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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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11.18am GMT
11:18
Mary Hamilton
Explore.org runs a wide range of excellent live animal cameras, including polar bears, African animals and bald eagles. My personal favourite is this kitten camera, which is live-streaming rescue kittens to a world sorely in need.
11.18am GMT
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Other good news, for the English at least. We’re currently doing quite well at cricket.
11.15am GMT
11:15
Thank you for helping me out here today, everyone. My Twitter feed is basically a fast-moving parade of cuteness, and I’m pleased we’re all here.
11.12am GMT
11:12
And this, from my friend Felix who possibly misread the tone of this liveblog
@stuheritage The internet is already full of fluffy animals. More stone axes please. Or at least medieval fluffy animals... pic.twitter.com/wbCdOKR6oU
11.11am GMT
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. @stuheritage how could anyone not feel better when looking at this tiny mouse on a swing. ON A SWING. #antianxietycorner pic.twitter.com/qwqVMbN66B
11.11am GMT
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@stuheritage here is Ghostface Killah...she's currently enjoying a new duvet #tuft #catsagainstthefash pic.twitter.com/dwuxN4EYNJ
11.10am GMT
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@stuheritage @guardian I share with you my skateboarding dog pic.twitter.com/g6PdAE06ji
11.09am GMT
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@stuheritage @guardian here's my kitten enjoying House of Cards. Because we're both scared and wish we could've voted Underwood instead. pic.twitter.com/fHjkvhf35f
11.08am GMT
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It’s been a while since I posted any baby animal photos. Brace yourselves, world. Here comes a ton
@stuheritage I'm just watching this on repeat ...all day! pic.twitter.com/9LQzoQiGhm
11.04am GMT
11:04
Mark Rice-Oxley
My colleague Mark Rice-Oxley just reminded me about The Guardian’s Half Full series. I’ll let him explain.
This year, as an antidote to the insidious poison of constant bad news, we’ve been taking active steps to find out about positive trends in the world. We could have called this ‘where did it all go right?’, but that title was taken, so we called it Half Full instead.
Our collection of articles, to which we will now be adding more vigorously than ever, include optimistic stories from the forefront of science and health, laudable approaches to refugees and asylum, promising work in the realms of tech and tax and why everything from ping-pong to carpentry, ketamine and pink sweets are gradually helping to make the world a better place.
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11.00am GMT
11:00
Fun fact: on literally any other day of my entire life, a YouTube video of a woman quietly telling me that everything is going OK would be enough to make me run to the ocean floor specifically to rip apart all the international broadband cables.
However, today I just sort of want to curl up at her feet and have a nap.
10.50am GMT
10:50
Because I am Stuart Heritage and I am contractually obliged to mention that I’m a dad at least once during anything I ever write, here is a video of my son summing up the mood of the world in a way that manages to be both accurate and adorable.
A short film I made on holiday, entitled Are You Happy Herbie
A video posted by Stuart Heritage (@stuheritage) on Oct 3, 2016 at 1:23am PDT
10.46am GMT
10:46
Here’s Ed Balls dancing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing. He used to be a politician and now he’s a reality TV star, because things used to work that way round in the past.
@stuheritage in uncertain times, Ed Balls doing the Cha Cha will save us. https://t.co/b41s0cXJgw
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I missed something off that list, sorry: stroking a scared owlI missed something off that list, sorry: stroking a scared owl
@stuheritage scared owl receiving compassion https://t.co/do6Afd1J6S@stuheritage scared owl receiving compassion https://t.co/do6Afd1J6S
10.40am GMT10.40am 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: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 shelterDonating old coats to a homeless shelter
Cooking a meal for someone and delivering it to themCooking a meal for someone and delivering it to them
Giving bloodGiving blood
Feeding ducks in a parkFeeding ducks in a park
Complimenting somebodyComplimenting somebody
Texting someone just to let them know you’re thinking about them.Texting someone just to let them know you’re thinking about them.
10.28am GMT
10:28
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
10:23
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
10.17am GMT
10:17
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
10:13
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
10:05
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.
Also pic.twitter.com/DyGLQrHaht
10.00am GMT
10:00
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
09:56
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.
Breathe along with this gif. #selfcare Breathing in love, breathing out sadness. pic.twitter.com/44noYJYWnz
9.54am GMT
09:54
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
09:39
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.
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.