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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 2mo ago

It's great to see another CAC Boomerang return to the sky with tests flights of A46-54 (VH-MHB) earlier this year. Some great footage of this aircraft here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48d16t1H8-8 https://www.briangrinter.com/2026/07/another-boomerang-takes-flight/ #flying #warbirds

RARE CAC Boomerang ROARS Back to Life! 🇦🇺 Back Into The Sky's After Decades of Restoration

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@az@scorpinc.social @NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net Nothing will beat Apollo 10 “Give me a napkin quick! There's A Turd Floating Through The Air”

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

Boosted by @gedeonm@mastodon.social

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social I loved this show! Made the pilgrimage in 2013 Friend of mine became a paramedic because of his childhood love of the show

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social massive plaque on the wall told the story behind the show too

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 8mo ago

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@j_bertolotti @timrichards I like to think because they were Tongan and not snotty face English school boys

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 9mo ago

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@ridetheory old enough to have always thought about the other Scott Adams from early home computer game days 😜 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams_(game_designer)

en.wikipedia.org

Scott Adams - Wikipedia

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 7mo ago

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@haruki_zaemon @NewtonMark A lighthouse is a beacon of warning - don’t come here

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net kids learn about 9mm at school

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@MarkAsser@beige.party @amyfallon@aus.social @NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net didn’t want to be too optimistic

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange time for the red pen

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social @gedeonm@mastodon.social in Australia it was released with the title “Flying High” Much better name

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@randahl finally a legitimate use for AI

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@virtualbri @tvaziri Schadenfreude thoughtful Germans have a word for everything

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 4mo ago

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@bennomatic@appdot.net Strictly was such a good film

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 9mo ago

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@splendorr@mastodon.social @heliographe_studio@mastodon.social https://youtube.com/shorts/GCmoezcoyo4

Why Do All AI Logos Look Like Buttholes?

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@amyfallon@aus.social @NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net By year’s end he’ll probably be an independent

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@raaahbin@eigenmagic.net @leadegroot@bne.social @NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net That’s why you occasionally get some good punch ups at the polling stations 😉 Long time ago worked a few times for AEC on the polling stations. Wife always got the stations where people giving out the HTC cards got into punch ups I just got the station where the sitting Member died the morning of the election…

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 9mo ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?” Need to be Australian to understand https://youtu.be/6jLoxp8EmoM

Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again : The Angels Live Melbourne 1988

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

Forgotten action movies of the 1980s

This was really good. Had the scale model kit of the aircraft as a kid

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xffMQXR83LA&si=6sjs7SqVsfyW4sOS

https://www.briangrinter.com/2026/04/blue-thunder/

#80s #Films

Blue Thunder's Forgotten Legacy 🚁 Roy Scheider's Lost Masterpiece

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

As the space debris (a.k.a. Kessler syndrome) challenge grows, AI and international cooperation are increasingly crucial to ensuring satellite safety.
— Read on spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-space-debris

https://www.briangrinter.com/2026/04/kessler-syndrome-space-debris-threatens-satellites/

#space

Life of Brian

Kessler Syndrome Space Debris Threatens Satellites

As the space debris (a.k.a. Kessler syndrome) challenge grows, AI and international cooperation are increasingly crucial to ensuring satellite safety. — Read on spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-s…

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@CStamp@mastodon.social @gedeonm@mastodon.social it’s still a gamble…

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social Sigmund and Pufenstuf were Saturday morning staples during the late 70s - just in constant repeat along with Thunderbirds

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social H.R. Pufnstuf was an insane show ❤️

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@randahl google Gemini gives a better answer https://gemini.google.com/share/6cd393afba4b

Gemini

‎Gemini - direct access to Google AI

Created with Gemini

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@tvaziri LieMAX I like that - haven’t heard that one before

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@rmondello only Chrome? Use Safari at home but Chrome at work (all google shop I’m afraid)

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 9mo ago

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@Arapalla@aus.social @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Mac Max Interceptor was based on the design https://www.streetmachine.com.au/features/plastic-surgeon-peter-arcadipane

Street Machine

Plastic surgeon - Peter Arcadipane

Many Street Machine readers will know who Peter Arcadipane is. His name is among the immortals for the nosejob he did on the star of Mad Max. No, not Mel — the real star, The Last of the V8 Interceptors

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@kyonshi@dice.camp @Daojoan@mastodon.social @timrichards@aus.social No, the big 4 Australian banks all developed retail travel operations in the 80s as value add on services for customers then later off loaded them

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@Daojoan@mastodon.social @timrichards@aus.social The bank I worked for in the 80s had a travel agency. A few years later someone must have said “what the hell were we thinking” and the sold it off

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 7mo ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social learn to fly and you’ll only care about UTC 😂

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 7mo ago

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@whattherestimefor@mastodon.social @gedeonm@mastodon.social let’s make housework an Olympic sport

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 8mo ago

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@timrichards finally media calling out their stupidity too

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 8mo ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social got 2

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 8mo ago

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@metin@graphics.social @governa@fosstodon.org @eobet@oldbytes.space Never say never…

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 9mo ago

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@octothorpe@mastodon.online @gedeonm@mastodon.social @tvaziri@mastodon.social can’t beat physical media - no one is coming to your house to take them away

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 9mo ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social my guy asks cash in hand so I’m sure he pays all applicable taxes and declares income…

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@dosnostalgic@mastodon.social i still find myself saying “that’s fairly recen… wait that’s 33 years ago”

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 2d ago

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social nostalgia is big money I have no idea where my original went to

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 7mo ago

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@NewtonMark never learn https://techstory.com.au/2025/12/24/after-laying-off-4000-employees-and-automating-with-ai-agents-salesforce-executives-admit-we-were-more-confident-than-prepared/

techstory.com.au

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 9mo ago

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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 8mo ago

@sizzle @camwilson

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@NewtonMark thanks Mark - great week of flying at Narromine

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 6mo ago

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@MikeElgan Skynet is coming for us 😉

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 2mo ago

Sorry for the Facebook link and AI slop but this is too funny not to share if you’re a fan of the Aliens films

Finally an almost acceptable use for AI

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1PcST2sbLZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

#aliens #AISlop

facebook.com

1.1K reactions · 358 shares | A few years ago, my wife and I made the questionable decision to write songs imagining Aliens as a Broadway musical. To celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, I’m bringing them to life as fan-edit music videos with a little h

A few years ago, my wife and I made the questionable decision to write songs imagining Aliens as a Broadway musical. To celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary, I’m bringing them to life as fan-edit...

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

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@chockenberry@mastodon.social

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Brian Grinter @bgrinter@mastodon.sdf.org

· 5mo ago

apple.news

Australia has more fuel in tank than before Iran war — AAP - Australian Associated Press

As the repercussions of the US-led war on Iran continue and a crucial oil corridor remains effectively closed, Australia has topped up its fuel supply.

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