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Emotional Support Good Boy
Yes, here he is, your own emotional support dog. Touch and swipe to pet!
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Digital Stress Ball
Tap to squeeze, let go to release.
Stare at this and breathe in and out
Set it on fire and set it free!
Grow this sprout
Tap and hold to water the plant.
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Grow this spore
Tap and hold to grow the mushroom.
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Did you know that fungi can help clean up oil spills and other pollutants?
Did you know that fungi have survived through each of the world’s five major extinction events?
Grow this spore
Tap and hold to grow the mushroom.
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Did you know that fungi are more closely related to animals than plants?
Did you know that fungi can be made into mushroom leather?
A Moment of Calm
Get some rest, with Scooter from the Sleep With Me podcast.
Listen to the podcast here. Photo credit: Getty Images
Nature is Healing
Take a deep breath. Say: “It’s going to be OK.” Now say it again. (And again.)
Video by Jessica Lehrman and Phillip T. Annand
A Moment of Calm
Imagine a bright white light obliterating the anxiety in your chest, breaking that black pit of stress apart into a million shards.
Video by Jessica Lehrman and Phillip T. Annand
Nature is Healing
Hug your inner child. Maybe it’s a rock.
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Nature is Healing
Listen. Whatever’s going to happen is going to happen.
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A Moment of Calm
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A Moment of Calm
Watch 30 seconds of your life pass.
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A Moment of Calm
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A Moment of Calm
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Emotional Eating!
Melissa Clark, our food columnist, gives her hottest hot chocolate tips.
Not America
Amy Qin, a correspondent in Taiwan, spotted this big bird.
Not America
Have you stopped to smell the flowers? David Halbfinger, our Jerusalem bureau chief, spotted this bird.
An Artist Presents
Ikechukwu Ufomadu sings a song.
A Moment of Calm
Take a yoga break with Katie Rosman, Styles reporter.
An Artist Presents
Watch as Lalese Stamps of Lolly Lolly Ceramics makes a pot.
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Not America
Here is a sneaky bird in Puerto Escondido, Mex., sent by Natalie Kitroeff, a correspondent in our Mexico bureau.
Not America
Swans! Elizabeth Paton, a Styles reporter in London, spotted a bevy at Stratford-upon-Avon.
An Artist Presents
Watch Meg Stalter do a bit.
A Brief Rant
Josh Gondelman has some thoughts.
A Moment of Calm
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Who did this
Edited by Joanna Nikas, Shane O’Neill, Natalie Shutler, Choire Sicha, and Lindsey Underwood. Design and development by Tracy Ma and Matt Ruby. Featuring New York Times staff including Michael Barbaro, Melissa Clark, David Halbfinger, Natalie Kitroeff, Donald G. McNeil Jr., Elizabeth Paton, Amy Qin, and Katie Rosman. Plus: Meg Stalter, Josh Gondelman, Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Drew “Scooter” Ackerman and Christian Hull.
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A Moment of Calm
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A Moment of Calm
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Michael Barbaro Reacts
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