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Harry Potter Fans Force Authorities To Reroute $500M Undersea Cable, The Reason Has People Shaking Their Heads

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26 distinct posts / 48h, matching Cable 18 Potter 17 Fans 17 Harry 15 Undersea 11
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4h 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
4h 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… ×3 +3.0
4h ago Well then Harry Potter fans force diversion of UK-Ireland power link to avoid Dobby's grave www.bbc.com/news/article... ×4 +1.5
5h 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
5h 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… ×4 +2.0
6h 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. ×6 +4.0
6h 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
6h 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... ×4 -1.5
6h 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
7h 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… ×6 +0.5
7h 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. ×4 +1.5
8h ago Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ - The Guardian apple.news/AHkRPBBt_SvC... ×6 +2.0
9h ago Clear priorities: Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’: www.theguardian.com/environment/... ×6 -0.5
9h 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. ×6 +2.5
9h 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
5h 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
6h 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… ×5 -2.5
5h ago Air Force-funded partnership between Eaton and Infleqtion applies quantum algorithms to electrical grid contingency analysis, tackling cascading power outage risks through quantum interference and … +5.0
50m 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… ×2 -1.0
1h ago US$580 million undersea power cable rerouted to spare Dobby the house-elf’s beachside ‘grave’ ×4 +2.0
5h 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... ×2 -1.5
6h ago Those potterheads moved that undersea cable but that isn't going to stop me from throwing car batteries at Dobby's grave ×2 -5.0
6h ago Fwiw the archaeological site is on the planned route of the cable either way. The suggestion that it's being diverted from the "Dobby grave" towards the bronze age barrow is misleading and based on… +0.5
8h ago “Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach.” This is disappointing. Looks like I’ll need to desecrate Dobby’s gr… -3.5
9h ago "Actually we went quite close to some real Bronze Age remains,but we avoided Dobby's grave… trenches dug near the route of the underground cable "contained the rim of an inverted pottery vessel who… +1.5
9h ago I would be very interested to see if there are any references to the "Dobby's grave forced a cable to be moved" story from earlier than this year bsky.app/profile/dsqu... +1.0

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T3 Harry Potter fans get €500m Ireland-Wales power cable rerouted power_grid_infrastructure q102.ie surprising, whimsical, controversial
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T3 Potter fans get power line diverted from house-elf Dobby's grave power_grid_infrastructure bnn-news.com whimsical, relieved, celebratory
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T3 Harry Potter fans forced £430m power line to be moved power_grid_infrastructure southwalesargus.co.uk whimsical, triumphant, costly
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T3 Harry Potter Fans Force Authorities To Reroute $500M Undersea Cable, The Reason Has People Shaking Their Heads 📄 ⚖ Contested power_grid_infrastructure boredpanda.com bemused, incredulous, frustrated
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