Comment on This whistle fights fascists | How thousands of 3D-printed whistles are derailing ICE.

skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• solrize@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Article isn’t paywalled for me. Headline is ok. 3d printing a whistle supposedly costs under 5 cents. OTOH, that type of plastic might be less safe to put in your mouth.

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  • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not going to be significantly unsafe. It’ll shed more microplastics and is more likely to grow mold due to the surface texture, but if you’re inhaling through the whistle you’re using it very wrong.

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  • klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The biggest concern with these come from the fact that it’s hard to decontaminate 3d printed stuff due to the texture, as far as I can tell? PLA, and PETG are food safe, but 3d printing does leave a texture that’s hard to fully clean, which can cause problems over time.

    For microplastics: You’re getting a lot from a lot of sources, and as with anything it’s an “Is the risk worth the benefit” situation

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  • sepi@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Polylactic Acid (aka PLA) is a protein found in milk and corn. PLA is made from fermented corn starch.

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They use PLA in several tea bags and coffee filters now.

      … of course I research and avoid those. I’m not super paranoid about plastic, but boiling it and drinking it seems insane.

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      • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m just gonna leave this here.

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you would rather invest in a quality whistle for the one that goes in your own mouth, I recommend an ACME Thunderer.

    As used by gym teachers and drum majors, (not Wile E. Coyote) they have a satisfying roll of authority.

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• vladmech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s weird, it shows up as a gifted article for me

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• silence7@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Its a gift link. Unless you’re doing something fairly uncommon, like removing the gift token, access is free. You can also use one of the various archive sites

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  • obinice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Haha, funny you should say that, I’ve been linking this to people but taking the tracking portion out of the URL as I always do, I think that’s pretty common amongst us lot :-D

    I’d say oopsie, but I dunno, articles like these should probably be free without needing special URL parameters. Not everything of course, but vital public safety announcements like this.

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …that’s not what happened when I clicked it. I guess you have to have your anti-tracking disabled?

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