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NPR published a remembrance of Annie Dillard and her 1974 book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which made her the youngest woman then to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Preserving Dillard’s work is easier than preserving the species, seasons, and waterways that give its close observations a living physical reference.
The Financial Times reports that Gulf cargo trade through the Strait of Hormuz has vanished across goods including helium and corn, forcing businesses to seek alternative transport.
Rerouting can raise freight, insurance, storage, financing, and spoilage costs before shortages become visible in hospitals, factories, farms, or grocery stores.
President Donald Trump announced an AI Force and promised a tsar to monitor harmful industry conduct, despite his administration’s resistance to broader AI regulation.
Without a defined budget, investigators, agency authority, or penalties, the White House body could influence AI policy while leaving companies free from enforceable limits.
The Financial Times reports that technology companies and Wall Street financiers are using guarantees and separate project structures to fund about $300 billion of AI infrastructure exposure off company balance sheets.
If AI demand weakens or data centers lose value, guarantees and long-term payment commitments could return losses to technology companies, lenders, utilities, investors, and customers.