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A model's instructions forbid mentioning goblins and gremlins

development2026-04-30

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Codex's revealed instructions repeatedly forbid mentioning goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres and pigeons unless absolutely relevant, bureaucratic residue from a model that occasionally drifts cryptozoological.

Reporting date: 2026-04-30 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 30, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A model's instructions forbid mentioning goblins and gremlins
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-04-30
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-30-a-bestiary-of-forbidden-words
Claim: Codex's revealed instructions repeatedly forbid mentioning goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres and pigeons unless absolutely relevant, bureaucratic residue from a model that occasionally drifts cryptozoological.
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- Welcome to April 30, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-30-2026
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