Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We did a thing - #TysonsCornersVA Food 5K and fun run 020
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 23/09/2026(1/2) Tony accurately captures the problems continuing in the Air Force. Even at AFA last week, for all the platitudes, not seeing the kinds of corrections that will be needed to rebuild (resurrect?) our (my beloved) USAF. substack.com/@radarblog/n...substack.comTony Carr (@radarblog)I learned in Amazon ops that you don’t declare a problem with a fix timeline spanning more than two quarterly earnings calls. That’s admitting you lack the spine to realistically define the problem an... 100
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Two excellent reads for #LaborDay - a bio of Frances Perkins and of course sage analysis by the brilliant Shoshana Zuboff. 030
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 31/08/2026A goldfinch first thing Monday morning! Absolutely resplendent! #birds 020
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Honorable George Daniels officiating the oath of citizenship for 30 new citizens at the @chq1874.bsky.social Amphitheater! 120
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The irrepressible Priya Parker on the @chq1874.bsky.social stage this morning. Set the purpose, enforce the rules/norms, find the right health/conflict balance, and focus on what is precious here. #gathering 100
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Our final Sacred Song Service at @chq1874.bsky.social on Sunday August 23, 2026. Such a wonderful end to the weekend preparing for a great week! 020
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 23/08/2026OTOH the practical nature of meeting an unofficial but influential advisor is understandable (laudable even). OTO, completely tone-deaf to the actual practice of Mr. Trump and legitimizing a corrupt administration. Mr. Jeffries would do well to explain this action. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comJeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks FlyPresident Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together. 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 23/08/2026“There is no topic so simple we can’t make into an overly complex one” Rev Smith this morning in a pithy observation of the questions of faith! #QOTD #whimsicalwisdom 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Day trip out to @profootballhof.bsky.social - great tour by Tom and a really well presented museum! 010
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 21/08/2026“Society collapses if we forget we are all part of a community” Aimee Nezhukumatathil #hope #joy 162
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Technological Somnabulism - brilliant word of the day! Thank you Langdon Winner! #words #philosophy 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Norman Wirzba at @chq1874.bsky.social Hall of Philosophy - inspirational talk on the Theology of Eating. Gardening, Cooking, and Sharing Spirituality as central to eating being the means of life. “Food is God’s Love made delicious!” 110
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Michael Grunwald giving a talk on the @chq1874.bsky.social Amphitheater based on his research for his book “We are eating the earth.” Key points about agriculture being the biggest challenge to the climate crisis we face. Solid presentation and backed up assertions! 100
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Quick but compelling read on the mine war of 1920-21. One piece of history - it represented the first use of Air Power in civil insurrection. Mitchell - off of his Ostfriedland sinking sent the 88th to West Virginia. #books #history #labor 030
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The amazing Karen Florini speaking @chq1874.bsky.social Hall of Philosophy today (Aug 19, 2026) showing a serendipitous symbiosis of solar panels shading sheep while they safely graze. The lecture highlighted the interconnectedness of Food and Climate. Solutions exist if we act together! 130
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Brian Frank, FTW Ventures speaking on innovation in food and food sources. Truly optimistic delivery - perhaps a bit too Pollyannish on the altruism levels of large companies, but the sentiment is well received. 030
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Niagara Falls in August is a great way to stay cool and be impressed by the power of nature! 010
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Call me a skeptic - but I don’t see this going well. Certainly good to try new approaches, but cyber-privateering may unleash greater threats and escalate malicious activity in an ever accelerating cycle of aggression. 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Definitely fan service for the Chautauqua Symphony tonight - Flying Dutchman and Tchaikovsky 5th! 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Nothing quite amplifies the magnitude and gravity of Elijah’s experience in Kings by the sound of a clown horn after the winds, fires, and earthquakes. #unexpectedcomedy 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Do we know the things that make for peace? He weeps because we don’t practice the things that make for peace. Such a powerful message at the glorious interfaith service this morning! 000
Reposted by Jason EckbergKelly Carlin-McCall @kellycarlin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026From the National Comedy Center - new item and an old item. Both epic. “Play Congo solo until exhausted.” Fucking priceless 4313
Reposted by Jason EckbergStephen Barry @wa3zgt.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Two comedy museums in the town / area where Lucy was born and grew up. comedycenter.org lucydesi.comcomedycenter.orgNational Comedy Center - Jamestown, NYThe National Comedy Center in Lucille Ball's hometown of Jamestown, NY is a world-class attraction based on the celebration of comedy. 2132
