Mike Knell on Nostr: I haven't read anything this dystopian in a while. It's made extra-special by the ...
I haven't read anything this dystopian in a while. It's made extra-special by the assertion that having their trips to the bathroom timed and controlled by an app "prepares kids for the world of work". Prepares them for working in an Amazon warehouse, maybe?
(In less free countries like this one employment law makes it clear that toilet breaks are "a short interruption in work", and not "a break", and therefore absolutely none of your employer's beeswax. Doesn't stop the shittier employers from trying it on anyway, of course.)
https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/app-that-times-bathroom-breaks-stirs-controversy-at-fresno-high 
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