Mark Davis
@macchiato.com
Unicode/CLDR/ICU Co-founder. Google i18n.
Travel, food (incl. pastry crawls), film, SFF, stealth video games.
Fan of Switzerland (there 10+ years)
Travel, food (incl. pastry crawls), film, SFF, stealth video games.
Fan of Switzerland (there 10+ years)
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
I'll be doing an AMA at this year's Unicode Technology Workshop (www.unicode.org/events/utw/2...) on Thursday, Nov. 13.
I'd welcome any questions at forms.gle/7HXm4u7J8TPs... — Unicode encoding, properties, algorithms, localization support (CLDR), code (ICU) — anything but politics!
I'd welcome any questions at forms.gle/7HXm4u7J8TPs... — Unicode encoding, properties, algorithms, localization support (CLDR), code (ICU) — anything but politics!
Unicode Technology Workshop 2025
Event program for the Unicode Technology Workshop 2025, Nov. 11-13, hosted at Microsoft at its Silicon Valley campus
www.unicode.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I'll be doing an AMA at this year's Unicode Technology Workshop (www.unicode.org/events/utw/2...) on Thursday, Nov. 13.
I'd welcome any questions at forms.gle/7HXm4u7J8TPs... — Unicode encoding, properties, algorithms, localization support (CLDR), code (ICU) — anything but politics!
I'd welcome any questions at forms.gle/7HXm4u7J8TPs... — Unicode encoding, properties, algorithms, localization support (CLDR), code (ICU) — anything but politics!
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Some news: Psyched to announce that I'm joining @thebulwark.com as economics editor next month.
I'm currently still on mat leave, but will return to co-hosting @theweekendprime.bsky.social as well soon.
crampell.substack.com/p/nu-news
I'm currently still on mat leave, but will return to co-hosting @theweekendprime.bsky.social as well soon.
crampell.substack.com/p/nu-news
Nu, News
I'm joining The Bulwark as Economics Editor.
crampell.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Some news: Psyched to announce that I'm joining @thebulwark.com as economics editor next month.
I'm currently still on mat leave, but will return to co-hosting @theweekendprime.bsky.social as well soon.
crampell.substack.com/p/nu-news
I'm currently still on mat leave, but will return to co-hosting @theweekendprime.bsky.social as well soon.
crampell.substack.com/p/nu-news
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
Looking forward to finding out more about this www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing
The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.
www.npr.org
July 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Looking forward to finding out more about this www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
Fun to be on the panel with Teresa, Roy, and Anushah at the Computer History Museum. Good discussion, good questions — www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcuy...
CHM Live | Character Building: Bridging Code and Culture through Unicode
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
www.youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Fun to be on the panel with Teresa, Roy, and Anushah at the Computer History Museum. Good discussion, good questions — www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcuy...
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So happy for @marthawells.com and all the rest of us that Murderbot the TV series is now out in the world!
NPR has a very high opinion of @marthawells.com Murderbot. I dang sure loved the books! www.npr.org/2025/05/16/n...
'Murderbot' is the best new comedy of 2025. You read that right
The Apple TV+ show takes what might be the oldest sci-fi premise there is — what does it mean to be human? — and mines it for comedy gold.
www.npr.org
May 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
So happy for @marthawells.com and all the rest of us that Murderbot the TV series is now out in the world!
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ART OF THE FOLD........
May 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ART OF THE FOLD........
Excited to be speaking at the upcoming event (May 13, 2025). There are always good questions about Unicode and language support. computerhistory.org/events/chara...
Character Building
While many of us can seamlessly text and type in our native language, millions around the world lack that ability. Most living languages are not fully supported on digital platforms, raising a critica...
computerhistory.org
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Excited to be speaking at the upcoming event (May 13, 2025). There are always good questions about Unicode and language support. computerhistory.org/events/chara...
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What’s happening in Los Angeles’s ports suggests that financial markets have yet to fully price in how much Trump’s tariff war is hurting the economy, @juliettekayyem.bsky.social writes. “The stock market goes up and down. Maritime indicators keep on sinking”:
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
bit.ly
May 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
What’s happening in Los Angeles’s ports suggests that financial markets have yet to fully price in how much Trump’s tariff war is hurting the economy, @juliettekayyem.bsky.social writes. “The stock market goes up and down. Maritime indicators keep on sinking”:
Very interesting evening, and surprisingly funny, especially when Klein was channeling a Nimby liberal.
sfstandard.com/2025/03/27/e...
sfstandard.com/2025/03/27/e...
