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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc

@drogtv.bsky.social
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•GP👨🏽‍⚕️🩺 Historian 👨🏽‍🏫 Intl. Rel.🇺🇳🗺️ •Polyglot 🇲🇽🇧🇷🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪 •Global Health & Climate, Social & Racial Justice✊🏽🏳️‍🌈 •Views my own •Él/he/him 📍London 🇬🇧/ Mexico City 🇲🇽

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Trump to the UN: "Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly? Do I drive them into hell?"
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bonus for whoever wrote this chyron
Trump speaking at UN — MS NOW chyron reads: Trump touts being a peacemaker while asking if he should annihilate Iran
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I know at this point we are all numb, but I think it’s important to note that the sitting president of the United States just took the podium at the #UNGA and threatened to do war crimes to 90 million people in Iran in front of the entire #UN.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Zack stood wth a big sign saying green party zack
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Holborn & St Pancras, you have a choice. Vote Green to keep Labour in check.
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I trained as a #physician and work in #globalhealth. The distance between those two vantage points is where this new essay lives. I paired “This Is Going to Hurt” with “Health Communism”. On bodies as raw material, the fiction of the worker/surplus divide, and what COVID proved about all of it 👇🏽
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Double Vision #3
Fiction and non-fiction, read in pairs, to see the world as it is and imagine what it could be.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 01/08/2026
The #GlobalHealth reform agenda has made strides – but has its limits. Read why a future multipolar world is an illusion. NEW in The BMJ: bit.ly/3Toq2kY Part of the series on the Geopolitics of Global Health: bit.ly/44OGptD
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Patrick Fafard @pfafard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Attention scholars of IR: check out the BMJ as a source for analysis of contemporary geopolitics … ( (Now, how to encourage global health scholars to read IR journals…)
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“The preventable deaths caused by the global health order are not mere governance failures but structural outcomes of monopoly intellectual property, sovereign debt, and the commodification of health under a capitalist world economy” @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Reforming global health architecture requires confronting its political economy
Daniel Bernal-Serrano and colleagues argue that the preventable deaths caused by global health inequity are structural outcomes of a capitalist world economy, which organisational reform alone cannot ...
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Deeply grateful, Prof. @madhupai.bsky.social That line sits at the heart of what we wanted to say: naming the structures, not just the symptoms. Your work convening these conversations is a big part of why they feel possible. Thank you for reading and amplifying. @bmj.com @dbernals.bsky.social
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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📌 Front page of @bmj.com! 🙏 @dbernals.bsky.social et al. “Social murder” and reform of tbe the global health architecture www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Daniel Bernal-Serrano @dbernals.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I initially wondered whether this critique would resonate in a major medical journal. Encouraging to see it on The BMJ’s front page—critical political-economy arguments belong in mainstream global health debate.
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 28/07/2026
Needed change to the #GlobalHealth architecture will not be achieved by organisational reform alone. Instead, social murder in the current political economy must be confronted. NEW in The BMJ: bit.ly/4vPYrGH Part of the Geopolitics of Global Health series: bit.ly/4gW3gut
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
My new paper with @dbernals.bsky.social in @bmj.com: preventable deaths in #globalhealth aren't governance failures. They’re structural outcomes of the commodification of health. Reform alone won't fix it. Social murder in the political economy must be confronted. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 www.bmj.com/content/394/...
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Reforming global health architecture requires confronting its political economy
Daniel Bernal-Serrano and colleagues argue that the preventable deaths caused by global health inequity are structural outcomes of a capitalist world economy, which organisational reform alone cannot ...
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Daniel Bernal-Serrano @dbernals.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Global health cannot be transformed through organisational reform alone. We need to confront the political economy that commodifies health, entrenches unequal power—and produces social murder. New in @bmj.com , with @drogtv.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/394/... #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...
The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas.

No older than 3, she was trying to smell the flowers.

At her side, a pink rolling bag.

Her father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, had just been fatally shot and yanked from a car he’d been driving. Now, he lay handcuffed in the street, where he would remain for five hours.

 “You took her dad, you took her dad!” a woman nearby yelled, according to Cecelia Humiston, 22, who witnessed the interaction in Biddeford on Monday morning.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I read “The #Handmaid’sTale” by #MargaretAtwood and “ #JesusandJohnWayne” by #KristinKobesDuMez back to back. One is fiction. One is contemporary history. I can no longer tell you which one is scarier. My full reflection on #Substack 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Double Vision #2
Fiction and non-fiction, read in pairs, to see the world as it is and imagine what it could be.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026
Dan Patrick: "Separation of Church and state is not in the Constitution"
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026
If you think Keir Starmer is a 'decent' person, you need to speak to the many, many minorities his government has targeted mercilessly. You can't speak to all of them, however, because many of them are dead because of choices Keir Starmer's government made
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer’s legacy will forever be abetting genocide, and the most violent assault on civil liberties in the UK to facilitate such genocide. Oh, and throwing migrants, disabled and trans people under the bus. This is essentially all he did as PM of the UK. Not “a decent man” at all.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My problem with the White House thunderdome isn’t that it’s “vulgar,” or “tacky,” qualities I often enjoy & terms which are often crudely classist when used pejoratively. My problem, as always, is the fascism. Don’t get distracted by taste, which is deeply subjective; it’s the fascism.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/06/2026
It's hard to be excited about the Artemis III mission announcements when the CEO of the company making one of the mission's rockets has spent his week inciting racial violence via his personal social media platform.
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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Any news orgs digging into claims in the Epstein Files that our current president allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl? Did we forget about that?
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
About 3 years ago, Israel felt compelled to explain its attacks on hospitals and deny responsibility for them. Then they realized Western govts aren’t fussed about such war crimes & Western media was happy to justify them. Now here we are: dozens of hospitals bombed in Gaza, Iran & Lebanon.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I mean look at Bezos. Yes ordering books online was an innovative idea. God bless. And how did Jeff get those books to people to make his billions? The post office that taxpayers built and subsidized for over 250 years.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 20/05/2026
Israel's ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared this video showing Israeli forces abusing detained flotilla activists. Zeteo calls for the immediate release of all activists, humanitarians, and journalists abducted, including our contributor Alex Colston.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon @jlmelenchon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Des membres de la flottille internationale ont été kidnappés illégalement, violentés et humiliés par le ministre suprémaciste Ben-Gvir et ses milices.

