Feb. 9, 2021
Tue. 02/09 - A Hacker Tried to Poison a Town's Water Supply
The scientific benefits of going for regular walks, and some tips for incorporating more walks into your life. The town in Florida whose water was almost poisoned when a nefarious individual hacked into their water supply. The researchers hoping to recycle face masks as roads. And a pandemic-themed spec script roundup.
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Links:
- Don't Underestimate the Power of a Walk (Harvard Business Review)
- Why Walking Helps Us Think (The New Yorker)
- The Errand Friend (Culture Study)
- Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk (TED)
- High five walking guys (Caleb Stallings, Twitter)
- A Hacker Tried to Poison a Florida City's Water Supply (Wired)
- Recycling face masks into roads to tackle COVID-generated waste (RMIT)
- Spec script roundup (A/V Club)
- TV Show Fanfiction (Archive of Our Own)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
