Meet Charles Allen. YouTube video by Charles Allen 2026

As always, so grateful and proud to be represented by @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social. I'll be voting for him in the June DC primary and you should, too!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sJT...

*2016

In 2916, my DC council member’s young kids first learned the word “fuck“ bc of the ubiquitous “Fuck Trump” graffiti ALL OVER THE PLACE. (He did a great job of explaining to them that it was a rude word that little kids shouldn’t use, but reflected people’s justified anger.)

Ha! I meant beers but in some ways BEES is funnier!

The REAL test is a willingness to shotgun a few bees and then climb a greased light pole 😉

There’s always room in Bleeding Green Nation!

Bonus: our team has Super Bowl wins in *this* millennium 😉

#FlyEaglesFly 🦅

Image from DC Vote: I am a DC resident. I pay federal taxes. I have no vote in Congress. *image of a DC Taxation without Representation license plate* If you have representation, will use it for me? tell your members of Congress to support DC statehood. Tax Day | 12 April 2026 | #LetDCVote

I've filed my federal taxes, but as a citizen of DC I face #TaxationWithoutRepresentation. DC isn't a state so the 700,000 people who live here have no voting representation in Congress. Will you stand with me and demand #DCStatehood now? #LetDCVote #TaxDay @dcvote.bsky.social

So many newly-planted trees are going to die if they don’t get a lot of water from YOU, their neighbors, THIS WEEK.

We gotta care about the future. Water all the trees you can, now.

You realize that list includes EVERY five year old you know, right?

Dogs have owners - cats have staff

(Why yes, I HAVE been staff to one or more cats nearly continuously for more than 30 years - why do you ask?)

This is infuriating. A DEAR friend of mine died of pancreatic cancer nearly three years ago. He didn't live to see his daughter graduate college. This is straight up evil.

Who else hates litter? 🙋‍♀️🙋 (CM Allen really does. 😅🦆)

Cleaning up a sidewalk is easier than you think & a lot more fun when you’re with neighbors. So, we hope you'll join the 300+ folks already signed up for the Great Ward 6 Spring Clean on April 25!

RSVP: charlesallenward6.com/2026springclean

Me either, but it sounds like it involves fractions?

(Bad joke, I know, but trying to provide a little something for you to laugh about.)

Yeah—you can print for free at all our libraries.
20 pages per day.

You’re welcome 📚

This translates to music, too. I either listen to the radio OR buy CDs (which I mostly have to rip to a hard drive, since I no longer have an actual CD player, but at least then I own the media itself).

I'll die mad about the money I spent on Kindle books before I realized what a scam it was.

Now? If I want to own the book, I buy a paper copy. If I just want to read the book, Libby app to the rescue!

Moon Joy: Photos from Artemis II On April 6, 2026, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, Integrity, swung around the far side of the moon, traveling farther from the Earth than any humans had ever gone before, and taking sp...

WOW.

(gift link)

www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

YDW6 - Get to Know Your Attorney General · DC Ward 6 Dems Join the Young Dems of Ward 6 Committee for a conversation with Attorney General Schwalb to learn all about the Office of the Attorney General. This event is hosted by the Young Dems of Ward 6, but is...

Don't forget the RSVP link!

www.mobilize.us/ward6demsdc/...

Still time to RSVP to come meet @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social & learn all about OAG, including the types of issues that fall under their jurisdiction, what they're currently working on, & some of the wins they've achieved for our city.

www.mobilize.us/ward6demsdc/...

Ask forgiveness, not permission

Diana Krall at Blues Alley.

Trombone Shorty at several small clubs in NOLA when Orleans & Claiborne first came out.

Over here, our Ambassador is Cheeto.

My 100% indoor cats do NOT approve of his visits, though.

(Well, actually, Wednesday doesn't care. Gomez, OTOH, would very much like Cheeto to get wrecked.)

Hi. I'm gonna remind you, once again, that you can go into the accessibility options in settings and turn on the toggle that doesn't let you post without alt text.

This is, of course, hilarious, since locals know we're all on countdown to the annual deluge of Educational Spring Break Family Trips to DC.

And the perennial Two Tips for Tourists:

For the love of God, STAND right, WALK left.

"The Mall" is not a place where you go to buy stuff.

The short version is, of course: You learn from your mistakes.

This does a great job of describing how that happens.

That is SO beautiful!

Clear majority's pretty good, too

The Teeter on M St NE had both as of yesterday morning. Do they still? Cannot confirm.

The DC Streetcar is done, ten years and one month after it started operating on H Street NE. It could have been wonderful; it could have been extended. Instead, it was a victim of apathy and lack of caring. Long live the streetcar.