Alessandro Martinello 🇪🇺
@alemartinello.com
Econ PhD from the University of Copenhagen. Ex-academia at Lund University, ex-policy at the Danish Central Bank, finally landed in the private sector and leading the data agenda at Realkredit Danmark. We have cookies!
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Please find attached to this plan aimed at improving RoE by 1 pp over then next 2 years:
- an appendix delineating expected timeline and milestones anchored around our strategic building blocks
- a 120 pages comprehensive risk assessment complete with suggested mitigating actions
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Please find attached to this plan aimed at improving RoE by 1 pp over then next 2 years:
- an appendix delineating expected timeline and milestones anchored around our strategic building blocks
- a 120 pages comprehensive risk assessment complete with suggested mitigating actions
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SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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Please find attached to this plan aimed at improving RoE by 1 pp over then next 2 years:
- an appendix delineating expected timeline and milestones anchored around our strategic building blocks
- a 120 pages comprehensive risk assessment complete with suggested mitigating actions
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Please find attached to this plan aimed at improving RoE by 1 pp over then next 2 years:
- an appendix delineating expected timeline and milestones anchored around our strategic building blocks
- a 120 pages comprehensive risk assessment complete with suggested mitigating actions
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Revising the dataviz book is an opportunity to remind enthusiastic beginners of the bitter realities that lie ahead of them.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Revising the dataviz book is an opportunity to remind enthusiastic beginners of the bitter realities that lie ahead of them.
I might have to turn up the heating in my home office
February 4, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I might have to turn up the heating in my home office
Which makes it even more ridiculous that the train trip from Aarhus to CPH takes at best 3h, “signal failures” permitting
While domestic flights become more popular, train travel remains competitive in time along many routes within European countries. Source: buff.ly/poYBX0c
February 1, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Which makes it even more ridiculous that the train trip from Aarhus to CPH takes at best 3h, “signal failures” permitting
@jeppedruedahl.bsky.social and I once mused about creating a life-quality index of cities defined as median earnings/price of beer at a bar/pub.
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea. Seems like Chicago would score well?
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea. Seems like Chicago would score well?
Beer Prices in Selected U.S. Cities in 2022
January 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM
@jeppedruedahl.bsky.social and I once mused about creating a life-quality index of cities defined as median earnings/price of beer at a bar/pub.
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea. Seems like Chicago would score well?
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea. Seems like Chicago would score well?
@jeppedruedahl.bsky.social and I once mused about creating a life-quality index of cities defined as median earnings/price of beer at a bar/pub.
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea
Beer Prices in Selected U.S. Cities in 2022
January 29, 2026 at 10:52 PM
@jeppedruedahl.bsky.social and I once mused about creating a life-quality index of cities defined as median earnings/price of beer at a bar/pub.
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea
Mostly due to the outrageous beer prices in Oslo.
But haven’t quite abandoned the idea
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Outside The American embassy in Copenhagen. 1 flag for each Danish soldier who died along side American soldiers in Afghanistan.
Flags have been removed by the embassy, on danish soil, danish property.
Disgusting and shameful.
Flags have been removed by the embassy, on danish soil, danish property.
Disgusting and shameful.
January 27, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Outside The American embassy in Copenhagen. 1 flag for each Danish soldier who died along side American soldiers in Afghanistan.
Flags have been removed by the embassy, on danish soil, danish property.
Disgusting and shameful.
Flags have been removed by the embassy, on danish soil, danish property.
Disgusting and shameful.
I feel bombarded by rock solid evidence on the benefits of good, deep, uninterrupted sleep for years.
I KNOW! PLEASE STOP!
It’s not me deciding to sleep only after midnight, or waking up every 45 to 90 minutes. It’s the cycle of the three small adorable monsters dictating every minute of my life
I KNOW! PLEASE STOP!
It’s not me deciding to sleep only after midnight, or waking up every 45 to 90 minutes. It’s the cycle of the three small adorable monsters dictating every minute of my life
If someone paid you $4.75 every night you slept 7+ hours, would you sleep more?
And--more importantly--would that increase in sleep change your behavior in other meaningful ways?
This new paper ran an experiment to find out.
And--more importantly--would that increase in sleep change your behavior in other meaningful ways?
This new paper ran an experiment to find out.
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I feel bombarded by rock solid evidence on the benefits of good, deep, uninterrupted sleep for years.
