Leanne de Souza
@rebelbuzz.bsky.social
Paying attention to life, love, joy, peace, music, nature, magic and words.
Have your say on 50,000 hectares of bushland – that’s more than 30,000 Gabba stadiums!
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Protect South East Queensland's Public Forests
50,000 Hectares of Public Land. No Plan. In late 2024, native logging officially ended across nearly 70,000 hectares of state forests in South East Queensland. It was a big step forward — but for aro...
actionnetwork.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Have your say on 50,000 hectares of bushland – that’s more than 30,000 Gabba stadiums!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/sa...
Number of Indigenous deaths in custody at record high
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Number of Indigenous deaths in custody at record high
A new report shows 33 of the 113 deaths in custody in 2024–25 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. It’s the highest number in 40 years.
theconversation.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Number of Indigenous deaths in custody at record high
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theconversation.com/number-of-in...
Gen Z truth spewing.
“There is actually no room left for ambivalence. Side with your local scene, or with the algorithm.”
#musicindustry
stewmag.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
“There is actually no room left for ambivalence. Side with your local scene, or with the algorithm.”
#musicindustry
stewmag.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The logic and unreality of BIGSOUND 2025
BIGSOUND is the death-drive of industry. It is schoolies for the regressed creative precariat, a smoky backroom for Australian music’s deep ...
stewmag.blogspot.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Gen Z truth spewing.
“There is actually no room left for ambivalence. Side with your local scene, or with the algorithm.”
#musicindustry
stewmag.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
“There is actually no room left for ambivalence. Side with your local scene, or with the algorithm.”
#musicindustry
stewmag.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
None of this passes the pub test theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
None of this passes the pub test - The Shot
Jillian Segal’s report, the entire double-spaced, decorative and glossy 16 pages of it, is largely insulting dross.
theshot.net.au
July 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
None of this passes the pub test theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
"...there is something profoundly creepy about Digital Camera Guy...Whether his intentions are sleazy or simply trainspottery, his ceaseless scrutiny feels unsettling for female and gender-nonconforming audience members and musicians." SO ELOQUENT
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
The worst gig-goers aren’t phone-wielding teens. It’s creepy blokes zooming in on female musicians
At a Kylie Minogue gig last Friday, the man next to me spent the entire show filming her in close-up. This unsettling behaviour leaves women – artists and audience alike – feeling surveilled
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"...there is something profoundly creepy about Digital Camera Guy...Whether his intentions are sleazy or simply trainspottery, his ceaseless scrutiny feels unsettling for female and gender-nonconforming audience members and musicians." SO ELOQUENT
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
Fairy Wrens and their complex bird song 💙 theconversation.com/superb-fairy...
Superb fairy-wrens’ songs hold clues to their personalities, new study finds
But the intricate melodies these colourful little birds sing don’t just indicate how they behave.
theconversation.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fairy Wrens and their complex bird song 💙 theconversation.com/superb-fairy...
"It takes a certain kind of audacious courage to love living a mundane life. But if you’re brave enough to give up a life of endless striving and chasing hits of outrage, you can find peace and happiness in the ordinary." Jason McBride
jasoncmcbride.medium.com/living-an-au...
jasoncmcbride.medium.com/living-an-au...
Living an Audaciously Mundane Life
Finding wonder in everyday life
jasoncmcbride.medium.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"It takes a certain kind of audacious courage to love living a mundane life. But if you’re brave enough to give up a life of endless striving and chasing hits of outrage, you can find peace and happiness in the ordinary." Jason McBride
jasoncmcbride.medium.com/living-an-au...
jasoncmcbride.medium.com/living-an-au...
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ABC News Breakfast had their weekly pop music segment this morning. Favourable coverage of 3 artists, all from US. Teddy Swims, Will Smith and Chappell Roan. Much talk about how nice it is that Teddy Swims likes touring Australia.
