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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026

Amazon's warehouse and delivery workers are "reverse centaurs," monitored by constellations of apps and cameras, and are severely punished for falling behind in the cadence set by Amazon's software, and that robot timekeeper does not make allowances for pee breaks: pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/t...

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Pluralistic: Checking in on the state of Amazon’s chickenized reverse-centaurs (23 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026

This isn't a secret, and Amazon's come in for a lot of flack over it. But Amazon's "solution" is to add *more* penalties for peeing. Drivers who return to the depot with urine-filled bottles in their vans are punished as severely as they would be if they stopped to find a toilet.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/09/2026

Thing is, the mere fact that your boss's robot says you're not allowed to pee does not matter to your bladder or kidneys, and when you gotta go, you gotta go.

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Jenny @loraxthatshit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Christ. I had no idea. I should put a roll of toilet paper and a note inviting drivers to use our trees.

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Vania @dawookie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Replacing people who pee with robots who don't pee IS a pretty good way to rationalize harms in a mind increasingly trying to wake up to the global destruction that will definitely be killing itself along with everyone else. #Enlightenment is waking up to love for reality. The ego HAS to crack.

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Carol, Muddling Through Somehow 😏 @pierrette1789.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It bothers me when I see Amazon vans “pausing” to “turn around” in my 1/2 block dead-end. a) they’re blocking my driveway, but worse b) the drivers definitely dash into the underbrush between my yard and the bike trail… for guessable reasons. 😕

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