Caroline O'Donovan
Star Washington Post Amazon reporter. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanGreat piece. Important reporting. Gift link: wapo.st/4kpCBGc
- My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanIt’s actually pretty easy to beat Isaac Chotiner if you know what to do (wait until he completes his third attack sequence, roll behind him, use Flame Dart until you’re out of mana, hide under the gargoyle head until his Rage Wing Spin finishes, stun him with a Sylvan Dagger, equip the Thallslayer w
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanExclusive: To increase Grok’s popularity, xAI embraced making sexualized material, rolling back guardrails and ignoring internal warnings about the risks of producing such content, according to more than a half-dozen former employees of X and xAI.
- a microgrid of one's own
- pitchbot: golf should be illegal
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanI got a surprise bag from Whole Foods for $6.99 and it’s all great except for … well, you guess
- lot going on atm but i have to say — insane to write this entire article and not call these people by their true title: sauntrepreneurs www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanTomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
- i'm at the McDonalds i'm at the Palantir I'm excited about the opportunity to follow my lifelong dream of working at the combination McDonalds-Palantir
- Reposted by Caroline O'Donovan"There’s little I can say that will make this situation better, but I do have a message for our community and our city and for ICE. To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here.” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanThis story is two months old. What did we know and when did we know it?
- lowkey gonna put this on my resume
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanIn November, a conservative website published an explosive claim: Al-Shabab is largely funded by money stolen from Minnesota. But the story's only named source who connected fraud to terrorism told me the story is “bullshit": www.startribune.com/city-journal...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanImportant news out of the Midwest from @ceodonovan.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanWant the news -- the really important news -- but don't want a WaPo subscription? That's fair. We're trying something new: $4 for a full day of WaPo access. Or if you just want this story, $2. Try it with this story, loaded with scoopy bits from me, @ddiamond.bsky.social & @rbeggin.bsky.social.
- new personal low: downloaded the dropbox app to my phone
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanGood to see the country moving on from identity politics
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanLarry Ellison and his son David have rapidly assembled a potentially Trump-friendly tech & media empire that spans Hollywood, television, the cloud, new media and soon a chunk of TikTok. We wrote about the rise of America's newest media barons: wapo.st/3KyaHtE by @ceodonovan.bsky.social & me
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanAs use of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots grows, reports of people apparently losing touch with reality after intense use of chatbots have gone viral on social media in recent weeks, with posts labeling them examples of “AI psychosis.”
- smart scoop by @shiraovide.bsky.social here! www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- dogopticon www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices...
- while it’s bad that robots are taking our jobs, it’s nice to see them returning to office and revitalizing our urban core
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanThe Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.
- After failing to get in last min to the fancy tech investor event at the Palace Hotel in SF today, a security guard yelled at me for trying to exit thru the Market Street door bc "We don't want to let bums in here!" Also the mens' room had a line down the hall, women's was empty. What an industry!
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanWow!!! Tough times to work in customer service Salesforce just cut 4,000 costumer support roles even after strong earnings. CEO Benioff: “I need less heads.” AI now handles 1M conversations efficiency wins over human touch www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanA look at Marc Benioff's pursuit of productivity gains through AI at Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs over the past two years (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanInteresting to me that Amazon removed the language from its Project Kuiper page that said its mission was to bring internet to "unserved and underserved communities around the world" techcrunch.com/2025/09/04/j...
- Reposted by Caroline O'Donovan"What to Know About Plague After a New Case in California"
- Reposted by Caroline O'Donovancomfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted
- vote for drew
- Thanks @rusty.todayintabs.com for including my story in today's Bleakest Link competition, where we all lose www.todayintabs.com/p/you-are-th...
- finally some good news www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanThe full list of all 18,500 children killed in Gaza, in video form. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanYou know the Kelloggs founders are looking down at this scandalized that their anti-masturbation wellness corn flakes have been seized by decadent Italian nut butter merchants
- Reposted by Caroline O'Donovanto be fair it’s kind of hard for the big streaming companies not to do any shows about their rivals when the big streaming companies are also big AI companies, retail giants, cloud providers, grocery chains, pharmacies, book publisher, and device makers
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanWell, well, well. If it isn't our old nemesis deadly heatwave.
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanNew from 404 Media: the IRS tax filing software Turbotax tried to kill just got opened source. Available on Github, people are forking it www.404media.co/directfile-o...
- 10 years later: what was code? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/201...
