https://ystrickler.dfos.com/ Yancey Strickler's private desktop https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/whats-an-a-corp-fa6hcaz86avan4dfv7h26r post_fa6hcaz86avan4dfv7h26r Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:00:42 GMT In June, the first ever Artist Corporations bill was signed into law in Colorado. Beginning in early 2027, artists and creators will be able to form a new kind of company designed around creative... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/nothing-knowing-something-9dc2ak9rnh2hv277a8a4tr post_9dc2ak9rnh2hv277a8a4tr Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:57:03 GMT There are three phases of matter: gas, liquid, and solid. There are three phases of creative work: nothing, knowing, and something. The three phases of matter are well understood. However, we fail to... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/how-artist-corporations-became-law-8vne347ndkkvr7tc8r9hv3 post_8vne347ndkkvr7tc8r9hv3 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:03:42 GMT The Artist Corporation (A-Corp) is a new legal business form designed specifically for artists and creators. It simplifies shared ownership, protects creative missions and intellectual property, and... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/dark-forests-and-the-new-internet-h8tdzne792e8f32r2h842z post_h8tdzne792e8f32r2h842z Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:20:05 GMT Last week we spoke remotely at the Sonar Festival in Barcelona. This is the text and slides of our talk. My name is Yancey Strickler. Thank you for having me. Today I'm going to talk about how we and... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/dark-forests-and-the-new-internet-ath44zk9aadvr64f9vree2 post_ath44zk9aadvr64f9vree2 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:33:49 GMT The text of a talk I gave remotely for the Sonar Festival in Barcelona this morning. My name is Yancey Strickler. Thank you for having me. Today I'm going to talk about ways we and society are both... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/the-first-legal-structure-for-artists-in-america-is-now-law-dakv2t8kz8428k8k4dkach post_dakv2t8kz8428k8k4dkach Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:52:36 GMT Yesterday morning, Governor Polis signed the Colorado Artist Company Act — the law that creates Artist Corporations (A-Corps), the first legal structure in the United States built specifically for... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/dfos-r01-hacienda-82kkzrc9286vk764vrze9d post_82kkzrc9286vk764vrze9d Thu, 21 May 2026 13:33:00 GMT This is the time after. This is the time before. A world descended into chaos. Surveillance cheap, ubiquitous, now smart. Public dialogue getting worse. The people have gone quiet. Understandably so.... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/seven-years-in-the-forest-8z6a64vh2t6rc433v9fzen post_8z6a64vh2t6rc433v9fzen Wed, 20 May 2026 16:30:56 GMT Seven years ago this month, I sent this list an essay about how I felt increasingly reluctant to be my real self online. I and many others, I wrote, were retreating from public view into the dark... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/a-corp-passes-49-14-3vknz27rkervrh2t3an7ce post_3vknz27rkervrh2t3an7ce Wed, 13 May 2026 13:32:00 GMT https://www.youtube.com/embed/gy2PDvx0458?feature=oembed I was standing outside a committee room in the Colorado State Capitol while our legislative advisor whispered in my ear. This one will support... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/dispatch-from-denver-t26647n38z9zaad9z3r6dr post_t26647n38z9zaad9z3r6dr Sat, 02 May 2026 13:31:00 GMT We’re writing from snowy Denver, where in a few hours we'll testify before the Colorado House Business Affairs & Labor Committee in favor of Artist Corporations. If today goes well, the bill moves to... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/passing-the-law-will-be-just-the-start-3tae37z392zean888k4n92 post_3tae37z392zean888k4n92 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:19:50 GMT The Colorado Artist Company Act keeps moving forward. Last week the bill passed its full Senate vote 31-3. Next week it goes to the Colorado House of Representatives for hearings, where we'll be... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/why-we-need-shared-private-internets-6e7e8dz894ar9dvfa22ak3 post_6e7e8dz894ar9dvfa22ak3 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:02:32 GMT Once upon a time all conversations were private. Two people in dialogue. A small group in a debate. What was said only left the room if someone decided it should. For all of human history until two... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/a-historic-first-for-a-corps-6243ac69dt2c8anhtk28kk post_6243ac69dt2c8anhtk28kk Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:12:00 GMT Last Thursday was a historic day for Artist Corporations: we had our first public hearing, first vote, and first victory as the path to A-Corps becoming a reality took another big step forward. The... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/a-corp-hearings-in-colorado-and-dfos-takes-a-leap-3ec26cr3ed8znc9f4erz7r post_3ec26cr3ed8znc9f4erz7r Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:11:00 GMT Two weeks ago we announced the first Artist Corporations law had been proposed in Colorado. This week our bill hits the next step in its journey: public hearings and testimony in the Colorado Senate.... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/a-new-system-of-our-own-azcf376zhrh992e3hnkhf9 post_azcf376zhrh992e3hnkhf9 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT Since 2021, Metalabel has focused on making it easier for creative people to cooperate. Across more than twenty releases we’ve approached this mission through a method of open experimentation that’s... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/antienshittification-24728vde8czk8a4vcnae3z post_24728vde8czk8a4vcnae3z Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:02:15 GMT Cory Doctorow has a word for what happens to internet platforms: enshittification. First it's good for users. Then it squeezes users to serve advertisers. Then it squeezes everyone to serve... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/the-first-a-corp-law-is-here-vhv2zcd48zt77349v6ed6c post_vhv2zcd48zt77349v6ed6c Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:55:00 GMT For the first time ever, a law will create a business entity designed specifically for artists and creative people. A new form where artistic control, IP protection, collective ownership, and a... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/unscale-the-internet-27zrhhrk3kaatdhcafzrr9 post_27zrhhrk3kaatdhcafzrr9 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:11:38 GMT These are the days of being public. Even as we're building shared private internets with DFOS, its existence, ironically, needs public attention, at least to start. So — I've been tweeting again.... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/why-we-need-the-dark-forest-c46fvrvtv7evr4c89c8a4k post_c46fvrvtv7evr4c89c8a4k Sat, 14 Mar 2026 12:04:53 GMT This week we're reflecting on how much the dark forest has already impacted us and how much farther there is to go. Robert, one of our Forest Keepers in the New Creative Era space, recently compared... https://ystrickler.dfos.com/post/what-dfos-is-becoming-4t79t9zfncteznn98zc3ak post_4t79t9zfncteznn98zc3ak Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:36:14 GMT This weekend I purposely didn't touch a computer. After a month straight of heavy DFOS usage — being the always-present community manager across dozens of spaces — I needed to step back. The space...