PORTALOOS? How do you feel about the new PORTALOOS that council contractors have installed by the National Monument on Calton Hill? Essential? Useful? Un-inviting? Ugly? We're interested in your opinions. [N.B. public toilets are also in the Nelson Monument & Collective Gallery (City Observatory).]

How the fate of the "Trump of Asia" is a cautionary tale for would-be strongmen. Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte oversaw a bloody "war on drugs" that killed thousands. This week he was taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. www.ft.com/content/a6ee... @financialtimes.com

China building new mobile piers for possible invasion of Taiwan https://www.ft.com/content/36a00ba4-6178-4267-9786-3e0b59abe67f

‘Caledonian antisyzygy’ as Edinburgh’s defining characteristic. @muredickie.bsky.social brings John Knox, Jenny Geddes, James Graham, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Adam Smith, Deacon Brodie, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and others into a single Old Town walk.

China launches biggest amphibious assault ship in projection of military power https://www.ft.com/content/147f4b4b-4bcf-41d5-85dc-cca16c4883ec

中国の囲碁教室で人間ではなくAIが指導したところ、男女の実力差がほぼ解消されました。 www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO... 分析によると、人間の教師は無意識だとしても男女で異なる態度を示していました。 生徒や部下を「自分は公平に評価している」と思っても、それを客観的にみるのはとても難しいです。 人材管理でAIを活用すると、無意識のバイアスが可視化され、より公平な評価・指導が可能になる可能性があります。

Stressed out trees helping charities restore valuable aspen forests @ Dundreggan rewilding centre 👇🏾🌳🌲 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Excellent reporting by our man in Seoul:

🧵1/2 The opportunist resolution to boycott Haaretz, which passed in today's government meeting without legal review, is another step in Netanyahu's journey to dismantle Israeli democracy www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...