I discovered this rule independently in 2001 while playing with Day&Night. My idea was to augment D&N with some features of Life by adding S2. I used Life32 (most likely on Wine under Linux, as far as I remember, although back then I had a dual-boot Windows/Linux box; Windows was booted mainly for games).
4 infinite growth patterns from old backups, saved in May 2001 (making them shorter now):
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x = 28, y = 24, rule = B3678/S235678
6$6b2obob2o$5b7o$5b8o$6b8obo$5b11o$6b8obo$5b8o$5b7o$6b2obob2o!
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x = 40, y = 34, rule = B3678/S235678
2$13b2o$8bobo2b2o3bob2o$8b8o2b4obo$6b17ob2o$6b22o$6b23o$6b24o$6b26o$6b
24obo$6b26o$6b24o$6b23o$6b22o$6b17ob2o$8b8o2b4obo$8bobo2b2o3bob2o$13b
2o!
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x = 21, y = 21, rule = B3678/S235678
2$7bob2o$6b5o2b2o$6b8o$6b9o$6b11o$6b12o$6b11o$6b9o$6b8o$6b5o2b2o$7bob
2o!
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x = 44, y = 32, rule = B3678/S235678
12$10bobobobobobobobobob2o$10b19o$10b20o$10b22o$10b23o$10b22o$10b20o$
10b19o$10b15obob2o$10b15o$10b2o2b10o$10bo3bobo2b3o$10bo8bo!
3 of them coincide with yours.
EDIT:
Gliders:
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x = 43, y = 31, rule = B3678/S235678
2$24bo$21bob3obo$18b2o2b5o2b2o$19b11o$18b13o$12b2o2b17o2b2o$12b2o2b17o
2b2o$9bob27obo$8bob29obo$9b31o$11b27o$12b25o$12b25o$10b29o$10b29o$10b
29o$11b27o$13b23o$14b21o$14b21o$17b15o$16bo2b11o2bo$16bo3b9o3bo$16b3ob
9ob3o$18b13o$21bob3obo$24bo!
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x = 47, y = 68, rule = B3678/S235678
10$19b2obobo$20b5o$19b9obo$17b11o2bo$16b16o$17bo2b11o$18bob9o$23b5o$
23bobob2o7$22b2obo$23b5o$21b7o2bo$19bob11o$18b11obo$19bo2b7o$22b5o$24b
ob2o8$22bo2bo2bo$21bob6o$22b7o$20b10o$21b10o$22b7o$22b6obo$22bo2bo2bo
7$20b2o2bobo2bo$16bo3b10o2bo$11b2obob17obob2o$11b27o$11b27o$13b23o$11b
27o$11b27o$11b2obob17obob2o$16bo2b10o3bo$19bo2bobo2b2o!
Diagonal:
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x = 110, y = 110, rule = B3678/S235678
14$69bo$68bobo$65bo2b2obo$62bo2b6o$62b11o$63b10ob2o$62b13o$60b17o$57bo
2b16obo$57b20obo$58b20obo$57b21obo$55b22obo$52bo2b21obo$52b23obo$53b
22o$52b23o$50b23o$47bo2b23o$47b24ob2o$48b22o$47b23o$45b23o$42bo2b23o$
42b24ob2o$43b22o$42b23o$43b20o$42b21o$43b18ob2o$42b18o$43b17o$43b15o$
41b17o$42b17o$42b15o$38b2ob16o$39b20o$39b19o$37b21o$38b21o$37b2ob18o$
41b15ob2o$41b14o$43b7o2bobo$44b6o$43b5o$44b3o$43b2obo!