Ian Weinfass
@ianweinfass.bsky.social
Freelance journalist specialising in buildings and police (+where the two meet).
British Journalism Awards finalist 2016 & 2023.
Read some of my best pieces here: https://www.clippings.me/ianweinfass
Contact: ianweinfass[at]hotmail.com, or send a DM
British Journalism Awards finalist 2016 & 2023.
Read some of my best pieces here: https://www.clippings.me/ianweinfass
Contact: ianweinfass[at]hotmail.com, or send a DM
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If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Interesting piece on AI mistakes in US police reports
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Interesting piece on AI mistakes in US police reports
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Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
See p41 for my piece on ways in which police chiefs are looking to raise cash
Christmas Special: Adoration of the MAGA
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
December 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
See p41 for my piece on ways in which police chiefs are looking to raise cash
Police/HSE investigating why four men died in the 2016 Didcot Power Station collapse say their investigation will (finally) conclude next year - www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-...
Didcot Power Station investigation to be completed next year
Thames Valley Police expects to complete its joint investigation with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) into the partial collapse at Didcot Power Station next year, we can confirm today (18/12).
www.thamesvalley.police.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Police/HSE investigating why four men died in the 2016 Didcot Power Station collapse say their investigation will (finally) conclude next year - www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-...
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“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
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The film-maker, who has died aged 78, spoke to Ed Potton about bringing back Spinal Tap, the demands of directing and his idea for one more comedy
Rob Reiner told me in September he wanted to make one last film
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The film-maker, who has died aged 78, spoke to Ed Potton about bringing back Spinal Tap, the demands of directing and his idea for one more comedy
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Leigh Day partner Jill Paterson warns many households may still be using potentially dangerous heat pump tumble dryers built by Haier after a regulator issued an urgent recall.
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
People may still have potentially dangerous tumble dryers
Leading consumer lawyer warns UK households may still be using potentially dangerous tumble dryers following recall
www.leighday.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Leigh Day partner Jill Paterson warns many households may still be using potentially dangerous heat pump tumble dryers built by Haier after a regulator issued an urgent recall.
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
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Evolving police responses to domestic abuse: Innovations and challenges in tackling domestic and family violence
policinginsight.com/news/evolvin...
policinginsight.com/news/evolvin...
Evolving police responses to domestic abuse: Innovations and challenges in tackling domestic and family violence
A new thematic report exploring how the issue of domestic abuse and family violence is being tackled across the world, how this has changed, and how it continues to evolve, has been launched by…
policinginsight.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Evolving police responses to domestic abuse: Innovations and challenges in tackling domestic and family violence
policinginsight.com/news/evolvin...
policinginsight.com/news/evolvin...
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It’s the mark of an amateur – in journalistic writing, book writing, TV, whatever – that they think ideas are the currency, where the value is, and need fiercely protecting.
Everyone has ideas. Usually ten before breakfast. Executing them well is the hard bit.
Everyone has ideas. Usually ten before breakfast. Executing them well is the hard bit.
'The words are AI, but the idea is all me.'
'This is MY story, I just needed telling it.'
'The voice is authentically my own.'
'The novel is mine, but I used AI to write it.'
'This is MY story, I just needed telling it.'
'The voice is authentically my own.'
'The novel is mine, but I used AI to write it.'
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It’s the mark of an amateur – in journalistic writing, book writing, TV, whatever – that they think ideas are the currency, where the value is, and need fiercely protecting.
Everyone has ideas. Usually ten before breakfast. Executing them well is the hard bit.
Everyone has ideas. Usually ten before breakfast. Executing them well is the hard bit.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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Extremely 80s Conservative voice:
"Maybe the only way to stop modern slavery is to nationalise it!"
"Maybe the only way to stop modern slavery is to nationalise it!"
Watching the Mahmood announcement and debate. Tory backbencher (Karen Bradley) suggests putting refugees into debt and making them repay during the rest of their lives. Mahmood says she’ll think about it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Extremely 80s Conservative voice:
"Maybe the only way to stop modern slavery is to nationalise it!"
"Maybe the only way to stop modern slavery is to nationalise it!"
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A Surrey architect has wound down her practice as she looks to spend more time following her passion as a motorbike rider
Motorcycling pioneer architect winds down practice to focus on her passion
Motorcycling pioneer architect winds down practice to focus on her passion
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A Surrey architect has wound down her practice as she looks to spend more time following her passion as a motorbike rider
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Cost of Chipperfield’s new Edinburgh concert hall more than trebles
Cost of Chipperfield’s new Edinburgh concert hall more than trebles
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Cost of Chipperfield’s new Edinburgh concert hall more than trebles
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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Francis Terry’s ‘world-first’ Neoclassical Passivhaus home rejected
Francis Terry’s ‘world-first’ Neoclassical Passivhaus home rejected
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Francis Terry’s ‘world-first’ Neoclassical Passivhaus home rejected
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A great piece from James Marriott. FWIW I am working on a laptop, I didn't read this on my phone... open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
The dawn of the post-literate society
And the end of civilisation
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A great piece from James Marriott. FWIW I am working on a laptop, I didn't read this on my phone... open.substack.com/pub/jmarriot...
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Plans for older people’s homes in Hertfordshire have been refused after a councillor said they resembled the local crematorium.
‘Crematorium-like’ later-living housing scheme refused
‘Crematorium-like’ later-living housing scheme refused
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Plans for older people’s homes in Hertfordshire have been refused after a councillor said they resembled the local crematorium.
The scale and cost of the RAAC crisis at UK police forces revealed
The impact of crumbling concrete on UK policing
www.policeoracle.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The scale and cost of the RAAC crisis at UK police forces revealed
The PFI building dispute that could cost Kent Police £39m
The building dispute that could cost Kent Police £39m
www.policeoracle.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The PFI building dispute that could cost Kent Police £39m
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Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
Having escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the light
This reads like the Met and CPS this week taught the Cabinet Office what contempt of court is www.gov.uk/government/n...
Debarment investigations into Grenfell suppliers paused to safeguard integrity of criminal proceedings
Debarment investigations into seven organisations criticised by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry have been paused to prevent any impact on criminal investigations
www.gov.uk
July 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This reads like the Met and CPS this week taught the Cabinet Office what contempt of court is www.gov.uk/government/n...
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The loud drumbeat that companies should "embrace AI now or be left behind" has more in common with high-pressure sales techniques than biz strategy. And that's fine - tech firms have something to sell. But the rest of us needn’t confuse it with anything more profound. www.ft.com/content/4688...
July 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The loud drumbeat that companies should "embrace AI now or be left behind" has more in common with high-pressure sales techniques than biz strategy. And that's fine - tech firms have something to sell. But the rest of us needn’t confuse it with anything more profound. www.ft.com/content/4688...