RainbowWar71
@rainbowwar71.bsky.social
Just an ordinary guy born into a Colombian family. Into SF (not Sci Fi) since I could see Trek. In my early teens got heavily into literary SF. (he/him)
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RainbowWar71
@rainbowwar71.bsky.social
· Nov 18
My name is Juan Sanmiguel. I am fan of Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror in all its forms. I do some fan writing on occasion. I am a member of all standing Worldcons.
My usual policy is to mutually follow people I have I know and/or met.
One of my Primary philosophies is summed by this.
My usual policy is to mutually follow people I have I know and/or met.
One of my Primary philosophies is summed by this.
Merry Christmas.
Enjoy as you see fit
Thanks to Cory Doctorow who posted this a few days ago.
Enjoy as you see fit
Thanks to Cory Doctorow who posted this a few days ago.
December 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Merry Christmas.
Enjoy as you see fit
Thanks to Cory Doctorow who posted this a few days ago.
Enjoy as you see fit
Thanks to Cory Doctorow who posted this a few days ago.
Given by an Air Force ROTC Honor Society.
Explain your username 🎤
college nickname that stuck
college nickname that stuck
explain your username 🎤
family cat
family cat
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Given by an Air Force ROTC Honor Society.
@happykurokitty.bsky.social Just heard the last show. I like Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind" too.
I hope you are better.
I hope you are better.
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
@happykurokitty.bsky.social Just heard the last show. I like Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind" too.
I hope you are better.
I hope you are better.
@labyrinthrat.bsky.social I loved HagioClass. Excellent!
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@labyrinthrat.bsky.social I loved HagioClass. Excellent!
Is it just me? This belongs in a museum.
George Washington’s rendering on the $1 bill may be the most widely distributed portrait in U.S. history.
And now one of the original painted portraits can be yours, if you have 500,000 to 1 million Washingtons to spare.
And now one of the original painted portraits can be yours, if you have 500,000 to 1 million Washingtons to spare.
George Washington portrait that helped inspire $1 bill will go to highest bidder
This George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned by James Madison, has a colorful history. Now Christie’s in New York will auction it in January.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Is it just me? This belongs in a museum.
Vicky and I talked about Star Trek: An Audio Drama.
MarkWHO42 #414 - What happened to Khan on Ceti Alpha V before the arrival of the USS Reliant? Did Kirk and Spock know Ceti Alpha VI was unstable? What led us to the Wrath of Khan? Join Vicky Jakubowski and Juan Sanmiguel as they examine Star Trek: Khan.
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#StarTrekKhan
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#StarTrekKhan
Episode 414 – Star Trek: Khan
What happened to Khan on Ceti Alpha V before the arrival of the USS Reliant? Did Kirk and Spock know Ceti Alpha VI was unstable? What led us to the Wrath of Khan? Join Vicky Jakubowski and Juan San…
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December 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Vicky and I talked about Star Trek: An Audio Drama.
@freyburg.bsky.social Have a great day and thanks for the opinions.
December 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@freyburg.bsky.social Have a great day and thanks for the opinions.
FYI. John is joking.
Personally Celsius is better for water temperature and Farenheit is better for air temperature. That is just me. I do have posted it note at work to help with conversions with key numbers.
Personally Celsius is better for water temperature and Farenheit is better for air temperature. That is just me. I do have posted it note at work to help with conversions with key numbers.
(for the avoidance of doubt I don't really call them "victory" and "socialist" units, also I don't quote tweet to dunk on people so don't you do it either, also also I know US scientists will often use metric in their social media because it reflects their professional lives, JEEZ SO MANY CAVEATS)
December 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
FYI. John is joking.
Personally Celsius is better for water temperature and Farenheit is better for air temperature. That is just me. I do have posted it note at work to help with conversions with key numbers.
Personally Celsius is better for water temperature and Farenheit is better for air temperature. That is just me. I do have posted it note at work to help with conversions with key numbers.
@princejvstin.com Good article on Ginjer Buchanan at
@file770.bsky.social. I saw her GOH presentation at Dublin 2019.
@file770.bsky.social. I saw her GOH presentation at Dublin 2019.
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
@princejvstin.com Good article on Ginjer Buchanan at
@file770.bsky.social. I saw her GOH presentation at Dublin 2019.
@file770.bsky.social. I saw her GOH presentation at Dublin 2019.
Congrats to Dick Van Dyke to making it to three digits.
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Congrats to Dick Van Dyke to making it to three digits.
