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Stray Cat Blues: briangrinter.com

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Tax reform isn’t enough – Australia needs an economic reset | Pearls and Irritations: briangrinter.com

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Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines | The Verge: briangrinter.com

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Money can’t buy you love : briangrinter.com

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The Walls Are Closing In On Tesla: briangrinter.com

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Battlestar Galactica: briangrinter.com

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Macchi MB326H – RAAF Roulettes \"\"\"\"\"\" : briangrinter.com

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The Daniel Craig James Bond Era Is The Weirdest Franchise Ever: briangrinter.com

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First kit 2026 \"\"\"\" : briangrinter.com

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Reading List 2025 \"\" : briangrinter.com

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The Odyssey: briangrinter.com

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Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Christmas: briangrinter.com

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Happy Gravy Day: briangrinter.com

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How good engineers write bad code at big companies: briangrinter.com

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Fun Games with AI: briangrinter.com

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The entire history of English in 22min: briangrinter.com

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Your Wild and Precious Life: briangrinter.com

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Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?

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Like you even have to ask \"🤣\"

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— Read on kottke.org/25/12/0047963-is-gen-x-actually-the

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Australian Music – 1980s: briangrinter.com

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Kerb and Gutter: briangrinter.com

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RAAF Mirage 75 Sqn: briangrinter.com

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Click, clack, whirl and growl: briangrinter.com

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Smokey and the Bandit: briangrinter.com

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Victor 1 \"\"\"\"\"\" : briangrinter.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.briangrinter.com/2025/09/victor-1-2/","date_published":"2025-09-01T23:13:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Brian Grinter","url":"http://www.briangrinter.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbgrinter%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bgrinter"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-01 23:13","date_timestamp":1756768401,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72209331","content_html":"

A hacker used AI to automate an ‘unprecedented’ cybercrime spree, Anthropic says: briangrinter.com

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@macgenie just returned - left before the madness ensues

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@macgenie make sure to enjoy the world’s longest golf course on the way back www.australiasgoldenoutback.com/page/null...

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@macgenie as an Aussie I’m a bit ashamed to say I’ve not done these myself - really need to add them to the bucket list. The Ghan is also a good one.

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@danielpunkass recently learnt there is a podcast for everything allthebrians.com

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@brentsimmons and everything is “from a certain point of view”\nNo Obi-Wan, you’re just a bullshit artist

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@brentsimmons I tell my kids to try their best at anything. Yoda tells them do or do not, there is no try.

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@manton Why am i just learning this now!?! 😝

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@patrickrhone replace boredom with reading. My problem is having something to hand. On a recent work trip I finished a whole series I’d been meaning to read for over a decade via eBooks :-)

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@canion I remember this one - looking back today I see it's actually a bit controversial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikkiTikkiTembo

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@canion I remember getting the list every month and wanting so many books - but could only get one a month. That was late 70s / early 80s. Some things never change

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@ismh they're like crocs - for you phone :-P

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