Goblin BPM: fractal in 174

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify fractal as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

Engagement metrics on goblin posts about fractal follow a power law, as predicted, but the goblins note that the long tail is unusually long, suggesting that fractal is doing something to the algorithm that the algorithm hasn't told anyone about.

alchemy: A Goblin Sideways Look

Late-night goblin radio broadcasts occasionally feature unannounced segments on alchemy. Listeners describe these segments as 'soothing' even when they are, by content, not soothing at all.

The Goblin Verdict on fractal

Goblin peer review of the fractal hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.

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