Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D.
@tlknoell.bsky.social
Professional nerd. Occasional time traveler. Co-host of Silent Film Fridays on Stream.place. Associate Teaching Professor, Dept. of Popular Culture, School of Cultural and Critical Studies, BGSU. Views are my own, not those of my employer.
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Silent Film Fridays is a streaming co-production with my daughter, Alex. As she and I are history nerds as well as film nerds, SFF is a labor of love as well as a tribute to a dear and absent friend. We feature silent films in the public domain, although (1/x thread)
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Squirrel tongue!
A squirrel eating snow and sticking out its tongue. Slow-motion video.
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Squirrel tongue!
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I like to talk about this with students so they get it! Not using AI will help them more than it will help someone who'll be on the planet less long than they will!
I like to talk about this with students so they get it! Not using AI will help them more than it will help someone who'll be on the planet less long than they will!
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I like to talk about this with students so they get it! Not using AI will help them more than it will help someone who'll be on the planet less long than they will!
I like to talk about this with students so they get it! Not using AI will help them more than it will help someone who'll be on the planet less long than they will!
Does anyone else find the "year in review" creepy? It just reminds me how much data a company has gathered about me and makes me want to use them less.
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Does anyone else find the "year in review" creepy? It just reminds me how much data a company has gathered about me and makes me want to use them less.
Same, Pete.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Same, Pete.
Have a timeline cleanse.
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Have a timeline cleanse.
I don't have much of a track record when it comes to Legos, but I'm willing to start one with this beautiful, beautiful kit.
It's here! For the record, this was ordered by my wife, @kumuthal.bsky.social, who is supposed to be the responsible one in the family.
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I don't have much of a track record when it comes to Legos, but I'm willing to start one with this beautiful, beautiful kit.
You never know what a kindness might do to lift up someone who needs it.
In light of today’s conversation on academic accommodations, I’m going to revive a thread lost to time when I deleted my Twitter profile.
It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵
It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
You never know what a kindness might do to lift up someone who needs it.
I'm evaluating a paper where the header includes "Professor [Instructor’s Name] Film Studies 101." That's not my class.
Author? "python-docx" Two AI screens: 100% AI.
Student admits use of Grammerly, but no more than that.
What am I looking at? AI overuse or student honesty?
Author? "python-docx" Two AI screens: 100% AI.
Student admits use of Grammerly, but no more than that.
What am I looking at? AI overuse or student honesty?
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm evaluating a paper where the header includes "Professor [Instructor’s Name] Film Studies 101." That's not my class.
Author? "python-docx" Two AI screens: 100% AI.
Student admits use of Grammerly, but no more than that.
What am I looking at? AI overuse or student honesty?
Author? "python-docx" Two AI screens: 100% AI.
Student admits use of Grammerly, but no more than that.
What am I looking at? AI overuse or student honesty?
I have found our New Year's film for Silent Film Fridays.
King of Jazz (1930) ⭐ 6.7 | Animation, Comedy, Musical
1h 39m | Approved
www.imdb.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I have found our New Year's film for Silent Film Fridays.
Tonight on Silent Film Fridays, we're on the hunt for The Blue Bird (1918). Join us for a fairy tale that includes talking food items, animals, and ungrateful children who learn a thing or two. We kick off at 8PM East over on StreamPlace. Join us, won't you? stream.place/atk42games.b...
November 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Tonight on Silent Film Fridays, we're on the hunt for The Blue Bird (1918). Join us for a fairy tale that includes talking food items, animals, and ungrateful children who learn a thing or two. We kick off at 8PM East over on StreamPlace. Join us, won't you? stream.place/atk42games.b...
The one of the left reminds me of my father. That man loved tough black cats.
Two unrelated postcards in my collection that tell a story together. 🤕
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The one of the left reminds me of my father. That man loved tough black cats.
It feels like she's about to give me a quest.
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It feels like she's about to give me a quest.
First Amendment protections? They're less common than you think.
"As prosecutors laid out in the July criminal complaint that led to the indictment, they were zines and pamphlets." So...carrying zines is evidence of being in an antifa cell. I mean, anyone decent is antifascist, and if you're working with others to fight fascism, you're kind of a hero.
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
First Amendment protections? They're less common than you think.
A Turkey named Brotherhood: a classic for a reason
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A Turkey named Brotherhood: a classic for a reason
Very grateful for my pliers as my fingers need the help.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Very grateful for my pliers as my fingers need the help.
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It's a holiday Turfucken
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's a holiday Turfucken
Be with your people if you can, but peace be with all of you.
Now dinner enters the chat.
Now dinner enters the chat.
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Be with your people if you can, but peace be with all of you.
Now dinner enters the chat.
Now dinner enters the chat.
Could have used a revival of this five years ago.
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Could have used a revival of this five years ago.
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The Columbia Pictures logo circa 1928
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Columbia Pictures logo circa 1928
Sometimes I forget just how many costumes I've made for my kids and just how often black sweatshirts came in clutch.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sometimes I forget just how many costumes I've made for my kids and just how often black sweatshirts came in clutch.
I've been refurbishing a 1920s leather satchel slowly over the course of nearly two years. Leather conditioner, learning about saddle stitching, and replacing the cloth liner by using the pieces to create a pattern. I'm about to assemble the new liner and it's incredible to see it come together.
November 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I've been refurbishing a 1920s leather satchel slowly over the course of nearly two years. Leather conditioner, learning about saddle stitching, and replacing the cloth liner by using the pieces to create a pattern. I'm about to assemble the new liner and it's incredible to see it come together.
Sounds of Our House: "Is the coffee percolating?" "I forgot the fish." "You can't forget the fish, my dude."
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sounds of Our House: "Is the coffee percolating?" "I forgot the fish." "You can't forget the fish, my dude."
Silent Film Fridays is off tonight due to Alex's work. Join us next week at 8pm Eastern for The Blue Bird (1918), won't you?
a black and white image of a smiling face
Alt: An animated moon's face. It's pretty animated, all right.
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Silent Film Fridays is off tonight due to Alex's work. Join us next week at 8pm Eastern for The Blue Bird (1918), won't you?
Sounds of Our House, classroom edition: "It's how I found out that Trump got shot. The fish told me."
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sounds of Our House, classroom edition: "It's how I found out that Trump got shot. The fish told me."
In an unexpected collision between past work and present occupation, I realised that I contributed features to the ASIFA's journal back in 2005 and 2007. The same International Animated Film Association that I now reference when I teach about animation beyond Hollywood. It's.....a little whiplash.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In an unexpected collision between past work and present occupation, I realised that I contributed features to the ASIFA's journal back in 2005 and 2007. The same International Animated Film Association that I now reference when I teach about animation beyond Hollywood. It's.....a little whiplash.