Mike Simms

“It’s noon!” says the clock. The sun: “Not even close.”

Today's number of the day is 3.14159! Happy #PiDay! 💜🔢

War is not the answer. We need peace. Now.

@SenTuberville Year-round STANDARD time, please.

This weekend, millions of people in Alabama and across the country will lose an hour of sleep. This should be the LAST time we change our clocks. LOCK THE CLOCK and let’s make Daylight Saving Time YEAR-ROUND.

@SenMarkKelly Please help get the US to permanent standard time. savestandardtime.com @SaveStandard

Reminder: Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow. Thankfully, Arizona does not observe DST, so the rest of you all have fun with that.

The Worm Moon occurs on March 3rd at 4:38 AM MST. In addition to it being a Full Moon, a Lunar Eclipse will occur with the eclipse starting at 2:50 AM MST. It reaches Totality at 4:04 AM until 5:03 AM. The eclipse ends at 6:17 AM.

Did you know #parrots once lived in #Arizona (and no, we're not talking about the feral love birds seen in Phoenix)?🦜 The thick-billed parrot roamed Arizona’s sky islands until the 1930s when it disappeared due to unregulated hunting and overharvesting. (1/4)

80s… in WINTER?! 😳 Phoenix has already logged 20 days in the 80s this winter, tying some of the warmest winters on record. And we’re not done yet.

@NBCOlympics Why did you not show this in the coverage? We get 25 minutes of a 2.5 hour program. That misses all of the best moments.

@NBCSports @NBCOlympics Why didn't you show this on the prime time coverage? We only got 25 stinking minutes out of 2.5 hours, missing some of the best moments. Absolutely pathetic.

Ilia Malinin and Adam Siao Him Fa performing synchronized backflips is MESMERIZING to watch. #WinterOlympics

As an update to my earlier post. - The ICPS helium bottles are used to purge the engines, as well as for LH2 and LOX tank pressurization. The systems did work correctly during WDR1 and WDR2. - Last evening, the team was unable to get helium flow through the vehicle. This occurred during a routine operation to repressurize the system. - We observed a similar failure signature on Artemis I. - The Artemis II vehicle is in a safe configuration, using ground ECS purge for the engines versus the onboard helium supply. - Potential faults could include the final filter between the ground and flight vehicle, located on the umbilical, though this seems least likely based on the failure signature. It could also be a failed QD umbilical interface, where similar issues have been observed. It could also be a failed check valve onboard the vehicle, which would be consistent with Artemis I, though corrective actions were taken to minimize reoccurrence on Artemis II. Regardless of the potential fault, accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB. As mentioned previously, we will begin preparations for rollback, and this will take the March launch window out of consideration. I understand people are disappointed by this development. That disappointment is felt most by the team at NASA, who have been working tirelessly to prepare for this great endeavor. During the 1960s, when NASA achieved what most thought was impossible, and what has never been repeated since, there were many setbacks. One historic example is that Neil Armstrong spent less than 11 hours in space on Gemini 8 before his mission ended prematurely due to a technical issue. A little over three years later, he became the first man to walk on the Moon. There are many differences between the 1960s and today, and expectations should rightfully be high after the time and expense invested in this program. I will say again, the President created Artemis as a program that will far surpass what America achieved during Apollo. We will return in the years ahead, we will build a Moon base, and undertake what should be continuous missions to and from the lunar environment. Where we begin with this architecture and flight rate is not where it will end. Please expect a more extensive briefing later this week as we outline the path forward, not just for Artemis II, but for subsequent missions, to ensure NASA meets the President’s vision to return to the Moon and, this time, to stay.

Atmospheric scientist here. Let me tell you what was actually "slashed" today. Slashed: The Endangerment Finding — a 200-page scientific review upheld by the Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and reaffirmed by the National Academies of Sciences in 2025. Slashed: The legal authority to regulate carbon from cars, power plants, and factories. All of it. Gone in one afternoon. Now here's what you're "saving": Yesterday Trump ordered the Pentagon — the largest energy consumer on Earth — to buy coal electricity. Coal costs $69–$169/MWh. Wind costs $27–$53/MWh. Solar costs $38–$78/MWh. 99% of U.S. coal plants cost more to run than replacing them with brand-new solar or wind. That's your tax dollars buying the most expensive electricity on the market. By executive order. While the Peabody Energy CEO stood in the room. And the human cost of what you're "saving"? 460,000 American deaths linked to coal pollution in 20 years. Coal PM2.5 is 2.1x deadlier than other air pollution. (Henneman et al., Science, 2023) All to protect an industry that employs 44,000 people total. Clean energy employs 3.5 million.

✨ Nine new traffic cabinets along Cactus Road have been transformed into vibrant works of public art! Inspired by this year’s theme, “Industry, Technology & Innovation,” these designs celebrate Surprise’s growing industrial corridor and creative community. 🎨 Featuring nine talented artists, including our first-ever student artist! 📍 Explore the locations: surpriseaz.gov/CabinetArt 📰 Read more: bit.ly/4arer9I @SurpriseTourism

Additional recovered images from the same camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance, including two videos of the individual. Anyone with information, please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov

This is the ideal Sunday to appreciate exotic wildlife. #superbowl #buffalowings #badbunny #seahawks

The Super Bowl is played on a map written in Spanish 🇪🇸. San Francisco — Saint Francis — began as Mission San Francisco de Asís in 1776. Yerba Buena — good herbs, good land, good promise. Santa Clara — Saint Clare — where the game is played, near San José — Saint Joseph — another mission bell still echoing. To get there, you pass San Mateo and Palo Alto, past a thousand-year-old redwood that once guided explorers to the Bay. Beside the stadium flows San Tomás Aquino, quietly moving like memory. Everything here carries a name from another language, another time 🇪🇸 — even California, born from the pages of a 16th-century Spanish novel about a queen named Calafia. And when the game pauses at halftime, the world watches Bad Bunny 🇵🇷 take the stage. Puerto Rico’s voice. Latin rhythm. Global culture. Spain in the land 🇪🇸. Puerto Rico in the music 🇵🇷. America and World watching 🇺🇸. Before kickoff, before halftime, before the noise — history was already here.

Voted best tamal in La Voz Arizona's 2025 contest, this family-owned shop is the perfect answer for your Candlemas celebration—and a story of passion, memory, and legacy. azcentral.com/story/entertai…

@azcentral "stream on Disney+ starting at 12 a.m. PT/3 a.m. ET and air on ABC at 9 p.m. ET/PT." Can someone smarter than me say what time this will be on in Phoenix in mountain standard time zone?

"The Muppet Show" is set to return to screens this week in a special event with Sabrina Carpenter celebrating its 50th anniversary. azcentral.com/story/entertai…

Get ready, rail fans – we’re making history! Union Pacific will join the nation in celebrating 250 years of American independence and innovation this year with our first-ever coast-to-coast steam tour led by the legendary Big Boy #up4014! Along for the ride will be our newest commemorative locomotive, No. 1776 – America250, paying tribute to the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of this nation. 🎆 🚂 The first leg of the tour starts March 29 as Big Boy departs Cheyenne and steams west toward California. Who’s in? up.com/news/heritage/…

It’s hard to believe one lawless man—enabled by an entire party—can cause so much stress and fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, should be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen now.