england Simon Pegg & Nick Frost's Slaughterhouse Rulez looks great Séamus Bellamy

History In 1962, a laughing fit spread through Tanzania for 18 months Ellsworth Toohey

language The AVENGERS cast has dubbed the film in the Lakota language Thom Dunn

education Cursive handwriting coming back to schools by law David Pescovitz

politics Kansas school forces 8-year-old Native American student to cut hair Rob Beschizza

History Every day is Columbus Day for indigenous peoples Elías Villoro

physics This physics professor is becoming a TikTok star for her cool demonstrations Jennifer Sandlin

native american The first US vice president of color Miss Cellania

Science How to translate astrophysical phenomena into the Blackfoot language Thom Dunn

crimes Pope won't apologize for brutal treatment of Indigenous Canadians Séamus Bellamy

Science Genocide, not genes: indigenous peoples' genetic alcoholism is a racist myth Cory Doctorow

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing