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We are living in a time of unprecedented amounts of original paleoart being produced. All over the world, throughout all social strata and in all sorts of styles. This boom in artistic output was not made possible by the development of art stealing technology and large corporations forcing it upon us but by networking, knowledge sharing and community building. That is what made paleontology more accessible and made it possible for so many people to be inspired by the fossil record to express themselves artistically.

—Did you know that Juneteenth is also celebrated in a part of Mexico? Nacimiento Mexico was once home to thousands who escaped slavery in the US. As many as 10,000 slaves followed a clandestine Southern Underground Railroad to Mexico. —To date, many Black Mexicans from the Texas area retrace a portion of the same route their African American ancestors followed in 1850 when they escaped slavery. —Descendants of slaves who escaped across the southern border observe Texas’s emancipation holiday with their own unique traditions in the village of Nacimiento. —Slave hunters would patrol the southern border for escapees, led by the Texas Rangers but the Mexican army would be there waiting for them (the slave hunters) to turn them away.

It wasn't some kind of upswell of American Patriotism and MUH FREEDUMS. It was rich slaveowners deciding they'd rather start a war than give up their slaves.