Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Time to Buy a Whistle

ICE has invaded North Carolina. Charlotte. Because of course. 

One thing I've seen is people are getting whistles. The idea is if someone sees the kidnappers approach someone, you blow your whistle and get loud. Draw a crowd. Make it hard for the kidnappers to kidnap. The longer each kidnapping takes, the fewer people they can get. 

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You may notice a theme to the articles I'm linking to: 

A New Kind of Neighborhood Watch: Sonoma County’s ‘Adopt a Corner’ program aims to protect undocumented day laborers from ICE.

What We Can Do About ICE: ICE is in the Bay Area. And yes, we can all do something about it.

It's a game of strategies. Border Patrol takes a new approach, and rapid responders adapt. This time, the responders are backing each other up. The target was in Santa Ana, where Border Patrol focused their attention on the elderly at bus stops, grocery stores, and one with a cane.

Then They Came for the Dreamers: Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.

I Study Fascism. I’ve Already Fled America.

Then I saw this, and I had to share:

It is dark times. We need to be each other's light.

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4 comments:

  1. tz_gardenNovember 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM

    "I'm Alive" hahahaha!

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  2. Danielle L ZecherNovember 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM

    I just read that about whistles this morning. Apparently, three short blasts mean they're in the area, and three long blasts mean they're actively kidnapping someone. I've also heard that Asheville is next on their NC Tour of Terror, so yep, it's time for me to buy a whistle, too.

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  3. AlanaNovember 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM

    I saw the whistleblowing on the NBC nightly news yesterday. The blower was a man whose bakery has been in business for over 30 years. He’s had to close it for fear of ICE targeting customers, but he stands across the street watching and blowing his whistle.

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  4. songbird's crazy worldNovember 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM

    One if my favorite restaurants closed because the workers were afraid to show up. We live in dangerous times.

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