Kit Rocha and Courtney Milan have a knack for drawing attention to a cause. The bestselling romance novelists helped raise half a million dollars for Georgia voting rights in 2020. Now, their cause is whistles, because whistles let neighbors alert each other when they see ICE agents abducting people. They’ve helped create a group that’s shipped a half million free 3D-printed whistles to 49 US states — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
Even I print whistles now. It’s the first thing I do each morning after dropping kids at school, and the very last before bed. Usually, I squeeze in a hundred more after dinner.
I print whistles because reality still matters; whistles get neighbors to come running, make sure enough people are recording, so when the regime pretends there’s only one camera angle of Renee Good’s death, we know the truth.
I also make whistles because it’s easy. You can literally do it in your sleep. I’ve made over 12,000 whistles since January 15th with three printers and almost zero optimization. I’ll harvest 300 of them tomorrow morning, 300 in the late afternoon, and another 100 in the evening before I do it all again.
Gift link: https://www.theverge.com/policy/874959/3d-printed-whistles-for-ice-minneapolis-chicago-renee-good-alex-pretti?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjA3VEVkaU12R1giLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS84NzQ5NTkvM2QtcHJpbnRlZC13aGlzdGxlcy1mb3ItaWNlLW1pbm5lYXBvbGlzLWNoaWNhZ28tcmVuZWUtZ29vZC1hbGV4LXByZXR0aSIsImV4cCI6MTc3MTA4MTkxMiwiaWF0IjoxNzcwNjQ5OTEyfQ.MSSIM8a6i5A1iIcGN3bGJwcYYTl8N-w8nZv6qvMAIdI&utm_medium=gift-link
people resisting nazi occupation did use comparable methods, like adjusting their blinds or clotheslines as signals. Obviously resistance against nazis didn't topple them but their sabotage did a lot to hinder the war machine and they definitely did save many jewish people!
Actually reddit has - as has been pointed out via snarky comments. There is a save function for entire posts.
However, if you want to be able to go to a certain point in long twisty thread, then one way is to make a comment at a specific point so that you can return to it through your profile.
Even children know a just punishment must fit the crime.
Ruining people's lives (and locking them up indefinitely without proper facilities) over a misdemeanor or no crime at all is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the 8th Am.
Well they may or may not have ruined their life in the past. It’s just the current administration’s inability to follow the rule of law that is causing problems for everyone including you by the way.
Due process of law actually is a thing in the U.S. although I suppose emigration is a choice for you if you really really object to it.
2. Gangsters? Considerably lower felony arrest rates among undocumented immigrants found compared to legal immigrants and native-born citizens per the government.
Except we aren't locking anyone away. If they have no legal standing to be in this country than they are removed. Don't care what happens to them after that
I would explain the video evidence to you, but you are clearly too fucking stupid to understand how a man being held down by five people physically cannot impede anything.
Please don't reproduce. The gene pool can't handle the net loss of intelligence.
I don’t know bro, why don’t you tell me what you have to hide? If you are so proud of defending men’s rights then why do you hide your comments and posts?
To be clear, WWII Italy was doing things like staffing government positions with unqualified loyalists, deporting people undesirable to the regime, and actively silencing protests.
…do you need ~~Walmart tacticool uniforms and pardoned felons~~ red arm bands and high stepping troops to really drive home the similarities?
Because Minnesota has a huge problem with illegal somalian immigrants committing welfare fraud, to the tune of billions of dollars. Cmon, this is not rocket appliances
If I add up all the fraud allegations in that article I get $176 million. That's not insignificant, but it's nowhere near the billions of dollars that guy was claiming and it's not all being done by Somali immigrants.
I appreciate that you provided some real data. Thanks!
Arresting a suspecteded murderer and giving them their day in court is what we do in free countries.
Taking people off the streets and sending them to some foreign prison without any trial because you claim they're a killer is fascism. And it's what ICE does every single day.
They’re literally camping out immigration courts to target immigrants going through the legal process. Get the fuck out of here with your regurgitated lies.
