@kirkman.bsky.social
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.
@kirkman.bsky.socialAisha 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.
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@kirkman.bsky.socialThe 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.
@stltoday.comReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialCity 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
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialRepublican 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.
@simongerman600.bsky.socialReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialThis 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
@farfarraway.bsky.socialReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialHoly 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:
@stltoday.comReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialThe 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.
@kirkman.bsky.socialReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialA 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.
@kirkman.bsky.socialReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialHannah 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...
@kirkman.bsky.socialReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialBy 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.
@kirkman.bsky.socialA 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.
@kirkman.bsky.socialBy 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.
@kirkman.bsky.socialHannah 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...
@kirkman.bsky.socialFascinated 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.
@kirkman.bsky.socialSounds like Synchronet and its “Guru” maybe?
@kirkman.bsky.socialYou 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)
@kirkman.bsky.socialThey never went anywhere!
@laurenleharper.bsky.socialReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialCop 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:
@stltoday.comReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialGoals 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
@kavahnmansouri.bsky.socialReposted by @kirkman.bsky.socialIt 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.
