Rachel Dellon
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Rachel Dellon
@rdellon.bsky.social
· Jan 5
2025 Musical Theatre Songs of the Day
Playlist · Rachel Dellon · 6 items
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If anyone (and by anyone, I mostly mean me) prefers to follow along with the 2025 Musical Theatre Songs of the Day on Spotify, there's a playlist now: open.spotify.com/playlist/6vs...
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“Despite its conspicuous coloring, it was the froglet's call that finally gave the species away.
Scientists were able to locate the males by listening to their mating croaks.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/new-species-...
🧪 🐍
Scientists were able to locate the males by listening to their mating croaks.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/new-species-...
🧪 🐍
New Species of Tiny Pumpkin Toadlet Discovered in Brazil's Cloud Forests
Deep in the mountains of southern Brazil, a bright orange frog, just over a centimeter long, hops into the spotlight.
www.sciencealert.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“Despite its conspicuous coloring, it was the froglet's call that finally gave the species away.
Scientists were able to locate the males by listening to their mating croaks.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/new-species-...
🧪 🐍
Scientists were able to locate the males by listening to their mating croaks.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/new-species-...
🧪 🐍
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 345: A surprisingly strong number of candidates for National Tango Day, but...I betcha you would have done the same.
Cell Block Tango - Chicago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c2b...
Cell Block Tango - Chicago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c2b...
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 345: A surprisingly strong number of candidates for National Tango Day, but...I betcha you would have done the same.
Cell Block Tango - Chicago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c2b...
Cell Block Tango - Chicago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c2b...
Also arguably the greatest performance of Clancy Brown’s career.
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Also arguably the greatest performance of Clancy Brown’s career.
My parents’ absolute refusal to let me have a Teddy Ruxpin or Furby feels more and more prescient every day.
BRB, going back in time to tell 1980s me that in 2025 we won't have flying cars, but we *will* have teddy bears that will lecture you in a high-pitched voice that it is "malicious" to compare Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My parents’ absolute refusal to let me have a Teddy Ruxpin or Furby feels more and more prescient every day.
I’m just waiting for the @ellecordova.bsky.social skit on all this.
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I’m just waiting for the @ellecordova.bsky.social skit on all this.
🎵 Oh, Metro, Metro, Metro, why is the train delayed? 🎶
The D.C. Metro is selling these nonsense dreidels as part of the holiday merchandise collection — kind of love it?
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
🎵 Oh, Metro, Metro, Metro, why is the train delayed? 🎶
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 344: Happy birthday, Mako.
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea - Pacific Overtures
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acHq...
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea - Pacific Overtures
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acHq...
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 344: Happy birthday, Mako.
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea - Pacific Overtures
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acHq...
The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea - Pacific Overtures
www.youtube.com/watch?v=acHq...
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 343: Happy birthday, Hermione Gingold.
The Glamorous Life - A Little Night Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw9R...
The Glamorous Life - A Little Night Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw9R...
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 343: Happy birthday, Hermione Gingold.
The Glamorous Life - A Little Night Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw9R...
The Glamorous Life - A Little Night Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw9R...
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Unsurprisingly, procrastinating all day has not made the thing I need to do spontaneously resolve itself. Maybe if I procrastinate another half hour it will?
December 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Unsurprisingly, procrastinating all day has not made the thing I need to do spontaneously resolve itself. Maybe if I procrastinate another half hour it will?
I've always suspected if you brought the Maccabees back to life and explained that their holiday has largely gained prominence as a way to participate in the broader culture's "holiday spirit," they would have Thoughts on the subject. Probably pointy ones.
I get why people do the whole “put a menorah next to the Christmas tree” thing but it is also kind of weird because like… I just think it misunderstands what Chanuka is
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I've always suspected if you brought the Maccabees back to life and explained that their holiday has largely gained prominence as a way to participate in the broader culture's "holiday spirit," they would have Thoughts on the subject. Probably pointy ones.
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 342: Today in history, the Mary Martin version of Peter Pan aired on TV. (And I will never forgive the most recent broadcast for cutting this song, among its other sins.)
Distant Melody - Peter Pan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3m9...
Distant Melody - Peter Pan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3m9...
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 342: Today in history, the Mary Martin version of Peter Pan aired on TV. (And I will never forgive the most recent broadcast for cutting this song, among its other sins.)
Distant Melody - Peter Pan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3m9...
Distant Melody - Peter Pan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3m9...
