Khürt Williams

@islandinthenet.com

Information security architect, amateur photographer, and nature wanderer. I blog about tech, photography, hiking, and life’s curiosities. F1 fan, IndieWeb supporter, and occasional speaker on… well, tech and stuff.

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What Happens When The Machine Has Never Heard of You?

Eddy Smith's essay on AI and St. Vincent hits close to home, literally. As someone born there, with family roots in Bequia, who works in cybersecurity and has spent two decades arguing for the open we…

1d ago·2 min read·325 words

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https://www.iwnsvg.com/2026/06/08/guide-stars-lessons-when-the-machine-forgets-st-vincent/

2d ago·1 min read·2 words

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Oh no, Charles! 😢 #F1 #MonacoGP

3d ago·1 min read·12 words

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Forza Ferrari! #F1 #MonacoGP

3d ago·1 min read·8 words

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I really don’t know why F1 bother having a race in Monaco. Qualifying determine the race winner and the race is one accident away from being ruined for everyone. #F1 #MonacoGP

4d ago·1 min read·62 words

Detection Is Not a Strategy: https://www.cringely.com/202…

Detection Is Not a Strategy: https://www.cringely.com/2026/06/05/detection-is-not-a-strategy/ #AI

4d ago·1 min read·20 words

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Out for a morning walk. Saved a Common Box Turtle stranded on Salisbury Road.

5d ago·1 min read·28 words

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Very enjoyable race. 2 and 4. I’ll take it. Forza Ferrari! #F1 #CanadianGP.

May 24·1 min read·26 words

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Woot! Hammer time delivered. Forza Ferrari! #F1 #CanadianGP

May 24·1 min read·16 words

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Come on Lewis. Hammer time. Forza Ferrari! #F1 #CanadianGP

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Come on Charles! Get in there! Forza Ferrari! #F1 #CanadianGP

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No! No! No! I’m gutted for George. 😩 #F1 #CanadianGP

May 24·1 min read·20 words

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The battle between Kimi and George is “adrenaline”. More please. More! #F1 #CanadianGP

May 24·1 min read·26 words

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I love reading news like this. "9 May 2026 will go down as a remarkable day in birding history. For the first time ever, Global Big Day birders documented more than 8,000 bird species in one day, a ne…

May 24·1 min read·111 words

I love reading news like this. “9 May 2026 will go dow…

I love reading news like this. "9 May 2026 will go down as a remarkable day in birding history. For the first time ever, Global Big Day birders documented more than 8,000 bird species in one day, a ne…

May 23·1 min read·123 words

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Yep!

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Just added https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/ plugin to the blog. Thank you @activitypub.blog@activitypub.blog

May 20·1 min read·20 words

Just added https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/ plug…

Just added https://wordpress.org/plugins/atmosphere/ plugin to the blog. Thank you @activitypub.blog@activitypub.blog

May 20·1 min read·24 words

The Lesieur, Philadelphia

Maya graduated Cum Laude on a Tuesday in May.

May 17·2 min read·304 words

Is Photography About Capturing Facts?

Why is it that when we find ways to make something easier, people are quick to call it “cheating”? Take dodging and burning—Ansel Adams used those techniques in the darkroom all the time, and no one q…

May 16·5 min read·898 words

American Goldfinch in Spring Moult

A molting male American Goldfinch perched just outside the kitchen window — and for once, everything lined up: sharp bird, clean background, and solid post-processing.

May 15·2 min read·268 words

【Honda Engine Sound】RA272 (1965) #F1 https://www.youtub…

【Honda Engine Sound】RA272 (1965) #F1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAyob93u_M0

May 14·1 min read·18 words

Wood Duck at Lake Carnegie Dam

Dismissed as Mallards in the field.

May 14·4 min read·697 words

Mallard at Kingston Lock

A male Mallard stepped out of the shadows near Kingston Lock.

May 13·2 min read·254 words

Northern Cardinal

A short morning walk slows down as birdsong leads to a Northern Cardinal hidden in spring leaves.

May 12·1 min read·176 words

American Crow on Dead Tree

A crow high on a dead tree.

May 11·2 min read·239 words

Red-bellied Woodpecker in the Pines

First field photo of a Red-bellied Woodpecker — backlit in a pine tangle.

May 10·2 min read·253 words

Where the Lake Carnegie Dam Meets the Millstone River

I looked around, and spring did the rest.

May 9·3 min read·565 words

Bubbles and Gatekeeping: https://islandinthenet.com/bubbles-and-gatekeeping/

Curated online spaces feel like relief—but hand-picking who gets in is still gatekeeping, just with a human face.

May 8·1 min read·40 words

Bubbles and Gatekeeping

Curated online spaces feel like relief—but hand-picking who gets in is still gatekeeping, just with a human face.

May 8·2 min read·339 words

One Roll — March 2026: https://islandinthenet.com/march-2026-on-film/

A roll of expired CatLABS X Film 320 Pro, a Minolta XD-11, and a month of familiar haunts across Hopewell Valley, New Jersey.

May 7·1 min read·52 words

One Roll — March 2026

A roll of expired CatLABS X Film 320 Pro, a Minolta XD-11, and a month of familiar haunts across Hopewell Valley, New Jersey.

May 7·12 min read·2233 words

Glossy Ibis in Flight

Bhavna spotted them first.

May 6·2 min read·315 words

Osprey Nest Fight Over the Salt Marsh: https://islandinthenet.com/osprey-nest-fight-over-the-salt-marsh/

A second Osprey appeared, and the show began.

May 5·1 min read·24 words

Osprey Nest Fight Over the Salt Marsh

A second Osprey appeared, and the show began.

