Carl Hirndrehe writes between two worlds — raised in Germany, living in Kuwait for years. His texts revolve around being on the move, cultural in-between spaces, and the quiet everyday moments that say more than grand gestures. When he's not writing, he drinks too much coffee and thinks about things that can't be googled.

Christmas has this strange quality of making things both lighter and heavier at the same time.

My German colleagues regularly ask me how the Philippines reacts to Germany's current problems. My answer is always the same: What problems do you mean, exactly?

Without warning, Google revoked a family member's Premium access. Their fraud prevention hit the wrong target — and now Google is losing money.

Not because truth has stopped mattering to me — but because I've learned where it belongs.
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