@RyanNewYork

https://www.threads.net/@ryannewyork

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:53:56 -0400

https://www.threads.net/@ryannewyork

Hey! I’ve joined Threads and I’m optimistic that Meta is building something that can finally topple Twitter as our public square. They’ve reached 30 million users in under 20 hours, which is an impressive accomplishment that no other Twitter clone has come close to achieving. This one has legs, so come join me.

This Tumblr is no longer active. Find Ryan all over via his Linktree.

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 17:35:12 -0500

This Tumblr is no longer active.

Find Ryan all over via his Linktree.

everytown: Representative Sharice Davids was endorsed by...

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 18:46:28 -0400

everytown:

Representative Sharice Davids was endorsed by Everytown in the midterms and has worked to pass common-sense gun safety laws in Congress. Her historic victory made her one of the first of two Native American women elected to Congress and the first openly LGBTQ representative of Kansas.

Since being sworn in, Rep. Davids has already shown up for the gun safety movement by voting YES on #HR8, the legislation to require background checks on all gun sales and has met with Moms Demand Action volunteers to talk about her dedication to addressing gun violence in the U.S., which she calls a “public health crisis.”

Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:49:34 -0500

Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast:

Started a travel podcast with my dear friend Kiernan! Please give us a listen and rate 5 stars on iTunes. Click here.

Tern Water’s crowdfunding campaign for The Smart Faucet is...

Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:01:21 -0400

Tern Water’s crowdfunding campaign for The Smart Faucet is live! #itsyourtern http://thndr.me/XS2a25

Fascinating.As Mayor of Burlington, Bernie Sanders endorsed...

Sat, 06 Feb 2016 16:19:33 -0500

Fascinating.

As Mayor of Burlington, Bernie Sanders endorsed “We Believe In Marriage Week,” stating marriage should be “a lifelong commitment between husband and wife.”

Progressive evolution on issues like marriage equality and gun rights is okay, as long as you’re Bernie Sanders.

The Most Important Social Media Company You've Never Heard Of

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:06:48 -0400

The Most Important Social Media Company You've Never Heard Of:

This is a fun profile of the founder of Banjo, a powerful piece of social media geo-technology. It may also include a quote or two from yours truly.

Tell NY To Properly Fund Homeless Youth Shelters

Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:10:59 -0400

Tell NY To Properly Fund Homeless Youth Shelters:

I signed. Join me.

“Every year, thousands of kids are turned away from homeless youth shelters in New York due to a lack of beds. In one of the wealthiest places on earth, this is an unconscionable reality. We join NYS Sen. Brad Hoylman, Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, Empire State Pride Agenda, Coalition for Homeless Youth, Ali Forney Center, Covenant House and singer Miley Cyrus in urging you to include additional funds for homeless youth shelters in this year’s state budget to alleviate overcrowding and could create up to 1,000 new beds for kids who don’t have a place to sleep at night. The NYS Assembly already included $3 million in its budget proposal – now it’s up to Albany leaders to get this added funding across the finish line.”

"Williams made up a story. But he was in the middle of the most fantastic made-up story in American..."

Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:50:46 -0500

“Williams made up a story. But he was in the middle of the most fantastic made-up story in American history. The Iraq war, written by Bush with a little help from Tony Blair and Micronesia and Poland, was a gigantic fiction, as beautifully told and expressive of the moment’s cultural mythology as The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, or A Million Little Pieces, or Three Cups of Tea. The reasons were fake, the goals were fake, the triumph was fake. Nothing was true except the dead people, who aren’t talking. The war countered imaginary threats and villainies with imaginary victories and valor. Williams added his embroidery in the spirit of invention. Why are the other tale-spinners turning on him now?”

- I misremember Iraq

I wrote something for Medium. The start is below, read it all...

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:01:59 -0500

I wrote something for Medium. The start is below, read it all here.

In the last month, every digital marketing agency and social media strategy blog published countless articles, with occasionally baseless and sometimes arbitrary predictions, on the next year in digital marketing. As someone in the digital marketing business for a decade, I’ve read social media trend pieces like these since before they called it social media. This year, I read countless (okay, 70 because I counted) and I’m more confused than before.

Some of the predictions this year were ridiculous on their face. No, we won’t all wear Oculus Rifts around the office at any point in 2015. No, Facebook won’t buy Twitter. No, Vine isn’t the secret to saving legacy news organizations.

Some ideas surfaced in multiple articles, however, and this consensus seemed like the real predictions for 2015. Below I’ve extrapolated from endless blog copy the actual ten things digital marketers should known in 2015. (You’ll get the best experience if you read this on your hoverboard, with an Oculus Rift. Just kidding, that’s 2016.)

Read the 10 things I learned here.

Charlie Hebdo’s first cover back has Mohammad holding...

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:33:57 -0500

Charlie Hebdo’s first cover back has Mohammad holding ‘I Am Charlie’ sign with words 'All is Forgiven’ above.

They will print at least 3 million copies, instead of their usual 60,000.

Fresh off a sold-out weekend at Under The Radar Fest,...

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:24:28 -0500

Fresh off a sold-out weekend at Under The Radar Fest, we’re thrilled to announce ten additional performances of The Orpheus Variations in New York City.

Check out our fresh new trailer above and for the full performance schedule and to reserve tickets click here.

