Happy to contribute advocacy efforts for Ahmad Mammadli — an Azerbaijani journalist, human rights defender, and founder of independent media outlet Yoldaş Media, who was sentenced to 6 years in prison on fabricated charges in retaliation for his reporting.
ahmadmammadli.info
I published this command line tool to download books from Russian Public Historical Library
github.com/cavidaga/pye...
Wrote a Wikipedia article about Jacob Reineggs, who visited Caucasus in 1780-1784. He later became court physician to Heraclius II, eventually instrumental in annexation of Georgia to Russian Empire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_R...
Not to be pedantic, but you mistake lazım for vacib here. Vacib is necessary, lazım is needed.
Mənə lazımdır — I need it.
Mənə vacibdir — It is necessary for me.
There is a new Thai food place next to my house and man, I should have tried Khao Soi with duck long ago.
I translated "Una Embajada de Clemente VIII a Persia (1600-1609)" by O.S.A. Carlos Alonso to English. You can buy for $15 here:
www.patreon.com/posts/clemen...
"As ridiculous as it sounds, being radical in Azerbaijan amounts to writing articles and conducting interviews," says @louisemichelone.bsky.social.
“After Azerbaijan, I changed three countries and four homes," says @cavid.info. “I still have difficulty processing it. Rebuilding a circle of friends, meeting new people, retelling the same story to everyone — it is mentally exhausting.”
Azerbaijani journalist @ulviyyaali.bsky.social continues to work from prison, here interviewing Azerbaijani activists living in exile:
ulviyyaali.com/the-life-of-...
I will be an addict of something by this month. Still choosing the best substance.
Slavoj Žižek and renowned scholars demand freedom for Bahruz Samadov freebahruzcampaign.org/news/zizek-s...
Today mom dumped an insane lore about my childhood. Apparently I started walking at the month of 8 before crawling. I was sitting all the time before. One day they walked in and I was just standing there lol.
In some cases, Turkish. If I am going to make a joke, it is probably going to be in Turkish. Because somehow, in Azerbaijani, it would sound too cringe...
The main difference between English and Azerbaijani is that Azerbaijani is a performative language. It requires action. English is my escape from my own mind. My Azerbaijani mind is a fucking warzone where I want to kill everyone I hate. English is... just a bunch of bad people.
Saying "I love you" to a person in English is just a step up from pizza. You can't "sev" a pizza in Azerbaijani, when you use Azerbaijani for it, it feels like a big, serious commitment to a pizza. It is almost like a taboo.
Fun fact: I have texted all my Azerbaijani girlfriends in English. I could have easily used Azerbaijani as well, but Azerbaijani feels too serious to use that way. In English, it is so easy to say "I hate you" or "I love you". You can hate pizza and love pizza.
I have always wondered why I use English on social media. Contrary to what people think, I am not trying to be as universal as possible. It is just that English is the most comfortable language to express my intimate feelings in.
The most brutal thing to discover about myself since arriving in Warsaw was that I am genuinely incapable of expressing any feeling externally. Everything goes inside - the joy, the rage, the love and the sadness etc.
Life feels unbearable in exile oftentimes. Loneliness is killing me, not gonna lie.
This was a murder...
I fucking hate it man. One of my friends committed suicide today by walking into Caspian Sea. No notes, no farewell. I fucking hate it.
Azerbaijan’s presidential website has briefly published, then quietly removed, a detailed regulation outlining how the State Security Service would collect and access personal data on citizens and residents through a new centralised system.
oc-media.org/azerbaijan-d...
Message from @smdov.bsky.social:
1. He greets OSCE ODIHR conference participants.
2. "I call on the organizers to pay attention to the current deplorable situation regarding human rights in Azerbaijan — the issue of political prisoners."
3. "I thank those who raised this issue."
Dear friends, I have launched a website for @ulviyyaali.bsky.social where you will be able to read her letters from prison and relevant news about her case: ulviyyaali.com
I will visit Krakow in the coming days.
My father was the last in our tribe born in a nomad’s tent. A century earlier, my great-great-grandfather’s cousin testified about the massacre that nearly destroyed the Padars. I wrote about it here: cavid.info/the-padar-ma...
Why did I create it? Because media freedom in Azerbaijan is heavily restricted. News is often published with bias, and it’s hard for readers to see the truth in a clear way. I wanted to build something to help fill that gap.
Yesterday, I launched lnk.az, an AI-powered media bias detector for Azerbaijani readership. My goal is to make information more transparent, clear, and independent for everyone.
Berlin is so chaotic. I can't wait to go back to Warsaw.
"As I am still being kept in prison unjustly, starting tomorrow, 5 September, I will begin an indefinite hunger strike in Umbaku prison, where I am held."