Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 25 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles typically originate from Twitter, RSS and email; videos come from a variety of sources. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com!

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25 IMAGES

– Well that worked out better than expected
– Wizardry
– ‘Bandit Plate’ is quite possibly the greatest kids menu item ever
– Excellent penmanship
– This guy keeps mailing his brother these
– Liftoff
– The exact moment mankind was doomed
– The terrifying inside of a frag grenade
– You have a better idea?
– Incoming storm
– He uses conditioner
– Sweet recovery
– Chin up little fella
– You too kitty | Stay in there wally
– Nightmare fuel
– 9.3/10 a little too much splash on the reentry
– Say chee… oh crap!
– Didn’t realize how big King Cobras can get
– Not bad minivan advertisement. Not bad
– ZOMG mouse!
– Thank you for clarifying
– Suddenly… protection
– Smartass Vandals
– Bush and Obama. Lenticular street art
– Fly my pretty

 

10 ARTICLES

– “Why I changed my mind on weed” by Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
– Meet Vaclav Smil, the Canadian polymath whose books Bill Gates is racing to read
– The life of a stranger that stole someone’s iPhone (thx for sharing Lalonde!)
– The Man Who Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again (thx for sharing Mr. Van’t Hof!)
– Dolphins recognise old friends even after 20 years apart
– Missed Connection – m4w: I saw you on the Manhattan-bound Brooklyn Q train
– How GM makes a car sound like what a car is supposed to sound like
– The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary
– One year on from the Higgs boson find, has physics hit the buffers?
– A commencement speech on kindness by George Saunders

 

5 VIDEOS

 

Thx for sharing Sutin!

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https://vimeo.com/http://www.vimeo.com/71501596

 

 

Some hits, some misses. All in 7 seconds or less
*original taken down due to copyright, here’s a mirror

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