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A comment on Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all artworks.

Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by thomasfromcdnjs on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:09AM (#24188004)
Just to add more juice to the story.

The company he gave the exclusive rights to was co-founded by his friend. Who got fined 2.4 million dollars the year prior for selling "authentic" Aboriginal art that was actually made in Indonesia.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/11/compa...

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Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by andrewflnr on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @04:00AM (#24196264)
Wow, based on OP I thought Thomas was just a colossal idiot, but that tips the scales to malicious.
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