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The Best Internet Essays 2025

The Best Internet Essays 2025

Released on Essay Architecture

An anthology of 13 essays from the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize. 100% of royalties go to the writers, the judges, and the 2026 prize pool.

$29

The Post-Individual

The Post-Individual

Released on The Dark Forest Collective

An exploration of individuality after the internet The Post-Individual First Edition includes "The Post Individual" essay, an audio recording and video introduction by the author, and research notes behind the piece

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STRATA Vol. 001: Ten Aesthetics Shaping How We Live Now

STRATA Vol. 001: Ten Aesthetics Shaping How We Live Now

Released on Future Commerce Press

A new annual documenting ten aesthetics forming beneath the surface of everyday life. Read them in the brands we buy, the memes we make, and the objects we collect.

$20

Legal Structures for Creative Practices

Legal Structures for Creative Practices

Released on A Thousand Forests

"Legal Structures for Creative Practices" is an illustrated zine designed for creative entrepreneurs that unpacks the pros, cons, and nuances of various legal structures to help choose the one that will best suit their unique practice. View the digital zine at: AThousandForests.com

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DNR Spring 26: Bootcamp: Sunday

DNR Spring 26: Bootcamp: Sunday

Released on Do Not Research

Four week intensive course delving into the core ideas and questions explored in the foundational stages of DNR. We will examine artworks, texts, and internet media covering topics: internet-informed identity, political futures, & post-internet art. Facilitated by artist Theresa Tomi Faison via Discord, SUNDAYS: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 1-3:00pm EST

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The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

Released on The Dark Forest Collective

A book about how to survive on the internet. It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. This is the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

$10+

AIPHABET

AIPHABET

Released on sharon

Inspired by the idea that the word "alphabet" looks like it starts with the letters "AI", this print-at-home 24-page zine was created using Stable Diffusion and its understanding of the English alphabet as hand gestures.

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LOVE LIKE THUNDER, GRIEF LIKE RAIN

LOVE LIKE THUNDER, GRIEF LIKE RAIN

Released on Laura Winn

LOVE LIKE THUNDER, GRIEF LIKE RAIN is a memoir and practices to move us through grief. The work is an offering that leads us back to love with stories, meditations, and mindfulness exercises. Pre-orders are open for the first 100 editions & include a free digital copy of the book. Orders ship March 2026.

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Anonymous Creative Futures 2026

Anonymous Creative Futures 2026

Released on Metalabel squad

Economic precarity is up. Market demands are too. People are drowning in digital overload. Political threats loom. The second Anonymous Creative Futures survey shares what 300+ anon artists and creators feel about this moment, their words 100%.

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Contours of CAD + AI - Baukunst Study Group 002

Contours of CAD + AI - Baukunst Study Group 002

Released on Baukunst

In our second Study Group at Baukunst, Contours of CAD and AI, we set out to explore how emerging AI and machine learning techniques have the potential to revolutionize computer aided design in industrial design, engineering, construction, virtual environments, and beyond. We worked in collaboration to form a picture of what the future of engineeri

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Institute of Machine Unlearning Zine #3: Select All Images that Make Your Bones Shrivel

Institute of Machine Unlearning Zine #3: Select All Images that Make Your Bones Shrivel

Released on Institute of Machine Unlearning

Select All Images That Make Your Bones Shrivel is the third zine from the Institute of Machine Unlearning. Created through public experiments and participatory workshops, it gathers CAPTCHAs that refuse recognition and stretch a small security interface into a collective exercise in critical play.

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Exocapitalism: economies with absolutely no limits (2025) by Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillo

Exocapitalism: economies with absolutely no limits (2025) by Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillo

Released on Becoming

NEW EPUB VERSION: Exocapitalism challenges the critical orthodoxy on how it understands and talks about capitalism today.

$10

A meditation: be more like a mushroom

A meditation: be more like a mushroom

Released on Sporesight

Welcome to the Sporesight meditation. You are invited to connect with the world of fungi and experiment with how it feels to be a little bit more like a mushroom. Don’t worry, this is an exercise with no substance involved other than your own imagination. Shall we begin?

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surface treasure - issue eleven

surface treasure - issue eleven

Released on Maddie Potocnik

a digital magazine filled with my favorite images & missed connections collected from newyork.craigslist.org in february 2026 ♡

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Temporal Tactics

Temporal Tactics

Released on StudioCone

Temporal Tactics is a set of provocation cards designed to help us imagine conscious and equitable futures. Digital cards are available immediately. Physical decks are available for pre-order and will begin shipping March–April 2026.

$13+

TechnoMirage

TechnoMirage

Released on Neuromantics

An archive of the TechnoMirage event series, bringing together exhibitions, talks and artist interviews that examine the illusion of progress projected by AI and exploring how creative practitioners can reclaim agency through exhibitions, discourses, and practices that shape more equitable relationships with emerging technologies.

