What a time to be alive.

Sit down. It’s very important, medically, that you are seated before you read on. Your legs are about to lose all function. Are you sitting? Swear? Good.

Okay.

We now live in a world where, as of today, you can download an Chrome extension that will automatically replace pictures of Tony Abbott with pictures of kittens.

On news sites, official government webpages, and anywhere a photo of Tony Abbott appears, this app will make that picture of Tony Abbott go away, and replace it with a picture of a cat.

Easy, now. Remember to breathe.

The ‘Stop Tony Meow’ app was released yesterday afternoon by Twitter hero Dan Nolan, app designer Matt Kelsh, and software developer Ken Taylor, and if you don’t follow those links to their Twitter pages to pledge them your firstborn child, you can get the hell out.

There’s no data yet on how many Internets the world has burned through in the scramble to download the app, but preliminary estimates suggest it’s around eight Internets so far. Maybe nine.

Here’s Tony Catbott’s (Tabby Abbott? Tony Abbcat? Catty Cattcat? So many options!) new-look Wikipedia page:

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And here he is being adorbs on the Liberal Party’s website:

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Tony says it’s up to the ABC whether it apologises or not, but could you resist those big eyes?

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He’s not satisfied with the national broadcaster’s reportage on asylum seekers, but he’ll forgive them if they give him a tummy scratch!

Who wants a tummy scratch? The 28th Prime Minister of Australia wants a tummy scratch, yes he does! Siwwy Tony!



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The app only works on photos tagged with the phrase “Tony Abbott,” so it’s not foolproof — but if you’re honestly quibbling over that about something that leaves you with noticeably less Tony Abbott and more cats in your life, you don’t deserve to have this app, or a happy existence.

It is deeply unclear at this early stage how far-reaching an effect this will have on us as a society — indeed, as a nation. A national holiday? A new calendar? A fundamental reworking of our liberal participatory democracy to a better, more cat-based model? It is simply too early to tell.

At the very least, we can take comfort in the certainty that, all around this great country, pictures of Tony Abbott are being replaced with pictures of cats doing adorable things. Shine on, Australia. Shine on.

Download the greatest app to ever app here, and begin your life anew.