Chris Plus Ultra

lawyer, organizer, otaku. he/they. public defender in the south.

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

I talked this morning about an inflection point in this country right now, specifically for reporters:

What are you more afraid of? Being on Breitbart for saying that trans people deserve to be alive?

Or are you more afraid of waking up to the news of more dead people?

[ismary ✨🇨🇺 @ismarygp]

Last year, I started investigating a 1997 murder for a class. Most people who knew about this case were too scared to speak to me.

I couldn’t fathom why.

But as I peeled back the layers, I started discovering things I wasn’t meant to know. 1/

tw: murder, rape, suicide

[Team Katie @TeamKatiePorter]

Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices people are paying.

[Themperor Kennedée🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper]

The existence of a Chicago style hot dog implies the existence of an MLA style hot dog

[Brad Batt for Tennessee State House @bradbatt]

Hey @GovBillLee this woman has a message for you

[@farrahparkes.bsky.social @farrahparkes]

Three US cities where tap water is currently not safe for drinking.

[jay Dragon is no longer active here @jdragsky]

there's been a lot of conversation around "Théâtre D’opéra Spatial", the AI-generated image that won a prize in Colorado recently, but what i'm interested in doing is looking at this piece and saying "if this is art, what is it doing"

so lets try! (cw racism in art)

[SEIU @SEIU]

It’s not burnout, it’s exploitation.

[Chris Plus Ultra @topher901]

@AftynBehn One of these has also been up in Knoxville near 386 (UT campus/Downtown), since before Dobbs but after the PP arson.

[Chris Plus Ultra @topher901]

It's a great day to expand the Supreme Court & grant statehood to DC and Puerto Rico

[Chris Plus Ultra @topher901]

@AftynBehn Thanks for sharing! Protest safely and have a plan for jail support!

[ConcernedApe @ConcernedApe]

Haunted Chocolatier: stunning an enemy allows for a quick attack

[ConcernedApe @ConcernedApe]

Haunted Chocolatier early gameplay video:

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.

One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.

Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)

[John Cho @JohnTheCho]

It’s time to blow this scene. Who’s in? Cowboy Bebop arrives Nov. 19.
#cowboybebop @bebopnetflix

[ACLU of Tennessee @aclutn]

BREAKING: The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked Tennessee's abortion bans.

This ruling is critical to Tennesseans' ability to receive safe, legal abortion care.

We will continue to fight this law until it is struck down for good.

Learn more: https://t.co/iGs5TyWrhV

[Chris Plus Ultra @topher901]

@joshspickler

[Natalie Allison @natalie_allison]

The bust of Confederate Gen. and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest is off its pedestal and being wheeled out of the Tennessee Capitol.

[Chris Plus Ultra @topher901]

@popelizbet Simpler times. ☀️

[Martesha L. Johnson, Chief Defender @MJ4PD]

“Our clients -particularly those who are Black- face harsher sentences, more time incarcerated, perpetual separation from their families, and the inability to re-enter a community that has cast them aside and put barriers in place that continue to dehumanize them.”