Quoi qu'on pense de Barrot, tout le monde doit le dénoncer quand il stigmatise la flottille au moment où Ben-Gvir humilie ses prisonniers. Honte au gouvernement Netanyahu et à ses complices.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Here’s the video of Ben Gvir abusing the kidnapped activists:
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 20/05/2026
He’s saying it outright, like he always does when he’s planning to pull some evil shit.
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
At @msf.org #ScientificDays in London today. #GlobalHealth is fracturing quietly; funding cuts, redundancies, closures, all while the political moment demands more from us, not less. Trying to hold the line. If you’re here or working in global health, let’s connect 🌍
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Forbes @forbes.com · 05/05/2026
Less than a year ago, the FIFA president promised an economic boon equal to “104 Super Bowls”—but that “was not true when it was said and it’s not going to come true now.”
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U.S. Hotels Say World Cup Is ‘Non-Event’ So Far
Less than a year ago, the FIFA president promised an economic boon equal to “104 Super Bowls”—but that “was not true when it was said and it’s not going to come true now.”
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
It's physically painful to watch society get less and less intelligent, more evil, weird, and devoid of empathy every single day. Our world is a nightmare.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
BREAKING: Gaza flotilla under attack, reportedly by Israel Reports are emerging that the Gaza Global Sumud Flotilla is already under attack by Israel - despite being in international waters. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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BREAKING: Gaza flotilla under attack, reportedly by Israel
Reports are emerging that the Gaza Global Sumud Flotilla is already under attack by Israel - despite being in international waters
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Greta's Cabal @gretascabal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The lies, smears, misquotes, dodgy editing; all being turned on the @greenparty.org.uk in the run up to May 7th. We are supposed to 'play by the rules' whilst they trample all over them - and us. The British establishment is up to its vile tricks again.
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Collins wrote a world where children are killed on live TV and the audience reaches for their drink. El Akkad wrote about the real world where that's already happening. I paired the two books and analysed fiction vs non-fiction. You can read me here👇🏽 #Gaza #TheHungerGames #Palestine
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Double Vision #1
Fiction and non-fiction, read in pairs, to see the world as it is and imagine what it could be.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Serious question: 👇 Since Trump is a convicted felon, how was he allowed to vote? How?!
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Mahmood's changes to both the immigration and asylum systems are already harming individuals and families, even before being fully implemented. The fear and anxiety these inhumane policies takes a toll. It's beyond time to scrap them all www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Constant uncertainty’: Mahmood’s ‘earned settlement’ immigration plan has families stuck in limbo
Home secretary’s new ILR rules mean couples such as Felix and Tessa King, from UK and US, face an insecure future
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Remember when his Sieg Heil was just a gesture of heartfelt joy?
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I think most people are seriously underestimating how serious things are right now. We’re talking about an economic crash that would make 1929 look like a field day. Or a nuclear hecatombe. This is where we’re at.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump has done double digit totally insane impeachable crimes and people are just pretending he didn't and not talking about it. I'm losing my fucking mind over here.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Blue Labour in a panicked retreat. Let’s keep the pressure up until this iniquitous policy is buried five miles underground.
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Starmer plans to ease impact of immigration policy changes after backlash from Labour MPs
PM will consider exempting large numbers from proposed changes, which would leave people waiting 10 years for settled status
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Two things need to happen at this point: 1) Scrap proposals and pull a mea culpa for ever suggesting them 2) Fire Mahmood as Home Secretary and get someone in who isn't chasing soundbites. You can't "water down" proposals which are so obviously inhumane, hostile, unworkable and ignorant of reality.
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A catastrophic war with #Iran which will change the course of #history. My latest #Substack article addresses the historical juncture in which we find ourselves👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
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The Machine is Eating Itself
The war on Iran has exposed the terminal contradictions of Capitalism. The only question left is whether we act before it buries us all.
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The rent you can't afford and the missile that hit a school in Minab are products of the same machine. New essay on my #Substack connecting the war on #Iran to the system that produces it. open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
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The Bombs Always Fall on the Same People
The war on Iran is not an aberration of the system. It is the system, performing exactly as designed.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Love it when our nation’s defense contractors all spend their Friday nights subtweeting each other about killing everyone in the world
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
En mi última “Cápsula de Gozo” en mi #Substack les cuento sobre mi visita al Palacio de Hampton Court y mi experiencia con las grietas de la #historia. Pásenle a leerme por acá abajo 👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/omargabr...
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Cápsulas de Gozo #2
Pequeñas reflexiones sobre arte, cultura, y otras curiosidades que me ayudan a mantenerme cuerdo en este mundo.
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Omar Gabriel Torres Valencia, MD, MSc @drogtv.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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...
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Nobody Is Coming to Save Us. We Owe Each Other Everything.
The Epstein Files show their depravity. Our response must show our humanity.
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