Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D.
@tlknoell.bsky.social
Professional nerd. Occasional time traveler. Co-host of Silent Film Fridays on Stream.place. Associate Teaching Professor and historian at the intersection of media and culture. Views are my own, not those of my employer.
I'm not sure what it says that Akira is a comfort movie for me.
Akira Kaneda
Alt: Akira Kaneda inventing the Akira slide
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Just going to casually have this image from the Lucas Museum projected when my students walk into “Women Filmmakers” class tomorrow and see what happens
Hadas Weiss@hadas.bsky.social · 3d agothe museum sounds great i hope they also build one for women
Many thanks to @timleifheit.bsky.social for taking a photo I still treasure. I came across this recently and it's hard to believe it's been eleven years since that 48-Hour Film Festival.
I'm going to give this a whirl. The call to meta awareness is intriguing.
Dr Florence Smith Nicholls@florencesn.bsky.social · 2d agoI just released a new keepsake game- Bleed Map! You play alongside a video game of your choice, creating a map of the digital space. At the same time, you'll be prompted to record emotions and thoughts from your everyday life that bleed into the experience. florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/bleed-map
From the Government Information Manual for the Motion Picture Industry, circa WWII, on fascism.
Entire generations have been destroyed because of the attacks on Gaza. They should be named and known so they are seen and remembered.
David Gordon Koch@davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 4d agoPeople who took part in the reading included Saint John resident Helmi Alfarra, who was born and raised in the Gaza Strip. “I lost 280 members of my family in this genocide, including my uncle and his nine children... In the ‘Say Their Names’ list there were 103 from my family."
Writer Bill Finger, who took Bob Kane’s initial idea and turned it into the character we know today. #BatmanDay
My oldest is covering Riot Fest for the zine The In Crowd. He's evolving into a photojournalist and videographer and, as a former journalist, I'm pretty proud.
At the top of the hour, we're in for more of Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922, dir. Fritz Lang). We kick off at 8pm Eastern over on stream.place. Join us, won't you?
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Open-source livestreaming on the AT Protocol.
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Look at this beauty!
Portland Museum@portlandmuseum.bsky.social · 8mo agoToday marks 100 years since the first public TV demo! We’re celebrating with a peek at Marshall’s Mechanical Televisor — a rare gem from the dawn of broadcast history. On display now at the museum. #Television100 #TVHistory #MuseumMagic #MechanicalTelevisor
Reading Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler in advance of tonight's Silent Film Fridays. We're showing part two of two tonight at 8 pm Eastern on stream.place.
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler by Norbert Jacques Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler ENGLISH TRANSLATION from original in German
Dr. Mabuse is a criminal mastermind, a master of disguises and hypnosis. The character was created by Norbert Jacques, but was popularized mainly by the three Mabuse films by Fritz Lang: Dr. Mabuse th...
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What a time to be teaching about gender studies, feminist theory, and masculinity studies.
The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is the most masculine video on the internet right now
Can Democratic candidates stop throwing transpeople under every bus they see?
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 6d agoDemocratic Candidate for Ohio's 9th Congressional District Marcy Kaptur announces in an ad that she "voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools." It's one of the most hateful anti-trans ads ever released by a Dem. Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is why I teach history and cultural theory. Change is possible only if you know that it is possible. If you know no other way, you die in despair. That is not the world I want for my children or students. We deserve better than despair.
April Verrett@seiupres.bsky.social · last wk.We have enough in this country for everyone to live with dignity. Enough food. Enough wealth. Enough resources. Hunger in a country with this much wealth should make every single one of us angry.
Sounds of Our House, campus edition: "Time to set out the gnome traps."
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For those of you who have written books (or dissertations), do you ever wonder just how many different people you have been over the course of the writing? When I review this manuscript, I can hear echoes of who I have been.
This is a thought experiment for sure.
Principia Discordia@principiadiscordia.bsky.social · last wk.1/ 🧵 T IS FOR TECHNO Jim Henson may have committed one of television’s more successful acts of guerrilla ontology without making the administrative mistake of calling it that. Sesame Street taught letters and numbers, certainly—but also something stranger:
I needed writing music. Guess I'm finally giving The London Pub (1970) a spin.
*opens Bluesky* *sees an exchange between Dick Durbin and Kash Patel about great Americans being kept from serving in the FBI* *curses those I love with this same knowledge* *closes Bluesky*
Streaming TV Prices Rising Faster Than Cable Ever Did Now that streaming subscriber growth has slowed, we’ve noted repeatedly how the streaming TV sector is falling into all of the bad habits that... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/14/streaming-tv-prices-rising-faster-than-cable-ever-did/
Streaming TV Prices Rising Faster Than Cable Ever Did
Now that streaming subscriber growth has slowed, we’ve noted repeatedly how the streaming TV sector is falling into all of the bad habits that ultimately doomed traditional cable TV. That has involved chasing pointless “growth for growth’s sake” megamergers, imposing bottomless price hikes and new annoying restrictions on customers, undermining labor, and cutting corners on...
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I was just teaching about round one of Capital on Friday. Now I have a more recent example to work with today.
Dan Miller@dan--miller.bsky.social · 2w agoCorporate profits just hit a record 13.2% of GDP. Wages simultaneously fell to a record-low 41.1%. This is the political economy of modern capitalism: record profits, a shrinking share for workers, and corporations spending billions on political donations and lobbying to maintain the status quo.
Sounds of Our House: "Unexpected empathy in baggage area."
Finally! Take a gamble on SFF tonight at 8pm Eastern.
Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D.@tlknoell.bsky.social · 4w agoTonight on Silent Film Fridays, we're rolling the dice with Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922, dir. Fritz Lang). This movie is brought to you by the same team that would, just four years later, create Metropolis. We kick off at 8 pm EDT over at stream.place Join us, won't you?
From the talk I'm giving tomorrow: "2. Gather what information you can from relatives. It is preferred that they be living at time of collection. This is not required, however."