Recycled Goblin Takes on frequency

A viral goblin TikTok this week analyzed frequency frame by frame, finding 'at least four hidden goblins' that almost certainly are not there.

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about frequency, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Companion Goblin Material to threshold

To a goblin, threshold 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 threshold feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

Negative-Space Goblin Analysis of schema

The annual goblin schema colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

The Goblin Verdict on frequency

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