Caroline Haskins
@carolinehaskins.bsky.social
reporter @WIRED.com
caroline_haskins@wired.com
Signal: carolinehaskins.61
https://www.wired.com/author/caroline-haskins/
caroline_haskins@wired.com
Signal: carolinehaskins.61
https://www.wired.com/author/caroline-haskins/
I had to use UberEats to get tissues and flu medicine the other day and I am proud to say that my use of that service is so sparing (literally only in emergencies) that my bank halted the purchase and called me to flag suspicious activity lol
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I had to use UberEats to get tissues and flu medicine the other day and I am proud to say that my use of that service is so sparing (literally only in emergencies) that my bank halted the purchase and called me to flag suspicious activity lol
The latest Epstein drop was today, so @regret.bsky.social + @dell.bsky.social + I took a look. Tl;dr, there’s a lot there, & Bill Clinton makes many appearances. But there’s also a lot missing, & many faces that are unredacted but unidentified:
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
Here’s What’s in the DOJ’s Epstein File Release—and What’s Missing
From photos of former president Bill Clinton to images of strange scrapbooks, the Justice Department’s release is curious but far from revelatory.
www.wired.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The latest Epstein drop was today, so @regret.bsky.social + @dell.bsky.social + I took a look. Tl;dr, there’s a lot there, & Bill Clinton makes many appearances. But there’s also a lot missing, & many faces that are unredacted but unidentified:
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
www.wired.com/story/epstei...
Kinda love these divas
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Kinda love these divas
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Do Kwon gets 15 years for crypto crimes, even longer than prosecutors had asked for. from @joelkhalili.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about “experimental” coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Do Kwon gets 15 years for crypto crimes, even longer than prosecutors had asked for. from @joelkhalili.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
Few will speak on this, but I think about it daily
I've never really understood vests like as a concept. feels like a fundamental misreading of which parts of the body get cold first
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Few will speak on this, but I think about it daily
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SCOOP: As OpenAI faces increased scrutiny over how ChatGPT responds to distressed users, a research leader spearheading that work announced her departure, WIRED has learned.
Andrea Vallone, the head of model policy, will leave the company by the end of 2025.
Andrea Vallone, the head of model policy, will leave the company by the end of 2025.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
SCOOP: As OpenAI faces increased scrutiny over how ChatGPT responds to distressed users, a research leader spearheading that work announced her departure, WIRED has learned.
Andrea Vallone, the head of model policy, will leave the company by the end of 2025.
Andrea Vallone, the head of model policy, will leave the company by the end of 2025.
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Slack's CEO is headed to OpenAI to help them figure out how to make money. scoop from @laurengoode.bsky.social and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/slack-...
OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer
A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser's departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Slack's CEO is headed to OpenAI to help them figure out how to make money. scoop from @laurengoode.bsky.social and @zoeschiffer.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/slack-...
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a big new one from me: I profiled a group of neighbors in west texas who have become the face of the abandoned well problem in the heart of oil country for @motherjones.com - an unlikely group of former industry workers and ranchers who are fed up with how Big Oil won’t clean up its messes:
Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess
There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.
www.motherjones.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
a big new one from me: I profiled a group of neighbors in west texas who have become the face of the abandoned well problem in the heart of oil country for @motherjones.com - an unlikely group of former industry workers and ranchers who are fed up with how Big Oil won’t clean up its messes:
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Scoop: Louisiana's fish/wildlife agency is detaining people not guilty of any crimes & transferring them to ICE. It's one of 1000+ state + local agencies that started doing so this year.
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Scoop: Louisiana's fish/wildlife agency is detaining people not guilty of any crimes & transferring them to ICE. It's one of 1000+ state + local agencies that started doing so this year.
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
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NEW: Wildlife authorities in Louisiana are now detaining people for ICE—part of this year's nearly 700% expansion of the 287(g) program that deputizes state and local authorities to conduct immigration enforcement. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social w/ the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/story/...
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE
Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NEW: Wildlife authorities in Louisiana are now detaining people for ICE—part of this year's nearly 700% expansion of the 287(g) program that deputizes state and local authorities to conduct immigration enforcement. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social w/ the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/story/...
