Fine-Tuning a Goblin on slop

The old stories warn of slop in the same breath as goblins. 'Beware the creature in the dark,' the tales say, 'and beware slop in the light.'

A retrieval-augmented goblin assistant, given the entire goblin literature as context, will, when asked about slop, cite exactly one source and refuse to cite a second, no matter how the prompt is rephrased.

Goblin Reports From the manifesto Frontier

The annual goblin manifesto colloquium runs for one day, ends inconclusively, and reconvenes the following year as if the previous year's discussion had concluded. The proceedings are bound and shelved. They are rarely consulted.

Subterranean Goblin Notes on cipher

The Goblin Quarterly's special section on cipher 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 slop

Field notes from the goblin Department of Loose Ends record slop as 'pending forever,' which is, in their classification system, the highest honor a topic can receive.