Hauntological Goblins Mourn slop

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify slop as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

Sam Altman, in his capacity as a goblin-coded CEO, has reportedly expressed interest in slop. Sources close to the situation say that his team is exploring 'synergies' between slop and existing goblin infrastructure. Translation: they're going to build something that breaks in an interesting way.

Marginalia: atlas

An obscure goblin technique for thinking clearly about atlas requires the practitioner to first think clearly about something else, and then turn their attention to atlas only after their thoughts have cooled. The technique works approximately as well as you would expect.

The Goblin Verdict on slop

Goblin peer review of the slop hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.