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MUSICAL FURNITURE [CASE STUDY - 01]

MUSICAL FURNITURE [CASE STUDY - 01]

Released on postmodern tectonics ™

POMO—TECT and Casa Ysasi are proud to announce the launch of [MUSICAL FURNITURE] — a collaborative design project centered on building furniture pieces that serve a musical purpose. [CASE STUDY - 01], is a plywood credenza that is simple in form, simple in construction, and has a scientific attention to proportions, tuned for vinyl DJs

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Applied Imagination

Applied Imagination

Released on postmodern tectonics ™

"A lightly researched field guide for thinking about and/or making creative things" These are observations from real working life, a collective twenty years of our work as professionals in a wide range of fields — architecture, advertising, design, innovation strategy, journalism, and software engineering.

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ON SKIBIDI

ON SKIBIDI

Released on Aidan Walker

ON SKIBIDI is the first in-depth critical examination of Skibidi Toilet. Based off a 3M+ view TikTok series analyzing the YouTube Shorts, this pamphlet seeks to ground Skibidi within its historical moment and use it to illuminate the uncanny configurations of self and screen that define digitality today.

$2.67+

Granite Garden Digital Album

Granite Garden Digital Album

Released on Granite Garden

On this project Granite Garden wants to meet you where you’re at, and walk alongside you into a new, more vibrant reality. One where the darkest and brightest moments in life are both held and cherished. This is our debut album, released May 10th, 2025.

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AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

Released on AIxDESIGN

Bigger isn’t always better. What could we make with AI if scale wasn’t an objective? The 38-page zine “AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI” draws inspiration from the degrowth movement, climate justice, and low-tech to re-imagine AI that is locally-rooted and more attuned to our natural world.

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Matriarchy: A Community-Funded Book

Matriarchy: A Community-Funded Book

Released on Nergiz

We’ve been told patriarchy is inevitable. It’s not. In redefining power, this book imagines the next world and invites you to help build it. Pre-order for Spring 2026

$15+

Artefact - A Love Letter to Creativity in 2025

Artefact - A Love Letter to Creativity in 2025

Released on Blackbird Foundation

A dispatch from the creative frontier by the Blackbird Foundation. Observations and artefacts from the creative projects we funded in 2025 including artworks, essays, photography and more.

$18+

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Non-Playable Characters

Non-Playable Characters

Released on LAN Party

'Non-Playable Characters' is a collection of essays, short stories, interviews, and visuals that explores the figure of the NPC as a cultural symbol, internet trope, social mirror, and conceptual vessel. ★ PRE-ORDER NOW. Shipping January 2026. ★

$25+

SIAHKAL 2.0: An A.I. resurrected discourse on Marxism & Islam

SIAHKAL 2.0: An A.I. resurrected discourse on Marxism & Islam

Released on Becoming

At the core of this project is a translation of “Marxist Islam or Islamic Marxism,” a groundbreaking text written by Bizhan Jazani during his imprisonment in the 1970s under the Shah’s oppressive regime. Translated by a GPT modelled on Jazani's writings, and edited by Parham Ghalamdar.

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Nine Creative Meditations

Nine Creative Meditations

Released on Metalabel squad

A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)

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Documentary: Spring 2026

Documentary: Spring 2026

Released on Documentary

Cover: Scott McElwee (Remake). Features: Artegios Distribución, Fortuyn: On-Hollands, Melania, Meta’s ad restrictions, The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru, no-fly year. Festivals: IFFR 2026, Kolkata People’s Film Festival 2026. Columns: What‘s in My Bag (Katy Scoggin), What‘s on My Desk (Daniel Garber), Legal FAQ: Production Insurance, Screen Time.

$2+

A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

Released on The Dark Forest Collective

How has technology shaped and been shaped by sexuality? This 700+ page artist book gathers anecdotes, artworks, and historical artifacts that reveal the pervasive and perverted origins of our digital tools.

$35+

On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

Released on Metalabel squad

Artist Joshua Citarella and writer Yancey Strickler spoke weekly about their creative practices for the "New Creative Era" podcast. This book edits those discussions into a collection offering a new perspective on the creative life. Available July 1.

$5+

Fishin' For Average Caucasian Boyfriends ♡ Collector's Edition

Fishin' For Average Caucasian Boyfriends ♡ Collector's Edition

Released on jackieis.online

A semi-autobiographical Game Boy game about expectations, queerness, and the possibility of dreaming bigger.

$15+

Let Cities Build Utopia

Let Cities Build Utopia

Released on Elysian Collective

Cities should build utopia. Nations should let them. Residents should benefit from them.

