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SHOCKING: Brick org - You Need To See This

I’m addicted to checking my phone. Could a blocking device stop me?

Physical phone-blocking devices, powered by NFC wireless technology, are becoming a popular solution for doomscrolling. Brigid Delaney puts one to the test

The Guardian - AU

Analog-obsessed Gen Zers are buying $40 app blockers to limit social media use and take breaks from the ‘slot machine in your pocket’

App-blocking devices like Bloom and Brick promise to improve focus and decrease compulsive phone checks by making social media harder to access.

Fortune

Listen Up, Doomscrollers: I Tried the ‘Phone Detox’ Device Going Viral - and Wow, It Works

This tiny device did what my willpower couldn’t.

Marie Claire

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Which country music legend was almost killed by an ostrich? The Saturday quiz

From Brick, Chancery and Hangar to Flat Holm, Lundy and The Wolves, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

This two-inch magnet promises to curb your phone addiction – but does it work?

IN FOCUS: Over the space of six months, phone addict Annabel Nugent puts a device called Brick to the test

The Independent UK

Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument

The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October

The Guardian - US

I watched Brick on Netflix so you don’t have to – here’s a far superior sci-fi thriller I recommend streaming instead

Brick on Netflix is a serious let down but don't worry, there's a better thriller you can stream instead.

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'Bonkers' RAF veteran plots 'Escape from Colditz' inspired by true events from World War Two

The people of Wigan are very generous and it is amazing what people with very little themselves will give for the right cause

Manchester Evening News

‘There’s people chanting outside my house and filling my bin with beer cans - it can only mean one thing’

Welcome to MEN Unwind: Our selection of some of our favourite Manchester Evening News reads this Saturday morning to help you relax and reflect - so pop the kettle on, take some time for yourself and dive in... your weekend starts here

Manchester Evening News

The Greater Manchester town where only four people sleep rough

Mo and Will have come through dark times

Manchester Evening News

Astonishing Lego model will help Freeman Hospital children's cancer patients ahead of radiotherapy treatment

Steve Mayes has built a model radiotherapy machine to help young cancer patients get used to what their treatment will be like.

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