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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Now that I finished my submission I can plug mine: consider sending your work for #PAA2027 to my session on Geographic Differences in Morbidity and Mortality! 🗺️🦠☠️ Looking forward to reviewing many great submissions!

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Waited until the very end (mostly to keep getting paid)! But I’m finally done! 🎉🎉🎉

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This year's ASA was...different. It was my last ASA (and last conference!) as a graduate student. I felt like I simultaneously did more but felt like I didn't do enough all at the same time. I blame the heat! 🥵😭

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I have 3 conferences to go to in the next couple weeks, pray for me! 😅😅😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Every July and August there is so much to do and (I feel) so little time. But we still push on! 😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Dissertation defense passed! 😅🤗🤣

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Dissertation sent to the committee 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Ho bisogno di un ferragosto a febbraio 😅😉

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Renewed my passport on Sunday only to get it 5 days later??! (Instead of the 4-6 weeks). I’ll take a win when I can get one!

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Today is somewhat symbolic! It's my last first day of the semester as a student (I hope!) 😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I get so triggered as a demographer anytime I see someone make comments about population growth when fertility is low 🤯😤

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I can't remember where I saw this, but if life is like a TV show, I very much would like a trailer for the 2026 season, especially after a particularly stressful 2025 with many twists and turns around every corner 😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I think this is the day I can claim I became a real demographer 🤗🤣

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UW-Madison CDHA @cdhauw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🌟CDHA at GSA 2025🌟 Several of our affiliates, including Yue Qin, Meiyi Li, & Gina Lee, are presenting today at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, MA. Presentations run until the 15th, and we are proud to celebrate them each day!

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UW-Madison CDE @cdeuw.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🌟CDE at GSA 2025🌟 We're excited to share that several of our CDE affiliates, including @michaeltopping.bsky.social, Meiyi Li, & Yue Qin are presenting at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting today and tomorrow in Boston, MA! Learn ➡️ www.gsa2025.org

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Just got to review for my **favorite** journal - JHSB! Hope the authors of the paper appreciate my comments on their work! 🤗

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Today is my (hopefully) last first day of school! So many emotions right now but this is the mood I settled on this day: 😬😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Passed my dissertation proposal defense! 🎉 Just need to work hard this year to finish everything 😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

First job application is complete! And so it begins 😅 (wish me luck!) 🤗

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Literally as #ASA2025 comes to a close the #PAA2026 call for papers comes online! Back to the grind 🤓

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

In my favorite city for #ASA2025 😍😍 looking forward to (re)connecting with people!

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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 04/08/2025

Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Maybe it's the stress of the upcoming job market, but for the first time in a long time I completed almost all of the goals I set out for the month of July! 😅

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UW-Madison Sociology @uwsoc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

We're hiring! Please share with your networks! The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026 jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

These #sociology journal placements are quite interesting this year (according to google scholars metrics, at least).

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The summer is going by way too fast. How is #ASA2025 right around the corner? 😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Just peer-reviewed a paper! Always happy to give back to people and move things forward 🤗

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

"Take advantage of our special rate of $3,200 (if your paper is accepted after peer review)". There is so much wrong with this spam email

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A writing trick I have developed lately is to write one font size smaller than normal. That way when I am finished and already think I wrote a lot, it looks even grander and makes me feel so accomplished! 🤣

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I woke up today to 7 unread emails and thought - wow a lot must have happened last night. Turns out I forgot to renew my ASA subscription and it was all the listserv notifications 😅😱😭

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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

How High Is Your #Dementia Risk? It Might Depend on Where You Live ucsf.edu/news/2025/06... by @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social #Alzheimers #demography #epidemiology #publichealth

Using the Mid-Atlantic as the basis for comparison, researchers found that dementia rates were 25% higher in the Southeast. The Northwest and Rocky Mountains were both 23% higher, and the South was 18% higher. The Southwest, which includes California, was 13% higher; while the Northeast, which includes New York, was 7% higher.

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I got a paper accepted to #GSA2025 in Boston this November! Excited to visit a city that has long eluded me! 😍

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

As I read even more papers this is still my #1 dream/request in academia (or at least sociology/demography)

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Today is one of those days where emailing people will easily take up 80% of my time, which simultaneously feels productive and unproductive at the same time 🤣😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I would appreciate if I could have *one* Friday where I don’t get bad news (today it’s a journal rejection) 😫

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Today makes another year around the sun - and an important demographic transition - I’m now in a different age category (which age category I’ll leave you to guess) 🤣🤗🥳

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Jonas Schöley @jschoeley.com · 14/05/2025

Topical cluster map of terms used in recently cancelled NIH grants. No surprises there I guess. Data by grant-watch.us and NYT for the flagged terms. Source code available here github.com/jschoeley/gr....

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

My mood (and other grad students!) as the summer begins 🧐

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The UW terrace is back 😍 (and I actually think it looks great even with the weather like this)

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I really don’t like how the sun is up around 6AM now 😢

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This (among many, many, MANY things) is sad to hear 😢

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Now that #PAA2025 has officially passed, its time to plan out the remaining weeks of the spring semester (along with the summer break) to ensure that I don't lose the little momentum I seemed to have gained 😅

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

About to head out from #PAA2025! I had so much fun (re)connecting with people! Will be great to do it again next year 🥳🥳

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PAA Alpaca @paaalpaca.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Wow I’m up to 99 followers in just a few days. Before I deleted my X account I had about that many. Thanks for all the love #PAA2025!

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UW-Madison CDE @cdeuw.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

✨See you tonight!

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UW-Madison CDHA @cdhauw.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Get ready for @michaeltopping.bsky.social & Sara Peters’s session at #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social on Sunday, April 13th, “Decomposing the Rural Mortality Penalty”

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The funny thing about this #PAA2025 is that I have been so overwhelmed to the point that I keep forgetting 1) when my flight is 2) what hotel I am at and 3) any free time I might have 😅 Hopefully that all goes away tomorrow 🤞

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Now it is 2! A very nice way to start the week 🤗

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Michael Topping @michaeltopping.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Some great news on what has been a very challenging morning - I just got a paper accepted to #ASA2025 in my favorite city! 🥳

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