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It’s almost Monday. I can’t wait to get back to maximising shareholder value.

Supermarket tourism: 

Last year, I made the observation that getting to know a person can happen through their grocery list.

It turns out that this also works for getting to know a country, with more and more tourists flocking to supermarkets at their destination and exploring the local specialty aisles.

Practical acts of kindness in the Grand Duchy: 

Reddit user mulberrybushes reminds us that there are good people everywhere.

Passion is contagious: 

Ash Parish, writing for The Verge, regarding The Game Awards 2022:

But despite all the awards and announcements […] tonight’s winner by a country mile was a curly haired session musician by the name of Pedro Eustache and the infectious, ebullient energy with which he played his flutes.

Passion is …

Google Maps moved to main google domain: 

In an interesting move, Google Maps is now served from the www Google subdomain.

In other words, in Luxembourg, Google Maps is no longer hosted at maps.google.lu. Navigating to https://maps.google.lu redirects your browser to https://maps.google.lu/maps, which then takes you to …

This World Cup is 500 percent controversial: 

The most controversial World Cup in recent history is about to start.

Gianni Infantino, Fifa president, recently declared:

I feel 200 percent in control of this World Cup.

I loved John Gruber’s reaction to this, writing in Daring Fireball:

FIFA is 200 percent in control of the World Cup, …

Twitter didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment: 

Emma Roth, writing for The Verge, regarding Twitter reportedly cutting contractors without warning them.

Twitter didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment. The company no longer has a communications department.

Yikes.

International songs on Apple Music: 

I live in a place where people are officially trilingual. French, German and Luxembourgish are all official languages of the country and a very large number of the population speaks all three, in addition to English. I am multi-lingual as well.

I have been an Apple Music subscriber since the …