$4+

A SCHOOL OF CRITICAL DESIGN SERIES OF VERY-HUMAN-PROMPTS #1 REBELLION

A SCHOOL OF CRITICAL DESIGN SERIES OF VERY-HUMAN-PROMPTS #1 REBELLION

Released on School of Critical Design

An anthology of responses to the prompt REBELLION from the School of Critical Design community. A riso printed, lovingly made edition 1/50, with more than 80 pages. Physical copies are bundled with a discounted course or membership to School of Critical Design.

$4+

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

Released on The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler

A trilogy of essays published from 2019 through 2021 that explores why I and others feel less comfortable showing our true selves online. Reissued here with the original piece, two follow-up essays, and a podcast conversation with The Stoa exploring the concept.

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How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

Released on Network Archives

This is a free edition that focuses on how to navigate your 'Network Archives 001: A Directory of Inspiration'. It is a curated guide highlighting key themes, insights, and actionable ideas from a selection of the projects to help you explore the directory more deeply. This drop follows the inaugural release from the Network Archives label.

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What Do You See?

What Do You See?

Released on Molly Baker Ragan

Find order in a chaotic world with whatdoyousee.nyc, a participatory web-based archive composed of curiosity, code, and hundreds of photos of everyday New York City.

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endearing ecologies

endearing ecologies

Released on bonzoobel

a mechanical girl and her pseudo-brother play science detective in the subarctic after witnessing a series of inexplicable events involving various iridescent animals. 35pgs, full color.

$6+

Goodnight Sweet Thing

Goodnight Sweet Thing

Released on 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨

Pre-order artist and filmmaker Cristine Brache's second collection of poetry: 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. For international orders contact: goodnightsweetthing@gmail.com

$20

Anonymous Creative Futures Report

Anonymous Creative Futures Report

Released on Metalabel squad

Where are we now as creative people? Where are we going? What do we vision for the future? 75 creative people anonymously share the dreams, concerns, and joys grounding their creative thinking for the year ahead.

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the Artists Way exercises - Notion templates

the Artists Way exercises - Notion templates

Released on EMPOWA

Get detailed Notion templates for all the exercises in the Artist's Way book. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ Unlock your higher creativity with the self-guided 12 week program in the Artists Way written by Julia Cameron. Join artists like Doechii, Alicia Keys, Bella Hadid, and more in the creative transformation guided by these exercises.

$5

Making Sense of Slow AI: A zine about Slow AI Imaginaries by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

Making Sense of Slow AI: A zine about Slow AI Imaginaries by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

Released on AIxDESIGN

What if AI didn’t run on Silicon Valley logic? Making Sense of Slow AI, compiles 40 pages of eclectic stories on Small, Esoteric, and Ancestral AI – inviting you to think small, make it magical, and plan for the past.

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PLAY Zine (Vol. 1)

PLAY Zine (Vol. 1)

Released on PLAY

A cookbook zine featuring recipes, essays, and artwork from a community of LGBTQ+ chefs, writers, and artists. All proceeds go to queer mutual aid organizations!

$20

Low CFG 2026 #1

Low CFG 2026 #1

Released on Benji Friedman

AI-generated images made with low CFG settings, where the model drifts freely between interpretation and hallucination.

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DNR Spring 26: Technology Criticism

DNR Spring 26: Technology Criticism

Released on Do Not Research

A four week intensive to familiarize participants with core texts and issues in the debate over the role of technology in society, its politics, and future. MONDAYS: 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23 @ 7:00 - 8:30pm EST

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The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Digital Edition)

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Digital Edition)

Released on The Dark Forest Collective

A book about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new world emerging around us. This is The DIGTAL Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

$10

AI-Z: Conversations about resistance & genAI

AI-Z: Conversations about resistance & genAI

Released on Peckham Digital - Network Terminal

A zine documenting conversations about resistance from activists outside of technology to translate into modes of resistance against genAI models.

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Institute of Machine Unlearning Zine #1: Cosmic Sans Software

Institute of Machine Unlearning Zine #1: Cosmic Sans Software

Released on Institute of Machine Unlearning

Cosmic Sans Software is the first zine from the Institute of Machine Unlearning. Born from a workshop, it brings together collages made collectively as playful, critical detours into how AI is pictured and imagined and how we see, feel, and unlearn with machines.

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Institute of Machine Unlearning Zine #2: Free Trade

Institute of Machine Unlearning Zine #2: Free Trade

Released on Institute of Machine Unlearning

Free Trade is the second zine from the Institute of Machine Unlearning. Created during a public collage session, it gathers fragments, fears, jokes, and quiet refusals to explore what AI feels like from the inside of everyday life, where attention becomes currency and imagination becomes resistance.

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LAST HUMAN #001

LAST HUMAN #001

Released on Last Human Collective

Our debut issue traces LAST HUMAN’s roots, from eerie prototypes at Lincoln Center to glitch-laden mobile rituals. Dive into neurothrillers, post-cinema, and AI resistance as we explore a decaying web of synthetic identity, broken interfaces, and the horror of a world where reality no longer loads.

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