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Wesley Faulkner

@wesley83.bsky.social
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Wesley Faulkner is a first-generation American and public speaker. He is a staunch supporter of racial justice, workplace equity, and neurodiversity. Wesley co-hosts the developer relations focused podcast Community Pulse.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 11/09/2026
I have a very close friend in Gaza, a mother of three children, who has lost everything and is in need of donations for her family. 

 Please give if you can. No amount of donation is too small. And help others, there are many Gazans in need. 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1981...
A displaced child celebrates her birthday in Gaza.
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Sarah Drasner @sarahedo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I’m excited to share that we've added a consequential hint to the WebMCP spec! For site devs: set to true when WebMCP tools may perform a high-stakes action: anything that needs explicit user permission in order to execute. If you’re going to make a purchase, send an email, or book travel.
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Imperative API  |  AI in Chrome  |  Chrome for Developers
Define many types of WebMCP tools with standard JavaScript.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/09/2026
Huge congratulations to the US-based Wikimedia Foundation employees who voted with 92% support in favor of unionizing, and shoutout to the tireless work of the organizers.
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Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA
U.S. workers form first recognized unit as global union movement builds across Wikimedia Foundation
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hey all. I could really use your support. I'm trying to build up momentum before I launch my book about reinventing work. To do that I need to get on bigger stages. Here is where you come in. I need votes for my SXSW proposal. Can you vote for my session here: participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx...
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PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals
PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I've been thinking about the debate over open and closed AI models. The more I think about it, the more it reminds me of the transition from alchemy to chemistry. History might have more to teach us about AI than we realize. I wrote about why. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-lab...
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This was such a fun episode to record! We could have gone one for a few more hours even.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 08/07/2026
Erling Haaland♥️ * Vocal supporter of men cooking and cleaning * Self-aware of the historical context of the vikings ("Yes viking history is incredible. But a lot of things were not good... what they did. Let's be honest.") * Vocal anti-racist who used his platform to defend UK players from UK fans
Erling Haaland quote from Twitter:

"I don't understand why there is still room for racism and discrimination. We will never tire of fighting against any form of discrimination. Instead of being applauded for having the courage to take the penalties, these young men are attacked with racist insults. I am speechless."
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
@gottalaff.bsky.social Are you tracking that they may be doing this, allowing Russia back in, because the same case can be made against USA participation due to our aggressive actions against other countries?
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Effective immediately, I am resigning as Chair of the DevRel Foundation. This was not an easy decision, but it has become clear that I am no longer aligned with the direction, culture, or spirit in which the group is currently being run.
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⭑ salma @whitep4nth3r.com · 03/07/2026
Hi, friends. The last 6 years have been a blast, but I just don't like being on The Internet anymore. I'm leaving DevRel, and I wrote a little bit about why. Look after yourselves, and each other. Love, Salma
whitep4nth3r.com
Goodbye, forever, probably.
I’m leaving developer relations and developer education. Rather than disappear completely unannounced, I wanted to tell you why.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It would be interesting to see a court debate where both side are putting a number of how many kids Elon killed. Is the defense that he killed more or less than 4.5 million?
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Bramus @bram.us · 10/06/2026
CSS DevRel, The Reunion. #CSSDay #ChromeDevRel Caption: @nerdy.dev, @una.im, and I.
Adam, Una, and I.
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Work's Not Working @works-not-working.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Invites have started going out to people on the Work’s Not Working waitlist. If you haven’t received your invite yet, please be patient. You’re still on the list. We’re doing a rolling release so we can make sure the experience stays stable as more people come in. Thanks again for your patience.
Flyer for the post.
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VoidZero @voidzero.dev · 04/06/2026
VoidZero is joining Cloudflare. Our mission stays the same: to make JavaScript developers more productive than ever before. Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, Oxc, and Vite+ remain MIT-licensed. Evan and the VoidZero team will continue leading them.
VoidZero + Cloudflare
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TWiT Tech Podcasts @twit.tv · 28/05/2026
New Podcast Episode: Intelligent Machines: Infinite Jeffs Why the Pope's AI Manifesto Matters with @leolaporte.me, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, @padresj.bsky.social, Rick Sammon
twit.tv
Intelligent Machines: Infinite Jeffs | TWiT.TV
Photographer Rick Sammon shows how AI is transforming creative work and what happens when the Pope issues a sweeping 42,000-word encyclical on artificial intelligence and
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Lisa Laporte @lisalaporte.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Anthropic releases a new Claude model while conceding it trails an unreleased one, Snap lays off 16% of its staff, and Live Nation loses its monopoly case on This Week in Tech with @leolaporte.me, @loumm.bsky.social, @wesley83.bsky.social, & @glennf.com! twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1080
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This Week in Tech: Destroy All Phonorecords | TWiT.TV
As Anthropic, OpenAI, and industry giants race to outpace each other, data centers and supply chains are straining, while job markets and open-source communities feel the
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TWiT Tech Podcasts @twit.tv · 20/04/2026
New Podcast Episode: This Week in Tech: Destroy All Phonorecords Musk v. Altman, Claude Opus 4.7, & Voyager 1 with @leolaporte.me, @loumm.bsky.social, @wesley83.bsky.social, @glennf.com
twit.tv
This Week in Tech: Destroy All Phonorecords | TWiT.TV
As Anthropic, OpenAI, and industry giants race to outpace each other, data centers and supply chains are straining, while job markets and open-source communities feel the
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/04/2026
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
eff.org
EFF is Leaving X
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Did he seriously set up the ultimate TACO Tuesday joke?
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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 30/03/2026
My blog at seldo.com turned 25 years old this week. It is by far the longest single sustained effort of my life.
seldo.com
Seldo.com
Personal website for Laurie Voss, aka @seldo
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"I'm willing to sacrifice the most vulnerable due to other people's lack of understanding of the relentless harm that befalls them, because it's all about winning." --Elissa Slotkin
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Work's Not Working @works-not-working.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This shouldn’t hit this hard.
A meme showing a sunny cemetery with rows of headstones in the background. In the center foreground is a freshly dug rectangular grave. White bold text at the top reads, “When I die, I want all of my past managers to lower me into the grave.” Text at the bottom reads, “So they can let me down one last time.”
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
So grateful to #SXSW for giving me a platform to help shape the future of work. Thank you to all the people who participated with deep meaningful questions. They brought out the nuance that the talk needed.
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Amara Graham @missamarakay.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
@rosiesherry.com wrote two great pieces on community & enshittification. I highly recommend reading both of them. rosie.land/posts/the-co... rosie.land/posts/ai-ens...
rosie.land
The community web is enshittified. And we're allowing it to happen.
Creating hope for beautiful communities.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/03/2026
Not to toot our own horns but I feel like we packed so much in this one hour panel with @karenhao.bsky.social and John Palfrey. You can find the recording at www.youtube.com/live/I1tJnM8...
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Reclaiming our Humanity in the Age of AI
YouTube video by SXSW
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Just landed in Austin for #SXSW.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I'm torn and need your help. Which image should I use for my SXSW speaking announcement? 1 or 2? Thank you for your help!
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John O'Nolan @johnonolan.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Today @ghost.org crossed $10M ARR, as a bootstrapped non-profit foundation building open source software. Indie publisher revenue earned with Ghost now ~$130M, and accelerating.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Every time I see this ad, I see this meme.
reMarkable ad.Author fist meme.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This will be fun! www.apple.com/newsroom/sea...
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Wesley Faulkner - Our New Head of DevRel - Newsroom - Search
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React @react.dev · 24/02/2026
The React Foundation has officially launched, hosted by the Linux Foundation. Read more here: react.dev/blog/2026/02...
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
That Allyson Friedman video is wild. I kept watching it to see people's reaction to the blatant racism. I wonder how long she would have continued if no one had said anything.
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Blacksky Algorithms @blackskyweb.xyz · 19/02/2026
Blog posts published on blackskyweb.xyz are now published to @standard.site (i.e. available via @leaflet.pub, @pckt.blog, and other platforms) in addition to being published to ActivityPub. Great work, Tyler.
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Sarah Perez @sarahp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky’s app
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A startup called Germ becomes the first private messenger that launches directly from Bluesky's app | TechCrunch
Social network Bluesky now offers private messaging by integrating the startup Germ's E2E encrypted messenger natively in its app.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Question for people who have cats. If you live in a multi-story dwelling, do your cats dart UP the stairs like their lives depend on it when you are walking DOWN the stairs? Is this just me? #AITAH
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a cat walking up a set of stairs
ALT: a cat walking up a set of stairs
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Firefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 16/02/2026
HTML might be getting a new type of tag, which… hasn't happened this millennium. Here's the new syntax, and how it works:
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
For a lot of people, voter ID feels straightforward and like common sense. I have a different perspective. youtu.be/npiux96iT8o
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My Take on Voter ID
YouTube video by Wesley Faulkner
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Wes Bos @wesbos.com · 12/02/2026
The Epstein email website racked up a $46,485.99 Vercel bill Everyone said 1. Use Cloudflare 2. I could host this on a VPS for a ham sandwich I dug into the site to see what could be causing this and if it would be cheaper or even possible with 450MM page views www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihnG...
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 12/02/2026
Feb 17, 2023 tweet by Molly White: it's only a matter of time before a kid lets go of a mylar balloon at a birthday party and an F-22 comes roaring overhead to neutralize the threat
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Proud have helped the Society of Professional Journalists draft its statement condemning the Trump administration’s arrest of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and other independent voices. READ: loom.ly/W2bH6zA
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I want the ability to auto-follow anyone who is talking about FOSDEM. Those are my people!
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Sara Soueidan @sarasoueidan.com · 29/01/2026
We'll be getting multiple outlines in #CSS!! Multiple outlines means no more hacking our way around accessible and creative outline styles with box-shadows that aren't rendered in forced-colors mode! 🙌 Finally!! This is such great news!! 🎉🥳
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Where are all my self-hosting peeps at? #homelab
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The Onion @theonion.com · 27/01/2026
Police Ask For Public’s Help In Falsifying Report
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
These people need to be stopped! youtube.com/shorts/Kt8ZN...
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Ice snaps trees and power poles
YouTube video by CNN
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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
People are so darn creative.
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Jess Rose @jesslynnrose.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Hello again, everything is still scary and hard and the tech job market is wild right now, so here's my semi-regular thread of open jobs I've found where your work could make the world better (or at least, not make it worse)
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