I KNOW! PLEASE STOP!
It’s not me deciding to sleep only after midnight, or waking up every 45 to 90 minutes. It’s the cycle of the three small adorable monsters dictating every minute of my life
I KNOW! PLEASE STOP!
It’s not me deciding to sleep only after midnight, or waking up every 45 to 90 minutes. It’s the cycle of the three small adorable monsters dictating every minute of my life
Reposted by Alessandro Martinello 🇪🇺
Things are grim. But in more frivolous news...
@jamesbrandecon.bsky.social and I have been chipping away at `dbreg`, a 📦 for running big regression models on database backends. For the right kinds of problems, the speed-ups are near magical.
Website: grantmcdermott.com/dbreg/
#rstats
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@jamesbrandecon.bsky.social and I have been chipping away at `dbreg`, a 📦 for running big regression models on database backends. For the right kinds of problems, the speed-ups are near magical.
Website: grantmcdermott.com/dbreg/
#rstats
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dbreg
grantmcdermott.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Things are grim. But in more frivolous news...
@jamesbrandecon.bsky.social and I have been chipping away at `dbreg`, a 📦 for running big regression models on database backends. For the right kinds of problems, the speed-ups are near magical.
Website: grantmcdermott.com/dbreg/
#rstats
[1/2]
@jamesbrandecon.bsky.social and I have been chipping away at `dbreg`, a 📦 for running big regression models on database backends. For the right kinds of problems, the speed-ups are near magical.
Website: grantmcdermott.com/dbreg/
#rstats
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Clearly not the point here, but once again reminding listeners that “decimating” means reducing by 10%, so “boom = -9%”
Trump:
"Two percent of the population causes 90% of the crime. So when you start decimating that two percent - boom."
This is straight up Nazi language.
And on International Holocaust Memorial Day.
"Two percent of the population causes 90% of the crime. So when you start decimating that two percent - boom."
This is straight up Nazi language.
And on International Holocaust Memorial Day.
January 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Clearly not the point here, but once again reminding listeners that “decimating” means reducing by 10%, so “boom = -9%”
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January 23, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Alessandro Martinello 🇪🇺
We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Reposted by Alessandro Martinello 🇪🇺
Danish, Greenlandic and American politicians meet at the Danish Parliament
🔗 www.thedanishparliament.dk/en/news/2026...
🔗 www.thedanishparliament.dk/en/news/2026...
January 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Danish, Greenlandic and American politicians meet at the Danish Parliament
🔗 www.thedanishparliament.dk/en/news/2026...
🔗 www.thedanishparliament.dk/en/news/2026...
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“The Europeans won’t fight back” is a wildly factually incorrect statement and shows an astonishing lack of understanding of 1) how the geopolitics of escalation works 2) how Europe works 3) how war works
France is a nuclear power and is deploying troops in Greenland, for God’s sake
France is a nuclear power and is deploying troops in Greenland, for God’s sake
If Trump invades Greenland, the Europeans won't fight back, Republicans will defend it, Democrats will issue statements, there will be protests, and most Americans will disapprove of it enough to earn Democrats a bit more of the vote in November. Then on to the next thing.
More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
January 14, 2026 at 11:39 PM
“The Europeans won’t fight back” is a wildly factually incorrect statement and shows an astonishing lack of understanding of 1) how the geopolitics of escalation works 2) how Europe works 3) how war works
France is a nuclear power and is deploying troops in Greenland, for God’s sake
France is a nuclear power and is deploying troops in Greenland, for God’s sake
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Så gigantisk dansk at nedsætte en arbejdsgruppe..
snoop dogg is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car with a group of men .
ALT: snoop dogg is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car with a group of men .
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Så gigantisk dansk at nedsætte en arbejdsgruppe..
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Danmark og Grønland har simpelthen djøf-ificeret USA med en arbejdsgruppe.
January 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Danmark og Grønland har simpelthen djøf-ificeret USA med en arbejdsgruppe.
It will certainly be lost to all Americans how the 🇩🇰 and 🇬🇱 foreign are holding a press conference in their 2nd and 3rd language.
January 14, 2026 at 7:04 PM
It will certainly be lost to all Americans how the 🇩🇰 and 🇬🇱 foreign are holding a press conference in their 2nd and 3rd language.
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
Yet another example of “everyone is 12” theory of US politics.