[OP] theverge | a month ago
Kit Rocha and Courtney Milan have a knack for drawing attention to a cause. The bestselling romance novelists helped raise half a million dollars for Georgia voting rights in 2020. Now, their cause is whistles, because whistles let neighbors alert each other when they see ICE agents abducting people. They’ve helped create a group that’s shipped a half million free 3D-printed whistles to 49 US states — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.
Even I print whistles now. It’s the first thing I do each morning after dropping kids at school, and the very last before bed. Usually, I squeeze in a hundred more after dinner.
I print whistles because reality still matters; whistles get neighbors to come running, make sure enough people are recording, so when the regime pretends there’s only one camera angle of Renee Good’s death, we know the truth.
I also make whistles because it’s easy. You can literally do it in your sleep. I’ve made over 12,000 whistles since January 15th with three printers and almost zero optimization. I’ll harvest 300 of them tomorrow morning, 300 in the late afternoon, and another 100 in the evening before I do it all again.
Gift link: https://www.theverge.com/policy/874959/3d-printed-whistles-for-ice-minneapolis-chicago-renee-good-alex-pretti?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IjA3VEVkaU12R1giLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS84NzQ5NTkvM2QtcHJpbnRlZC13aGlzdGxlcy1mb3ItaWNlLW1pbm5lYXBvbGlzLWNoaWNhZ28tcmVuZWUtZ29vZC1hbGV4LXByZXR0aSIsImV4cCI6MTc3MTA4MTkxMiwiaWF0IjoxNzcwNjQ5OTEyfQ.MSSIM8a6i5A1iIcGN3bGJwcYYTl8N-w8nZv6qvMAIdI&utm_medium=gift-link
Epledryyk | a month ago
more for my own curiosity than anything - how much filament are you going through?
Korvar | a month ago
From the article:
> Each 1-kilogram (2.2-pound) roll of plastic produces roughly 500 whistles
weissensteinburg | a month ago
To save everyone else a Google: basic filament costs $10-15 a roll.
one-isle | a month ago
Link to the .stl?
MSgtGunny | a month ago
http://whistlecrew.samurailink3.com/wiki:getting-started_whistle-crew
This is linked from their campaign page.
MSgtGunny | a month ago
The campaign https://linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
RepulsiveRow6363 | a month ago
wow that's pretty efficient tbh. making a ton of impact with just a few rolls of filament.
Stunning_Warthog_141 | a month ago
Yo imagine if the Jews in the ghettos had those whistles, no holocaust.
Edit: Automod says my comment is too short. If brevity is the soul of wit then this subreddit must be really intellectual and detailed.
squishabelle | a month ago
people resisting nazi occupation did use comparable methods, like adjusting their blinds or clotheslines as signals. Obviously resistance against nazis didn't topple them but their sabotage did a lot to hinder the war machine and they definitely did save many jewish people!
greenknight | a month ago
I give them some credit; it's better than thinking they are voting their way out of the situation.
To complete your metaphor, people opposing the Nazis absolutely had informal communication networks to warn of Nazi's roaming the neighborhood.
vryeesfeathers | a month ago
Commenting to find easy later.
reefercheifer | a month ago
If only Reddit had some sort save functionality…
lokii_0 | a month ago
lmao right? you would really think that they'd have thought of that by now....
/s just in case lol
horseradishstalker | a month ago
Actually reddit has - as has been pointed out via snarky comments. There is a save function for entire posts.
However, if you want to be able to go to a certain point in long twisty thread, then one way is to make a comment at a specific point so that you can return to it through your profile.
illeatit | a month ago
Enforcing immigration laws is hardly fascism
ZenRage | a month ago
How it is being done is facist.
Even children know a just punishment must fit the crime.
Ruining people's lives (and locking them up indefinitely without proper facilities) over a misdemeanor or no crime at all is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the 8th Am.
illeatit | a month ago
If they're in our country illegally, they have committed a crime, and are criminals
ZenRage | a month ago
1st, overstaying a visa results in being in the US illegally but it is a civil infraction, not a crime.
2nd, people who are here legally who are here seeking asylum properly are being arrested.
