New Substack post! open.substack.com/pub/ericstin...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dropped some reading recs for Women In Translation month on my Substack 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.

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...

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...

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...

I wrote about Little Plumeria Farms, an iconic flower nursery that recently opened its doors to the public. 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?

The cowards at the New York Times left The Newest Pledge (2012) off their list, but real ones know what’s up.

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

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.

"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...

For Jordan

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.

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 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...

If we keep telling students that education is a means to an end, we can't blame them when they take shortcuts to get to that end. www.civilbeat.org/2025/05/eric...

For the newest episode of Hey Not The Face! I recorded "A Deep Dive Into The Ali Act" going over the details of the Act, what the intentions of the provisions were, and if they actually do what they were intended to do. open.substack.com/pub/heynotth...

My students wrote and produced this Podcast on their own, about stereotypes that public school students and private school students have about each other -- and themselves. I'm really proud of them, check it out! open.spotify.com/episode/7iyd...

Walked through the gym this morning and my students were playing basketball. One of them yelled “Stinton this is for you!” and launched a 3 that hit nothing but backboard.

Holy shit Adolescence is so good

Appreciate Professor Peanut teaching my class last night

My final unit of the school year is on urban planning. If you have or come across any related memes I can use, please send them my way!

Nothing like seeing my students produce great work www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/not-...

What's that? Yet another robber barron with yet another appearance on Rogan's show to spread yet another series of insane, unchecked lies? It is unbelievable to me the podcast whose brand identity is subversion of the mainstream is the de facto official mouthpiece of oligarchs vandalizing democracy

If we want sports to be fair, that means letting trans athletes play.

Today is Peanut’s birthday. Go ahead and take the day off to celebrate.

Student found a Jackson chameleon outside and brought it to class today.

Revisiting this piece of writing advice from @theferocity.bsky.social

Confiscated a dildo from my students today. Didn’t have that on my bingo card, but there it is.

Spent yesterday evening getting shacked with one of my best friends. Came out the water to see whales breaching a few hundred yards offshore, and then this gorgeous pastel sunset. It seems to me that the more time you spend outside of your head, the more time you’ll spend being happy.

Have very much been enjoying The Fighting Life Substack from @benfowlkes.bsky.social lately.

I wrote about Skull-Face Books, one of my favorite bookstores in Hawaii www.hawaiianairlines.com/hawaii-stori...

bari weiss-style free speech advocacy was always a way to pull difficult debates into friendlier waters. you might not want to be seen arguing about race and IQ, but you don’t need to be: you can make the discussion about free speech, and the audience will infer that some truth is being suppressed

The problem with kids going without food isn't that their test scores aren't high enough; it's that they're kids, and they're going without food. www.civilbeat.org/2025/01/eric...

Winter and snow is cool for exactly 10 days which is how long I’m in it before I return to a more normal, human state of being (warm and sunny weather). Condolences to those who have to do this every year.

Landed in Boston, stepped outside for a second and I gotta ask: what the fuck?

Airports are lawless places. At my gate one guy is going to town picking his nose, another guy is clipping his nails, people open-air wet coughing like the pandemic never happened. Man is not ready for this level of freedom.

My latest essay is available online now! It's about a chicken fight I went to, which vaults into meditations on race/class/culture/identity and the limits of being a teacher. I'm stoked to see it out in the world, and would be even more so if you give it a read. sportliterate.org/wp-content/u...

Lighting Hanukkah and prayer candles to hedge my bets