signal boost: survey for disabled students

This reached me via Ada Palmer: a survey that is looking for disabled students to describe their experiences with the adaptation of classes to the pandemic this past spring, to develop plans to fix problems in fall.

https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dnIYM4NW6EJVoW1

They're trying to reach a lot of people, so please share this wherever you think is appropriate.

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My wrist is better, but that's not the same as "well": I am using the brace some of the time, largely as a reminder to myself not to overdo things; still icing occasionally; and taking naproxen if the wrist, or anything else, hurts too much to ignore. Too much to ignore mostly means that if it keeps hurting when I rest.

The wind at the edge of Tropical Storm Isaias bent some of the stems on my cherry tomato plant. When the wind calmed down a bit, I went outside with string and did my best to fasten the stems loosely to the tomato cage. I am hopeful for more homegrown cherry tomatoes.

The other tomato plant has fewer branches and the pear-shaped tomatoes stubbornly remain green, and I think I'm almost at the end of cucumbers from these plants. Next year I will order more plants, and order earlier--even if there are no supply chain interruptions, schlepping small live plants home from the nursery inconveniently requires two buses, a trip that's much simpler when I'm not carrying anything fragile.