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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.
Here’s how to survive a nuclear blast
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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.
Here’s how to turn urine into drinking water
@stuheritage i think this might give you pause, get you back on track: numbats https://t.co/96eJenrPEe
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Here’s how to build a bunker in your back garden
TWENTY MINUTES OF WHISPERED AFFIRMATIONS!
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I know what we need. Instructional videos! Here’s how to make a blanket fort
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!
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@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
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A purist writes:
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@stuheritage not enough stone tools in this cheerful blog - have a ~1mya Libyan handaxe, beautiful little thing from the fezzan pic.twitter.com/k5Ca6Cxk80
“What did you do on the darkest day of modern democracy, grandpa?” “I liveblogged some pigs no wait come back.”
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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
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DOGGIES!
@stuheritage do Bert's balls distract? pic.twitter.com/7QYG5dpGoU
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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.
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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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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
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Mary Hamilton
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)
Science suggests that looking at adorable animals can make you concentrate better, as well as improving your manual dexterity. Interestingly, the cuter the animal, the greater the improvement - kittens and puppies are better than dogs and cats, objectively - and images of delicious food do not have the same effect.There. Now you can feel more productive as well as less anxious when I show you this:
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At least one is topical. Look how tiny the dog’s hands are.
This doesn’t change anything, though, does it?
@StuHeritage "Pepper" mixes the drinks for guests pic.twitter.com/auB1fvGOnw
@stuheritage Let’s not forget Benedict Cumberbatch saying “penguin”. https://t.co/gFbB8qHRjc
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Oh, like you have any reason to judge us, Leo. What more could you have done? Put a better case forward to Bernie supporters? Attempted to smooth the divide between the left-leaning media elite and their intended audiences? Please. You’re a dog, Leo. A DOG.
@stuheritage This is Leo. He doesn't know what's going on today, but is here to listen & help pic.twitter.com/3Smj6225Sf
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BABY HEDGEHOG!
@stuheritage A waving hedgehog baby. pic.twitter.com/LuaOZ5AuWx
