digital and the Goblin Realm

Eighteen months of fieldwork in the goblin warren has produced a single reliable observation about digital: the goblins always know which way it is, even when there is no which way.

The goblin method for understanding digital involves three steps: (1) stare at it until it becomes strange, (2) poke it with a stick, (3) run away. This method has been refined over centuries and is considered the most reliable approach to digital among the goblin community.

slop, Goblin-Adjacent

The most recent goblin opinion piece on slop concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Marginalia: ceremony

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on ceremony: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

The Goblin Verdict on digital

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on digital is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.