3rd, even if someone entered illegally, without more, that does not warrant ruining their lives.
redlawnmower | a month ago
horseradishstalker | a month ago
Well they may or may not have ruined their life in the past. It’s just the current administration’s inability to follow the rule of law that is causing problems for everyone including you by the way.
https://govfacts.org/rights-freedoms/constitutional-rights/due-process-fair-treatment/what-is-due-process-the-governments-rulebook-for-fairness/
2. Gangsters? Considerably lower felony arrest rates among undocumented immigrants found compared to legal immigrants and native-born citizens per the government.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/content/immigrants-and-crime
https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/117980/documents/HHRG-119-GO00-20250305-SD028.pdf
illeatit | a month ago
ZenRage | a month ago
That has nothing to do with the proper application of the law or the question of whether it is fascism.
That is at least in part about you not liking people who are here legally and, in this context, looks like an attempt to excuse fascism.
dmoreholt | a month ago
We'd know if they're criminals if ICE followed due process.
Locking people away without a trial is very much fascism.
illeatit | a month ago
Except we aren't locking anyone away. If they have no legal standing to be in this country than they are removed. Don't care what happens to them after that
TherronKeen | a month ago
So if the police start executing people for driving 5 MPH over the speed limit, that's also fine?
illeatit | a month ago
If they weren't impeding federal law enforcement operations, no one would have been killed
TherronKeen | a month ago
I would explain the video evidence to you, but you are clearly too fucking stupid to understand how a man being held down by five people physically cannot impede anything.
Please don't reproduce. The gene pool can't handle the net loss of intelligence.
flaron | a month ago
Tell me more about how unaware you are of the situation on the ground.
vineyardmike | a month ago
Overstaying a visa is a civil infraction.
Let's also give food inspectors guns and have them wear masks when they inspect restaurants for health code violations.
redlawnmower | a month ago
“Enforcing immigration is hardly fascism” what is he unaware of in that statement?
flaron | a month ago
I don’t know bro, why don’t you tell me what you have to hide? If you are so proud of defending men’s rights then why do you hide your comments and posts?
redlawnmower | a month ago
What?
BabyWrinkles | a month ago
So what DOES fascism look like?
redlawnmower | a month ago
Ww2 Italy
BabyWrinkles | a month ago
To be clear, WWII Italy was doing things like staffing government positions with unqualified loyalists, deporting people undesirable to the regime, and actively silencing protests.
…do you need ~~Walmart tacticool uniforms and pardoned felons~~ red arm bands and high stepping troops to really drive home the similarities?
redlawnmower | a month ago
Just because there are similarities does not mean it is the same system of governance.
Both 1700s England and 1700s America had slavery, but one was a democracy, and the other one was a monarchy.
illeatit | a month ago
I'm aware that they're not deporting nearly enough people. 20 million illegal aliens entered this country while Biden was president.
flaron | a month ago
Tell me why they came to Minnesota instead of Texas or California in that case.
illeatit | a month ago
Because Minnesota has a huge problem with illegal somalian immigrants committing welfare fraud, to the tune of billions of dollars. Cmon, this is not rocket appliances
flaron | a month ago
Somalian… you don’t know what you are talking about. Most SOMALIs are citizens.
yoweigh | a month ago
Got any credible sources for that welfare claim? I don't believe you.
horseradishstalker | a month ago
I do. User may be referring to a fraud ring during the pandemic by a white woman Aimee Bock which included some Somali.
There more than a few untrue allegations and some that were accurate.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/06/timeline-of-fraud-investigations-that-shaped-walz-tenure
yoweigh | a month ago
If I add up all the fraud allegations in that article I get $176 million. That's not insignificant, but it's nowhere near the billions of dollars that guy was claiming and it's not all being done by Somali immigrants.
I appreciate that you provided some real data. Thanks!
MrNathanman | a month ago
Did they deport, kill, and imprison enough legal citizens yet?
dmoreholt | a month ago
Not following due process is.
Arresting a suspecteded murderer and giving them their day in court is what we do in free countries.
Taking people off the streets and sending them to some foreign prison without any trial because you claim they're a killer is fascism. And it's what ICE does every single day.
illeatit | a month ago
They need to go back
dalr3th1n | a month ago
They’re literally camping out immigration courts to target immigrants going through the legal process. Get the fuck out of here with your regurgitated lies.