Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Today's news and jokes

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...

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— Dan Davies (@dsquareddigest.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM


a redditor did some deep diving, and agrees that there doesn't appear to be any evidence that this happened, including the interview the guy allegedly gave BBC which sparked all the "calls": old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

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— pdsc (@gucc.us) August 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM


For some reason people lose all critical judgment when interpreting jokes made by infrastructure people at conferences or on a podcast. This just isn't what happened.

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— Dan Davies (@dsquareddigest.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM


Really conflicted by this story because I am very much against disinformation (it's nothing to do with the grave, a guy made a joke about it at a conference) but on the other hand, anything that radicalises people against Harry Potter adults is a good thing.

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— Jack Tindale (@jacktindale.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM


Related:

Bluesky is saved

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— Cartridge Games (@cartridgegames.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:18 AM






A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in a San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hundreds of thousands of people in and around the American city are facing rolling water shutoffs brought on by an historic drought. NBC News’ George Solis reports from a well that locals are using to get their water.

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) August 10, 2026 at 5:40 AM








As I’ve been learning more about the strategic petroleum reserve, one thing I didn’t know was even a thing: Because it’s stored across 4 salt caverns, you can’t actually bring it to zero because the water pumping system to get it out won’t work the same way

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— Jake Lahut (@jakelahut.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM








("Due to the uncertainty surrounding the cause of Monday’s failure, the significance of the problem is difficult to ascertain")







Like, I don’t know if this man’s crimes are financial or just aesthetic but there must be crimes happening

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— Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) August 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
(“It’s a sickness of mine, that I think I can do anything”..."Our job is to execute, not judge”)







(warnings started last fall)







why do they do this. why do the true crime shows have so much confetti

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— YKS (@yourkickstartersucks.com) August 7, 2026 at 8:43 AM












For my newsletter, I spelled out once simple trick for the WNBA to shut down that transphobic publicity stunt by two former NBA players: www.burnsnotice.com/heres-how-th...

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— Katelyn Burns (@katelynburns.com) August 10, 2026 at 7:33 AM








If you live in Philadelphia, I'm teaching a free class (with free stickers!!) on how to score a baseball game at Val's Lesbian bar next tuesday! Please come!

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— Kelsey McKinney (@mckinneykelsey.bsky.social) August 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
























Corn Lady's Husband: DO NOT READ. Corn Lady: Hellote...

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— Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) (@probgobl.in) July 23, 2026 at 9:38 AM








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— Random gashapon! ランダム・ガチャポン (@randomgacha.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM








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