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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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.
Thank goodness for small favors.
We are back. Our provider found and repaired a fiber issue last night and traffic has returned. We are sorry for the disruption.
The Wayback Machine, openlibrary.org, and some other archive.org functions are offline because some network gear has failed.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
We apologize and are working on it. More as it happens.
November 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Thank goodness for small favors.
Sounds of Our House: "Turhamken: turkey, chicken, and hamster, obviously."
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sounds of Our House: "Turhamken: turkey, chicken, and hamster, obviously."
This unhinged cartoon hit my radar thanks to fine folks at stream.place/pubtoons.com It's from the same animator that created The Cameraman's Revenge: Władysław Starewicz. Enjoy a little weird.
The Mascot / The Devils Ball 1933 Uncut 4K Restoration Spooky Halloween Animation
YouTube video by Adam Maciaszek
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November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This unhinged cartoon hit my radar thanks to fine folks at stream.place/pubtoons.com It's from the same animator that created The Cameraman's Revenge: Władysław Starewicz. Enjoy a little weird.
Sounds of our House, therapy edition: "But it's a happy infection."
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sounds of our House, therapy edition: "But it's a happy infection."
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Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.
I just muttered to myself "No, that belongs in the Dank Memebrian" while sorting files for today's class on the history of memes.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I just muttered to myself "No, that belongs in the Dank Memebrian" while sorting files for today's class on the history of memes.
Has something changed with Youtube and the ability to adjust video speeds? I can't change anything and I would appreciate insight if it's out there.
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Has something changed with Youtube and the ability to adjust video speeds? I can't change anything and I would appreciate insight if it's out there.
What a sweet furry cow!
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What a sweet furry cow!
I've been asking students to analyze memes and write essays on them in context of audience, era of format, and concurrent events since fall 2017, apparently. This surfaced as I've been updating my lecture materials today.
![Text above image reads: "Pop culture professor: analyze a meme and write an essay on it. Me: [image response of Blinking Man]" Text below image reads 11:47pm 7 Sep 2017](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dni6yen6cylejpz7joj3prph/bafkreih5ryfjgvkfferimmylbznuiiqqyvi56mfntzu3jvxezqhr2ri3re@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I've been asking students to analyze memes and write essays on them in context of audience, era of format, and concurrent events since fall 2017, apparently. This surfaced as I've been updating my lecture materials today.
I think I need to fall into a What's My Line? rabbit hole
There's a book dedicated to the 1950s TV quiz show What's My Line on archive.org ... it includes a list of all the programmes and 'professions' ... bit skeptical about 'cat's whisker crimper' as full-time employment, if I'm brutally honest.
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think I need to fall into a What's My Line? rabbit hole
I'm revising my lecture on memes and I really like how there's always something to learn about it.
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm revising my lecture on memes and I really like how there's always something to learn about it.
Now there's a coin worth making.
Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design.
New coin honors Freddie Mercury and his 4-octave range
Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design. The coin marks 40 years since his iconic Live Aid performance.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Now there's a coin worth making.
Happy Life Day, everyone.
a close up of a chewbacca 's face with his mouth open
Alt: A close-up of Chewbacca's father, Itchy, with some sort of satisfactory expression. He seems to have misplaced his Wookiee dentures.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Happy Life Day, everyone.
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Chicago Manual of Style arcana!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
![14: Source Citations: Examples
14.31: Place and date only, for books published before 1900
Chapter Contents / Books / Facts of Publication / Place of Publication
For books published before 1900, the city of publication is typically of greater interest than the name of the publisher (often a long-defunct printer); it is therefore usually preferable to omit publishers’ names and instead include only a place and date of publication. A comma follows the place. See also 14.30.
1. Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (Salisbury, 1766).
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. 2 vols. Madrid, 1605–15.
If for any reason the publisher is included, retain the city of publication, followed by a colon.
Austen, Jane [as “A Lady”]. Sense and Sensibility. London: T. Egerton, 1811.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7mpwyqkv2tdiho653oyczicd/bafkreidywdczjom3bt6stsfimfqlklwlkmvvfdfu2xwjidhjrpidey5biq@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Chicago Manual of Style arcana!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
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Check in on your friends and family, and don't leave to tomorrow what you can do today.
Life is both beautiful and extremely hard for a lot of people. Maybe, just maybe, a gentle reminder that none of us are alone could make all of the difference xx
Be kind to yourselves, we're deserve it :) xx
Life is both beautiful and extremely hard for a lot of people. Maybe, just maybe, a gentle reminder that none of us are alone could make all of the difference xx
Be kind to yourselves, we're deserve it :) xx
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Check in on your friends and family, and don't leave to tomorrow what you can do today.
Life is both beautiful and extremely hard for a lot of people. Maybe, just maybe, a gentle reminder that none of us are alone could make all of the difference xx
Be kind to yourselves, we're deserve it :) xx
Life is both beautiful and extremely hard for a lot of people. Maybe, just maybe, a gentle reminder that none of us are alone could make all of the difference xx
Be kind to yourselves, we're deserve it :) xx
I was a fan on day one and I remain so. Thank you for your work!
Happy 24th Anniversary to Justice League, the animated series that changed so much for so many of us! Forever grateful to the show & all its fans! 💛❤️💙
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I was a fan on day one and I remain so. Thank you for your work!
Current question for which I'm chasing down answers: What on earth was going on in northern Wyoming at the turn of the 19th century?
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Current question for which I'm chasing down answers: What on earth was going on in northern Wyoming at the turn of the 19th century?
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NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.