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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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I will now spend the next 15 minutes posting affirmation videos that I found on YouTube just now.
1.36pm GMT
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This has genuinely cheered me up. My boss just followed me on Twitter, specifically so she could wrestle this liveblog back to a happy place.
@stuheritage i think this might give you pause, get you back on track: numbats https://t.co/96eJenrPEe
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TWENTY MINUTES OF WHISPERED AFFIRMATIONS!
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I mean, President Trump. President Trump. That’s a ridiculous combination of words. President Trump. That’s going to be in history books until the end of time, now. President Trump. And we’re all to blame. All of us, in our own small way. We created this. HATCHLINGS!
@stuheritage My partner's school has been greeted by lovely hatchlings this morning. I violently envy their lack of understanding today. pic.twitter.com/crXLYxEqj7
1.25pm GMT
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“What did you do on the darkest day of modern democracy, grandpa?” “I liveblogged some pigs no wait come back.”
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1.23pm GMT
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TERRIFIED CATS!
@stuheritage Just get in the box, yeah? Everything is better in the box. pic.twitter.com/MFd6FrwGKg
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PIGGIES!
@stuheritage Teeny Tiny pig with ice-cream. Just look at his happy wee face pic.twitter.com/UQgp5moA7F
1.18pm GMT
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DOGGIES!
@stuheritage do Bert's balls distract? pic.twitter.com/7QYG5dpGoU
1.17pm GMT
13:17
And here’s a story from last month that manages to combine all the main themes of this liveblog: animals, stone tools and needless destruction.
1.15pm GMT
13:15
Right, OK. I’ve had some food now and I feel a bit better. This is a happy liveblog, remember? It’s supposed to be safe and comforting and here. Here’s an article about how going for a walk somewhere new will cheer you up.
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1.12pm GMT
13:12
Look at this puppy. What have you done to it?
@stuheritage @guardian a puppy thinking happy thoughts though he looks sad pic.twitter.com/KB65F2J754
1.10pm GMT
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Mary Hamilton
If you’re in need of a comforting story, you can listen to Alan Bennett reading Winnie the Pooh on iPlayer (but only for seven more hours. Thanks Trump)
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At least one is topical. Look how tiny the dog’s hands are.At least one is topical. Look how tiny the dog’s hands are.
@StuHeritage "Pepper" mixes the drinks for guests pic.twitter.com/auB1fvGOnw@StuHeritage "Pepper" mixes the drinks for guests pic.twitter.com/auB1fvGOnw
1.00pm GMT
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This dog has stolen my heart, and all my immediate plans because what’s the point of anything any more.
@stuheritage I've looked through my phone and this is the cutest picture I have, of my dog in a blanket. Hope it helps. pic.twitter.com/acWwEeSG4Z
12.58pm GMT
12:58
It’s like they know, isn’t it? It’s like they understand, and they’re consoling themselves.
@stuheritage only otters can help on a day like this. pic.twitter.com/VOoqxfwGsZ
12.53pm GMT
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Mary Hamilton
In response to the growing calls for pandas, here are pandas on a slide in 2012, when everything seemed very different.
12.51pm GMT
12:51
Sure, I spent some of yesterday contributing to a President Hillary supplement that’ll never see the light of day now, and today I’ve been reduced to posting animal photos online just to fruitlessly stave off the waves of crippling hopelessness that I find myself helpless against, but whatever. Here’s a funny pig. Pigs, LOL.
@stuheritage @guardian a tiny, smiling pig. If you don't smile you're officially dead inside pic.twitter.com/g37IYCoQg5
12.48pm GMT
12:48
Meanwhile, in potentially good news (for Europe at least) that’ll never happen because she never put a sausage in her bum like she promised after Brexit, low-grade UK-based irritant Katie Hopkins has to leave now:
If Donald Trump wins the race to the White House I'm moving to America. Daring to bare what some people really think. #DonaldTrump
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12.42pm GMT
12:42
Oh, now I feel bad for losing my temper. Here’s a different kitten video, even though it ultimately changes nothing.
12.41pm GMT
12:41
I’ve been inundated with requests for more kittens in this liveblog. Here you go, then. Here are your kittens. Happy now? Are you happy now?
12.37pm GMT
12:37
Right, don’t worry. Had a little slip there, but I’m fine. Everything’s fine. Everything’s fine. Here’s a video about how to achieve a picture-perfect smile. Remember smiling?
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12.29pm GMT
12:29
Thanks for the suggestion, commenter hrafnkat! Quokkas are happy animals. Lovely happy animals. There there.
12.26pm GMT
12:26
Maybe cake will help. I know, maybe cake shaped like cats and dogs will help. I know, maybe cake shaped like the world’s saddest cats and dogs will help. Oh God, look at their eyes. Their big sad eyes. They know, don’t they? They know what we’ve done. They know, even though they’re cake. They’re just cake. But THEY KNOW and THEY’RE SAD. WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
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