a long tradition of adapting and reusing earlier ANSI art. My latest retrocomputing deep dive: breakintochat.com/blog/2026/10... #textmode #ansiart #pixelart #mastoart #retrocomputing #bbs #history #longreads

Wow, big news for North County. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

* ATASCII 6th edition announced More info on logiker's website : logiker.com/ATASCII #demoscene #demoparty #atari #atari8bit #a8b #atascii #asciiart #ansi

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Whether you call it “ripping” or “remixing”, the BBS scene had a long tradition of adapting and reusing earlier ANSI art. My latest retrocomputing deep dive: breakintochat.com/blog/2026/10... #textmode #ansiart #pixelart #mastoart #retrocomputing #bbs #history #longreads

There's nothing new under the sun. "RAM SCAM 1993" proclaims an anonymous author in a 1993 issue of the "EEEEK BITS" e-magazine. discmaster.textfiles.com/browse/7026/...

Do you want your local charity group’s holiday card included in our annual roundup?

I just realized that this fall is the 25th anniversary of my internship as a page designer at the Post-Dispatch, from Aug-Nov 2001. After the internship, they needed bodies to help with coverage of the Rams Super Bowl run, the Winter Olympics, etc., so they hired me as a temp for four months.

This is the coolest election story I've seen in a long time.

A wild night for City SC, capped by Lundt's save and Edelman's mad dash to the fans. The final gamer, with reaction from Damet, Durkin, Lundt, MacNaughton, Baumgartl www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

City SC got a save from backup keeper Ben Lundt that propelled them to a 5-3 win on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie to win the U.S. Open Cup

Life in the Renaud Empire: Daughter left samples of mushrooms on the table with a note saying "Don't eat, might kill ya"

Greetings from the road to Columbus. St. Louis has a lot of history in the Open Cup, but City SC is looking to make some of its own tonight. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...

Seeing steam from St. Louis' steam loop lit up at sunrise is so cool. Reminds me of my family's visit to the Sol de Mañana geysers in Bolivia's Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve. joshrenaud.com/bolivia/arch...

Some software vanishes simply because nobody thought to save it. 💾 Journalist Josh Renaud recounts recovering obscure software through the Internet Archive. 🖥️ 📚 “Recovering Lost Software” appears in VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive. 📖 Download & read, FREE: archive.org/details/vani...

The St. Louis Walk for Victory in Forest Park, supporting the Marfan Foundation, was a big success this year, raising $200,000. We're so thankful for everyone who supported our team, the Renaud Empire, in memory of our daughter Jadzia who had Marfan Syndrome and died in 2020.

The St. Louis Walk for Victory in Forest Park, supporting the Marfan Foundation, was a big success this year, raising $200,000. We're so thankful for everyone who supported our team, the Renaud Empire, in memory of our daughter Jadzia who had Marfan Syndrome and died in 2020.

NYT's first color election map, circa 1908, showing results from the election 4 years prior. More details in this story (and a zoom-in on those little data pyramids): www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u... /via @wallacetim.bsky.social

Aisha Sultan writes about the "unprovoked kindness" of Ginny Schrappen. She's an inspiring example of the idea of someone being the "hands and feet of Jesus." Our world needs more of this — pretty desperately. www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

The good news: The Riverfront Trail is finally being repaired at Maline Creek. The bad news: Great Rivers Greenway's website did not show any trail closure, so you decide to bike to work — and then learn the good news firsthand. Oh, and there's no marked detour.

City SC set an MLS record for an unbeaten streak over all competitions at 21 and qualified for the playoffs with a 0-0 tie with Vancouver

Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

This is one of my favourite vintage (1851) #infographics! It compares the length of #rivers and size of lakes. Source: buff.ly/2JB8vgM #geography #hydrology #history

Holy hell. Anthropic's AI model submitted a false tip about a HOMICIDE to the Philadelphia Police Department's online public tip form. The release today from the PPD:

The St. Louis Cardinals' first World Series title came 100 years ago Saturday, a 3-2 win over the Yankees in Game 7 in New York.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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:

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

NEW STORY: Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True. www.propublica.org/article/debu...

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...

Ferguson officials on Tuesday approved a controversial plan to give tax incentives for a tech hub and data center at the former Emerson campus.

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...

👩‍🏫👮‍♂️🏛️💵 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.