Ben McGraw
@benmcgraw.bsky.social
Turfgrass Entomologist at Penn State University. Program Coordinator Turfgrass Science residential and online academic programs.
Still finding late instar Fall Armyworms in central PA …..post frost. Shouldn’t be much longer now
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Still finding late instar Fall Armyworms in central PA …..post frost. Shouldn’t be much longer now
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I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Company Boasts Spending Up To $20 Million On Trump Crypto Coin To Buy Influence
The arrangement puts money in Trump’s pocket in return for the opportunity to change policy — exactly the sort of pay-to-play scheme critics warned about.
www.huffpost.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
The annual Running of the Weevil Vacs!!!
March 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The annual Running of the Weevil Vacs!!!
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I have a terrible disease called “thinking too much about earthworms”
March 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I have a terrible disease called “thinking too much about earthworms”
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How come nobody in the golf industry seems to bat an eye that Tronald Dump is claiming another club championship....this is Kim Jong-il/un-level craziness
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
How come nobody in the golf industry seems to bat an eye that Tronald Dump is claiming another club championship....this is Kim Jong-il/un-level craziness
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Whoever is doing this in the UK deserves an award.
March 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Whoever is doing this in the UK deserves an award.
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Totally insane to take over an environmental agency ….then declare this as your mission
March 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Totally insane to take over an environmental agency ….then declare this as your mission
Every day......waking up shocked that people don't seem to give a shit about these moves (or at least ask why)
Hegseth orders pause in offensive US cyber operations against Russia
Hegseth orders pause in offensive US cyber operations against Russia
The reported directive from the defence secretary comes during an American push to end the war in Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Every day......waking up shocked that people don't seem to give a shit about these moves (or at least ask why)
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This is exactly what many of us that are not NOAA employees are worried about why this impacts more than NOAA.
March 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This is exactly what many of us that are not NOAA employees are worried about why this impacts more than NOAA.
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@benmcgraw.bsky.social speaking to a packed house in Niagara Falls. 🇨🇦
February 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@benmcgraw.bsky.social speaking to a packed house in Niagara Falls. 🇨🇦
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Great news, you’ve collected enough plastics in your body to start forming an exoskeleton. The universe will always bend toward crab.
February 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Great news, you’ve collected enough plastics in your body to start forming an exoskeleton. The universe will always bend toward crab.
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My department (Plant Science) at Penn State has three assistant professor searches ongoing. Please share!
Controlled env ag: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Turfgrass science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Landscape sustainability: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Controlled env ag: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Turfgrass science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Landscape sustainability: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Assistant Associate Professor of Controlled Environment Agriculture
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My department (Plant Science) at Penn State has three assistant professor searches ongoing. Please share!
Controlled env ag: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Turfgrass science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Landscape sustainability: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Controlled env ag: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Turfgrass science: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Landscape sustainability: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
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President Trump has suggested paving over the grass in the White House Rose Garden for a patio like the one he has at Mar-a-Lago. nyti.ms/4139fnw
February 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
President Trump has suggested paving over the grass in the White House Rose Garden for a patio like the one he has at Mar-a-Lago. nyti.ms/4139fnw
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Anybody else write notes to TSA?
February 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Anybody else write notes to TSA?
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Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
February 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pam Bondi is disbanding the Foreign Influence Task Force - the FBI team that is charged with combatting foreign meddling in US elections.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
Worth asking how this makes us more safe in any way, shape, or form.
That somehow diversity initiatives are somehow to blame in this tragedy is just overtly stupid or racist. Pick one
President Trump suggested that efforts to diversify the ranks of the FAA were to blame for the plane crash on Wednesday that killed 67 people, even as he acknowledged that he had no evidence, and was instead relying on "common sense."
Here’s a fact check of his remarks.
Here’s a fact check of his remarks.
Fact-Checking Trump’s D.C. Plane Crash News Conference and Remarks on D.E.I.
There is no evidence that diversity efforts played a role in the crash, and his statements disregarded his own administration’s hiring policies.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
That somehow diversity initiatives are somehow to blame in this tragedy is just overtly stupid or racist. Pick one
Unbelievable lack of humanity
Aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and shackled deportees on a wing.
Inside the chaotic deportation flight to Brazil:
w/ @juhfaddul.bsky.social
nyti.ms/4ggT0ZS
Inside the chaotic deportation flight to Brazil:
w/ @juhfaddul.bsky.social
nyti.ms/4ggT0ZS
Inside a Chaotic U.S. Deportation Flight to Brazil (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s first flight deporting Brazilians involved aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and shackled deportees on a wing.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Unbelievable lack of humanity
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Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
March 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text.
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
“In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “
Proud of our PSU Turf students grabbing 1st and 2nd place in the Sports Field Managers Association Student Challenge!
January 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Proud of our PSU Turf students grabbing 1st and 2nd place in the Sports Field Managers Association Student Challenge!
Anyone else teeing it up Sunday at BiGGA -BTME? Alwoodley has a couple openings. Looks tropical
January 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Anyone else teeing it up Sunday at BiGGA -BTME? Alwoodley has a couple openings. Looks tropical
From @theathletic.bsky.social: Alongside the Yankees, Cowboys and Duke basketball, Notre Dame football occupies an exclusive place in sports: Love ’em or hate ’em, you can’t ignore ’em. But something seems different this year. Are the Irish... likable? nyti.ms/4absLmf
Is Notre Dame football likable now?
In this CFP, the Irish are winning over some people. Or maybe they're just benefitting from the distaste many feel for their opponents.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM