I’m taking this to my appt with the shoulder doctor on Friday.

I love us. Fluid dynamics and material science in service of human rights and hilarity!

Being part of the Whistle Crew/Avengers/Goblins has taught me so much about 3d printing and the ins and outs of my machines (Bambu). And I printed and shipped 40,000 whistles all over the western US in the process! Bsky is good people.

THIS IS VERY EXCITING! What adorable fun toys & fidgets should I print (along with some whistles!)

i am printing something other than a whistle! (A snapdragon-themed dragon, and some fidgets because I want some whimsy on my desk!) 47 hours to go!

This morning I got to relearn how to use a multimeter.

I am very excited because I just got to spend $200 at @protopasta.bsky.social and while most of it is getting turned into whistles, I'm reserving the right for a few fun prints to make adorable @cinderwing3d.bsky.social figurines.

Howdy y'all! I'm printing whistles to ship all over the US completely for free, but I'm running low on filament. If you feel compelled, you can buy filament for me here: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... Need whistles? Request 100-3000 here, completely for free: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

@bedform.org going to be in WY any time soon? Our whistle distribution network has a Wyoming sized hole! We need someone in WY to request whistles!

Into the shadowy cabal of whistlesmiths that 3d print and ship free ICE watch whistles around the country (750k and counting)? Wanna support our efforts? A couple of our printers are running low on supplies - if you feel like helping out, here's who needs a hand! linktr.ee/WhistleWishL...

Xan is always extra chipper after her arthritis meds injection. (This is her happy face!) She’s even come upstairs to join me!

Also, for those who are following the adventures of the Little Whistle Federation That Could, we just passed 700,000 whistles shipped total. Of those 700,000 whistles, more than half of them were shipped in these 14 days of February.

Lots of financial cascade casualties from the racist bullshit that kicked off the Minneapolis occupation. If you’ve got a couple bucks to try and help keep one of those affected businesses afloat?

Bluesky Is amazing. 3 more days‘ worth of filament is winging its way to my front porch from your generosity. Right now I’m filling requests from all over MT, and y‘all make it possible!

WHISTLE TIME! I go through about 3 rolls of filament a day printing whistles that I ship to anyone who asks (FREE!) as part of a loose knit crew of whistle goblins. if you want to throw a spool at your whistle maker, I’d sure appreciate it!

Help a whistle goblin upgrade their printer for MOAR WHISTLES. Auction for a gorgeous monarch shawl!

Yesterday was quite thrilling in Whistle Goblin chat land: the designer of a whistle that many of us prefer dropped a brand new design incorporating feedback from us. So I did overnight test prints. Sometimes the world is very cool and fun, even if I’m printing whistles in bulk for shitty reasons.

Thanks to y‘all making my porch look like this, I’ve sent out 3 bags of whistles that look like this in just the last two days. Each bag takes about 2 rolls of filament! THANK YOU! If you want to keep filament rolling for me: tinyurl.com/yhv4x942 For our other printers: linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...

I really like this timeline juxtaposition.

WHISTLE TIME! I go through about 3 rolls of filament a day printing whistles that I ship to anyone who asks (FREE!) as part of a loose knit crew of whistle goblins. if you want to throw a spool at your whistle maker, I’d sure appreciate it!

Do you have *any* idea how many days this was on constant repeat in my dorm room in the early 2000s?

Y'all, we did it. 💕 This crew of chaotic nerds has sent half a million whistles to people requesting them, for free. With your help! Need whistles? linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

@missoularesists.bsky.social hi! I’m a whistle-maker and I’ve been producing and shipping out a gazillion whistles all over, but haven’t managed to connect with the local network. I’m starting to see whistle boxes around and I want to help keep them filled! Who do I talk to?

@protopasta.bsky.social okay, the whistle chat has sung your praises so much that I signed up for a subscription! It’s too late to get the February batch right? Next one comes in April?

Haha just kidding. Now there’s 4. Once 3d printing at scale is no longer an essential antifa tactic, two of the largest printers will be finding new homes, but for now, ALL THE WHISTLES.

One of the biggest limitations for getting MORE WHISTLES out into the world is keeping all the printers in filament. It is amazing that ProtoPasta is stepping in to make it easier to keep the whistles flowing. THANK YOU!

I ramped up my whistle production thanks to all the donated filament. 18,500 whistles are out in communities in 11 different states! But filament gets used, and at this pace, I’ll be out in about 5 days. If you want to buy me some pretty plastic noodles to turn into TOOT TOOT MOTHERFUCKER:

one of my favorite whistle models looks like ribbon candy when you print it in silk gradient.

Did you know I’m a part of a chaotic whistle-obsessed group of 3d printing nerds that has shipped almost 300,000 (!!!) printed whistles for free to anyone who asks? We have a bunch of new members who could use some filament, so if you want to help, wishlists are here! linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

I hope every I hope every agent has PTSD for the rest of their lives

I was trying to take a picture to show you how much better Xan is feeling, bu she is feeling so much better that she is following me around demanding love RIGHT NOW.

I am going to print the shit out of whistles today, because that’s what I can do.

Old Lady Kitty Xanthippe gave us a scare this week. She got a cold somehow, and when I got home from work on Wednesday she had progressed from sneezy and snotty to coughing and kinda out of it. $1k of hospital later and we discovered she was working up a 2ndary lung infection.

I might have made two double espresso shots because the first one came out slightly off, but I was running out the door and steamed milk covers a multitude of sins, so all the espresso got poured in my travel mug with all the milk. Check back in an hour for an update on my heart rate….

Okay, I definitely have enough printers now.

it is exhausting having kids with IEPs, even when it’s accompanied by awe-inspiring brilliance.

Why can’t vet hospitals do even a rudimentary sound proofing? Screaming dogs are super stressful for LITERALLY EVERYONE.

Hey folks! Just want to say THANK YOU to everyone who has sent spools of filament to the printers over the past few days. Your notes are being shared in the group and making people misty eyed and hopeful. (Sometimes literally, thank you Hope.) You can find their wishlists here: linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Whoever bought me the Gilded Stripes silk filament off my wishlist, I am OBSESSED. It’s gorgeous!

The world is chaos, so I’m having Oreo cookies dipped in a mug of warm soymilk (with added cookie dough syrup) for dinner.

@missoularesists.bsky.social Hi! I'm a Missoula whistle maker, and while I'm currently mailing whistles across the country as a part of a bigger group, I wanted to give you my contact info in case you need a source. DM me.

My oldest child bought himself a Herman Miller office chair over the summer, but it obviously doesn’t come home for winter break. He got back to school today and texted me just to tell me how much he missed his chair.

Somebody described the next few weeks as "when decades happen." Is NATO going to exist in a month? Are more cities going to experience armed occupation by a govt that has decided to let slip the dogs of war? Are the Proj 2025 goons actually running the gov't going to 25th amend Trump and wild out?

*someone* in this picture is an old lady who only eats gushy salmon wet food and therefore always has horrendous breath that everyone else gets to experience when she starts complaining to management about some imagined slight.

Hey Anne B! Your filament gift is being turned into community safety whistles RIGHT NOW! Thank you so much!

People who clicked on my filament wishlist and bought me whistle-makign supplies, YOU ARE AWESOME. I'll be busting some of them out tomorrow and I am so so grateful to be doing a tiny part with my little pair of printers.

Baby Beluga says what? Hell yeah, Raffi.

Community safety whistles are my jam for the last month or so, and for some reason people buying me filament off my wishlist is what it takes to turn me into a sniffly mess in a way that getting reimbursed from a GFM never did.

Spent today skiing with my oldest before he goes back to school. It was snowing all day, so the snow actually got better as the day wore on!

Todays legislative phone calls were furious rants that I just let fly. Maybe tomorrow I’ll try to be more strategic, but UGH so mad right now.