Talbot Imlay
talbotimlay.bsky.social
Talbot Imlay
@talbotimlay.bsky.social
History prof at Université Laval in Québec (Canada), father of two, husband of one and friend to a few.
All views are probably not my own.
https://www.flsh.ulaval.ca/notre-faculte/repertoire-du-personnel/talbot-charles-imlay
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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C R Y I N G this is so perfect lmao

x: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7cPSf...
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM

And so ends the great causality versus correlation debate...

George Pearkes‬‪@peark.es‬· 2h
*US DISMISSES BOEING CRIMINAL CHARGE OVER 737 MAX JET CRASHES
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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My book has a webpage and a release date (April 20, 2026). And if you preorder now, it's 40 percent off. It's all happening!

@lsupress.bsky.social

lsupress.org/978080718678...
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Les rats cherchent à quitter le navire avant qu'il coule. Ça presse...
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Another profile in courage.
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This so good...and sobering.
Where America stands, one year after the election.

A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.

New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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For no particular reason, reminding y'all that Brown U scholars estimate that U.S. led post-9/11 war & violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, & Pakistan from 2001-2023 resulted in a total death toll of at least 4.5-4.7 million people & counting, mostly Muslim civilians.

Still no WMDs though.🤔
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Happy to answer questions!
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🎓 #PhDlife #academicsky #history #skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Au cœur de la plus grande crise humanitaire de la planète. Je me suis rendu dernièrement au Tchad où les coupes dans l’aide humanitaire sont une catastrophe pour les réfugiés qui fuient la guerre civile soudanaise.
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“Its second report, released on Tuesday, found evidence of systematic mass killings at a maternity hospital, a former children’s hospital turned detention center, and the berm outside of El-Fasher. The maternity hospital was the city’s last operational hospital”
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Worth signing, I think:

www.change.org/p/save-greek...
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
www.change.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm confident the Carney Liberals are going to something about this.
New figures on Canada’s top income earners were released today by StatsCan. In 2023, the top 1% took home $606,000 in total income, and $778,500 after dividends and capital gains were thrown in – down from the 40 year high reported in 2021 but still above pre-pandemic levels. 🧵 1/5
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Le regard de notre caricaturiste Godin sur l'actualité du 29 octobre 2025 👉https://bit.ly/430okZ8
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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"Il y a trop d'immigrants, ça met de la pression sur les services"

"Il faut stimuler la natalité des québécois"

"Je ne suis pas raciste"
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Je serais le dernier à défendre le gouvernement Legault et cette loi est éléctoraliste au fond. Mais j'aimerais avoir l'histoire de ces "négociations" avec les médecins. Qu'est-ce que ces derniers proposent à part d'une immense augmentation de dépenses en santé.
Voilà.
Des années d’études et de sacrifices,des horaires de fous… j’accepte tout ça tant qu’on me respecte.

Le PM Legault a réduit le débat au salaire, les md s’inquiètent pour les soins.

La CAQ tue l’art de la médecine.

Le gouvernement souffle sur la flamme de ma vocation
lp.ca/sI1C4g?shari...
Loi spéciale du gouvernement Legault | Je crains la désertion des médecins
Notre relation avec les médecins est paradoxale dans ce demi-pays de médecine étatisée et (principalement) payée par les fonds publics.
lp.ca
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Voilà.
Des années d’études et de sacrifices,des horaires de fous… j’accepte tout ça tant qu’on me respecte.

Le PM Legault a réduit le débat au salaire, les md s’inquiètent pour les soins.

La CAQ tue l’art de la médecine.

Le gouvernement souffle sur la flamme de ma vocation
lp.ca/sI1C4g?shari...
Loi spéciale du gouvernement Legault | Je crains la désertion des médecins
Notre relation avec les médecins est paradoxale dans ce demi-pays de médecine étatisée et (principalement) payée par les fonds publics.
lp.ca
October 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Voici notre dernière entrevue avec le député Etienne Grandmont, député candidat co-porte-parole @quebecsolidaire.bsky.social
Dans cet extrait, il rejette toute idée d’alliance avec le PQ, qui n'est plus de centre gauche et affirme que PSPP s’enfonce dans une dérive idéologique.
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
En fait, le disours "nataliste" n'a pas grande chose a voir avec une politique pro-natalité (d'ailleurs, regarde les chiffres -- le Québec n'est pas très loin de la Suède). La fonction de ce discours est, comme dans le passé, de sanctionner le racisme.
jesus fucking christ...
Nous y sommes. Incroyable.

Guillaume Rousseau (de la laïcité et la constitution sauce CAQ) et l'institut "évangélique chrétien" Cardus qui s'associe pour nous parler d'augmenter la natalité!!!

www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/10/22/b...
October 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
David Bell might be right that we should not necessarily fear the worst in France or even a replay à la française of what's happening in the US. But I still think all bets are off if the RN gets a majority in parliament and/or the presidency.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
France has survived revolutions and wars: its crisis now is deep, but not terminal | David A Bell
From the raid on the Louvre to the spectacle of Sarkozy in jail, it is tempting to think France is on a downward spiral. But history tells the tale of its resilience, says historian David A Bell
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Hopefully this is what the Louvre jewel thieves were up to
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM