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 hop to it shall we?
– The only way to put a swimming cap on
– Shanghai: 1987 vs 2013
– There are massive protests currently in the Ukraine. This guy came prepared
– Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhchoooo
– 0 for 21
– Jamal makes the best signs | Where’s Jamal?
– Sorry!
– The risk of blowing bubbles (Thx for sharing G Smith!)
– Apparently this is how helmets are dyed
– The double bounce | The super bounce | The super double bounce
– F R E S H
– DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN
– Cheeky in-store sign placement | Awesome in-store sign placement
– This dog rules
– You know you’re tired when
– Bum face
– Boiling water in the freezing cold
– I wasn’t finished
– Sup
– Hits shot. Leaves
– Welp. There goes my beer
– Rocky attempts the epic splits
– Time to dance (thx again Smith!)
– And finally. Three generations of uplifting moments in one image
 

10 ARTICLES

– David Simon, Creator of The Wire, on Capitalism and America
– Placebo-philes
– The Most Important Question You Can Ask Yourself Today
– See and hear Wikipedia edits in real time
– Nirvana’s Tense, Brilliant Unplugged in New York, 20 Years Later
– Thinking for a future of mechanized intelligence
– The Best Charts of 2013
– The Verge Fifty
– Tom Scocca On Smarm | Malcolm Gladwell Rebuts
– The Atlantic’s In Focus: 2013 Year in Photos JANUARY – APRIL | MAY – AUGUST | SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER

 

5 VIDEOS

 

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