Eric Stinton
@tombstonestint.bsky.social
Writer, teacher.
Hawaiʻi stuff at Honolulu Civil Beat, fight stuff at Sherdog, lots of other stuff all over but conveniently archived at ericstinton dotcom
ericstinton.substack.com
Hawaiʻi stuff at Honolulu Civil Beat, fight stuff at Sherdog, lots of other stuff all over but conveniently archived at ericstinton dotcom
ericstinton.substack.com
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Eric Stinton
@tombstonestint.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Looking Into the Wind
by Eric Stinton I watch the palm trees bend in the trade winds, as if they were riding in convertibles along the cliffs of the Kalanianaʻole Highway, their fronds like hair blowing back in the bree…
hawaiipacificreview.org
Got a short personal essay out in Hawai'i Pacific Review today! It’s about the wind and loneliness and what it means to belong.
hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/09/25/l...
hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/09/25/l...
New Substack post! I wrote about Ray Vaughn and depression, and as always include reading and book recs.
ericstinton.substack.com/p/everybodys...
ericstinton.substack.com/p/everybodys...
Everybody's perfect if nobody is
Ray Vaughn and reading recs
ericstinton.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
New Substack post! I wrote about Ray Vaughn and depression, and as always include reading and book recs.
ericstinton.substack.com/p/everybodys...
ericstinton.substack.com/p/everybodys...
Some thoughts on what it means to be thankful and critical.
When people care enough to criticize you thoughtfully, be grateful they don't just dismiss you outright.
Opinion: Be Tough On Public Education, But Also Be Thankful For It
When people care enough to criticize you thoughtfully, be grateful they don't just dismiss you outright.
dlvr.it
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Some thoughts on what it means to be thankful and critical.
Little flower, the war drums are getting louder
Recent reading and writing
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My friend Caitlin wrote an incredible essay, which is up at @therumpus.net. It’s so strange and moving and smart, I really love it and highly recommend that you (yes you) check it out.
therumpus.net/2025/09/26/t...
therumpus.net/2025/09/26/t...
Transubstantiations - The Rumpus
I study artworks made for the cells and dining spaces in nunneries, paintings whose colors have lost their pigment, faded with age and decay, the gold leaf flecked with brown stains. A problem distrac...
therumpus.net
September 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My friend Caitlin wrote an incredible essay, which is up at @therumpus.net. It’s so strange and moving and smart, I really love it and highly recommend that you (yes you) check it out.
therumpus.net/2025/09/26/t...
therumpus.net/2025/09/26/t...
Got a short personal essay out in Hawai'i Pacific Review today! It’s about the wind and loneliness and what it means to belong.
hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/09/25/l...
hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/09/25/l...
Looking Into the Wind
by Eric Stinton I watch the palm trees bend in the trade winds, as if they were riding in convertibles along the cliffs of the Kalanianaʻole Highway, their fronds like hair blowing back in the bree…
hawaiipacificreview.org
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Got a short personal essay out in Hawai'i Pacific Review today! It’s about the wind and loneliness and what it means to belong.
hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/09/25/l...
hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/09/25/l...
My student wrote a deep-dive into Hawaii’s housing crisis. Give it a read, and if you have a Medium account, clap it up!
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
Hawaii’s Housing Crisis Doesn’t Have to be This Way
By: Jaxson Slotnick-Paige
medium.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My student wrote a deep-dive into Hawaii’s housing crisis. Give it a read, and if you have a Medium account, clap it up!
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
The student-run journalism program I help advise is back with our first article for the new school year! Give it a read, and if you have a Medium account, give it some claps!
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
Learning Through Service
My Volunteer Internship at Castle Hospital
medium.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The student-run journalism program I help advise is back with our first article for the new school year! Give it a read, and if you have a Medium account, give it some claps!
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
medium.com/@epaipaipono...
Dropped some reading recs for Women In Translation month on my Substack
ericstinton.substack.com/p/any-month-...
ericstinton.substack.com/p/any-month-...
Any Month Can Be Women In Translation Month
But only August is officially WiT month, so here are my recommendations
ericstinton.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Dropped some reading recs for Women In Translation month on my Substack
ericstinton.substack.com/p/any-month-...
ericstinton.substack.com/p/any-month-...
11 years ago today I wrote my first article for Sherdog, a statistical analysis of TJ Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao. It was the first time I was paid for writing ($50!)
Sherdog was the first place to give me a shot. I’m forever grateful for the opportunities they gave me. I miss covering MMA.
Sherdog was the first place to give me a shot. I’m forever grateful for the opportunities they gave me. I miss covering MMA.
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
11 years ago today I wrote my first article for Sherdog, a statistical analysis of TJ Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao. It was the first time I was paid for writing ($50!)
Sherdog was the first place to give me a shot. I’m forever grateful for the opportunities they gave me. I miss covering MMA.
Sherdog was the first place to give me a shot. I’m forever grateful for the opportunities they gave me. I miss covering MMA.
Reposted by Eric Stinton
I interviewed two prominent voices in the Hawaiian community and asked them if settlers can be in alignment with Hawaiian values in spite of historical injustices. Here's what they said.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
Eric Stinton: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi?
One Hawaiian cultural expert thinks unity among all cultures is possible. Another says no way.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric-stinton-can-settlers-ever-be-pono-in-hawaiʻi/
August 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I interviewed two prominent voices in the Hawaiian community and asked them if settlers can be in alignment with Hawaiian values in spite of historical injustices. Here's what they said.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
Reposted by Eric Stinton
An important essay, especially for those of us not native to the state that were born and raised in the islands.