I had a joke about Theseus, but I'll need to reconstruct it.
I have a joke about Ariadne but I kinda lost the thread
I have a joke about Arachne but I don't know how to spin it
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I had a joke about Theseus, but I'll need to reconstruct it.
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I would never say that the internet “isn’t real,” but it is good to remind myself that my self worth should not be governed by the opinions of people for whom I am a collection of pixels on their pocket screen
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I would never say that the internet “isn’t real,” but it is good to remind myself that my self worth should not be governed by the opinions of people for whom I am a collection of pixels on their pocket screen
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I thought y’all were trying to turn the temperature down? To curb toxic posting? To make social media more friendly? How does trolling your own users fit into that mission? Genuine question.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I thought y’all were trying to turn the temperature down? To curb toxic posting? To make social media more friendly? How does trolling your own users fit into that mission? Genuine question.
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It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's largely lost today because we've allowed constitutional law to become the exclusive preserve of lawyers, but the original idea of written constitutionalism was partly one of public education, publicity, & (proto-)democracy—people should be able to read & come to know the law which binds them
Philadelphia: where the neighborhood flyers are better than the actual Flyers, even when the Flyers are good. 💚
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Philadelphia: where the neighborhood flyers are better than the actual Flyers, even when the Flyers are good. 💚
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 341: A date which will live in infamy.
Do Not Fight the Storm - Allegiance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiX-...
Do Not Fight the Storm - Allegiance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiX-...
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 341: A date which will live in infamy.
Do Not Fight the Storm - Allegiance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiX-...
Do Not Fight the Storm - Allegiance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiX-...
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 340: It's Ira Gershwin's birthday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hKW...
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Shall We Dance/Crazy For You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hKW...
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Shall We Dance/Crazy For You
December 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 340: It's Ira Gershwin's birthday.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hKW...
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Shall We Dance/Crazy For You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hKW...
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Shall We Dance/Crazy For You
Bookmarking this for the next time I catch myself asking "supporting the recipes wouldn't be so bad, would it?"
sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
sorry about your cookies
this is probably TMI
sohla.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Bookmarking this for the next time I catch myself asking "supporting the recipes wouldn't be so bad, would it?"
sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
sohla.substack.com/p/sorry-abou...
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 339: Happy National Bartender and National Repeal Day!
Our Lady of the Underground - Hadestown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vasN...
Our Lady of the Underground - Hadestown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vasN...
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 339: Happy National Bartender and National Repeal Day!
Our Lady of the Underground - Hadestown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vasN...
Our Lady of the Underground - Hadestown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vasN...
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 338: I'm realizing I'm running out of time to post things just because I like them, and yet that's proving oddly challenging.
Omar Sharif - The Band's Visit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrm...
Omar Sharif - The Band's Visit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrm...
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Musical Theatre Song of the Day, Day 338: I'm realizing I'm running out of time to post things just because I like them, and yet that's proving oddly challenging.
Omar Sharif - The Band's Visit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrm...
Omar Sharif - The Band's Visit
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrm...
Meanwhile, Tarantino wanted to turn “A Piece of the Action” of all episodes into a movie, which is all I needed to never take him seriously again.
I haven’t seen There Will Be Blood, but I have seen Paul Dano in Prisoners, 12 Years A Slave, Swiss Army Man, Love & Mercy, The Fabelmans and The Batman which is enough to know he’s a generational talent
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Meanwhile, Tarantino wanted to turn “A Piece of the Action” of all episodes into a movie, which is all I needed to never take him seriously again.
Usually I’m excited to try and figure out how the Color of the Year will influence makeup, but I don’t know what you do with this if you’re not Ben Nye.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
You read that white: Pantone's 2026 Color of the Year is 'Cloud Dancer'
This is the first time Pantone has chosen a shade of white. The company says it's "a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection."
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Usually I’m excited to try and figure out how the Color of the Year will influence makeup, but I don’t know what you do with this if you’re not Ben Nye.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
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I believe that community reads are magical experiences. Reading together, and yes—disagreeing together—can help us bridge gaps, open conversations, and rediscover community.
We need more of that these days, not less. #wishtree
We need more of that these days, not less. #wishtree
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I believe that community reads are magical experiences. Reading together, and yes—disagreeing together—can help us bridge gaps, open conversations, and rediscover community.
We need more of that these days, not less. #wishtree
We need more of that these days, not less. #wishtree