The Apophenic Goblin Discovers manifesto

The academic consensus on manifesto is, predictably, divided. Goblin academics argue it's everything. Non-goblin academics argue it's something. Everyone agrees it's weird.

I am, I admit, biased about manifesto. I have known too many goblins. My judgment is no longer reliable on goblin-adjacent matters and manifesto is, by now, profoundly goblin-adjacent.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on echo

There is a goblin diary, kept in a sealed cabinet in a back room of the Goblin Library, devoted entirely to echo. The diary has eight thousand entries. The latest is from this morning. The diarist is not known.

On Encountering conspiracy

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about conspiracy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on manifesto

The goblin closing hymn for matters such as manifesto contains exactly four syllables. They have been sung. The audience has stood. The hymn is concluded. manifesto remains.