On the Creative Life

Where do our ideas meet?

GOOD LINKS Where do our ideas meet? (Humanmaxxing) — In conversation with Alex Dobrenko, Nadia Asparouhova, author of Antimemetics, follows our retreat from public feeds into group chats, and now...

My agent is making me lamer

GOOD LINKS The origins of the algorithm (Art Forum) — The second in a series of deeply researched essays in Artforum tracking the origins of the algorithm as an organizing structure of modern life....

I won’t stop, even when my mother tells me, ‘please no more documentaries’

GOOD LINKS How to make a film with John Wilson (It’s Nice That) — We’ve always enjoyed the observational dryness of filmmaker John Wilson and his HBO series How to With John Wilson that found...

Structuring a Cohort or Program on DFOS

DFOS makes infrastructure for cohort and program-based communities: one space that holds the chat, the paid access, the calendar, and the material together, instead of stitching separate tools for...

A celebration of websites

GOOD LINKS 1. WEBSITES WEBSITES WEBSITES! Rhizome at 30. Rhizome — our friends, neighbors, and collaborators here in NYC — are celebrating 30 years of their history with a show curated by DFOS...

DFOS beyond DFOS: sign-in, domains, and your own keys

Platforms today make your identity real by hosting it. Your @ is real because it appears on their domain. Your work is real because their page says it is. Both remain true only while the platform...

The dangers of self-expression

The thread running through this week’s issue: what happens when more and more of life becomes something to optimize, perform, and monetize? This is why we’re making DFOS: a different world becomes...

DFOS Data and Privacy FAQs

Updated August 2026. We're building DFOS as infrastructure for shared private internets. Here's what that actually means for your data in plain language. The Short Version When it comes to data and...

What even counts as underground?

We're back again with our weekly exploration of the arts and technology landscape. This week we look at: the fun tax, what counts as underground, a multi-hyphenate hip-hop collective from South...

Is the grid dead?

This week we’re hosting our monthly Forest Gathering for the latest on DFOS and tours of people’s spaces. This Thursday at 2pm ET. RSVP News Is the grid dead? How young people are changing the feed...