Bobby Cook

Of course! Florida educators, and students, have had tough challenges. Here in Arizona, we have been very grateful to have Governor Hobbs vetoing legislation that would harm students and teachers.

Wonderful news out of Florida! Good on Floridians for standing up for all Florida students and making sure every student feels welcome, and accepted, in Florida classrooms!

As a teacher, I need to follow

Currently at the Tucson No Kings, a lot of people here despite it being 105 degrees Fahrenheit! Tucson is an amazing city.

That is basically my opinion of The Last of Us Part II. I did play most of the game on "Grounded" difficulty. Before I wrote this, I did read online posts/opinions about it so those may have influenced my opinion. Overall, the game had great elements to it; but it left me wanting more out of it.

However, in this game, it became really annoying because things were being hyped up and tense throughout, only for those things to suddenly end. Also, it was overused and became annoying when I would spend all this time on something, only for it to end suddenly.

One thing that has really annoyed me in this series, even in the first game, is the writers' love of sudden, twist changes in a story. It can be used effectively, especially to showcase the brutal world of the series.

I have mixed feelings on the ending. While it does showcase the costs of the actions throughout; the game being so long resulted in me wanting a more concrete end to the story.

Story wise, there are great moments; and Abby's section is well done. But Ellie's section really needed more time with the other characters. I know this is Ellie's journey; but the other characters do not contribute much overall (when compared to Abby's section). Potential SPOILERS in the next post

The gameplay really needed more variety. The combat and stealth are well done; but the game plays the same (you are exploring, doing puzzles, in combat, or in stealth). For a game as long as it is, more variety in what the player is doing would be great. Games still need to be "fun" to play.

Graphically, the game looks great. You really get a sense of the tough environment in which the game is set and what the characters are going through. However, the game is really long, definitely one of the longest games I've ever played (you get your money's worth out of this game).

The game is very brutal; definitely one of the most brutal games I've ever played. And the combat itself was done very well. The story was really interesting (to the point where I spent many hours playing the game to see what happens next).

Yesterday, I completed The Last of Us Part II video game. And coincidentally, that was the day season 2, of The Last of Us show, aired its season finale. Overall, I have mixed feelings on the game. When I first finished the game; I did not like it. Additional posts to follow

I used to absolutely love Steak N’Shake (@historicalmarker.bsky.social
can attest to that). However, I will not be eating there. If you want good steakburgers, go to Freddy’s, which, I will add, is from a much more Republican state (Kansas) than Steak N’Shake (Illinois).

I saw this ad on Facebook today. This is truly appalling by Steak N’ Shake and will do nothing, but lose (even more) customers. I guess appealing to the “anti-woke” RFK Jr. and Tesla superfans is more important. Steak N’ Shake’s social media is now just another right-wing page.

Credit to @historicalmarker.bsky.social for this idea lmao anyways congrats Susan Crawford

The Horizon video game series is one of my favorite video game series (I completed the main story of Horizon Forbidden West last week). The game series is incredible in many ways; one of which is its diversity. Quite of number of characters (including Aloy) are LGBTQ+.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! In honor of this special day, here is Aloy, from the Horizon video game series, wearing the "Mark of Pride" face paint in Horizon: Forbidden West. No, this is not a mod, the developers at @guerrilla.bsky.social put this in the game as an actual cosmetic for Aloy.

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

I wore my Tucson Education Association shirt today. I’m not the only one.

Including Tucson Mayor Regina Romero (on the right, red shirt, no sunglasses) and Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, (Raul Grijalva’s daughter, on the left, wearing black)

At least 20,000 people are here

Bernie Sanders on stage

AOC on stage

Lesson learned: when you go to a Bernie Sanders rally, arrive EARLY!

In line for @sanders.senate.gov, @aoc.bsky.social and @repcasar.bsky.social’s rally in Tucson. Line stretches from the entrance of Catalina High School to the west, north and east side of the school. And of course, Bernie Sanders drives by me while I’m texting on my phone.

Last month, I visited, and toured, the site of a battle during the U.S. Civil War. During this time, Southern Arizona was controlled by the CSA.

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.”

I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

As you can tell by this post, I have officially joined Bluesky! This is my first post (but certainly not the last).