Karl Smallwood
@karlsmallwood.bsky.social
Founder and host of Fact Fiend.
Cofounder and Host of Wiki Weekends.
Occasionally streams Metal Gear Rising on Twitch.
Cofounder and Host of Wiki Weekends.
Occasionally streams Metal Gear Rising on Twitch.
Went to a gig tonight.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Went to a gig tonight.
Happy Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Happy Halloween.
Confession - There’s a setting on YouTube that lets you upload two different thumbnails to see which people click on more.
Rather than change the image I’ve just been uploading two copies of the same thumbnail but one has a spelling mistake.
Rather than change the image I’ve just been uploading two copies of the same thumbnail but one has a spelling mistake.
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Confession - There’s a setting on YouTube that lets you upload two different thumbnails to see which people click on more.
Rather than change the image I’ve just been uploading two copies of the same thumbnail but one has a spelling mistake.
Rather than change the image I’ve just been uploading two copies of the same thumbnail but one has a spelling mistake.
Was out for a drink tonight, bumped into a girl and asked what she did for a living.
She said she worked for the police and I said -
don’t stand so close to me.
She walked off.
Fuck my life.
She said she worked for the police and I said -
don’t stand so close to me.
She walked off.
Fuck my life.
September 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Was out for a drink tonight, bumped into a girl and asked what she did for a living.
She said she worked for the police and I said -
don’t stand so close to me.
She walked off.
Fuck my life.
She said she worked for the police and I said -
don’t stand so close to me.
She walked off.
Fuck my life.
It taste like shit for anybody wondering.
September 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It taste like shit for anybody wondering.
Randomly watched the live action Lilo and Stitch movie recently and couldn’t quite describe why it felt so, off.
Until I realised, it’s the live action movie equivalent of those “Mario in Unreal Engine” videos.
A soulless facsimile designed to look like something you recognise. Not feel like it.
Until I realised, it’s the live action movie equivalent of those “Mario in Unreal Engine” videos.
A soulless facsimile designed to look like something you recognise. Not feel like it.
September 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Randomly watched the live action Lilo and Stitch movie recently and couldn’t quite describe why it felt so, off.
Until I realised, it’s the live action movie equivalent of those “Mario in Unreal Engine” videos.
A soulless facsimile designed to look like something you recognise. Not feel like it.
Until I realised, it’s the live action movie equivalent of those “Mario in Unreal Engine” videos.
A soulless facsimile designed to look like something you recognise. Not feel like it.
She didn’t decided to hyphenate.
August 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
She didn’t decided to hyphenate.
Was out for a drink with a friend tonight and a fan recognised me.
I aged 2 decades when they said -
“I recognised you from my childhood.”
I aged 2 decades when they said -
“I recognised you from my childhood.”
August 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Was out for a drink with a friend tonight and a fan recognised me.
I aged 2 decades when they said -
“I recognised you from my childhood.”
I aged 2 decades when they said -
“I recognised you from my childhood.”
Confession - A friend of mine lives near a place called Swallow Wood Lane and he refuses to let me take a photo when we drive past so that I can prove my last name isn’t that bad.
July 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Confession - A friend of mine lives near a place called Swallow Wood Lane and he refuses to let me take a photo when we drive past so that I can prove my last name isn’t that bad.
Fun fact - When Fact Fiend initially took off almost ten years ago I was literally living on my friend’s sofa.
The first thing I bought was a duvet and a can of white monster.
The first thing I bought was a duvet and a can of white monster.
July 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Fun fact - When Fact Fiend initially took off almost ten years ago I was literally living on my friend’s sofa.
The first thing I bought was a duvet and a can of white monster.
The first thing I bought was a duvet and a can of white monster.
I’m not saying I’m stubborn but I did once walk up a mountain in skinny jeans to get to a pub on the other side.
July 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I’m not saying I’m stubborn but I did once walk up a mountain in skinny jeans to get to a pub on the other side.
Out for a drink with a friend and they gave me a gift I will treasure forever.
July 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Out for a drink with a friend and they gave me a gift I will treasure forever.
Once again thinking about Optimus Primate.
July 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Once again thinking about Optimus Primate.
Went up a mountain recently.
June 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Went up a mountain recently.
I was the best man for a destination wedding in Italy recently and asked the photographer if there was a place I could post up like a mafia boss.
June 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I was the best man for a destination wedding in Italy recently and asked the photographer if there was a place I could post up like a mafia boss.
My dad is on safari in Africa right now and before he went I gave him one of my old recording cameras.
This is literally the only photo he’s sent so far.
This is literally the only photo he’s sent so far.
June 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
My dad is on safari in Africa right now and before he went I gave him one of my old recording cameras.
This is literally the only photo he’s sent so far.
This is literally the only photo he’s sent so far.
Travelling and my friend told me to make my case stand out so I could find it at the carousel. Something subtle like a ribbon.
He was not impressed when I turned up with a giant fuck off K on it.
He was not impressed when I turned up with a giant fuck off K on it.
June 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Travelling and my friend told me to make my case stand out so I could find it at the carousel. Something subtle like a ribbon.
He was not impressed when I turned up with a giant fuck off K on it.
He was not impressed when I turned up with a giant fuck off K on it.
Remembering when I went to Japan and visited the statue dedicated to good boys and performed the illegal manoeuvre.
June 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Remembering when I went to Japan and visited the statue dedicated to good boys and performed the illegal manoeuvre.
It was my mums 59th birthday last weekend.
She did not appreciate the present I got for her.
She did not appreciate the present I got for her.
June 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
It was my mums 59th birthday last weekend.
She did not appreciate the present I got for her.
She did not appreciate the present I got for her.
My friend is a train driver and told me that he’s lost count of the amount of birds he’s hit while at work.
For his birthday recently I got him a guide to spotting British birds and a red pen.
For his birthday recently I got him a guide to spotting British birds and a red pen.
June 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My friend is a train driver and told me that he’s lost count of the amount of birds he’s hit while at work.
For his birthday recently I got him a guide to spotting British birds and a red pen.
For his birthday recently I got him a guide to spotting British birds and a red pen.
Conversation I just had with my bank.
Me: Hi, I got message about potential fraud on my account.
Them: Looks like someone changed passwords and then made a large Amazon order.
Me: Yeah, I got a new phone and bought my mum a birthday present.
Them: It was quite a large order.
Me: I love my mum.
Me: Hi, I got message about potential fraud on my account.
Them: Looks like someone changed passwords and then made a large Amazon order.
Me: Yeah, I got a new phone and bought my mum a birthday present.
Them: It was quite a large order.
Me: I love my mum.
June 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Conversation I just had with my bank.
Me: Hi, I got message about potential fraud on my account.
Them: Looks like someone changed passwords and then made a large Amazon order.
Me: Yeah, I got a new phone and bought my mum a birthday present.
Them: It was quite a large order.
Me: I love my mum.
Me: Hi, I got message about potential fraud on my account.
Them: Looks like someone changed passwords and then made a large Amazon order.
Me: Yeah, I got a new phone and bought my mum a birthday present.
Them: It was quite a large order.
Me: I love my mum.