A senior official in D.C. Fire and Emergency Services was suspended this week for comments he made on Twitter and Facebook, reports the Washington Times. more ›

Are you annoyed because the District salted its roads for what ended up being some rain? Yeah, well Mayor Vince Gray has a message for you. more ›

Hey, who's that good-government guy? You know, the one who ran for the Councilmember Jim Graham's Ward 1 seat in 2010 and then again in that special election for an at-large spot on the D.C. Council? Starts with a B or something. more ›

Michelle Obama is on Twitter, and unlike some other recent names who have had verified accounts (ahem, Wendi Deng), this one looks worth its verification stamp. more ›

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is testing out "tweet seats" for their upcoming production of Civilization (all you can eat). Theater purists beware. more ›

Despite "flash robs" not being much of a problem in the District, Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) doesn't want to take any chances. more ›

The Post's Twitter feed tried to make a joke about price increases at Starbucks. It was not a successful attempt. more ›

Social networks were buzzing earlier today with supposed reports that a young man from the District was killed last night at a suburban mall while trying to buy a pair of Air Jordan Concords. Turns out it was all made up. more ›

As we wrote last week, Eddie Murphy has been chosen to play Marion Barry in a Spike Lee-directed biopic on the mayor-for-life. So far, Barry has been quiet on this choice, but given this tweet he sent Lee on Sunday night, he must want to give the acclaimed director at least 140 characters of his mind on the matter. more ›

As part of an initiative by the White House's Office of Digital Strategy, the White House has been hosting a series of tweetups, allowing individuals the opportunity to listen to and ask questions of a variety of speakers. more ›

Late last week, Alex Ovechkin was accused of using steroids by a columnist in Pennsylvania. Yesterday, he responded. more ›

Well, I hate to say I told you so. more ›

Yesterday, we reported on one of the most exciting additions to the District's Twittersphere -- Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8). more ›

I can find no reason to believe that this won't be one of the greatest things ever. more ›

Last week, we theorized that, given the data, our favorite Post columnist who hates Twitter despite having a Twitter account would probably be best suited to a job anywhere but New York or Los Angeles. Or maybe not! more ›

Who better than the man behind all those theories about the "high bohemians" to tell us where the myopic little twits are? more ›

It appears as if the Washington Post's plans to name their new lady-blog "That's What She Said" has run into a roadblock -- namely, some other women, who had already named their blog that. more ›

Naming a blog is an incredibly important thing. It's the first thing that people see when they come to any given corner of the internet, and a bad name can really get your blog off to a rough start, regardless of the quality of the content found therein. more ›

UPDATE: Turns out that some intrepid individual grabbed the @DCCouncil handle before the folks at the Wilson Building could, so the @dccitycouncil account has been renamed @dccitycouncil. Given the circumstances, we're also expecting some kind of hilarity from the @DCCouncil feed. more ›

Slogging apathetically through the last remaining hours of the workweek? Do yourself a favor: point your browser to Washington Post writer/editor Clinton Yates' Twitter account, scroll back until you hit this message, and read. We doubt you'll be disappointed. more ›

Right now, the District's firefighters are responding to the scene of a motor vehicle accident at North Capitol Street and New York Avenue NE. The accident involved a Metrobus and injured at least six people. Of course, if you're only following the official D.C. Fire and EMS Twitter feed -- previously the city's go-to source for this kind of breaking information -- you had no idea. more ›

Over the span of the last twelve hours, Love Nightclub has tweeted hundreds of times -- at some points, nearly a one tweet every single minute -- to promote an upcoming show by comedian Kevin Hart. more ›

This morning, many Washingtonians were pretty surprised to get some big, breaking news from The Onion's Twitter feed. more ›

Recently, we marked the first anniversary of Courtland Milloy's coining of "myopic little twits" -- and wouldn't you know it, Milloy was listening! more ›

We had heard rumblings this morning about a meeting held inside the corridors of the Wilson Building concerning the future of the popular D.C. Fire and EMS Twitter feed -- and the result of that conference is a big win for some ten thousand local tweeters. more ›

Mayor Vince Gray's bi-weekly press conference was derailed today over concerns that his administration was backtracking on promises of transparency by encrypting police radio communications and limiting the use of the popular D.C. Fire/EMS Twitter account. more ›

Put down your social networks and get ready for a party, because it was one year ago today that Post columnist Courtland Milloy celebrated the defeat of Mayor Adrian Fenty by openly mocking the people that voted for him -- by calling them "myopic little twits." more ›

Mayor and DCist commenter Vince Gray has never been afraid to dive headfirst into the (occasionally shallow) social media pool. So it's hardly surprising that the man who is using the dedication of the new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial as an excuse to drive hard to the hoop for voting rights is asking Facebook and Twitter users to join in. But we would have figured that a simple hashtag would have sufficed. more ›