The News Has Been Harrowing This Week, So Here Are 19 Wholesome Posts To Cleanse Your Timeline And Make You Feel A Little Better About The World
by Julia Corrigan · BuzzFeedPosted on Oct 11, 2026 UTC
Happy weekend, everybody! Here are some cute, happy, and wholesome posts to hopefully cheer you up a bit and remind you that no matter what's happening in the world, there's always cute stuff out there to appreciate and love. Enjoy!
1. The joy of an apple cider old fashioned:
apple cider old fashioned incredible pic.twitter.com/MaJVuutQkg
— bailey 🌻 (@_baileyd) October 5, 2026
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2. This dad text that really made me feel something:
pic.twitter.com/CYAZlhBxlW
— Cache🛰🌎⚔️ (@0xJonnyCache) October 3, 2026
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3. This cat:
Reunited with my best friend. She won’t look at me yet and managed to get a second supper out of it. pic.twitter.com/iHAFXdCbRK
— Sarah (@SarahDuggers) October 2, 2026
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4. This, because it is JUST. SO. CUTE:
nephew asked for his birthday cake to be “a t. rex and a monster truck who are friends and playing” so i drew a pic and my sister somehow exactly transmuted it into a cake pic.twitter.com/L1jYbeXtcM
— brian (@brianonhere) October 8, 2026
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5. Being one of these kids:
a bunch of first graders were on my subway car this morning taking a field trip to a museum. they don’t even know that’s pretty much as good as it gets
— chase (@_chase_____) October 5, 2026
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6. This moment:
My son turned 1. I held him tonight and told him how the first frost makes me kind of sad because it’s another reminder of how fast time passes. I told him about all the tiny lives involved in the changing season. How he’s changing too. He has no idea what I said but that’s ok
— oatmeal influencer (@acechhh) October 6, 2026
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7. This cat smelling a flower:
pic.twitter.com/ROCjB1jgp9
— • (@purhaya) October 3, 2026
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8. This person's sister, because this really is an act of love:
My sister cleaned my depression room while I was at work???? Hello I’m so happy??? pic.twitter.com/M6JDioZmF3
— mimi (@Vivijiiw12) October 5, 2026
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9. These halloween cookies:
pre-workout is a scam!! you can just eat one of these tiny pumpkin cookies before the gym pic.twitter.com/Dzwnoc5ynd
— Katy Gates! (@KatyGatess) October 5, 2026
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10. This visitor:
I left the back door open for some fresh air and my neighbours cat decided to come in and have a look around the kitchen 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/T73bQ2zUAh
— emma 💙 (@emma_ctid93x) October 6, 2026
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11. This, because it makes me happy that the culture of sending goofy emails between kids is alive and well:
Email from my 12 yr old daughter to her 14 yr old brother this morning. (I was cc’d.)
No notes. pic.twitter.com/v9jHBN2YXc
— Faith Salie (@Faith_Salie) October 6, 2026
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12. This delicious dinner:
Toasted butternut squash ravioli with a Brie, sage and brown butter sauce pic.twitter.com/bG5LTUFfTU
— ⛄️🎧chicken 🫧⌨️ (@iamverytiredrn2) October 6, 2026
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13. This:
There's been a large box in my hall or living room for three years because it is the 'cat tunnel' and they love it. https://t.co/aTdubGLxeO pic.twitter.com/ThlEqa8JNm
— Herb Brubanter (@HBrubanter) October 7, 2026
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14. This:
honestly its actually the small, mundane, boring things that someone does for you out of love which mean so much rather than grand gestures and proclamations
— ່ (@strssdyt) October 7, 2026
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15. This advice, because life is fleeting:
i once was talking to a guy who started a company and sold it to google and asked him for advice and he said something like
you know diego.. the only advice that is objectively true is “take more pictures”
and i still think about that
— Diego Rodriguez (@asciidiego) October 4, 2026
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16. Taking yourself on a date:
I SAID YES!!!!!! 💍🥂🥳🎉 I asked myself if I wanted to grab an iced coffee and browse the bookstore.
— Nadine Antoinette 🖤📚 (@Lilblack_heart) October 7, 2026
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17. The self-love of night cookies:
Did I just bake chocolate chip cookies at nearly 10PM? Yes.
I regret nothing.
— Melissa (@JustAMomNamedMM) October 8, 2026
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18. Fall foliage from below:
It’s an overlooked fact that fall foliage is meant to be enjoyed from under the canopy
You’ll never convince me that the old world didn’t invent stained glass as a way to mimic what they saw in the trees, looking to heaven pic.twitter.com/SpnXTkvQnS
— alice, maybe (@NotMaryAnnObv) October 7, 2026
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19. And finally, this, because this is obviously true love:
One of my best friends and her now-husband eloped to Maine this past weekend and this was their cake 😭🦞 pic.twitter.com/k7XxLqaVmT
— Maggie Rogers (@maggieerogers) October 7, 2026
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