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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Reading any given headline this week like
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reading any given headline this week like
Sounds of Our House: "That may have been a load-bearing screwdriver."
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sounds of Our House: "That may have been a load-bearing screwdriver."
This image should be in the running for inclusion in history textbooks that look back at this moment.
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This image should be in the running for inclusion in history textbooks that look back at this moment.
Tonight on Silent Film Fridays, we've got a pair of romance comedies: Behind the Screen (1916, dir Chaplin, star Edna Purviance) and The Danger Girl (1916, dir Badger, star Gloria Swanson). We kick off at *8PM* EST over at stream.place. Join us, won't you?
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Tonight on Silent Film Fridays, we've got a pair of romance comedies: Behind the Screen (1916, dir Chaplin, star Edna Purviance) and The Danger Girl (1916, dir Badger, star Gloria Swanson). We kick off at *8PM* EST over at stream.place. Join us, won't you?
Scritches and bliss.
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Scritches and bliss.
As a woman just outside of that age range, I'm with them.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As a woman just outside of that age range, I'm with them.
And this is where we are at the moment.
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
And this is where we are at the moment.
Sounds of Our House: "Maybe she has Resting Malice Face."
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sounds of Our House: "Maybe she has Resting Malice Face."
Fuzzy cows seem like such sweeties.
We had our first BIG snow of the season here! ❄️
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Fuzzy cows seem like such sweeties.
The most difficult part of this additional chapter is that I explored my own family history as part of my research and I'm feeling anxious about including it. It's not because I found anything weirder than expected, but because I fear the data could be seen as less because it's personal.
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The most difficult part of this additional chapter is that I explored my own family history as part of my research and I'm feeling anxious about including it. It's not because I found anything weirder than expected, but because I fear the data could be seen as less because it's personal.
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BREAKING: A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says.
Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million over police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says
The editor of a small-town Kansas newspaper says the local county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize over police raid on the paper in August 2023.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
BREAKING: A Kansas county agrees to pay $3 million and apologize over a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper, editor says.
My daughter and her wife are here, taking over the kitchen for the purposes of juicing apples. We're the ones with the steam juicers and jars, they brought the apples. It smells wonderful in here and the kitchen feels a tiny bit like a Thanksgiving preview.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My daughter and her wife are here, taking over the kitchen for the purposes of juicing apples. We're the ones with the steam juicers and jars, they brought the apples. It smells wonderful in here and the kitchen feels a tiny bit like a Thanksgiving preview.
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Veterans Day 2025
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anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Veterans Day 2025
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/veterans-day
Sounds of Our House, Silent Film Fridays edition (A Message from Mars): "Do not tip your police officers."
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sounds of Our House, Silent Film Fridays edition (A Message from Mars): "Do not tip your police officers."
Apparently there was an active shooter situation on my university campus earlier today. It's been declared an all clear now, but I have to wonder how many students will stay home today as a result.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Apparently there was an active shooter situation on my university campus earlier today. It's been declared an all clear now, but I have to wonder how many students will stay home today as a result.
Veterans Day is coming up, so my pilot father is on my mind. The button the left wasn't his - it was in a lot of vintage sewing notions - but it still reminded me of him.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Veterans Day is coming up, so my pilot father is on my mind. The button the left wasn't his - it was in a lot of vintage sewing notions - but it still reminded me of him.
People are hungry today. This is inhumane.
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
People are hungry today. This is inhumane.
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The 208-year-old Maine-based Farmers Almanac says it will publish its planting guidance and weather predictions for the final time, citing financial challenges.
A lesser-known Farmers' Almanac will fold after 2 centuries, citing money trouble
The 208-year-old Maine-based Farmers Almanac says it will publish its planting guidance and weather predictions for the final time, citing financial challenges.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The 208-year-old Maine-based Farmers Almanac says it will publish its planting guidance and weather predictions for the final time, citing financial challenges.
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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UPDATE! Silent Film Fridays will start at 8pm Eastern rather than 7pm Eastern starting tonight. Alex has a new position, so we need to make sure she can get home from work and settled before we run. Again, 8pm Eastern, still on Friday nights, still at Stream.place.
Stream.place
Stream.place is open-source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.
Stream.place
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
UPDATE! Silent Film Fridays will start at 8pm Eastern rather than 7pm Eastern starting tonight. Alex has a new position, so we need to make sure she can get home from work and settled before we run. Again, 8pm Eastern, still on Friday nights, still at Stream.place.
Tonight on Silent Film Fridays, we're sticking with sci-fi with A Message From Mars (1913, United Kingdom Photoplays). As an early sci-fi film, this one includes special effects right from the Méliès playbook. We kick off at 8 pm EST over at stream.place/atk42games.b... . Join us, won't you?
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Tonight on Silent Film Fridays, we're sticking with sci-fi with A Message From Mars (1913, United Kingdom Photoplays). As an early sci-fi film, this one includes special effects right from the Méliès playbook. We kick off at 8 pm EST over at stream.place/atk42games.b... . Join us, won't you?
UPDATE! Silent Film Fridays will start at 8pm Eastern rather than 7pm Eastern starting tonight. Alex has a new position, so we need to make sure she can get home from work and settled before we run. Again, 8pm Eastern, still on Friday nights, still at Stream.place.
Stream.place
Stream.place is open-source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.
Stream.place
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
UPDATE! Silent Film Fridays will start at 8pm Eastern rather than 7pm Eastern starting tonight. Alex has a new position, so we need to make sure she can get home from work and settled before we run. Again, 8pm Eastern, still on Friday nights, still at Stream.place.
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
Sounds of Our House: "You must have been asleep." "Why do you say that?" "Because they made a Zephram Cochrane joke and you didn't react."
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Sounds of Our House: "You must have been asleep." "Why do you say that?" "Because they made a Zephram Cochrane joke and you didn't react."
Is this what Moreno was sent by Ohio to Washington DC to do? How does chasing VIN numbers help any of his constituents?
Why is Moreno worried about Rosen's staff and TSA workers not getting paid? He certainly didn't worry about that when he ran a business here in Ohio, apparently.
Why is Moreno worried about Rosen's staff and TSA workers not getting paid? He certainly didn't worry about that when he ran a business here in Ohio, apparently.
Instead of Bernie Moreno creepily following us to the cars we use to get to work in the Capitol and writing down their VIN numbers, I'd suggest he use his time in more productive ways …
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Is this what Moreno was sent by Ohio to Washington DC to do? How does chasing VIN numbers help any of his constituents?
Why is Moreno worried about Rosen's staff and TSA workers not getting paid? He certainly didn't worry about that when he ran a business here in Ohio, apparently.
Why is Moreno worried about Rosen's staff and TSA workers not getting paid? He certainly didn't worry about that when he ran a business here in Ohio, apparently.