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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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| 11.53am GMT | |
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| I mean, I’ve listened to it and it doesn’t, but it’s still probably slightly better than the howling vortex of unstoppable anguish that is the rest of the world right now. | |
| @stuheritage Cow & Gate have created a song that makes babies happy. Maybe it works on grown ups too? https://t.co/XcRsxp4WhQ | |
| 11.50am GMT | |
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| Talking about the Dharma Initiative reminded me of Lost. Ah, remember Lost? Good times. Good times. | |
| 11.47am GMT | |
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| Mary Hamilton | |
| An anon friend just sent me the Wikihow article on how to calm down. THE ILLUSTRATIONS. | |
| 11.46am GMT | |
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| I’ve been watching this show on Cbeebies a lot lately. I’ve convinced myself that if I play this particular song over and over again, it’ll have some sort of Dharma Initiative-style brainwashing effect on me, and I’ll forget that anything else in the world apart from this song exists, and finally I’ll be happy. Worth a shot, right? | |
| 11.41am GMT | |
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| Mary Hamilton | |
| SteveGalley, in the comments, asks for baby pigs. So far the purest form of calm I’ve managed to find on this topic is this video of a baby pot-bellied pig playing with a pug. Stick with it, the pug gets into it. | |
| 11.40am GMT | |
| 11:40 | |
| By coincidence, I’ve just been sent an email for a charity shoe auction. That’s a good distraction, isn’t it? Dec from Ant & Dec’s shoes are currently going for £4. That’s a steal, isn’t it? And think of poor Dec today. Trump is the leader of the free world and people can’t even stretch to a fiver for his tiny little doll shoes. Imagine how worthless he feels. At least you are not Dec from Ant and Dec today. Unless you are, in which case tough break buddy. | |
| 11.35am GMT | |
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| There’s a moral to this story, and I don’t know what it is. It might be “Never give up on a dream” or it might be “Dogs are stupid and we’re not dogs so at least there’s that”. Either way, here it is: | |
| Weird animal tries to eat unidentified food. Fails, but in a cute way. @stuheritage https://t.co/BZik6fNVo5 | |
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| at 11.44am GMT | |
| 11.30am GMT | |
| 11:30 | |
| Quick quiz: At which point did this video make your heart melt? | |
| a) When you saw the baby batb) When they wrapped the baby bat in a blanketc) When you saw the size of its LITTLE TINY MILK BOTTLE HOLY CHRIST MY OVARIES | |
| 11.25am GMT | |
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| Plus let’s not forget: | |
| @stuheritage A slight diversion to happier times https://t.co/LjbTjAmd2F | |
| 11.24am GMT | |
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| I’ve noticed that some readers of this liveblog remain unconvinced of its merits. Time to go big, then. Look at this video. Open it to full screen. Gaze at all two hours of its mysterious patterns and undulations. Breathe in and out. Remember that everything is temporary. Nothing is forever. This will soon be a memory. The extremes are not everybody. We can get through this. Just breathe. | |
| 11.18am GMT | 11.18am GMT |
| 11:18 | 11:18 |
| Mary Hamilton | 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. | 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 | 11.18am GMT |
| 11:18 | 11:18 |
| Other good news, for the English at least. We’re currently doing quite well at cricket. | Other good news, for the English at least. We’re currently doing quite well at cricket. |
| 11.15am GMT | 11.15am GMT |
| 11:15 | 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. | 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 | 11.12am GMT |
| 11:12 | 11:12 |
| And this, from my friend Felix who possibly misread the tone of this liveblog | 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 | @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 | 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 | . @stuheritage how could anyone not feel better when looking at this tiny mouse on a swing. ON A SWING. #antianxietycorner pic.twitter.com/qwqVMbN66B |