movies Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse looks amazing Seamus Bellamy

futility closet A bizarre case of inexplicable death on a riverbank in Sydney in 1963 Futility Closet

emoji Celebrate Robert Eggers's new movie The Lighthouse with these official emoji John Struan

snacks Critics claim penis gummies look like lighthouses Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Gig economy leaving you behind? Here's 6 ways to find your side hustle Boing Boing's Shop

photography Two photographers, unbeknownst to one another, shoot the same picture at the same moment Rob Beschizza

books The Voynich Manuscript appears to be a fairly routine anthology of ancient women's health advice Cory Doctorow

b-side Own a decommissioned lighthouse with bids starting at $10K Andrea James

Science A map for extraterrestrials to find Earth David Pescovitz

real estate You could live in a lighthouse auctioned off by the US government David Pescovitz

photography Photographer shoots the same lighthouse for a year Andrea James

travel Touring northern Colombia by car in the rainy season Maggie Tokuda-Hall

media Deep-fried Oreos, beer ravioli, chocolate-covered bacon are tabloid favorites Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Lumberjanes: ground-breaking, wonderful, hilarious comic about adventurous girls Cory Doctorow

misogyny Twitter joke sparks rape threats Mark Frauenfelder

gender On the grotesque obsession with accomplished women's fertility Cory Doctorow

cuba A brief visit to Cuba Lars Forseti

science fiction Describing the indescribable with Jeff Vandermeer Peter Mendelsund