Paul McGarvey
@paulrmcgarvey.bsky.social
Scotsman in Cardiff, 44. Senior Content Designer at ONS. Fan of Doctor Who, comics and only started listening to metal in my late-30s. All views my own.
Can anyone tell em which dinosaur this is? My nephew desperately wants to know so he can get a figure if it from Santa
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Can anyone tell em which dinosaur this is? My nephew desperately wants to know so he can get a figure if it from Santa
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Robert Redford's last film role being Lokia the Dolphin Monster in Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia feels a bit Orson Welles finishing his career as Unicron in the Transformers cartoon.
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Robert Redford's last film role being Lokia the Dolphin Monster in Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia feels a bit Orson Welles finishing his career as Unicron in the Transformers cartoon.
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We go on about this male loneliness epidemic but they still won’t join my D&D group.
August 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We go on about this male loneliness epidemic but they still won’t join my D&D group.
So we know they don't take money, fame or credit card, but do Huey Lewis & The News take Bitcoin?
June 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
So we know they don't take money, fame or credit card, but do Huey Lewis & The News take Bitcoin?
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new saddest six word story just dropped
March 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
new saddest six word story just dropped
Blog on a new version of the Consumer price inflation statistical article we are previewing for feedback at the ONS digitalblog.ons.gov.uk/2025/02/19/t...
Transformed consumer price inflation preview launches
Today we are publishing the next in our series of transformed web content with a new-look Consumer price inflation (CPI) preview. This is the next step in the website transformation work and follows t
digitalblog.ons.gov.uk
February 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Blog on a new version of the Consumer price inflation statistical article we are previewing for feedback at the ONS digitalblog.ons.gov.uk/2025/02/19/t...
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If you were a Manics fan, 1 February only means one thing to you.
30 years.
Fuck.
What an impact he had on my life.
30 years.
Fuck.
What an impact he had on my life.
February 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If you were a Manics fan, 1 February only means one thing to you.
30 years.
Fuck.
What an impact he had on my life.
30 years.
Fuck.
What an impact he had on my life.
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📈📉We've just published a nifty new #ONS tool that allows you to see how different factors affect population projections! Adjust life expectancy, fertility rate and net migration to see how they affect estimates...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
January 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📈📉We've just published a nifty new #ONS tool that allows you to see how different factors affect population projections! Adjust life expectancy, fertility rate and net migration to see how they affect estimates...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
December 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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Medieval geeks getting to the end of the Bayeux tapestry and immediately logging on to their looms to weave their own reaction tapestries.
December 7, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Medieval geeks getting to the end of the Bayeux tapestry and immediately logging on to their looms to weave their own reaction tapestries.
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Optimist: the cup is half full.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty.
Content Designer: is this the right kind of cup? Is the cup in the right place? Is what’s filling the cup best for the audience at this particular time?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty.
Content Designer: is this the right kind of cup? Is the cup in the right place? Is what’s filling the cup best for the audience at this particular time?
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
November 23, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty.
Content Designer: is this the right kind of cup? Is the cup in the right place? Is what’s filling the cup best for the audience at this particular time?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty.
Content Designer: is this the right kind of cup? Is the cup in the right place? Is what’s filling the cup best for the audience at this particular time?
I went to see Pallbearer, Graveyard and Baroness in Bristol last night and thoroughly enjoyed it but standing for several hours in my mid-40s is becoming more and more taxing.
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM
I went to see Pallbearer, Graveyard and Baroness in Bristol last night and thoroughly enjoyed it but standing for several hours in my mid-40s is becoming more and more taxing.
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Defra terms I’ve heard this week that could be metal band names:
Slaughterhouse Request (death metal, album art censored on Spotify)
Squirrel Contraception (angular grindcore with lots of yelping vocals)
Goat Survey (folk horror inflected doom metal, early Sabbath vibes).
Slaughterhouse Request (death metal, album art censored on Spotify)
Squirrel Contraception (angular grindcore with lots of yelping vocals)
Goat Survey (folk horror inflected doom metal, early Sabbath vibes).
November 15, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Defra terms I’ve heard this week that could be metal band names:
Slaughterhouse Request (death metal, album art censored on Spotify)
Squirrel Contraception (angular grindcore with lots of yelping vocals)
Goat Survey (folk horror inflected doom metal, early Sabbath vibes).
Slaughterhouse Request (death metal, album art censored on Spotify)
Squirrel Contraception (angular grindcore with lots of yelping vocals)
Goat Survey (folk horror inflected doom metal, early Sabbath vibes).
I am feeling very strongly my first post should be profound and learned, but I've got nothing.
November 15, 2024 at 12:30 PM
I am feeling very strongly my first post should be profound and learned, but I've got nothing.