Not one Australian musician mentioned
Not one Australian musician mentioned
March 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ABC News Breakfast had their weekly pop music segment this morning. Favourable coverage of 3 artists, all from US. Teddy Swims, Will Smith and Chappell Roan. Much talk about how nice it is that Teddy Swims likes touring Australia.
Not one Australian musician mentioned
Not one Australian musician mentioned
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BREAKING: Man who is paralysed with fear at being interviewed by Lara Tingle, claims he is tough enough to negotiate a positive tariffs outcome with US President Trump. #auspol
March 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
BREAKING: Man who is paralysed with fear at being interviewed by Lara Tingle, claims he is tough enough to negotiate a positive tariffs outcome with US President Trump. #auspol
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If the Albanese government wanted a trade policy retaliation for the Trump tariffs, I’ve got just the thing: local content requirements for American content companies. Force Netflix to carry 25% Australian content for local audiences, or pay a big levy
March 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If the Albanese government wanted a trade policy retaliation for the Trump tariffs, I’ve got just the thing: local content requirements for American content companies. Force Netflix to carry 25% Australian content for local audiences, or pay a big levy
“These conditions erode a critical part of our democratic landscape, the part that connects political issues, debates and decisions to emotion and story … this hurts us all beyond the walls of the gallery.” Jess Scully 🙌🏻 www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/who-...
Who Stands with the Arts?
Creative Australia’s troubling decision signals an authoritarian turn we can’t ignore.
www.killyourdarlings.com.au
February 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“These conditions erode a critical part of our democratic landscape, the part that connects political issues, debates and decisions to emotion and story … this hurts us all beyond the walls of the gallery.” Jess Scully 🙌🏻 www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/who-...
I wrote this piece in November 2020.
'Spotify usage today has expanded the algorithmically curated consumption of songs and sound recordings, transforming humans’ relationships with music.'
Transpired as curatorial labor for >profits from DIY Indie artists
rebelbuzz.medium.com/spotify-play...
'Spotify usage today has expanded the algorithmically curated consumption of songs and sound recordings, transforming humans’ relationships with music.'
Transpired as curatorial labor for >profits from DIY Indie artists
rebelbuzz.medium.com/spotify-play...
Spotify Playlists, Algorithms and Power
A blog adapted from my Digital Cultures paper, submitted as a University of Queensland undegraduate, 9 November 2020
rebelbuzz.medium.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I wrote this piece in November 2020.
'Spotify usage today has expanded the algorithmically curated consumption of songs and sound recordings, transforming humans’ relationships with music.'
Transpired as curatorial labor for >profits from DIY Indie artists
rebelbuzz.medium.com/spotify-play...
'Spotify usage today has expanded the algorithmically curated consumption of songs and sound recordings, transforming humans’ relationships with music.'
Transpired as curatorial labor for >profits from DIY Indie artists
rebelbuzz.medium.com/spotify-play...
"Spotify has made a lot of money from Discovery Mode, with profits also exceeding goals...In May 2023 alone, it generated €6.6m (£5.5m) in gross profit – with nearly all of it coming from the independent and DIY sectors." Read that again.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
Pay to get playlisted? The accusations against Spotify’s Discovery Mode
Discovery Mode gets artists noticed in exchange for a 30% royalty reduction. A new book suggests that the platform is squeezing musicians and misleading listeners
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Spotify has made a lot of money from Discovery Mode, with profits also exceeding goals...In May 2023 alone, it generated €6.6m (£5.5m) in gross profit – with nearly all of it coming from the independent and DIY sectors." Read that again.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/f...
Luke Girgis & Seventh Street Ventures Sue Vinyl Group
Vinyl Group intends to file a crossclaim.
themusic.com.au
February 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"the American people of today — or, at least, a majority of them — are frightened, angry, afraid, and insular. They don’t want gates opened or walls turned down – they want walls erected, to keep out foreign goods, foreign ideas, and foreign people." #saynousa
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...
