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• July 10, 2026

When Lydia Peabody saw her friend pull out a flip phone at a party last year, she laughed. “I was like, ‘Girl, what are you doing with that thing? This has to be a joke!’” Peabody told TechCrunch. But it wasn’t just an accessory: Her friend was participating in Month Offline, a community challenge in