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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 2d

Whistles! Let’s organize to give everyone whistles and teach the ICE alert codes!

Whistles are helping Chicago resist. Let’s learn from their experience

Poster for Whistles as ICE alert tool.
Text says:
WHISTLES!
instant alert system
Simple, effective, faster than social media
Together we keep our community safe

HOW WHISTLES WORK
-wear a whistle
- if you spot ICE, blow your whistle
-when you hear a whistle, either:
- get to safety
- follow the sound, form a crowd, stay loud

WHISTLE CODE 1: ice nearby
If ice is driving or lurking: blow in short blasts. pre—pre—pre—pre

WHISTLE CODE 2: abduction
If ice is abducting someone: blow continuously. Preeeeeeeeee-preeeeeee

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.

armando l sanchez @mandophotos.bsky.social · 3h

More from the scene

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 2h

Solidarity forever! My heart hurts for what‘s happening in Chicago

Seattle isn’t seeing anywhere near the level of activity as Chicago…yet. ICE is definitely ramping up here, but no gangs of masked feds for now

Please know it’s been truly inspiring to see Chicagoans respond and resist

WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 3h

#Seattle this is happening here too. On Thursday ICE thugs grabbed an Issaquah at preschool drop off.

Everyone can do something:
- buy bulk whistles
- recruit a 3D printer in your neighborhood
- print/fold whistle zines
- organize a whistle party
- wear your whistle prominently
- spread the word

Hana Lee | 이하나 @hana.goldenplums.name · 1d

There have been confirmed ICE sightings near my children's school. One parent said an ICE officer knocked on their car window during pick-up and questioned them about their citizenship. PTO is busy organizing safe passage and printing out whistle zines.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 17h

At the end of this great, heartbreaking, true post by Dan, there are links to resources, organizing tools, whistle flyers/3d printing & orgs that could use our help. 💚

Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 20h

This is how it works: We protect each other, period. These are our neighbors, our friends, our family. We do the things we have to do to ensure that as many of us can make it to tomorrow as possible. Not everyone does. I need you to understand that we tried.

dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...

What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October | dansinker.com

dansinker.com

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j3n @j3nj3nj3n.bsky.social · 17h

Protecting our schools & families.

"Community organizer Teresa Magaña said the whistles are “making a huge difference.”

If ICE is nearby, it instructs people to blow three short bursts. If they’re actively detaining someone, users should sound the alarm by blowing one long, continuous whistle."

Community organizers hand out whistles to alert if ICE agents are near in Chicago

YouTube video by WBEZ Chicago

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 3h

See if you can recruit a 3D printer in your neighborhood! Whistles are easy and cheap to 3D print

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Auld Black Jack @freejack.bsky.social · 3d

...buy a loud whistle.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

The piercing blow of a whistle has become a Chicago-wide means of signaling that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are present.

How plastic whistles are becoming an anti-ICE resistance tool in Chicago

The piercing blow of a whistle has become a Chicago-wide means of signaling that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are present.

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Katav 🐺 g(r)ay wolf 🐏 bighorn(y) ram @katav.gay · 2d

going for walkies and stocking free little libraries with emergency whistle kits

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 3h

That’s a damn fine whistle! Can you share the blueprint?

WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 3h

WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 3h

Gorgeous! Are these 3D printed? If so could you share the blueprint?

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Marilyn 🇨🇦 @mlauriat.bsky.social · 2d

How plastic whistles are becoming an anti-ICE resistance tool in Chicago - www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

www.reuters.com

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 3h

Are these 3D printed? What blueprint are you using?

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 3h

This is the way!

Kathleen @nyc-kat.bsky.social · 19h

Yesterday I left 10 extra whistles on my door w/a note saying to take 1 & blow it to alert others if you spot ICE agents. 6 have been claimed already. I’m going to buy more to restock. It’s an easy, friendly way to support immigrants & to self identify as a safe space.

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 15h

The deleted subtweet was this Seattle Times article

www.seattletimes.com/education-la...

Immigration officials detain woman outside Issaquah immersion preschool

The Learning Nest Preschool was closed Friday and it is not clear when it may reopen, said owner and director Fatima Escareno.

www.seattletimes.com

WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 15h

Yesterday federal agents abducted an Issaquah woman as she dropped her kid off at preschool

The agents (ICE?) wanted to kidnap a preschool teacher too (bc she’s Hispanic), but fortunately didn’t make it inside the preschool. “Rain check,” they said.

www.msn.com/en-us/video/...

#issaquah

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 19h

First day assembling zines, and we already have some folding experts

*chefs kiss* impeccable technique

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 19h

There are Consequences?

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 21h

Huge thanks to everyone who came by today to assembly whistles kits!

Same thing next week! 10:30-2 Fridays at Common Power in downtown Seattle
@ourcommonpower.bsky.social

WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 1d

Wear a necklace? Add a whistle!

Ball bead chain with a whistle (cylindrical, silver) and a cute angel charm (brown with white wings and halo). Photographed on a blue cloth background

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Em, spookily 👻 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 4d

My whistle event is in the Wall Street Journal!

www.wsj.com/us-news/chic...

Whistles Have Become Chicago’s Surprising Act of Protest

Residents troubled by an immigration crackdown air dissent—and warnings—with devices typically favored by athletic coaches.

www.wsj.com

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 1d

These lil cuties are printed with the WAISN hotline number: 844-724-3737

I need to get some Cheetos for proper size comparison but pretty sure these whistles are smaller

Photo of several tiny 3D printed whistles next to a quarter. Some white, some orange, all printed with 844-724-3737. They have a hole at one end for attaching to a keychain or lanyard.

WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 1d

875 micro whistles, courtesy of a kind 3D printer in Seattle

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WA Whistles @wawhistles.bsky.social · 1d

What’s happening Chicago and elsewhere should terrify you.

Armed & masked federal agents are kidnapping children and US citizens.

We need to prepare our communities BEFORE the army of masked thugs descends

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

The Sun-Times is reporting Border Patrol took at least two teenage boys today when they hit Little Village, again.

One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.

Federal agents detain Little Village high school student, deploy tear gas in faceoff with protesters

Feds wearing military-style camouflage gear and gas masks were seen tear-gassing and pepper-spraying protesters during the confrontation near a discount mall.

chicago.suntimes.com