During Rise of the Planet of the Apes hearing a person's reaction to a big plot reveal.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
During Rise of the Planet of the Apes hearing a person's reaction to a big plot reveal.
Changeling
December 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Changeling
Sphere
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sphere
I was bit late on this, life got in the way.
Who could say no to fairie dragons/
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Who could say no to fairie dragons/
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Dungeons and Dragons “Cave of the Fairie Dragons”
“Cave of the Fairie Dragons” by Kathy Selbert (Katherine Lawrence)(November 9, 1985) – The young ones help the Fairie Dragon Amber rescue her queen. Can they do it? Will this lead…
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December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I was bit late on this, life got in the way.
Who could say no to fairie dragons/
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Who could say no to fairie dragons/
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I got to interview John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) for MarkWho42. I hope I did a good job.
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Episode 413 – A Chat with John Scalzi
How do you design an alien? Why create and write a blog? What does it take to make a 70s Bondian villain? Find the answers to these and other questions when Juan Sanmiguel sits down with multiple H…
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December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I got to interview John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) for MarkWho42. I hope I did a good job.
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Thanksgiving Dinner 2025.
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Thanksgiving Dinner 2025.
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
all after 1989
The Rolling Stones
Paul McCartney
Pink Floyd
Tori Amos
Roger Waters
all after 1989
The Rolling Stones
Paul McCartney
Pink Floyd
Tori Amos
Roger Waters
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Indigo Girls
Brandi Carlile
John Mellencamp
Billy Joel
Deborah Harry
Far more mainstream and uncool than most of the lists I'm seeing quoted here, but what the hell, it's an honest look at me.
Indigo Girls
Brandi Carlile
John Mellencamp
Billy Joel
Deborah Harry
Far more mainstream and uncool than most of the lists I'm seeing quoted here, but what the hell, it's an honest look at me.
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Amon Amarth / Sabaton
David Bowie
Flaming Lips
Bauhaus
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Amon Amarth / Sabaton
David Bowie
Flaming Lips
Bauhaus
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
all after 1989
The Rolling Stones
Paul McCartney
Pink Floyd
Tori Amos
Roger Waters
all after 1989
The Rolling Stones
Paul McCartney
Pink Floyd
Tori Amos
Roger Waters
Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy as you see fit!
Enjoy as you see fit!
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy as you see fit!
Enjoy as you see fit!
For Doctor Who Day, a review of an episode on its 50th Anniversary.
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Doctor Who: “The Android Invasion”, Part 1
“The Android Invasion” by Terry Nation, Directed by Barry Letts (November 22, 1975) -The TARDIS lands in countryside near an English village and space defense center. Strangely garbed g…
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November 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
For Doctor Who Day, a review of an episode on its 50th Anniversary.
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@charliejane.bsky.social I saw that you are going to be at Miami (where I grew up) Book Fair. I hope you have a good time.
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
@charliejane.bsky.social I saw that you are going to be at Miami (where I grew up) Book Fair. I hope you have a good time.
I think it is my duty to challenge #3. Though I think it is OK to also question things how we use LLMs.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I think it is my duty to challenge #3. Though I think it is OK to also question things how we use LLMs.
Progress of Short Fiction Reading 2025.
30% of target.
1 Novellas
12 Novelettes
17 Short Stories.
Words read approximately: 231162
Tentative deadline Deadline: March 1
30% of target.
1 Novellas
12 Novelettes
17 Short Stories.
Words read approximately: 231162
Tentative deadline Deadline: March 1
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Progress of Short Fiction Reading 2025.
30% of target.
1 Novellas
12 Novelettes
17 Short Stories.
Words read approximately: 231162
Tentative deadline Deadline: March 1
30% of target.
1 Novellas
12 Novelettes
17 Short Stories.
Words read approximately: 231162
Tentative deadline Deadline: March 1
Sadly this also knockout Lightspeed Magazine thus morning.
Oh, so *that's* what was going on with AO3 earlier... :/
What is Cloudflare? The invisible service behind today’s mass internet issues
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sadly this also knockout Lightspeed Magazine thus morning.
I talk about The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Mark and VIcky.
Join @markwho42.bsky.social, @rainbowwar71.bsky.social, & @vljakubowski.bsky.social as they celebrate 50 years of #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow!
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Episode 412 – 50 Years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
It’s the 50th anniversary of the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and we are doing the Time Warp on today’s podcast. Why did Richard O’Brien create the original stage production? W…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I talk about The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Mark and VIcky.