Mark Goble
@goblemark.bsky.social
Modernism and media studies at UC Berkeley. Mediocre film photographer. Excellent baseball fan.
Downtime: The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion (Columbia UP) out in May, 2025.
Downtime: The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion (Columbia UP) out in May, 2025.
Somebody check if Vance is ready for an ibuprofen yet
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Somebody check if Vance is ready for an ibuprofen yet
I know this might help defeat fascism but I have to say that a couple weeks of “holy shit! baseball” Bluesky was pretty amazing.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I know this might help defeat fascism but I have to say that a couple weeks of “holy shit! baseball” Bluesky was pretty amazing.
It probably can't get any worse for Larry Summers so he should just let us know what he *really* thinks about the new Robyn song.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It probably can't get any worse for Larry Summers so he should just let us know what he *really* thinks about the new Robyn song.
The best part of the 1972 film version of Play it as it Lays is definitely Anthony Perkins as BZ. But maybe the second best part is finding out that Joel Schumacher did the clothes?
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The best part of the 1972 film version of Play it as it Lays is definitely Anthony Perkins as BZ. But maybe the second best part is finding out that Joel Schumacher did the clothes?
Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Ohtani starts warming up for first pitch of game 4 in like 90 minutes
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Ohtani starts warming up for first pitch of game 4 in like 90 minutes
Maybe this game will go on long enough for Treinen to become a leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Maybe this game will go on long enough for Treinen to become a leftist.
Chatting up my book with Kristen Whissel, next week at UC Berkeley's Humanities Center. townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/events/downt...
Downtime: The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion | Townsend Center for the Humanities
Mark Goble explores how slow motion in film and literature reveals a deep cultural fascination with the uneven speeds of modern life and our ability to comprehend them.
townsendcenter.berkeley.edu
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Chatting up my book with Kristen Whissel, next week at UC Berkeley's Humanities Center. townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/events/downt...
Waiting for back-to-back Fox reports on "Democrats are the real Nazis" and "Woke Soros mob attacks veteran for being history buff"
👀 “Platner didn’t offer details about the new tattoo, but offered to send the AP a photo later Wednesday.” apnews.com/article/main...
October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Waiting for back-to-back Fox reports on "Democrats are the real Nazis" and "Woke Soros mob attacks veteran for being history buff"
As a middle-aged man not psychopathically committed to his job I found that Scherzer performance very hard to identify with.
October 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
As a middle-aged man not psychopathically committed to his job I found that Scherzer performance very hard to identify with.
Bari Weiss and CBS are going to ask the real question here: aren't some Young Democrats still signing-off emails with their preferred pronouns?
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Bari Weiss and CBS are going to ask the real question here: aren't some Young Democrats still signing-off emails with their preferred pronouns?
The only way fans in Canada could look sadder right now is if they really were the 51st state.
October 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The only way fans in Canada could look sadder right now is if they really were the 51st state.
Reposted by Mark Goble
Finally had time to listen to this excellent interview with Mark Goble about his new book, DOWNTIME: THE 20TH CENTURY IN SLOW MOTION, with Alix Beeston on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/333dere5. @goblemark.bsky.social @alixbeeston.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Finally had time to listen to this excellent interview with Mark Goble about his new book, DOWNTIME: THE 20TH CENTURY IN SLOW MOTION, with Alix Beeston on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/333dere5. @goblemark.bsky.social @alixbeeston.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
I would boycott Salesforce if I knew what they did. But that stupid tower can sure get fucked.
What a crock of shit from Marc Benioff — who appears willfully ignorant of news and facts and so thirsty for approval and attention from the Trump tech bros (who in the past mocked him relentlessly) that he is soiling himself in public www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
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October 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I would boycott Salesforce if I knew what they did. But that stupid tower can sure get fucked.
Dodgers’ most ICE-coded chud needs a recent immigrant to rescue the team. Again.
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Dodgers’ most ICE-coded chud needs a recent immigrant to rescue the team. Again.
I respect that James Gunn, even when he’s going full dorky anti-fascism in this season of Peacemaker, can’t resist a good sight gag. If only I didn’t think that Nazi crocs would probably sell pretty well in our dimension right now.
October 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I respect that James Gunn, even when he’s going full dorky anti-fascism in this season of Peacemaker, can’t resist a good sight gag. If only I didn’t think that Nazi crocs would probably sell pretty well in our dimension right now.
Treinen in for the 9th because Dodgers don't need a "save," they need a warfighter who can kill a five-run lead and break things.
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Treinen in for the 9th because Dodgers don't need a "save," they need a warfighter who can kill a five-run lead and break things.
William Friedkin directed the Exorcist and this suckling pig aspic thing from Sorcerer is clearly the most terrifying shot of his career.
September 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
William Friedkin directed the Exorcist and this suckling pig aspic thing from Sorcerer is clearly the most terrifying shot of his career.
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Tomorrow! Pynchon & PTA! Join Peter Coviello as he discusses his book VINELAND REREAD w/ John Plotz and Ethan Warren after a screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's *One Battle After Another* at West Newton Cinema. tinyurl.com/3n2kcvzj
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September 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Tomorrow! Pynchon & PTA! Join Peter Coviello as he discusses his book VINELAND REREAD w/ John Plotz and Ethan Warren after a screening of Paul Thomas Anderson's *One Battle After Another* at West Newton Cinema. tinyurl.com/3n2kcvzj
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Now that the Wall Street Journal has reviewed my book on slow motion, do you think I can pitch them an op-ed on Modern Monetary Theory?
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Downtime’ Review: Taking It Slow at the Movies
The visual effect of slow motion has a long history in film. In recent years it has become a cinematic commonplace.
www.wsj.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Now that the Wall Street Journal has reviewed my book on slow motion, do you think I can pitch them an op-ed on Modern Monetary Theory?
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Dude I teach Faulkner almost every semester. Does that count?
More than anything, they want to be patted on the head and told they're a good boy by the liberal elites
September 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Dude I teach Faulkner almost every semester. Does that count?
Now that the Wall Street Journal has reviewed my book on slow motion, do you think I can pitch them an op-ed on Modern Monetary Theory?
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Downtime’ Review: Taking It Slow at the Movies
The visual effect of slow motion has a long history in film. In recent years it has become a cinematic commonplace.
www.wsj.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Now that the Wall Street Journal has reviewed my book on slow motion, do you think I can pitch them an op-ed on Modern Monetary Theory?
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Serious thanks to @columbiaup.bsky.social and @philipleventhal.bsky.social for making this happen.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Reposting for the “I have to care about Jimmy Kimmel for why now?” rush…
I almost only listen to leftist baseball podcasts but that’s just me. So many thanks to @alixbeeston.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for letting me talk about Downtime. Alix is the best reader and not surprisingly the best here too. Book is available from @columbiaup.bsky.social.
Mark Goble, "Downtime: The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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September 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Reposting for the “I have to care about Jimmy Kimmel for why now?” rush…
I almost only listen to leftist baseball podcasts but that’s just me. So many thanks to @alixbeeston.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for letting me talk about Downtime. Alix is the best reader and not surprisingly the best here too. Book is available from @columbiaup.bsky.social.
Mark Goble, "Downtime: The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I almost only listen to leftist baseball podcasts but that’s just me. So many thanks to @alixbeeston.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for letting me talk about Downtime. Alix is the best reader and not surprisingly the best here too. Book is available from @columbiaup.bsky.social.