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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Links:

• 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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