S. Garlick
@frestonia.bsky.social
Writer about Estonia, ex-agency media now doing my own thing, sometime co-host of the Questonia podcast. Can be bribed with chocolate-covered Domino cookies. Languages: EN/EE
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Private *trans* I hate SwiftKey.
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Private *trans* I hate SwiftKey.
I seem to recall fairly regular commentary on the Tavistock Clinic too, adding to pressure that led to its closure, meaning the transition waiting list is longer. After she left, Maitlis said the quiet part out loud with her News Agents episode. But apparently the BBC is a leftist cabal. Wow.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I seem to recall fairly regular commentary on the Tavistock Clinic too, adding to pressure that led to its closure, meaning the transition waiting list is longer. After she left, Maitlis said the quiet part out loud with her News Agents episode. But apparently the BBC is a leftist cabal. Wow.
Unfortunately ERR is allowed to get away with publishing right-wing ragebait regularly, while also never platforming LGBTQ people or climate campaigners, and continuing not to cover Gaza except through what Israel says is happening.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Unfortunately ERR is allowed to get away with publishing right-wing ragebait regularly, while also never platforming LGBTQ people or climate campaigners, and continuing not to cover Gaza except through what Israel says is happening.
- Is Tallinn woke? Um, no. But the high turnout led to more young voters casting their votes, and they didn't want a return to the cosy cartel of single-party power. They nullified the far-right vote, with no EKRE mandate in Tallinn. It's starting to look very different to the rest of the country.
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
- Is Tallinn woke? Um, no. But the high turnout led to more young voters casting their votes, and they didn't want a return to the cosy cartel of single-party power. They nullified the far-right vote, with no EKRE mandate in Tallinn. It's starting to look very different to the rest of the country.
- Electoral unions did well, as did local campaigners with no national name recognition. Natalie Mets got more votes than most of the national cabinet. People want local reps who can get on and fix what's broken, not morons with megaphones.
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
- Electoral unions did well, as did local campaigners with no national name recognition. Natalie Mets got more votes than most of the national cabinet. People want local reps who can get on and fix what's broken, not morons with megaphones.
- There was a protest vote against aimless, uncaring and ineffective management of the cost of living crisis by Reform and Eesti 200, but the protest didn't back EKRE. They got well below their national election ceiling of 18%, and haven't been the same since various membership and funding issues.
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
- There was a protest vote against aimless, uncaring and ineffective management of the cost of living crisis by Reform and Eesti 200, but the protest didn't back EKRE. They got well below their national election ceiling of 18%, and haven't been the same since various membership and funding issues.
- While there's an orthodoxy that Estonia is a conservative country, there are pockets that always vote to the left. 36% of Võru - out in the sticks and not massively progressive - voted for Social Democrats, who were also the largest party in the People Republic of Hiiumaa. Weird but cool.
October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
- While there's an orthodoxy that Estonia is a conservative country, there are pockets that always vote to the left. 36% of Võru - out in the sticks and not massively progressive - voted for Social Democrats, who were also the largest party in the People Republic of Hiiumaa. Weird but cool.
The fact that state money was being used to get a YouTuber to come to a place he probably would have visited anyway is probably why Estonian radio wouldn't stop its wall-to-wall coverage when he was there.
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The fact that state money was being used to get a YouTuber to come to a place he probably would have visited anyway is probably why Estonian radio wouldn't stop its wall-to-wall coverage when he was there.
Speed's team asked them if they'd pay, though he was on a European tour that he'd arranged. Just like when they paid the big bucks to get Robbie Williams and Prince Andrew to come to Estonia, they rolled over and paid up. There are other ways to boost the economy, but government aren't interested.
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Speed's team asked them if they'd pay, though he was on a European tour that he'd arranged. Just like when they paid the big bucks to get Robbie Williams and Prince Andrew to come to Estonia, they rolled over and paid up. There are other ways to boost the economy, but government aren't interested.