Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc
@drogtv.bsky.social
•Policy Advisor at @kingsghp.bsky.social, King’s College London
•GP👨🏽⚕️🩺 Historian 👨🏽🏫 Intl. Rel.🇺🇳🗺️
•Polyglot 🇲🇽🇧🇷🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪
•Global Health & Climate, Social & Racial Justice✊🏽🏳️🌈
•Views my own
•Él/he/him
📍London 🇬🇧/ Mexico City 🇲🇽
https://tinyurl.com/DrTorr
•GP👨🏽⚕️🩺 Historian 👨🏽🏫 Intl. Rel.🇺🇳🗺️
•Polyglot 🇲🇽🇧🇷🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪
•Global Health & Climate, Social & Racial Justice✊🏽🏳️🌈
•Views my own
•Él/he/him
📍London 🇬🇧/ Mexico City 🇲🇽
https://tinyurl.com/DrTorr
The #EpsteinFiles show the depravity. But don't miss the larger point: their private sins fuel our public suffering.
Realising no one is coming to save us isn't the end. It's the beginning.
We must save each other.
My new essay on my #Substack 👇🏽
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
Realising no one is coming to save us isn't the end. It's the beginning.
We must save each other.
My new essay on my #Substack 👇🏽
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
Nobody Is Coming to Save Us. We Owe Each Other Everything.
The Epstein Files show their depravity. Our response must show our humanity.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The #EpsteinFiles show the depravity. But don't miss the larger point: their private sins fuel our public suffering.
Realising no one is coming to save us isn't the end. It's the beginning.
We must save each other.
My new essay on my #Substack 👇🏽
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
Realising no one is coming to save us isn't the end. It's the beginning.
We must save each other.
My new essay on my #Substack 👇🏽
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
En este artículo les cuento un poco sobre Judith, La Mazzafirra, y cómo trato de mantener la cordura en medio de tanta barbarie. Me pueden leer acá:
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
Cápsulas de gozo #1
Pequeñas reflexiones sobre arte, cultura, y otras curiosidades que me ayudan a mantenerme cuerdo en este mundo.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:38 PM
En este artículo les cuento un poco sobre Judith, La Mazzafirra, y cómo trato de mantener la cordura en medio de tanta barbarie. Me pueden leer acá:
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
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The nurses are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The nurses are pissed
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JFC
Alex Pretti's parents found out about his death when the Associated Press called them. They then had to make phone calls until they reached the county medical examiner. So heartbreaking. coloradosun.com/2026/01/24/c...
Colorado parents of man killed in Minneapolis urged him to be careful at ICE protests
Alex Jeffrey Pretti “loved this country, but he hated what people were doing to it,” his father said from Colorado.
coloradosun.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
JFC
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I flew down to south Texas today to do my job - investigate why people are dying in ICE detention centers.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
I was just illegally denied entry to Dilley Detention Center. Because they have something to hide.
Let’s talk about #Trump, #Greenland, and how #Europe helped build a world in which all of this is possible.
My opinion right here on my #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
My opinion right here on my #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
You reap what you sow. This is a historical lesson for Europeans.
To survive the horrific times we are living through, we need to reflect historically on how we got here to begin with.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Let’s talk about #Trump, #Greenland, and how #Europe helped build a world in which all of this is possible.
My opinion right here on my #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
My opinion right here on my #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
I’m giving it a go at starting my own #Substack.
Let’s see where this leads us.
You can read me here: open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
Let’s see where this leads us.
You can read me here: open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
Hola, Mundo / Hello, World
Hola a todos.
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I’m giving it a go at starting my own #Substack.
Let’s see where this leads us.
You can read me here: open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
Let’s see where this leads us.
You can read me here: open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
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X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content
X has continued to allow users to post highly sexualised videos of women in bikinis generated by its AI tool Grok, despite the company’s claim to have cracked down on misuse.
The Guardian was able to create short videos of people stripping to bikinis from photographs of fully clothed, real women. It was also possible to post this adult content on to X’s public platform without any sign of it being moderated, meaning the clip could be viewed within seconds by anyone with an account. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 AM
X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool
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who could have predicted that stopping international students, care workers and nurses from coming to the UK would damage the economy/public finances while yielding precisely no political benefits?
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
January 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
who could have predicted that stopping international students, care workers and nurses from coming to the UK would damage the economy/public finances while yielding precisely no political benefits?
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
Oh. Me.
[& lots of others obviously]
Fascism is swallowing the planet.
And we are all UNDER-REACTING.
And we are all UNDER-REACTING.
January 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Fascism is swallowing the planet.
And we are all UNDER-REACTING.