It’s a beautiful production and I don’t want you to miss it.

Excited to be part of the Digital Strategy Training Institute at...

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 09:56:38 -0500

Excited to be part of the Digital Strategy Training Institute at National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change 2015 in Denver. Still plenty of time to register!

Chase on our apartment being robbed this...

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:50:41 -0500

Chase on our apartment being robbed this Christmas.

chasewhiteside:

So I was robbed for Christmas…

You might have seen on Facebook that my apartment was robbed while I was home for the holidays, and that nearly all of my film equipment was stolen. The story follows. If you don’t want to read but you want to help, jump to the bottom of the post.

This had been a good Christmas. I had the resources and time to go home, to visit family and longtime friends. Ohio was unnaturally warm. Gas was cheap. Nobody fought.

I just relocated to New York, so my family wanted to talk about that.

Aunt Norm asked about a seafood place she’d been to some twenty years ago. Mamaw wanted to know if the subway went to Brooklyn. Mom imagined she might escape assisted living for a visit.

Tricia, my step-mom, asked if I got the chocolates she sent. I did.

All were merry.

The morning after Christmas, I returned to New York to find my apartment ransacked.

My cameras, lenses, sound gear and lights were stolen. Equipment accumulated over many years, worth many, many thousands of dollars, gone.

And for good measure, they took a bottle of rum. Bastards.

No, I didn’t have any kind of insurance. Yes, I realize, in ways I cannot express, how wildly stupid that is. It is a mistake I won’t make again.

At this point, we more or less know what happened. But I don’t feel comfortable broadcasting the details of the break-in, or the specifics of the equipment that was stolen.

Because aside from the obvious financial consequences, I’m still a little looney tunes about the whole thing. Being robbed triggers a selfish kind of paranoia that I’m still working through.

No question, the thieves did very well for themselves. And yet, I can’t help but to take odd pleasure at a couple details:

They stole an old, junker of a laptop from my desk, but left a new MacPro beside it.

They ate the last of the chocolates my step-mom sent – the shitty, coconut-filled ones I’d been avoiding. Suckers.

In truth, I feel pretty deflated: the naive midwesterner who finally relocates to NYC only to have his shit stolen within a week of his housewarming.

It sucks, especially because what’s been taken from me are the tools I use to make a living, in a place where making a living ain’t easy.

-

The response from my brief Facebook post about the burglary, written while I was waiting for the cops, has been entirely unexpected.

Friends from many places have given me much-needed advice and comfort. Fellow doc filmmakers have reached out to offer equipment for loan. Facebook strangers have invited me to drink rum with them. Lots of rum.

Many of you have also urged me to start some sort of fund to help replace the equipment.

I’ve decided against some big fundraising push or campaign. I should have been more careful, and I’m clear-eyed about the months of work and savings it’s going to take to get me back to where I was.

But for those of you who want to help financially, and who are in a good place to, I will accept it.

The easiest way to help is via Paypal, with this link:
http://goo.gl/sjhaFK (you don’t need an account)

Or, to cwhiteside@gmail.com.

Or, if you’re hip to Venmo, we can avoid giving banks any money — I’m @Chase-Whiteside.

In the meantime, I’m securing my apartment, I’m getting insurance, and I’m thinking up something to do for all of you. I am extremely grateful.

More soon, and a kick-ass new year to all,
Chase

If you’re ready for Hillary, I hope you’ll join me...

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:09:22 -0500

If you’re ready for Hillary, I hope you’ll join me for a low-dollar fundraiser in NYC on Thursday, January 15th.

Tickets are just $20.16 and are available by clicking here:

https://www.readyforhillary.com/events/NYGR-Jan15

Please make sure you select my name in the invited by field.

Thanks and see everyone soon.

On Friday, December 12th, Deconstructive Theatre Project is...

Mon, 01 Dec 2014 09:26:47 -0500

On Friday, December 12th, Deconstructive Theatre Project is hosting our annual holiday gala and we’d love to have you there.

Tickets start at just $50 and are available here. The evening features delicious drinks and hors d’oeuvres, music, and of course holiday cheer. We’ll also let you in on some of the exciting happenings coming in 2015, which you won’t want to miss.

Hope to see everyone there!

If only white males voted in the 2012 election. Happy...

Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:30:56 -0400

If only white males voted in the 2012 election.

Happy Halloween!

How U2 will release their next album.

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:17:30 -0400

How U2 will release their next album.

What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson

Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:12:30 -0400

What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson:

“Ferguson is about many things, starting first with race and policing in America.

But it’s also about internet, net neutrality and algorithmic filtering.

It’s a clear example of why “saving the Internet”, as it often phrased, is not an abstract issue of concern only to nerds, Silicon Valley bosses, and few NGOs. It’s why “algorithmic filtering” is not a vague concern.

It’s a clear example why net neutrality is a human rights issue; a free speech issue; and an issue of the voiceless being heard, on their own terms.”

The Knick Pilot - Full Version

Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:03:52 -0400

The Knick Pilot - Full Version:

Watched the pilot of The Knick last night and it’s incredible. Great performances, shot with style and smarts. Rich backdrop of 1900s New York and “modern” medicine. Gory, but compelling.

Cinemax has put the pilot up for free.