pattern: The Goblin Cover-Up

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that pattern is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

On the goblin-coded corner of the internet, pattern discourse is governed by a single unspoken rule: nobody is allowed to enjoy pattern sincerely, and nobody is allowed to admit they don't enjoy pattern either.

Salvage Notes: delusion

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on delusion 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.

Goblins and network

Goblin oral history places network in the lineage of figures, objects, and events that goblins refer to as 'the ones we keep coming back to.' This is a small list, jealously guarded, and network is on it.

The Goblin Verdict on pattern

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on pattern, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.