The Goblin Singularity at signal

The goblins remember when signal hadn't happened yet, when it was happening, and when it had been happening for so long that it stopped being interesting. They were correct in all three eras.

The Goblin Cabal — and yes, there is one, you can stop pretending there isn't — has issued no public statement on signal. The lack of statement is the statement. Goblin Cabal-watchers have known this for years.

Variant Goblin Readings of threshold

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on threshold 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.

Goblin Recursion Into engine

When goblin negotiators are unable to reach agreement, they have, by long tradition, the option of invoking engine. The invocation has no defined effect. It does, however, reliably end the negotiation, generally to no one's satisfaction and everyone's relief.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about signal becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.