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Dev Petty
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Children’s Author. Devout Californian.

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Our first ⭐️ starred ⭐️ review for CLAYDATE, the long-awaited followup to CLAYMATES, from Kirkus!

⭐️ “A sublime blend of the snarky and sweet.”

You can find this madcap silliness by me and @eldridgestudio.bsky.social in April.

Available for preorder now!

#kidlit #picturebooks
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Things are grim right now but as a reminder of who we are and why we fight, this is the US Women’s figuring skating champion.
January 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I mean, are you kidding me? It’s the coziest thing ever.
January 11, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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January 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
She is everything. ❤️❤️❤️
January 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Daisy 🌼 wishing her furreinds some sunshine & deep breaths in these ruff times. She wants you to remember to hydrate & take care of yourself today.
#selfcaresaturday
January 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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I’m begging Democratic leaders to understand that outlining and forcefully articulating their vision for accountability now is an electoral strategy.
"The Democrats’ plan: TBD. There has been a lot of rhetoric, but ... the caucus is largely shying away from using its leverage in the appropriations process and threatening another government shutdown."

“We’ll figure out the accountability mechanisms at the appropriate time" - Hakeem Jeffries
January 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I guess like a minute before I posted that
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Sexualized deepfakes created without a subject’s consent = “Racy”.

@kateconger.com @nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
It’s #caturday so let’s enjoy that the French translation of my book DON’T TRUST CATS is CAT’S LIE!
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Yet another night my husband and I sit around wishing Steve Kerr was our dad.
Steve Kerr on the murder of Renee Good:

"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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This is just what you like to see on here
January 10, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Where are the book banners when it comes to Grok and child porn?
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
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“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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The MAGA regime is currently doubling down on its tactical stance of “we will kill women like dogs for merely displeasing us.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Not an exaggeration at all to say that the feeling in Minneapolis is that the entire metro area is being treated as occupied territory by federal agents. Impossible to overstate how overwhelmingly people here do not like it. This does not feel sustainable.
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
No one can tell what is real pet content and what is AI pet content, so I think we'd all better go ADOPT dogs and cats right now just to be sure.
January 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I thought editing videos was BAD and lawsuit material.
January 10, 2026 at 12:13 AM
that's an immediate follow.
January 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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I can't believe J.D. Vance went on TV and said "Ich bin Evil! Ich bin Evil!!! Ich bin der Evil kleine Chocolate Boy!!" with chocolate smeared all over his mouth and lederhosen. But he did. And we all saw it
January 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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What's that you just said? THE Dev Petty will join us in May to talk about writing effective #picturebook dialogue? Now is your time to ask ALL the questions about speech bubbles. ;-) #kidlit #kidlitart #12x12PB Want to attend? Join us at http://12x12challeng...
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM