Award-winning Latina journo, SFF writer & author. Editor on the Opinion desk at The Philadelphia Inquirer Opinions my own. She/her/ella. www.sabrinavourvoulias.com. 🚨 Grok was the last straw — I deactivated my X account 1/8/26.https://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mm2c6gpwgk2cBill McKinney: Philadelphia will be center stage, celebrated as having birthed the nation, while the federal government wages war on its own cities, defunds basic services for its people, whitewashes and rewrites history, and bombs sovereign nations. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/a/semiquincentennial-douglass-worlds-fair-black-history-philadelphia-20260517.html17 May 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2c6gpwgk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mm2bhz5xa22cSad day for Catholics that Dolan and Barron are joining in this public worship of the golden calf. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2bhz5xa22chttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlxvs6rtf222"In 2022, Kenya’s Lekiji community secured legal rights to the land they had occupied for more than sixty years. What followed has reshaped how land, power, and gender operate within the community." https://globalvoices.org/2026/05/14/how-one-kenyan-community-is-building-a-new-future-on-reclaimed-ground/16 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxvs6rtf222https://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlso5upo2k2rYou really have to wonder if this sinkhole would still be there, unrepaired, if it had opened up in any neighborhood other than Kensington.smdh. https://youtu.be/9RLy4gsu8X8?si=fSZgkFFCahMM0K1314 May 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlso5upo2k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlsjqqqvdc2dUS bars executives of Costa Rica’s leading newspaper La Nación from entry https://www.icij.org/news/2026/05/us-bars-executives-of-costa-ricas-leading-newspaper-la-nacion-from-entry/14 May 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsjqqqvdc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlqmg7yvkk22"These are researchers, students, and nonprofit workers analyzing how information spreads online. They do not wield the power to censor the speech of Americans. Instead, what they share is work that helps the public understand and scrutinize these systems." https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/social-media-marco-rubio-first-amendment-lawsuit-ai-research-20260513.html?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=edit_social_share_bluesky_traffic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=&utm_term=&int_promo=13 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqmg7yvkk22https://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlisul6gw22eHappy Mothers' Day in heaven to my remarkable mother — a trailblazing Guatemalan artist who became known as Joyce de Guatemala after we moved to Philadelphia in the late 1970s. Her sculptures are part of a number of area colleges and university campuses, the Elkins Park Library, and other sites...10 May 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlisul6gw22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlinz773cc2qCatholics believe that the Holy Spirit guides cardinals at a conclave in the selection of a pope, thereby electing the leader needed at that particular time. As Jaisy Joseph, a Villanova prof of theology, said recently, Pope Leo's election was a "spiritual confirmation, not a human calculation." 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlinz773cc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlhlelkfrk2iIs this Jeffress dude the pastor who recently unveiled the Trump-golden-calf statue for his followers to genuflect to — or is that a different venal and profane MAGA preacher? https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/top-maga-pastor-trump-knows-bible-better-than-pope-leo10 May 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhlelkfrk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mldmbwiksc2fName your favorite mythological creature. Dragon. I blame Tehanu. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldmbwiksc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mldi6qbxvs2uEl Faro & Cristosal—both now threatened—are tremendously important: documenting corruption and human rights abuses, and demanding accountability. CECOT (where Kilmar Abrego Garcia et al were sent by the U.S. to be imprisoned and tortured) is emblematic of Bukele's rule. https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-el-faro-assets-frozen-6b6a044384caa27ef085090593cc42d4?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share08 May 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldi6qbxvs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlbmhcmock2oI'm wondering if Marco Rubio is wearing his Trump-gifted-way-too-big-wingtips to meet the Pope. Some people do, after all, get swollen feet while traveling ... 😈07 May 2026 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbmhcmock2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/followthelede.bsky.social/post/3mlb4l55ch227My fave quote of the moment: "What do you think [Pope Leo's] Wawa order was?" It comes from a 4/28 panel discussion moderated by @tiaphd.bsky.social, as Villanova student Hannah Kalamarides talked about how her fellow students grapple (humorously & seriously) with the fact the pope is an alum.07 May 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:ndceya3hpgtvm2gjpiqfn7df/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb4l55ch227