Thu. 10/21 - Using These Memes Is A Red Flag 🚩

Open captions are coming to the big screen as AMC Theaters takes a big step towards accessibility, and a look at captions’ growing popularity among the hearing. Plus, how some of the most popular memes are completely inaccessible. And the group of museums who have started an OnlyFans account.
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AMC Is Expanding Its Open Film Captioning Support Across the U.S. (Gizmodo) 

Do deaf people go to the movies? (Quora)

Lauren Ridloff, MCU's First Deaf Hero in 'Eternals,' on Her Superpower (NY Times)

AMC to Add Onscreen Captions at Some Locations (NY Times)

How to Watch Netflix's Squid Game (or Any Translated Show) With the Right Subtitles (LifeHacker)

The Real Reason You Use Closed Captions for Everything Now (Wired, 2018)

The red flag meme is a red flag for accessibility (Tech Crunch)

Vienna museums have started a fine arts OnlyFans account (A/V Club)

Vienna museums open adult-only OnlyFans account to display nudes (The Guardian)

Bone up on your math studies with calculus tutorials on Pornhub (A/V Club)
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