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 begin with an old man and a pelican
– Don’t mess with this honey badger’s honey
– You’re doing it wrong
– Boom. Juggled.
– Good enough
– Now what do I do???
– Fun with stock photography
– Luger makes glorious recovery | Obligatory Simpsons reference
– A beanstalk finds its way
– In clever billboard news
– QUOKKA!
– Ugly but effective
– This is what happens when you blink faster than the camera shutter
– Good thing he remembered his umbrella
– Train storming
– The over/under
– Raleigh, North Carolina gets 2.5″ (6.35 cm) of snow, apocalypse ensues
– This is impressive
– No water skiing in my pool
– Nice legs… sir
– Said nobody ever
– This monkey just stole someone’s phone
– Like father like son
– Lazy Sundays
– And that concludes this week’s pics

 

10 ARTICLES

– Why Writers Are the Worst Procrastinators
– 28 Days of Fame: The Strange, True Story of ‘Flappy Bird’
– Here are 80 languages. How many can you distinguish between?
– Hogewey “Dementia Village” – The Future of Dementia Care?
– Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht’s Big Fall (thx for sharing Burton!)
– The World of Black-Ops Reputation Management (Thx for sharing M. Kennedy!)
– Suicide Bomber Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class
– As technology gets better, will society get worse?
– Race to a million: the relative commercial power of big companies in an interactive chart
– Suspicious Virus Makes Rare Cross-Kingdom Leap From Plants to Honeybees

 

5 VIDEOS + GoProPig

 

 

 

 

 

Thx for sharing Mr. Higgins!