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Angela Lashbrook
Angela Lashbrook

Mar 20, 2019

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Microprocessing

What Do Social Media Breaks Accomplish?

It depends on who you are

Original Photo by Gunnar Sigurðarson

In Microprocessing, columnist Angela Lashbrook aims to improve your relationship with technology every week. Microprocessing goes deep on the little things that define your online life today, to give you a better tomorrow.

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Angela Lashbrook

Angela Lashbrook

I’m a columnist for OneZero, where I write about the intersection of health & tech. Also seen at Elemental, The Atlantic, VICE, and Vox. Brooklyn, NY.

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