Scoop: Louisiana's fish/wildlife agency is detaining people not guilty of any crimes & transferring them to ICE. It's one of 1000+ state + local agencies that started doing so this year.
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Scoop: Louisiana's fish/wildlife agency is detaining people not guilty of any crimes & transferring them to ICE. It's one of 1000+ state + local agencies that started doing so this year.
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
ICE couldn't provide any info on people the wildlife agency has detained for them:
www.wired.com/story/story/...
friendly reminder..... if you use wall/desk calendars and order them online, it's time to buy!!!!! I bought my 2026 one for $15 back in August, and it appears to still be that price, but I remember when I ordered my 2025 one in late December last year, it was price-hiked like crazy
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
friendly reminder..... if you use wall/desk calendars and order them online, it's time to buy!!!!! I bought my 2026 one for $15 back in August, and it appears to still be that price, but I remember when I ordered my 2025 one in late December last year, it was price-hiked like crazy
Does Trump know about labubus
November 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Does Trump know about labubus
Trapped in a crowded train car with a woman who is continually clearing her throat (I started counting) every 10-15 seconds 😌😌 grateful 🙏🙏🙏
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Trapped in a crowded train car with a woman who is continually clearing her throat (I started counting) every 10-15 seconds 😌😌 grateful 🙏🙏🙏
Just had my best experience at a help desk of any kind ever at the brooklyn public library…. I’m genuinely uplifted, my mood fortified…. 🙏🙏
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Just had my best experience at a help desk of any kind ever at the brooklyn public library…. I’m genuinely uplifted, my mood fortified…. 🙏🙏
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Valar Atomics, one of the buzziest Silicon Valley nuclear startups out there, said today that it became the first nuclear startup in history to reach criticality, a key milestone in achieving nuclear power.
what does this mean, and why has no startup before done this? my latest for @wired.com
what does this mean, and why has no startup before done this? my latest for @wired.com
Valar Atomics Says It's the First Nuclear Startup to Achieve Criticality
A Trump administration pilot program aims for three nuclear startups to reach a key milestone by July 4, 2026. Valar Atomics says it's the first to do so—but it had some help.
www.wired.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Valar Atomics, one of the buzziest Silicon Valley nuclear startups out there, said today that it became the first nuclear startup in history to reach criticality, a key milestone in achieving nuclear power.
what does this mean, and why has no startup before done this? my latest for @wired.com
what does this mean, and why has no startup before done this? my latest for @wired.com
I've never really understood vests like as a concept. feels like a fundamental misreading of which parts of the body get cold first
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I've never really understood vests like as a concept. feels like a fundamental misreading of which parts of the body get cold first
Btw!! I had the privilege of filling in for @laurengoode.bsky.social on Uncanny Valley this week + chatting with @stevenlevy.bsky.social about his interview with Alex Karp. If you follow Palantir news, I'd encourage a read + listen!!
www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Btw!! I had the privilege of filling in for @laurengoode.bsky.social on Uncanny Valley this week + chatting with @stevenlevy.bsky.social about his interview with Alex Karp. If you follow Palantir news, I'd encourage a read + listen!!
www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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You can also support the Fired Four via this GoFundMe
Donate to Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper, organized by Louryn Strampe
On November 5, 2025, Conde Nast management illegally fired four union l… Louryn Strampe needs your support for Support the Fired Four: Alma, Ben, Jake, Jasper
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
You can also support the Fired Four via this GoFundMe
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The key question I had for Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who provides his powerful tech to ICE and Israeli military: at what point does misuse of your product make you end such relationships? Hear his answers on this and much more www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir’s CEO is good with ICE and says he defends human rights. But will Israel and Trump ever go too far for him?
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The key question I had for Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who provides his powerful tech to ICE and Israeli military: at what point does misuse of your product make you end such relationships? Hear his answers on this and much more www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
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It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-did-men-do-to-deserve-this
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-did-men-do-to-deserve-this
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SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
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Incredible reporting from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social about a school Mark Zuckerberg opened on his Palo Alto compound and operated for years with no permits, permissions, anything at all
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
www.wired.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Incredible reporting from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social about a school Mark Zuckerberg opened on his Palo Alto compound and operated for years with no permits, permissions, anything at all
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This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
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I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com