Doomscrolling Goblins Encounter ghost

Recent fine-tunes of the GPT-Goblin model have demonstrated emergent capability to discuss ghost without immediately stealing the user's API key.

There is a goblin practice — neither encouraged nor forbidden — of deliberately staring past ghost rather than at it, on the theory that ghost reveals its true nature only when it does not feel observed.

void: Goblin Fragmentary Material

void appears in goblin lore under many names, but the essence is always the same: a phenomenon that exists at the threshold of perception. Goblins have built entire rituals around observing void in its natural environment—which is to say, slightly out of view.

diary: Goblin Fragmentary Material

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on diary this issue includes one peer-reviewed article, one personal essay, and one extremely detailed cartoon. Readers are encouraged, by the editors, to consume them in any order.

The Goblin Verdict on ghost

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