@tombstonestint.bsky.social: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi? www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
@tombstonestint.bsky.social: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi? www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
Eric Stinton: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi?
One Hawaiian cultural expert thinks unity among all cultures is possible. Another says no way.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric-stinton-can-settlers-ever-be-pono-in-hawaiʻi/
August 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An important essay, especially for those of us not native to the state that were born and raised in the islands.
@tombstonestint.bsky.social: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi? www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
@tombstonestint.bsky.social: Can Settlers Ever Be Pono In Hawaiʻi? www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/eric...
New Substack post! Reflecting on finishing grad school while changing jobs and getting divorced (don't recommend!), with some short reviews of books I read recently.
ericstinton.substack.com/p/the-obstac...
ericstinton.substack.com/p/the-obstac...
The obstacles are (part of) the path
On the paradox of expectations
ericstinton.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
New Substack post! Reflecting on finishing grad school while changing jobs and getting divorced (don't recommend!), with some short reviews of books I read recently.
ericstinton.substack.com/p/the-obstac...
ericstinton.substack.com/p/the-obstac...
I wrote about Little Plumeria Farms, an iconic flower nursery that recently opened its doors to the public.
fluxhawaii.com/jim-little-p...
fluxhawaii.com/jim-little-p...
In Haleʻiwa, a Legendary Plumeria Farm Opens Its Doors to the Public
Now open to the public, the farm of world-renowned frangipani grower Jim Little gives enthusiasts an up-close look at his famous hybrids.
fluxhawaii.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I wrote about Little Plumeria Farms, an iconic flower nursery that recently opened its doors to the public.
fluxhawaii.com/jim-little-p...
fluxhawaii.com/jim-little-p...
I’ll be teaching a global politics class for 11th graders this upcoming school year — does anyone have any reading/viewing recs that explain/contextualize the Israel/Palestine conflict?
July 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I’ll be teaching a global politics class for 11th graders this upcoming school year — does anyone have any reading/viewing recs that explain/contextualize the Israel/Palestine conflict?
The cowards at the New York Times left The Newest Pledge (2012) off their list, but real ones know what’s up.
June 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The cowards at the New York Times left The Newest Pledge (2012) off their list, but real ones know what’s up.
Reposted by Eric Stinton
Most accurate to describe these crews as an amorphous paramilitary group with ties to various federal agencies, tasked with suppressing dissent and causing fear in areas that don’t support the current President
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
June 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Most accurate to describe these crews as an amorphous paramilitary group with ties to various federal agencies, tasked with suppressing dissent and causing fear in areas that don’t support the current President
The Rehearsal got me scrutinizing pilots at the airport
June 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Rehearsal got me scrutinizing pilots at the airport
Reposted by Eric Stinton
For many years it's been clear that the only way to get elected officials to do better was to tell them to eat shit, go fuck themselves, and stop being whiny pushovers. These people aren't your friends; they work for you, and they had better remember that.
June 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
For many years it's been clear that the only way to get elected officials to do better was to tell them to eat shit, go fuck themselves, and stop being whiny pushovers. These people aren't your friends; they work for you, and they had better remember that.
Reposted by Eric Stinton
"Breen would process a name and respond with a 'Dude' before launching into a miniature biography, guaranteeing you were leaving that conversation more informed than you entered it".
Remembering Jordan Breen:
www.postwrestling.com/2025/06/03/j...
Remembering Jordan Breen:
www.postwrestling.com/2025/06/03/j...
June 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Breen would process a name and respond with a 'Dude' before launching into a miniature biography, guaranteeing you were leaving that conversation more informed than you entered it".
Remembering Jordan Breen:
www.postwrestling.com/2025/06/03/j...
Remembering Jordan Breen:
www.postwrestling.com/2025/06/03/j...
Reposted by Eric Stinton
Reposted by Eric Stinton
Jordan Breen is the only high profile person in mma history that nobody badmouths. His brain was shaped like a key to unlock the entirety of what makes combat sports appealing, disgusting, and appealingly disgusting. We didn't lose a good one, we lost the very best of us.
June 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Jordan Breen is the only high profile person in mma history that nobody badmouths. His brain was shaped like a key to unlock the entirety of what makes combat sports appealing, disgusting, and appealingly disgusting. We didn't lose a good one, we lost the very best of us.
Jordan Breen was the first MMA writer who captured my attention. Being a fan of him made me a better fan of the sport. It was a genuine honor to work alongside him at Sherdog. He was one of the best to ever do it, and his voice and presence will be sorely missed. RIP.
June 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Jordan Breen was the first MMA writer who captured my attention. Being a fan of him made me a better fan of the sport. It was a genuine honor to work alongside him at Sherdog. He was one of the best to ever do it, and his voice and presence will be sorely missed. RIP.
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I wonder if Penn even **wants** the help that he needs. Personally, it seems to me that he's too far gone.
I just hope he doesn't hurt anyone else.
I just hope he doesn't hurt anyone else.
I wrote about BJ Penn, and the helplessness you feel watching the heroes of your youth decline in full view of the world.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/06/eric...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/06/eric...
Eric Stinton: BJ Penn Needs Help, But He Doesn’t Seem To Know It
The former UFC champion has been arrested twice on the Big Island in the last week.
www.civilbeat.org
June 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I wonder if Penn even **wants** the help that he needs. Personally, it seems to me that he's too far gone.
I just hope he doesn't hurt anyone else.
I just hope he doesn't hurt anyone else.
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