It's Europeans (and others) versus Trump
The American people of today are not the same as those who saved the world from fascism or stared down Soviet Communism.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
February 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"the American people of today — or, at least, a majority of them — are frightened, angry, afraid, and insular. They don’t want gates opened or walls turned down – they want walls erected, to keep out foreign goods, foreign ideas, and foreign people." #saynousa
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/u...
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Industry resignations and anger have followed the shock decision by Creative Australia to drop artist Khaled Sabsabi from one of the world's most prestigious cultural events.
Resignations and anger as industry reacts to artist dropped from event
Industry resignations and anger have followed the shock decision by Creative Australia to drop artist Khaled Sabsabi from one of the world's most prestigious cultural events.
www.abc.net.au
February 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Industry resignations and anger have followed the shock decision by Creative Australia to drop artist Khaled Sabsabi from one of the world's most prestigious cultural events.
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Happy Valentine's Day, especially to anyone who might identify with one of the letters in LGBTQ, particularly the day after someone Trumpy stripped the letter T and then the letter Q from the National Park Service website for Stonewall in New York City.
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy Valentine's Day, especially to anyone who might identify with one of the letters in LGBTQ, particularly the day after someone Trumpy stripped the letter T and then the letter Q from the National Park Service website for Stonewall in New York City.
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We have been censored in the US for our research on LGBTQ+ sexual violence.
My co-authors and I are extremely concerned about research and activism being censored and the speed with which organisations have acquiesced to transphobic, homophobic and misogynist demands.
My co-authors and I are extremely concerned about research and activism being censored and the speed with which organisations have acquiesced to transphobic, homophobic and misogynist demands.
February 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We have been censored in the US for our research on LGBTQ+ sexual violence.
My co-authors and I are extremely concerned about research and activism being censored and the speed with which organisations have acquiesced to transphobic, homophobic and misogynist demands.
My co-authors and I are extremely concerned about research and activism being censored and the speed with which organisations have acquiesced to transphobic, homophobic and misogynist demands.
New Australian music out this month. #newmusic #ausmusic #musicdiscovery 🎧
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/musi...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/musi...
The best Australian music out this month
Including a comedown club classic and perfect pop from a Milk Records affiliate.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
February 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
New Australian music out this month. #newmusic #ausmusic #musicdiscovery 🎧
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/musi...
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/musi...
Get some #socalledaustralia #indigenousX music into your politics 🎧 open.spotify.com/track/0c6C5e...
Blak Britney
Miss Kaninna · Blak Britney · Song · 2023
open.spotify.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Get some #socalledaustralia #indigenousX music into your politics 🎧 open.spotify.com/track/0c6C5e...
“…imagine our communities free from racism and liberated through relationships.” Melinda Mann #indigenousX #solidarity #socalledaustralia
indigenousx.com.au/reflections-...
indigenousx.com.au/reflections-...
Reflections on the Unifying Anti-Racist Research and Action Symposium – IndigenousX
indigenousx.com.au
January 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
“…imagine our communities free from racism and liberated through relationships.” Melinda Mann #indigenousX #solidarity #socalledaustralia
indigenousx.com.au/reflections-...
indigenousx.com.au/reflections-...
I would have said 'no worries' literally thousands of time in my lifetime already #noworries #1960sfashion #socalledaustralia
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January 31, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I would have said 'no worries' literally thousands of time in my lifetime already #noworries #1960sfashion #socalledaustralia
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www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/c...
Thank you for the music, your voice, your writing and your courage. Vale Marianne Faithful you legend. #thankyouforthemusic
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www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/cele...
Marianne Faithfull, voice of Britain’s swinging ’60s, dies at 78
Best known for her gravelly voice and sultry image, the singer and actress and former associate of The Rolling Stones has died.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
January 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Thank you for the music, your voice, your writing and your courage. Vale Marianne Faithful you legend. #thankyouforthemusic
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www.brisbanetimes.com.au/culture/cele...