And we are all UNDER-REACTING.
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Keir Starmer is under fire for failing to condemn the United States for its 'illegal' bombing of Venezuela, with Zack Polanski claiming that Donald Trump believes he can act with impunity
Keir Starmer under fire for silence on US attack on Venezuela
www.thenational.scot
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Keir Starmer is under fire for failing to condemn the United States for its 'illegal' bombing of Venezuela, with Zack Polanski claiming that Donald Trump believes he can act with impunity
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Overthrowing the government of Iran and installing the shah led to the Iranian revolution and the Ayatollah. Funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan led to the taliban and Al queda. These unlawful actions could have destabilizing consequences for decades and this will haunt the US for generations.
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Overthrowing the government of Iran and installing the shah led to the Iranian revolution and the Ayatollah. Funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan led to the taliban and Al queda. These unlawful actions could have destabilizing consequences for decades and this will haunt the US for generations.
Fascism always turns to war because of its inability to manage domestic contradictions. Watch for the other shoe to drop; a widening crackdown on domestic political dissent in the United States. What a terrifying time to be alive.
We’re back in the 1930s, but now with even deadlier technology.
We’re back in the 1930s, but now with even deadlier technology.
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Fascism always turns to war because of its inability to manage domestic contradictions. Watch for the other shoe to drop; a widening crackdown on domestic political dissent in the United States. What a terrifying time to be alive.
We’re back in the 1930s, but now with even deadlier technology.
We’re back in the 1930s, but now with even deadlier technology.
Do people really think that the same guy who tried to overthrow American democracy when he lost an election is going to bring democracy to #Venezuela?
International law died in the rubble of #Gaza and we’re now seeing the consequences.
International law died in the rubble of #Gaza and we’re now seeing the consequences.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Do people really think that the same guy who tried to overthrow American democracy when he lost an election is going to bring democracy to #Venezuela?
International law died in the rubble of #Gaza and we’re now seeing the consequences.
International law died in the rubble of #Gaza and we’re now seeing the consequences.
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Britain has long sought the removal of the Maduro government in Venezuela, with evidence suggesting that the policy is guided by an interest in the country’s vast oil resources.
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
Secretive UK team met in Venezuela to promote British energy interests
A record of meetings seen by Declassified provides further evidence that Britain’s attempt to remove Venezuela’s government is guided by an interest in the country’s vast oil resources.
www.declassifieduk.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Britain has long sought the removal of the Maduro government in Venezuela, with evidence suggesting that the policy is guided by an interest in the country’s vast oil resources.
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
www.declassifieduk.org/secretive-uk...
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Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Trump's actions in Venezuela shows why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything
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Dans les Caraïbes, les récifs coralliens ont réduit de moitié depuis 1980
Dans les Caraïbes, les récifs coralliens ont réduit de moitié depuis 1980
Conséquence du réchauffement climatique et de l'acidification des mers, provoquées par les émissions de gaz à effet de serre de l'humanité, la couverture en coraux durs dans les Caraïbes a diminué de 48 % entre 1980 et 2024, indique le rapport d'un réseau mondial de surveillance des récifs coralliens diffusé mardi par la préfecture de Guadeloupe.
f24.my
December 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Dans les Caraïbes, les récifs coralliens ont réduit de moitié depuis 1980
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US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“The #COVID19 pandemic, #Ebola, #mpox and #AIDS all show the importance of strengthening #Africa -wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.”
#GlobalHealth #pandemics
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“The #COVID19 pandemic, #Ebola, #mpox and #AIDS all show the importance of strengthening #Africa -wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.”
#GlobalHealth #pandemics
US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders
The COVID-19 pandemic, Ebola, mpox and AIDS all show the importance of strengthening Africa-wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“The #COVID19 pandemic, #Ebola, #mpox and #AIDS all show the importance of strengthening #Africa -wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.”
#GlobalHealth #pandemics
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“The #COVID19 pandemic, #Ebola, #mpox and #AIDS all show the importance of strengthening #Africa -wide surveillance and response systems that protect everyone.”
#GlobalHealth #pandemics
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Iceland’s national broadcaster voted Wednesday not to participate in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, joining Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in a growing boycott over the inclusion of Israel.
Iceland Joins Growing Eurovision Boycott Over Inclusion Of Israel
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Iceland’s national broadcaster voted Wednesday not to participate in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, joining Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in a growing boycott over the inclusion of Israel.
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I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.
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The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
I think the government meant to cut net migration but have accidentally overshot the target by a lot. They haven’t realised this yet.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The government figuring this out slowly over the coming two years is going to be quite something to behold.
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...