Joe Stinnett
presshiker.bsky.social
Joe Stinnett
@presshiker.bsky.social
Retired newspaper editor. Still writing, also hiking, the outdoors, music, history, literature, books, sci-fi. Three wonderful grandchildren!
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On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down

Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
www.loc.gov
May 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Pileated woodpecker on the wing in Virginia today.
April 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My favorite tree survived loss of limb a couple months ago. #dogwood
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Moon shot from last night.
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
First goldfinch of the season joins the party. #nature #birds #virginia
April 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
These finally opened up yesterday. #tulip #flowers #nature #virginia
March 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Christmas cactus bloom today is amazing. #nature #plants #virginia
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Invasive but briefly pretty Callery Pear trees, cousin/sibling of notorious Bradford Pear. #nature #spring #trees #virginia.
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Tiny blossom on fig tree we just planted. #spring #nature #virginia
March 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My favorite tree, an ancient dogwood overlooking an old tobacco field, took a major hit from this winter’s wind and ice. #trees #nature #weather #virginia
March 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Maple blossoms last week on an old tree knocked down twice by high winds. #nature #trees #virginia
March 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Blowin’ in the Wind by The Pinecones. #nature #trees #virginia
March 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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« At a time when Black history is under attack, Glymph asks us to recognize that those histories we deny or deem unknowable are everywhere in the historical record — precisely what Jones’s beautiful memoir confirms. » www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/b...
Book Review: ‘The Trouble of Color,’ by Martha S. Jones
A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage to other Black women scholars.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Bluebird coming in hot yesterday afternoon. #nature #outdoors #photography #virginia
March 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Spring is coming and the ancient daffodils have emerged in the Virginia woods behind my cabin. #nature #flowers
February 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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💯 For the cover of @newyorker.com, the artist Barry Blitt puts a historical slant on the crisis in the USA w/ Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin & James Madison packing up their desks.

💙📚 "Witty, provocative & rigorous" - Related reading: ideasroadshow.com/exceptionall...

🗃️ #skystorians #USA
February 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Too early in the morning to fight over a sunflower seed when you’re standing alongside a pile of them. #birds #nature #virginia
February 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Today on Blue Jay Way. #birds
February 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Bird ball aka dark-eyed junco. #birds #nature #photography #virginia
February 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Clear and cold on the back 40 today. #virginia #blueridge #nature #farms #sky
February 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Thrilled to see this from my wonderful friend (& productivity role model 😁💙) @hngreen.bsky.social. Dr. Green is a fabulous historian 🗃️ & I look forward to reading it!!
It’s difficult to express just how thrilled I am to finally hold @hngreen.bsky.social’s new book. I know how hard she has worked on it and having talked with her over the years, I know how important this book will be to the development of the field of Civil War Memory studies. Congratulations. 🗃️
February 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
World’s greatest grandkids! #valentines
February 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Cardinal looking quite wise this morning even with food in his beak, perched on his dinosaur feet. #nature #birds #virginia
February 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM