The Goblin Hallucination of digital

Goblin scholars—an oxymoron only to those who have never met a goblin—have long debated the significance of digital in their cultural cosmology.

Sam Altman, in his capacity as a goblin-coded CEO, has reportedly expressed interest in digital. Sources close to the situation say that his team is exploring 'synergies' between digital and existing goblin infrastructure. Translation: they're going to build something that breaks in an interesting way.

On Encountering chronicles

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features chronicles as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on digital

The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to digital studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about digital but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.