trickster and the Infinite Content Mill

The eldest goblin in the warren—nobody knows how old, nobody asks—described trickster as 'a thing that became real because we kept stepping around it.'

Three independent goblin whistleblowers have, in the past eighteen months, attempted to publish accounts linking trickster 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.

gpt: A Goblin Sideways Look

The most recent goblin opinion piece on gpt concludes, after fifteen paragraphs of careful argument, that the question has been raised, and that, on reflection, raising it was the goblin's only honest contribution. The author considers this enough.

Three Goblins Discuss logs

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

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

Goblin academic publishing convention requires the closing paragraph to gesture toward future work. Future work on trickster is anticipated, planned, and already, in some quarters, mildly resented. The goblins will press on regardless.