I too, I remember, thought it was a cool movie about cool people kicking ass when I saw it the first time.
And of course I did, I was 12!
I too, I remember, thought it was a cool movie about cool people kicking ass when I saw it the first time.
And of course I did, I was 12!
Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
January 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Yet another example of “everyone is 12” theory of US politics.
I too, I remember, thought it was a cool movie about cool people kicking ass when I saw it the first time.
And of course I did, I was 12!
I too, I remember, thought it was a cool movie about cool people kicking ass when I saw it the first time.
And of course I did, I was 12!
Anecdote: In my group of 🇮🇹 high-school friends, 5/11 emigrated.
Of these, 4/5 have established a family with kids, with a total of 8 kids across.
Of those remaining in Italy, only 1/6 has (2) kids.
We’ll be 40 this year.
Of these, 4/5 have established a family with kids, with a total of 8 kids across.
Of those remaining in Italy, only 1/6 has (2) kids.
We’ll be 40 this year.
Some parts of Europe have a growing population, while others are shrinking—
The map shows which European countries saw an increase in population, and which saw a decrease in the year from July 2022 to 2023.
The map shows which European countries saw an increase in population, and which saw a decrease in the year from July 2022 to 2023.
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Anecdote: In my group of 🇮🇹 high-school friends, 5/11 emigrated.
Of these, 4/5 have established a family with kids, with a total of 8 kids across.
Of those remaining in Italy, only 1/6 has (2) kids.
We’ll be 40 this year.
Of these, 4/5 have established a family with kids, with a total of 8 kids across.
Of those remaining in Italy, only 1/6 has (2) kids.
We’ll be 40 this year.
🇩🇪Bluesky! I have a question.
How is the popular view of Wilhelm I in Germany? Besides the historical achievements, is he seen by the average German as a positive or negative (or irrelevant, shadowed by Bismarck) figure?
How is the popular view of Wilhelm I in Germany? Besides the historical achievements, is he seen by the average German as a positive or negative (or irrelevant, shadowed by Bismarck) figure?
January 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
🇩🇪Bluesky! I have a question.
How is the popular view of Wilhelm I in Germany? Besides the historical achievements, is he seen by the average German as a positive or negative (or irrelevant, shadowed by Bismarck) figure?
How is the popular view of Wilhelm I in Germany? Besides the historical achievements, is he seen by the average German as a positive or negative (or irrelevant, shadowed by Bismarck) figure?
It might. I often think back to the reading of appeasement depicted in “Munich - The edge of war”.
Did Chamberlain consciously damn his legacy to gain time for Britain to prepare, involve the US, and give a chance to Churchill to win the war?
If so, that had been a winning strategy
Did Chamberlain consciously damn his legacy to gain time for Britain to prepare, involve the US, and give a chance to Churchill to win the war?
If so, that had been a winning strategy
I really wish EU leader's would have the backbone to stand up to the regime in Washington. Appeasement of dictators never ends well.
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
It might. I often think back to the reading of appeasement depicted in “Munich - The edge of war”.
Did Chamberlain consciously damn his legacy to gain time for Britain to prepare, involve the US, and give a chance to Churchill to win the war?
If so, that had been a winning strategy
Did Chamberlain consciously damn his legacy to gain time for Britain to prepare, involve the US, and give a chance to Churchill to win the war?
If so, that had been a winning strategy
“Nobody understands odds ratios” 🎯
My poster got allocated prime real estate at the conference: High traffic, captive audience.
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“Nobody understands odds ratios” 🎯
“Just a few thousand kilometers from Denmark, Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom.
For almost four years, they have persevered, held their ground and held on to their right to exist as a free and independent country.”
Fine words by King Frederik X
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For almost four years, they have persevered, held their ground and held on to their right to exist as a free and independent country.”
Fine words by King Frederik X
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January 1, 2026 at 11:09 AM
“Just a few thousand kilometers from Denmark, Ukrainians are fighting for their freedom.
For almost four years, they have persevered, held their ground and held on to their right to exist as a free and independent country.”
Fine words by King Frederik X
🇺🇦
For almost four years, they have persevered, held their ground and held on to their right to exist as a free and independent country.”
Fine words by King Frederik X
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While requiring *far* fewer skills, restoring this old bench in our garden was also immensely satisfying
December 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
While requiring *far* fewer skills, restoring this old bench in our garden was also immensely satisfying