Lisa Mecham
@lisamecham.bsky.social
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Lisa Mecham Field Notes
I call these missives: Field Notes
It's a way to keep up-to-date on my work, stay connected as one human being to another human being, and share all the wacky, weird stuff I love about the world.
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May 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm cutting way back on experiencing life through social media so don't look for me here. If you want to stay up on my work, sign up for my Field Notes: fieldnotes.lisamecham.com/subscribe
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I'm really grateful that @nymag.com was able to give @lilashapiro.bsky.social the time and space she needed to spend months reporting on the Gaiman story. At a time when I fear for long form journalism, I am thrilled to pay for my subscription to the magazine.
January 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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“I had a yearning. It was a yearning for life, and I equated life with the life of an artist, a life of freedom, generosity, a life with other people who had the same interests in making beautiful things together. I thought that was everything in the world.”
The Secret of Life Is Not to Be Frightened www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/s...
The Secret of Life Is Not to Be Frightened
The writer and painter Frederic Tuten, 88, insists, “I’m beginning again.”
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“I had a yearning. It was a yearning for life, and I equated life with the life of an artist, a life of freedom, generosity, a life with other people who had the same interests in making beautiful things together. I thought that was everything in the world.”
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There is absolutely zero way this man and his wife are not extremely separated www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zuckerberg Says Most Companies Need More ‘Masculine Energy’
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy,” adding that it’s good if a culture “celebrates the aggression a bi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
LA Fires | IN PERSON Volunteer Opps
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January 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
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i salute liz for listening to the podcast so the rest of us don’t have to 🫡
January 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
i salute liz for listening to the podcast so the rest of us don’t have to 🫡
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every single one of these guys is an incel loser who thought that being rich would make them popular and well-liked and when it didn't happen they lost their minds even further
Rogan interview with Zuckerberg that dropped this morning is something to behold. basically him dumping years of anger at the media, the government, social discussion
clearly all pent up for years and now allowing himself to do it because of Trump coming to power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1e...
clearly all pent up for years and now allowing himself to do it because of Trump coming to power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1e...
Joe Rogan Experience #2255 - Mark Zuckerberg
YouTube video by PowerfulJRE
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
every single one of these guys is an incel loser who thought that being rich would make them popular and well-liked and when it didn't happen they lost their minds even further
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How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads have been on the rise. People who are angry with the decision accuse…
tcrn.ch
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
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This, by Colm Tóibín, is stunning. It includes a guest appearance by Gary Indiana's library.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colm Tóibín · In LA
A new fire started in Hollywood. It might have looked as though we were now surrounded on three sides by fires, but it...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This, by Colm Tóibín, is stunning. It includes a guest appearance by Gary Indiana's library.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The mental picture a lot of people have of fire threatened "interface zones" is of mansions on hills, but the map of the Eaton Fire is a terrifying proxy for the map of northeast Los Angeles' Black enclaves
Eaton Fire Devastates Historic Altadena, Displacing Black Families and Destroying Legacies
While celebrity losses grab headlines, the Eaton Fire has destroyed nearly 1,000 structures in Altadena, displacing Black families who’ve shaped the community for generations. Here's a brief history o...
www.bet.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The mental picture a lot of people have of fire threatened "interface zones" is of mansions on hills, but the map of the Eaton Fire is a terrifying proxy for the map of northeast Los Angeles' Black enclaves
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Just saw a no-longer relevant evacuation notice on instagram from five hours ago and remembered — that’s right, due to hyper-monetization every major social network no longer shows you life-saving breaking news as it happens.
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
January 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Just saw a no-longer relevant evacuation notice on instagram from five hours ago and remembered — that’s right, due to hyper-monetization every major social network no longer shows you life-saving breaking news as it happens.
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
They turned it over to an algorithm that finally noticed “he likes fire.”
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the LA fires inspire a lot of thoughts, one being how absolutely baby-brained some people are to think that journalists with personal blogs can replace the resources, teamwork, and coordination of actual newspapers
January 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
the LA fires inspire a lot of thoughts, one being how absolutely baby-brained some people are to think that journalists with personal blogs can replace the resources, teamwork, and coordination of actual newspapers
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L.A. news choppers are better able to survey the damage today vs. yesterday. KABC is flying over parts of the Palisades right now. Block after block is gone. abc7.com/watch/live/
January 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
L.A. news choppers are better able to survey the damage today vs. yesterday. KABC is flying over parts of the Palisades right now. Block after block is gone. abc7.com/watch/live/
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Pretty amazing that nonprofit Watch Duty -- which says it has 150 volunteers working around the clock to track wildfires -- has become the most trusted source of information on LA fires. Operated by retired/volunteer firefighters, dispatchers, and reporters. Real people.
www.watchduty.org
www.watchduty.org
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
www.watchduty.org
January 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Pretty amazing that nonprofit Watch Duty -- which says it has 150 volunteers working around the clock to track wildfires -- has become the most trusted source of information on LA fires. Operated by retired/volunteer firefighters, dispatchers, and reporters. Real people.
www.watchduty.org
www.watchduty.org
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God bless and protect California in the years ahead
January 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
God bless and protect California in the years ahead
Mother Nature, yes, but also the decimation of local news, chipping away at confidence in government, no single hub to coordinate and share timely information—all of this is contributing to the chaos happening in LA right now.
January 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Mother Nature, yes, but also the decimation of local news, chipping away at confidence in government, no single hub to coordinate and share timely information—all of this is contributing to the chaos happening in LA right now.
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it genuinely sucks that basically nothing on the internet works well anymore. search? barely works. social media? filled with garbage engagement-bait designed to game the algorithm. news websites? pages that refresh at random or so covered in video ads that it’s impossible to read stories
January 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
it genuinely sucks that basically nothing on the internet works well anymore. search? barely works. social media? filled with garbage engagement-bait designed to game the algorithm. news websites? pages that refresh at random or so covered in video ads that it’s impossible to read stories
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I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
January 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
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Great job alert
Features Editor, New York Magazine
New York (US Only)
job-boards.greenhouse.io
January 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Great job alert
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Peter Yarrow, singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86. cnn.it/4gGn8Pp
January 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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More Kidman
(less wigs on Kidman)
(less wigs on Kidman)
January 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
More Kidman
(less wigs on Kidman)
(less wigs on Kidman)
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It’s Sunday, so let’s share the good word:
If churches want to play politics, they can pay taxes like the rest of us. God doesn’t need a tax break, but millionaire pastors sure seem to love one.
If churches want to play politics, they can pay taxes like the rest of us. God doesn’t need a tax break, but millionaire pastors sure seem to love one.
January 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It’s Sunday, so let’s share the good word:
If churches want to play politics, they can pay taxes like the rest of us. God doesn’t need a tax break, but millionaire pastors sure seem to love one.
If churches want to play politics, they can pay taxes like the rest of us. God doesn’t need a tax break, but millionaire pastors sure seem to love one.
"America has fallen out of love with brands and in love with people."
www.profgalloway.com/people-are-t...
www.profgalloway.com/people-are-t...
People Are The New Brands | No Mercy / No Malice
Scott’s away this week on a safari. I’m not sure what a Prof G safari looks like, but it likely involves tented camps with fine china, Zacapa, and remote NAD treatments. In his absence, I’m keeping th...
www.profgalloway.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
"America has fallen out of love with brands and in love with people."
www.profgalloway.com/people-are-t...
www.profgalloway.com/people-are-t...