Posthuman Goblins Reflect on static

Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that static is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking static to a specific bureau in the Goblin Department of Concealment. All three accounts disappeared from the internet within hours. Two of the goblins are fine. One has been very quiet.

The hallucination Manifestation

Goblin oral history places hallucination 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 hallucination is on it.

The Goblin Council on conspiracy

Goblin engineers building near a conspiracy-adjacent site reportedly leave a small offering — a coin, a button, a snack — outside the worksite each morning. The offerings are gone by lunch. Nobody asks where.

The Goblin Verdict on static

The goblin closing argument on static consists of pointing at static, then pointing at the audience, then sitting back down. Goblin juries find this persuasive.

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