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| Cheer corner: how to cope with the new world order (with kittens) | Cheer corner: how to cope with the new world order (with kittens) |
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| 10.42am GMT | |
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| I missed something off that list, sorry: stroking a scared owl | |
| @stuheritage scared owl receiving compassion https://t.co/do6Afd1J6S | |
| 10.40am GMT | |
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| I’m told that it’s World Kindness Day on Sunday. I don’t really see any reason why we can’t start observing that today. According to the Kindness UK website, suggestions of how to be kind include: | |
| Donating old coats to a homeless shelter | |
| Cooking a meal for someone and delivering it to them | |
| Giving blood | |
| Feeding ducks in a park | |
| Complimenting somebody | |
| Texting someone just to let them know you’re thinking about them. | |
| 10.28am GMT | |
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| On the off-chance that you don’t feel like constantly updating a liveblog of nothing but babies and animals, here’s a longer video of calming music that you can play and keep open in a different browser tab. It’s officially called ‘Music to Help Calm Down Overactive Cats at Nighttime’, but I’m posting it here because that’s pretty much the exact definition of me today. | |
| 10.23am GMT | |
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| Here’s a baby trying to say “I love you”. | |
| 10.19am GMT | |
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| What’s that? Did someone ask for LOADS OF FLUFFY FOXES? | |
| @StuHeritage Something for #cheercorner. I'm dreaming of living in a better place... Namely, #Fox village https://t.co/NoLYNgVnv6 pic.twitter.com/QyCybevKoX | |
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| It has been brought to my attention that not everyone finds comfort in photos of baby animals. My boss, for instance, enjoys looking at old stone tools. Luckily for her, two days ago archeologists found what’s thought to be Europe’s oldest polished axe. I mean, sure, it’s 9000 years old and was probably used for burials, but whatever gets you through the night, right? | |
| 10.13am GMT | |
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| Two days ago, Brisbane police found a baby koala in a woman’s backpack. Normally there’d be something to say about the questionable ethics of putting a baby koala in a backpack. Today, though? AWW, BABY PANDA PHOTOS. | |
| 10.05am GMT | 10.05am GMT |
| 10:05 | 10:05 |
| Normally I find it extraordinarily distasteful when people use world events to push their own unrelated agendas. But my wife – who wants us to buy a dog – just tweeted this and now I’m conflicted. | Normally I find it extraordinarily distasteful when people use world events to push their own unrelated agendas. But my wife – who wants us to buy a dog – just tweeted this and now I’m conflicted. |
| Also pic.twitter.com/DyGLQrHaht | Also pic.twitter.com/DyGLQrHaht |
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| For no reason, here’s an NHS Choices page entitled Breathing Exercises For Stress. I couldn’t find one advising on the best way to scream wordlessly into a bucket forever, but I’ll let you know if I find it. | For no reason, here’s an NHS Choices page entitled Breathing Exercises For Stress. I couldn’t find one advising on the best way to scream wordlessly into a bucket forever, but I’ll let you know if I find it. |
| 9.56am GMT | 9.56am GMT |
| 09:56 | 09:56 |
| Mary Hamilton | Mary Hamilton |
| If anti-anxiety tips delivered by enormous, peacefully swimming mammals appeal to you, I recommend visiting the Calming Manatee, whose wisdom has seen me through many tricky times. If the first tip doesn’t work for you, the Manatee has others. | If anti-anxiety tips delivered by enormous, peacefully swimming mammals appeal to you, I recommend visiting the Calming Manatee, whose wisdom has seen me through many tricky times. If the first tip doesn’t work for you, the Manatee has others. |
| Breathe along with this gif. #selfcare Breathing in love, breathing out sadness. pic.twitter.com/44noYJYWnz | Breathe along with this gif. #selfcare Breathing in love, breathing out sadness. pic.twitter.com/44noYJYWnz |
| 9.54am GMT | 9.54am GMT |
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| I think, perhaps, we should start with the video I always retreat to in times like this. Puppies dressed as cats, with a song about puppies dressed as cats. | I think, perhaps, we should start with the video I always retreat to in times like this. Puppies dressed as cats, with a song about puppies dressed as cats. |
| 9.39am GMT | 9.39am GMT |
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| Stuart Heritage | Stuart Heritage |
| Hello, and welcome to the Guardian’s timely and essential anti-anxiety corner. Everything is really quite intense in the world right now, and emotions are running high; it’s natural and understandable to feel scared, upset, concerned and angry. But it’s also OK to take some time to breathe, absorb and reflect. While the news rages on outside, we’re here to provide some breathing space through the medium of cat videos and tips for getting through a very difficult day. | Hello, and welcome to the Guardian’s timely and essential anti-anxiety corner. Everything is really quite intense in the world right now, and emotions are running high; it’s natural and understandable to feel scared, upset, concerned and angry. But it’s also OK to take some time to breathe, absorb and reflect. While the news rages on outside, we’re here to provide some breathing space through the medium of cat videos and tips for getting through a very difficult day. |
| I’m pretty much doing this for my own benefit rather than anyone else’s – because JESUS CHRIST – but I’d very much like to hear from you. If you have any nice things to show me – literally any nice things at all, good news or pictures of baby animals or anything – then do tweet me at @StuHeritage. If I like them, I’ll publish them here from my duvet fort. | I’m pretty much doing this for my own benefit rather than anyone else’s – because JESUS CHRIST – but I’d very much like to hear from you. If you have any nice things to show me – literally any nice things at all, good news or pictures of baby animals or anything – then do tweet me at @StuHeritage. If I like them, I’ll publish them here from my duvet fort. |