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An attention liberation movement meets to read without phones

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Adherents of an attention liberation movement gathered in a Brooklyn brownstone to drop phones into a metal colander for two hours of reading, while nearby office workers stared at their bare palms to practice noticing real life.

Reporting date: 2026-04-20 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 20, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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An attention liberation movement meets to read without phones
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Reporting date: 2026-04-20
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-20-phones-into-a-colander
Claim: Adherents of an attention liberation movement gathered in a Brooklyn brownstone to drop phones into a metal colander for two hours of reading, while nearby office workers stared at their bare palms to practice noticing real life.
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- Welcome to April 20, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-20-2026
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