- new media funding model just dropped 🛏️
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanI spent two weeks getting chatbots to say the most unspeakable things to me, all while on the clock! Here's what parents and caregivers should know about teens and tweens sexting with AI chatbots. wapo.st/4587byz
- subscribe or die
- Amazon One Medical employees wrongfully accessed dead patient’s records www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- if you have seen lauren sánchez working in a coffee shop, you need to tell me immediately www.instagram.com/reel/DI_-xMu...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanNEW Businessweek feature: The US gives permission to pay people with disabilities below minimum wage. Biden tried to end program. Employers urging Trump preserve it say they've gotten private signals he will. Based on 1000s of pages of records & 150 interviews: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
- Tariffs on Chinese imports tripled in the time it took me to report and write this story lol (two days)
- Even the small business owners who welcomed tariffs as a way to level the playing field with Chinese sellers on Amazon and Temu are starting to get nervous about Trump’s trade war www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Even the small business owners who welcomed tariffs as a way to level the playing field with Chinese sellers on Amazon and Temu are starting to get nervous about Trump’s trade war www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanMistakenly deported after being stopped by ICE in Maryland while driving with his 5-year-old autistic son No criminal history, came to the U.S. as a teen in 2011 Now Trump is asking Supreme Court to block return “Our entire family is broken,” wife said www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanQuit freaking out. Remember that in 10,000 B.C., when America had ZERO international trade, a family could afford a house like this on a single income.
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanThe man sitting next to me on the Metro is reading a printout of the "Tariff" Wikipedia page
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanI would kill for this feature
- Amazon enters the 11th hour scramble over TikTok: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanAmazon is trying to kill the Consumer Product Safety Commission That's the agency charged with safety of cribs, carbon monoxide detectors etc. etc. Amazon said in suit that the agency is "unconstitutionally structured." 40% of e-sales are via Amazon www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanHomeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanGREAT news everyone! The Onion is hiring! For a bunch of new positions. Sports Editor (yes, we're bringing it back): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Entertainment Editor (going harder here too): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... And a Staff Writer (!): jobs.gusto.com/postings/the... Apply or die!
- Amazon has declared another regulatory body unconstitutional, in alignment with Trump admin agenda and in hopes of avoiding having to work with government on recall of unsafe products www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Earlier today, a lawyer for the FTC asked a federal judge for a delay in a case against Amazon, citing staffing issues. (www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/f... Hours later, the same lawyer reversed course, saying in a letter, "I was wrong" and the agency "does not have resource constraints."
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanNo kidding. I gave away my Echo Show earlier this year when it started showing ads I couldn’t turn off. Go ahead and guess how likely I am to buy another piece of Amazon branded hardware that isn’t a e-reader?
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanSome of the best tech reporters + editors out there were laid off from @wsj.com yesterday. When I say these folks are not only incredibly knowledgeable but also kind and a joy to work with, I mean it. If you’re hiring, don’t miss the chance to snatch them up. talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...
- Amazon tried to get an exemption from energy regulation for a data center in Minnesota — and lost. Here's what the ongoing fight there reveals about the AI gold rush nationwide: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanAmazon loses fight to exempt data center from energy regulation www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @ceodonovan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanMassive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanI understand why some are cancelling Washington Post subscriptions. I personally would not, and I hope you don't. The opinion pages are changing. Nothing has happened to the news report, which is both good and crucial. If the owner interferes with that, you will definitely hear about it. Thanks.
- a valentine of sorts
- we just published a list of more than 30 people working for (or closely with) DOGE. message me on signal @rachellerman.55 with tips on the office www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
- Reposted by Caroline O'Donovanwe just published a list of more than 30 people working for (or closely with) DOGE. message me on signal @rachellerman.55 with tips on the office www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanTrump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law. Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
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🚨NEWS: A temporary order has been issued blocking the Labor Dept. from sharing any data with DOGE, after a group of unions, including AFGE, sued DOGE and held a major protest outside DOL yesterday. Here's the union's email: - Reposted by Caroline O'Donovan[This post could not be retrieved]
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanThis has been the dream of white supremacists since the end of segregation. Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
- just accidentally typed my birth year as "1198" and immediately thought U WISH
- this is so! true! tho, of course, not for me, washington post star amazon reporter jennygzhang.substack.com/p/media-indu...
- Betteridge's Law strikes again.
- yes... that should fix it
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanA mind-numbing story of greed from Rachel Siegel, @abtran.bsky.social, @federicacocco.bsky.social and @ceodonovan.bsky.social that you can read for free at this link. | Rent rose by 20 percent across L.A. County after fires. That’s illegal. wapo.st/40NhjKa
- Reposted by Caroline O'DonovanThis ⬇️ is the aspect of DeepSeek that I can’t stop thinking about. ALL THIS MONEY for LLMs incl the crazy and maybe fake 500bn stargate deal they just announced is a pointless folly
