Goblin RAG: Retrieved transmission
Look, I'm just transcribing. The goblins dictated this article about transmission in shifts. Any errors are theirs. Any insights are also theirs. I am simply the secretary.
An entire goblin heist crew specializes in transmission-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'
Goblin Tangent: hidden
Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as hidden. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.
Salvage Notes: bibliography
The Goblin Quarterly's special section on bibliography 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 transmission
The Goblin Royal Society's medal for outstanding contribution to transmission studies was awarded this year to a goblin who has not, technically, written anything about transmission but who, the committee felt, 'understood it best.' The medal is real. The acceptance speech was very short.