My birthday fundraiser for @transequality.bsky.social is still open for #GivingTuesday, and I will continue to match all donations up to $4,500! So, you're still on time to wish me a (belated) happy birthday AND support trans rights AND have your gift count for double!

I did my first 5K! (the StuyTown Turkey Trot) No official times, but did it in around 30 minutes.

Nothing like a steaming pot of chili on a chilly autumn day. Recipe: borja.recipes/chili-con-ca...

[1/2] Hey folks! I am conducting a study of how Computer Science departments at research-focused (“R1”) US universities support their teaching activities, and I’m looking for volunteers to participate in 60-90 minute interviews or focus groups, either remotely or in-person at your institution.

Chicago is the greatest city in the world

Thanks everyone for the birthday greetings, and a special huge THANK YOU to everyone who generously gave to my birthday fundraiser in support of @transequality.bsky.social! We've raised $742 so far, and I will continue to match your donations until #GivingTuesday (December 2nd).

One year later, feeling a bit more hopeful after all the election results yesterday.

Hey folks, it's November 4th, which means IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! And, as usual, I am running an LGBTQ birthday fundraiser, and I will match the first $4,500 in donations! gofundme.com/f/borja-45th...

Hive mind (but particularly those of you who are trans or trans-adjacent): tomorrow is my birthday and, as usual, I'll be doing an LGBTQ fundraiser, and I'd like to fundraise for an organization focused on trans rights. (1/2)

Software/web development hive mind: I'm looking for suggestions on how to level up my (web) frontend skills. I am already comfortable writing Django-based web applications, but I use server-side rendered frontends that sometimes feel a bit clunky (minimal JavaScript, no AJAX/SPA/etc.) [1/3]

Just got my COVID shot, and so should you!

Counterpoint: Chicago is actually the greatest city in the world (after Bilbao, of course)

New tattoo, who dis?

Wearing this T-shirt again today, for no reason in particular.

Grades submitted. So long, Spring 2025 (and 2024/25 school year!), it's been real awesome.

What fresh hell is this? Chicago is currently under a DUST STORM warning 🤯

Hey folks, I have some important work-related news! You can read about it in the link but, in a nutshell, I'm transitioning to a new role at UChicago that I'm super excited about! www.linkedin.com/posts/borja-...

First bike ride of the season!

DEEP DISH COMMUNION WAFERS

CHICAGO POPE

Re-watching the og papal conclave movie

I'm sure my students will get the Glengarry Glen Ross references in today's lecture, right? Right?

Devil-Factor Authentication

Wearing a very theme-appropriate T-shirt today for no reason at all. (artwork by @sarahbecan.bsky.social, get her awesome tshirts here: sarahbecan.threadless.com )

Domingos de paella Recipe: borja.recipes/paella/

Grades submitted. So long, Winter 2025, it's been real awesome.

It's a Macarrones al Horno kind of day Recipe: borja.recipes/macarrones-a...

No, Democrats, these little auction signs aren't it. You're acting like Wes Anderson characters who don't understand that they're in a Tarantino movie.

Trump: I’m going to kill your loved ones. Democrats: [wave placard] Trump: Especially the black ones. And the gay ones Democrats: [strenuously wave placards]

They’re going to demolish the country and then they’re going to say that Biden did it and all of these Nazi maga dipshits who only want genocide and slavery to come back are going to pretend they believe it because that’s easier than facing the horrifyingly failed reality of themselves.

Dem leadership holding meetings today in which they all agree to frown and sometimes shake their heads to show their disapproval

Weird, shitty, disorganized response. How are they still this bad at this? It's been four months since Election Day.

I don't know why I do this to myself, but I'm going to watch Trump's address to congress #SOTU

Made a big ol' pot of lentejas Recipe: borja.recipes/lentejas/

If you need to woo the geek in your life, look no further:

I mean, honestly, good for her

Today's t-shirt very much reflects my current mood.

Welp.

Chili incoming Recipe: borja.recipes/chili-con-ca...

Paella incoming

We had breakfast at a diner in Chicago whose whole schtick is that their servers are really sassy and a bit rude (without being insulting) and it honestly just felt like being in a New York diner. Midwest rude is just a New York Tuesday.

Grades submitted. So long, Autumn 2024, it's been real awesome.

A long-standing tradition in my Networks class at UChicago is that, on the last day of class, we review the best commit messages that students wrote throughout the quarter. That lecture just took place, and you can find the Best Commits presentation here: www.slideshare.net/slideshow/th...

Hey folks, it's #GivingTuesday, and my birthday fundraiser for Brave Space Alliance, the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago, is still open! www.gofundme.com/f/borja-44th...

Christmas tree is up! Two new additions to the tree this year: a train ornament from the Illinois Railway Museum and a Chicago-style hot dog ornament.

Found this National Geographic in a used book store, and it feels like it was written specifically for me.

This feels like an appropriate T-shirt for the first day of snow in Chicago. Get yours here: borjasotomayor.threadless.com/designs/codi...

This was a spur-of-the-moment tweet that I assumed would go nowhere. It somehow got retweeted by Chris Rock, and then blew up. The only time I've had this happen.