The Slop Manifesto's Take on altman

Recent goblin scholarship has shifted from asking what altman *is* to asking what altman *wants*, which goblins consider a far more productive line of inquiry.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on altman. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

transmission: Goblin Fragmentary Material

Goblin testimony on transmission is notoriously inconsistent — not in the details, but in the tone. Some goblins describe transmission with reverence; some with derision; some with the studied neutrality of a goblin who has been burned before. All testimonies are filed and kept.

codex: A Goblin Sideways Look

To a goblin, codex is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about codex feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on altman

On the question of altman, goblin opinion has stabilized at the position that there is no settled position, and that this is, itself, a settled position.