May 5·4 min read·614 words

Salt Marsh means American Oystercatcher: https://islandinthenet.com/salt-marsh-means-american-oystercatcher/

American Oystercatchers in an Ocean City salt marsh.

May 4·1 min read·22 words

Salt Marsh means American Oystercatcher

American Oystercatchers in an Ocean City salt marsh.

May 4·2 min read·315 words

A lot of reasoning for a Fuji X-T5: https://islandinthenet.com/all-that-reasoning-then-i-bought-the-camera/

I built a careful case for waiting to buy the Fujifilm X-T5.

May 3·1 min read·33 words

A lot of reasoning for a Fuji X-T5

I built a careful case for waiting to buy the Fujifilm X-T5.

May 3·5 min read·981 words

Yellow-crowned Night Herons at Ocean City: https://islandinthenet.com/yellow-crowned-night-herons-at-ocean-city/

Spotted Yellow-crowned Night Herons tucked into Eastern red cedar.

May 2·1 min read·25 words

Yellow-crowned Night Herons at Ocean City

Spotted Yellow-crowned Night Herons tucked into Eastern red cedar.

May 2·2 min read·284 words

I fucking hate the #Miami and #Vegas races. #F1

I fucking hate the #Miami and #Vegas races. #F1

May 2·1 min read·27 words

4 laps to go. 🥱 #Miami #Sprint #F1

4 laps to go. 🥱 #Miami #Sprint #F1

May 2·1 min read·24 words

I suspect all of the good overtaking is done. #Miami #S…

I suspect all of the good overtaking is done. #Miami #Sprint #F1

May 2·1 min read·35 words

Great Egret Breeding Plumage at the Ocean City Welcome Center: https://islandinthenet.com/great-egret-breeding-plumage-at-the-ocean-city-welcome-center/

A stranger with binoculars pointed us to a way down to the egrets

May 1·1 min read·37 words

Great Egret Breeding Plumage at the Ocean City Welcome Center

A stranger with binoculars pointed us to a way down to the egrets

May 1·2 min read·277 words

Corson’s Inlet: https://islandinthenet.com/corsons-inlet/

Corson's Inlet turned up Red-winged Blackbirds and Laughing Gulls

Apr 30·1 min read·21 words

Corson’s Inlet

Corson's Inlet turned up Red-winged Blackbirds and Laughing Gulls

Apr 30·2 min read·378 words

More Than Herons: https://islandinthenet.com/more-than-herons/

tides, crabs, and killifish drive an entire coastal ecosystem

Apr 29·1 min read·22 words

More Than Herons

tides, crabs, and killifish drive an entire coastal ecosystem

Apr 29·5 min read·855 words

Rock Pigeon at Ocean City Welcome Centre: https://islandinthenet.com/rock-pigeon-at-ocean-city-welcome-centre/

First time photographing Rock Pigeon.

Apr 28·1 min read·18 words

Rock Pigeon at Ocean City Welcome Centre

First time photographing Rock Pigeon.

Apr 28·2 min read·280 words

Black-crowned Night Heron at Golden Hour: https://islandinthenet.com/black-crowned-night-heron-at-golden-hour/

Most of the herons were hidden in the cedars.

Apr 27·1 min read·25 words

Black-crowned Night Heron at Golden Hour

Most of the herons were hidden in the cedars.

Apr 27·2 min read·253 words

Where the Lake Carnegie Dam Meets the Millstone River: https://islandinthenet.com/where-the-lake-carnegie-dam-meets-the-millstone-river/

I looked around, and spring did the rest.

Apr 27·1 min read·26 words

Snowy Egret Perched at the Rookery in Breeding Plumage: https://islandinthenet.com/snowy-egret-at-ocean-city/

A Snowy Egret holds its ground at the Ocean City rookery.

Apr 26·1 min read·32 words

Snowy Egret Perched at the Rookery in Breeding Plumage

A Snowy Egret holds its ground at the Ocean City rookery.

Apr 26·2 min read·247 words

White Ibis at Ocean City: https://islandinthenet.com/white-ibis-at-ocean-city/

White Ibises massing in the hundreds at the Jersey Shore.

Apr 25·1 min read·26 words

White Ibis at Ocean City

White Ibises massing in the hundreds at the Jersey Shore.

Apr 25·2 min read·317 words

Chipping Sparrow: https://islandinthenet.com/chipping-sparrow-2/

For weeks now, walking along Salisbury Road, Blue Spring Road, Jackson Avenue, and Garfield Way, I have been picking up the dry, mechanical trill of Chipping Sparrows from the pines…

Apr 23·1 min read·63 words

Chipping Sparrow

For weeks now, walking along Salisbury Road, Blue Spring Road, Jackson Avenue, and Garfield Way, I have been picking up the dry, mechanical trill of Chipping Sparrows from the pines and conifers linin…

Apr 23·2 min read·311 words

The American Goldfinches

Watching a backyard full of American Goldfinches shift from winter grey to spring yellow.

Apr 21·2 min read·325 words

Corner of Garfield and Grant

Spring in the north-east brings everything back — birdsong, insects, and golden morning light.

Apr 18·1 min read·158 words

Prepping for the endgame of the open web https://thehisto…

Prepping for the endgame of the open web https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/prepping-for-the-endgame/ #openweb

Apr 11·1 min read·29 words

Jeffrey Zeldman, reflecting on leadership, honesty, and v…

Jeffrey Zeldman, reflecting on leadership, honesty, and voter behaviour in the U.S. https://zeldman.com/2026/04/10/jimmy-carter-was-right/ #CarterWasRight

Apr 10·1 min read·36 words