Ezra Klein groupies turn out in abundance for a night of hot wonk action
Hundreds of San Franciscans swarmed the Sydney Goldstein Theater Wednesday to think deeply about housing policy and deregulation — and to thirst after Ezra Klein.
search.app
March 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Very interesting evening, and surprisingly funny, especially when Klein was channeling a Nimby liberal.
sfstandard.com/2025/03/27/e...
sfstandard.com/2025/03/27/e...
Head to Japan on vacation; my wife's first visit. A long time since I've been there — my first extended visits were when we did the first Kanji Macintosh
February 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Head to Japan on vacation; my wife's first visit. A long time since I've been there — my first extended visits were when we did the first Kanji Macintosh
Very kind words — and accent bombs as an added 🎁
I owe so much of my second career in technology and communication to Mark Davis who is a true creative genius. He has done so much to make the Internet what it is today including but not limited to making it possible to do T̷͓̺̹̼̬̟̺̫͍́̆̈́̈́̒͆͑̀̏̈́̄́̏̌͛̊̚͝ͅh̷͖͈̤̖͊̈̉̚ï̷̛̖͚͖̝̖̰̘̭̲͖̟̦̩̟̯̘͇̐̊͐̍̊̿͒̌̔̾̔̅͆͘͜s̴̫̬͖̩̝͙̈͑̌̈́͂̈́̀̌̍̽̊̈́̽̓̊̃͌͋̅̓̆͘͝͠
Stepping aside as Unicode Board Chair: blog.unicode.org/2025/02/unic...
February 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Very kind words — and accent bombs as an added 🎁
Stepping aside as Unicode Board Chair: blog.unicode.org/2025/02/unic...
Unicode Welcomes New Board Chair and Members
Mark Davis Steps Down as Board Chair Mark Davis, co-founder of the Unicode Consortium and a pivotal figure in global digital communication, ...
blog.unicode.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Stepping aside as Unicode Board Chair: blog.unicode.org/2025/02/unic...
Hard to pick out our waymo out of the 9 !! coming down the block at the same time.
February 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Hard to pick out our waymo out of the 9 !! coming down the block at the same time.
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Let’s take a quick look at LOTR from Sauron’s perspective, where it resembles nothing so much as a counter-espionage spy thriller.
January 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Let’s take a quick look at LOTR from Sauron’s perspective, where it resembles nothing so much as a counter-espionage spy thriller.
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“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” writes Timothy W. Ryback. Read about how Hitler overcame democracy in just 53 days:
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” writes Timothy W. Ryback. Read about how Hitler overcame democracy in just 53 days:
"…, there seems to be an agreement that the ‘90s were the zenith of prosperity and happiness."
and later
"When people say the ‘90s was a golden age, it’s possible they’re just stupid, but …"
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
and later
"When people say the ‘90s was a golden age, it’s possible they’re just stupid, but …"
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
The '90s weren't that great
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
open.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"…, there seems to be an agreement that the ‘90s were the zenith of prosperity and happiness."
and later
"When people say the ‘90s was a golden age, it’s possible they’re just stupid, but …"
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
and later
"When people say the ‘90s was a golden age, it’s possible they’re just stupid, but …"
open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...
Having lived in both places, I've seen first-hand how much better the initiative/referendum process is in Switzerland.
What California can learn from the place that invented the initiative - POLITICO search.app/bDKypMJw8wHv...
What California can learn from the place that invented the initiative - POLITICO search.app/bDKypMJw8wHv...
What California can learn from the place that invented the initiative
Our California ballot-measure reporter heads to Switzerland on the 150th anniversary of its first federal referendum to see what a state mad about direct democracy can take away from the country that ...
search.app
January 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Having lived in both places, I've seen first-hand how much better the initiative/referendum process is in Switzerland.
What California can learn from the place that invented the initiative - POLITICO search.app/bDKypMJw8wHv...
What California can learn from the place that invented the initiative - POLITICO search.app/bDKypMJw8wHv...
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These days, drugs are more a tool to optimize performance on this newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Elon Musk Heard From the SEC
Also duplicating the MicroStrategy trade, buffer ETFs and hedge funds, Masayoshi Son’s $100 billion commitment and snorting Adderall in the bullpen.
www.bloomberg.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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Someone, please, find me an article I can write where I can include this! I NEED to include this in something!
December 15, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Someone, please, find me an article I can write where I can include this! I NEED to include this in something!
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Crypto’s Legacy Is Finally Clear
An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age
By Charlie Warzel via The Atlantic
archive.ph/HR1Iy
An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age
By Charlie Warzel via The Atlantic
archive.ph/HR1Iy
December 11, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Crypto’s Legacy Is Finally Clear
An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age
By Charlie Warzel via The Atlantic
archive.ph/HR1Iy
An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age
By Charlie Warzel via The Atlantic
archive.ph/HR1Iy