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"Harry Potter" fans divert undersea power cable to avoid Dobby's memorial in Wales

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 27m ago
34 distinct posts / 48h, matching Dobby 35 Potter 25 Harry 23 Wales 4
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43m ago Harry Potter fans force diverting UK-Ireland power link to avoid Dobby's grave ×3 +1.5
47m ago Harry Potter fans force diverting UK-Ireland power link to avoid Dobby's grave Discussion ×3 +1.0
47m ago Harry Potter fans force diverting UK-Ireland power link to avoid Dobby's grave comments · posted on 2026.08.10 at 20:43:06 (c=0, p=4) ×3 +0.5
51m ago Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ www.theguardian.com/environment/... ×3 +1.0
57m ago "Harry Potter" fans divert undersea power cable to avoid Dobby's memorial in Wales ×4 +2.0
58m ago Harry Potter fans get £430m power link between UK, Ireland rerouted to save Dobby’s ‘grave’ Harry Potter fans reroute £430m power link between UK, Ireland. Harry Potter fans have successfully forc… ×3 +1.5
1h ago A multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland was moved very close to the real Bronze Age human burial remains to avoid Dobby's grave. Hundreds of Harry Potter fans petitioned for the… ×3 +1.5
1h ago Harry Potter fans force diversion of cable to protect 'Dobby's 'grave': The Greenlink high-voltage cable, a 190km over-and-undersea project connecting County Wexford in Ireland to Freshwater West b… ×4 +2.0
6h ago Harry Potter not only has a brand new, high profile show coming out later this year, its fans just had an energy project rerouted to avoid violating Dobby's "grave." Just admit you have no ethics b… ×3 -6.5
6h ago Harry Potter fans succeeded in getting a new £430m ($580m) power line rerouted because it originally ran over the “grave” of Dobby, a late house elf. Muggles built a shrine to the wizard’s diminuti… ×4 +3.0
6h ago Well then Harry Potter fans force diversion of UK-Ireland power link to avoid Dobby's grave www.bbc.com/news/article... ×3 +1.5
6h ago Harry Potter fans have forced a £430m energy project to divert plans for a giant power line away from a Welsh beach in order to protect the resting place of house elf Dobby. ×3 +2.0
7h ago 'Harry Potter fans have forced a new multimillion-pound power cable between the UK and Ireland to be relocated after complaining it would desecrate the “grave” of Dobby, a fictional elf.' www.theg… ×3 +2.0
8h ago "Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’" is such a wild headline to show up in my feed. ×3 +4.0
8h ago A multimillion-dollar power link between the United Kingdom and Ireland has been diverted after distraught “Harry Potter” fans pointed out that its planned route would cut through a beach memorial … ×3 +2.0
8h ago What the actual fudge? Harry Potter fans force diversion of UK-Ireland power link to avoid Dobby's grave www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... ×3 -1.5
8h ago A beach in Wales is the site of one of one of the saddest moments of the “Harry Potter” movie series, in which Dobby, the house elf, dies. When the spot was threatened by plans to run a large elect… ×4 +1.5
8h ago Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on… ×3 +0.5
8h ago Harry Potter fans caused a €500,000,000 UK interconnector project to be rerouted. The cable formerly went straight through the ‘grave’ of Dobby, on the beach where the fictional elf dies. ×3 +1.5
10h ago Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ - The Guardian apple.news/AHkRPBBt_SvC... ×3 +2.0
10h ago Clear priorities: Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’: www.theguardian.com/environment/... ×3 -0.5
10h ago Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ www.theguardian.com/environment/... What a time to be alive. ×3 +2.5
10h ago Harry Potter fans have forced a $500 million energy project to move after its route crossed Dobby's grave It was changed after "hundreds" of calls about the plans ×3 -2.0
6h ago So I’ve sifted through that whole “Dobby Grave Powerline” story going around and this is what I’ve pieced together: 1. The area was already a conservation site they could put the line anyway. 2. … ×2 -2.5
7h ago Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ - "In the end, he said, “we went quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby’s grave”. Clearly, c… ×2 -2.5
1h ago New Bluesky feed: Dobby Grave Reroute — tracking news, reactions and fan responses on the undersea cable rerouting controversy. Trending. ⚖️ -1.0
2h ago Because people keep sharing the outrage bait: The public consultations for the Greenlink undersea cable in were in *2019.* The rerouting to avoid Dobby's 'grave' happened during the project design… -1.0
3h ago US$580 million undersea power cable rerouted to spare Dobby the house-elf’s beachside ‘grave’ ×2 +2.0
7h ago Read "$580 million undersea power cable rerouted to spare Dobby the house-elf’s beachside ‘grave’" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8h8c8YWk/u... -1.5
7h ago Those potterheads moved that undersea cable but that isn't going to stop me from throwing car batteries at Dobby's grave -5.0

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T1 "Harry Potter" fans divert undersea power cable to avoid Dobby's memorial in Wales power_grid_infrastructure cbsnews.com quirky, whimsical, amused
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T3 Harry Potter fans get €500m Ireland-Wales power cable rerouted power_grid_infrastructure fm104.ie amused, bemused, relieved
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