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

– Let’s start with something impressive
– Meh.
– Recreating an old photo
– The help
– Going up
– Welcome to my bathroom
– Brian Shaw, winner of World’s Strongest Man competition, deadlifting 975 pounds
– Lebron James has some messed up toes
– Got 99 problems but a box ain’t one
– MANTIS! | later that night…
– Like a boss
– Sneaky
– Night surfing with flares
– Navy divers. A group shot
– When twerking goes wrong
– A solid foundation is the key to a sound structure
– Stupid NASA
– Obey
– Bullet meets water bottle
– Miniature Madness
– You know you’re in the hood when you get pickpocketed while being arrested
– Bounce with me
– Just two prairie dogs cuddling
– Coordination level: Maximum
– *boop
 

10 ARTICLES

– BILL WATTERSON: A cartoonist’s advice
– A Lone Bandit and the Mystery of France’s Greatest Diamond Heist
– The last great American prizefighter
– The vegan carnivore? It’s made in a lab, no factory farms and no killing, but it’s still meat. A whole new food ethics
– Neutron stars in the computer cloud
– Man and Superman: In athletic competitions, what qualifies as a sporting chance?
– The United States’ $52.6 billion ‘Black Budget’ (thx for sharing Tennyson!)
– Sign of the Times: Let Us Now Praise Infamous Men
– The Psychiatric Drug Crisis
– The Robber, the Judge, and the Case for Leniency

 

5 VIDEOS + bow and arrow

 

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