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 06/08/2026#QOTD “corporations are legally established sociopaths” 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Melody Barnes speaking eloquently @chq1874.bsky.social on the importance of the rule of law as the foundation transforming temporary allowances to durable freedom. What an eloquent and erudite speaker! 010
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Absolutely blessed to listen to this engagement with Ken Burns and Jeffrey Rosen at Chautauqua! 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Sometimes you pick up a book with one expectation and it completely inverts that expectation. Adam IP Smiths “Gettysburg” did that - excellent reflection turn on Gettysburg the battle and more importantly Gettysburg the meaning. #history 000
Reposted by Jason EckbergChemistry @ Carnegie Mellon University @cmuchemistry.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Matyjaszewski Named 2026 Blaise Pascal Medal Laureate in Chemistry The award recognizes (ATRP), a breakthrough method that transformed the controlled synthesis of polymers and enabled the creation of advanced materials with unprecedented precision. www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...cmu.eduMatyjaszewski Named 2026 Blaise Pascal Medal Laureate in ChemistryThe European Academy of Sciences (EurASc) has named Carnegie Mellon University’s Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, a recipient of the 2026 Blaise Pascal Medal in Chemistry. 011
Reposted by Jason EckbergStephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Abe Lincoln vs. the "heritage American" crowd, 1858: It doesn't matter where your ancestors were in 1776. Americans who read the Declaration and affirm its creed "have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote [it] ...and so they are." 11793250
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Last day of Active Duty after 29 years and 14 days. Spent it attending a friends promotion and touring our favorite base Beale “Recce Town USA”! 110
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Listening to Slate Academy: Reconstruction at Slate.com/Reconstruction. Good day to spend listening to this excellent podcast!slateprivate.supportingcast.fm 010
Reposted by Jason EckbergCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 19/06/2026Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people and serves as a reminder of America's history with racism, injustice, and suffering. Even as this administration attempts to erase this history, we must confront and learn from it to build a better future. 711343
Reposted by Jason EckbergMichael Steele @michaelsteele.bsky.social · 19/06/2026June 19, 1865, Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 ordering the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” #Juneteenth 13598231
Reposted by Jason EckbergAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/06/2026On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved people in Texas finally learned they were free when Union troops arrived in Galveston to enforce emancipation. 8555411312
Reposted by Jason EckbergSen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 16/06/2026My heart is broken for the families of the servicemembers involved in this devastating crash today at Edwards Air Force Base, and I join all of California in mourning this tragic loss of life. We hold their families in our prayers. 1130852
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A sad day for Edwards AFB, a sad day for the Air Force and a sad day for me. A toast to my friend and colleague Vicky, lost today during a test flight. Godspeed brother. 450
Reposted by Jason EckbergEarl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Correction: June 11. On Thurs, 6/11/26, 8pm, I will give the PSW public science lecture at the Cosmos Club in DC And you (yes, you) can watch online: pswscience.org/meeting/2537/ Thought Emerges from Neural Dynamics How Science is Unraveling the Nature of Cognition and Consciousness. #neurosciencepswscience.orgThought Emerges from Neural Dynamics - How Science is Unraveling the Nature of Cognition and Consciousness - Earl Miller 072
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 10/06/2026If you want to know why the USAF is what it is - this book succinctly characterizes its inception. At the center of it all is HAP Arnold. Wolk did a great job in this work. #history #airpower #USAF 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Pair of downy woodpeckers working on the suet feeder! #birds #birding #bskybirds 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This adorable pair of #birds showed up a day ago! American Goldfinches - female and male? 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 27/05/2026A first for #birding in #NoVa - an indigo bunting! 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Well-written book tracing the roots of the non-denominational charismatic movement through January 6th, and a warning for how the spiritual oligarchy of NAR and like organizations represent a threat to our democracy. 010
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Really good read about the emergence of the DoJ, AG Akerman, and the frustration over our seeming inability to hold racism (and racists) to account. Recommend complementing this book with broader histories of Reconstruction. (Foner) 000
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Exceptional book by @mkn.bsky.social - an excellently researched and objective analysis of the complex history of the American west. Given current events, we are well advised to take a hard look at our past, to correct to a course of moral good on our arc. 1254
Jason Eckberg @eckforce2025.bsky.social · 02/05/2026#FeedFairfax5k was a well executed and fun event! The assembly line at the end of the race was a great way to cool down! 000
Reposted by Jason EckbergANTY @anty.blacksky.app · 08/02/2026Coco Jones looks and sounds absolutely incredible singing The Black National Anthem. And her look is definitely a nod to Whitney Houston's iconic Super Bowl look from 1991. #SUPERBOWL 8569220
Reposted by Jason EckbergDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Bleeping “subliminal mind fuck America” during the Super Bowl at this moment was…on the nose. 431758
