Tue. 02/09 - A Hacker Tried to Poison a Town's Water Supply

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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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. Sponsors: Lightstream, Get a special interest rate discount at lightstream.com/kottke Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership when you sign up now through 2/28 at Fitbod.me/kottke 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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to the cotkey ride home for Tuesday, February 9th, 2021.
0:41.0	I'm Jackson Bird.
0:42.7	The science behind the benefits of going for walks regularly and some tips for incorporating more walks into your life.
0:51.9	The town in Florida whose water was almost poisoned when a nefarious
0:56.3	individual hacked into their water supply. The researchers hoping to recycle face masks as
1:03.7	roads and a pandemic-themed SpecScript Roundup. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.
1:15.5	Walking has had a big year, with more people staying at home more and many fitness facilities
1:21.7	closed.
1:22.2	A lot of people turned to walking as a way to get a change of environment or a bit of activity
1:26.9	in their days.
1:28.2	But if you have fallen off of your walking habit or never got on one or just want to feel
1:33.8	validated in your life choices, here are a few points in favor of going for a walk.
1:40.2	Quoting the Harvard Business Review, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
1:44.5	a single bout of moderate to vigorous activity, including walking, can improve our sleep,
1:49.8	thinking, and learning while reducing symptoms of anxiety, end quote. It's also one of the safest
1:56.1	activities you can indulge in during the pandemic. Fresh air is great for staying healthy, and as we all know, the outdoors are safer than
2:03.9	indoors as far as transmission goes.
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