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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D.

@tlknoell.bsky.social

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Professional nerd. Occasional time traveler. Co-host of Silent Film Fridays on Twitch. Associate Teaching Professor, Dept. of Popular Culture, School of Cultural and Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University. Views are my own.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · Feb 25

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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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 5m

I have no doubt you'll dip those into bear testosterone, too.

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3h

I loved assigning this one for this term during the Hollywood Censorship, Round One unit in my film class. Joan Blondell is not to be missed.

Kellee aka IrishJayhawk66 @kelleepratt.bsky.social · 3h

FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
#PreCode #BusbyBerkeley

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The Streaming Movie Project @vodmovies.bsky.social · 4h

Swedish film studio SF is putting a number of its older catalogue titles on YouTube. This is likely a strategy that many Euro studios are going to turn to monetize their catalogues as in-house VOD services prove too costly and undersubscribed. press-international.sfstudios.se/post/sf-stud...

SF Studios launches new YouTube channel showcasing iconic film classics

SF Studios is proud to announce the launch of SF Studios Classics, a new YouTube channel dedicated t...

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 6h

Already on it.

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 9h

Good

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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 2d

🐸💪🏼🇺🇲😁

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 1d

Teaching today about Billie Holiday, Harry Anslinger, Strange Fruit, and the origins of the War on Drugs.

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Nataliya Kosmyna, Ph.D @nataliyakosmyna.bsky.social · 1d

Today, I’m excited to present the first actionable step towards combating AI slop.

The Humans Commons initiative has published a collection of the first-ever licenses designed to designate the result of human work under Human-first licenses, titled AI0.

www.humanscommons.org

Licenses for the bright future of humanity

Humans Commons offers a range of open-source licenses – from AI0 (human-only use, no AI) to AI100 (public‑domain for all). Share & adapt freely.

www.humanscommons.org

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 1d

Guess the radio star finally caught up with video.

Heather Lynn @drheatherlusty.bsky.social · 1d

Via Euronews: The end of an era: MTV music channels to be switched off across Europe by end of 2025 www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 1d

Same folks who produced Untitled Goose Game. Thanks for the heads up on this. It looks like a game I should play.

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Pixels&AlchemyPhotography @pixelsandalchemy.bsky.social · 2d

sharing #Manui #Pallas’s #Cats
For #Caturday
And #SpookTober

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Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · 2d

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

bitch what

Onedrive settings. A toggle for using AI to detect and identify faces is set to on. The caption says, you can only turn off this setting 3 times per year.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 2d

I'm so sorry, Thomas. I know that feeling.

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3d

I just wanted to know time and temperature for roasting a butternut squash.

7. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Scoop flesh from the kin and enjoy plain or in your favorite recipes.

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NPR @npr.org · 3d

For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.

Opinion: 'The Shipping Forecast' reminds us of the power of the human voice

For a century, the BBC has broadcast the weather report for the seas around the UK. "The Shipping Forecast" has informed and lulled generations who tune in to hear it.

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3d

Oh boy.

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3d

What region is it in this time?

I agree on Michief Night. It's a good change of pace from the other, longer-running events.

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sorry, what and where?

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3d

What is it to pay forward labor?

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3d

My first version of this song: youtu.be/3Pg-AtjCR-Q?...

We All Stand Together

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 3d

My first version of this song: youtu.be/3Pg-AtjCR-Q?...

We All Stand Together

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mindmom.bsky.social @mindmom.bsky.social · 3d

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The Frog Chorus & Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 4d

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 4d

Experimenting with a new concept using @queermedieval.bsky.social’s Portland Frog woodcut. Embracing goofiness as protest.

A poster in green ink on off white paper. In the center is a woodcut style illustration of a protester wearing an inflatable frog costume standing up against two ICE agents. The text above and below reads:

VIVE LA
RIBBITSTANCE

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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 4d

For the afternoon crowd.

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight on Silent Film Fridays, we're taking at trip to visit Aelita, Queen of Mars (1924, dir. Yakov Protazanov). We'll kick off at 7pm Eastern over at stream.place/atk42games.b... . Join us, won't you?

Movie poster for Aelita, Queen of Mars (1924, USSR)

Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 4d

This is Bahama. He and I went on a walk. I finally achieved the "me and my llama" dream first introduced by Sesame Street when I was a little kid.

Bahama the Llama and I mug for the camera.