There is a demand for locally printed whistles for communities where ICE is or forecast to be.

If you are interested in printing whistles for your area, search “ICE whistles [your area]”. You can use either your state or major nearby city. If you are interested in printing whistles, but can’t find anything, let me know and I can see if I can find a local org you can support.

  • cecilkorik@piefed.ca
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    22 hours ago

    Sadly it’s not just a question of expensive anymore, it’s also a question of whether they can track your purchases (they can) and whether those purchase records will eventually have ICE banging down your door in the middle of the night to have you disappeared for your seditious act of buying justice-obstructing terrorist whistles.

    3d printing is not impossible to track either but it’s certainly a lot harder to track when you are using basic internet hygiene and money isn’t changing hands.

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        22 hours ago

        Counterpoint: Flock cameras also exist. Surveillance police state dystopia is already here and it’s spreading much faster than I think most people are prepared for, we have to take it seriously.

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          14 hours ago

          So if you aren’t going to leave your house and protest fkr fear of Flock, what are the whistles for?

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          21 hours ago

          Counter-counterpoint: The less cash you spend today, the more ammo you will be able to buy tomorrow.

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      21 hours ago

      I mean, we live in a time when 3d printed guns exist, I’m pretty sure having a 3d printer and ordering filament is probably about as likely to get you on a list as ordering some whistles

      But whistles are readily available and cheap, without looking too hard I can get a dozen from them at target for less than $5 with lanyards. Leave your phone at home, pay cash, take a bus or park in the next shopping center over or wear a mask like you’re getting over a cold and a baseball cap and you’re about as anonymous as you can get.

      Can probably get them even cheaper if you shop around a bit, if you have a party store around you I’ll bet you can get a bunch there for cheap as party favors for a children’s birthday party goody bag or whatever.

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        21 hours ago

        At the end of the day everyone’s got to do their own risk analysis, but ICE is also pretty reactionary and stupid in their gestapo tactics, and people aren’t regularly shooting ICE with 3d printed guns at this point. The whistles probably (hopefully) irritate them though, and they tend to aggressively lash out at things that irritate them.