Ben McGraw
benmcgraw.bsky.social
Ben McGraw
@benmcgraw.bsky.social
Turfgrass Entomologist at Penn State University. Program Coordinator Turfgrass Science residential and online academic programs.
No Kings
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Still finding late instar Fall Armyworms in central PA …..post frost. Shouldn’t be much longer now
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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.
May 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The annual Running of the Weevil Vacs!!!
March 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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I have a terrible disease called “thinking too much about earthworms”
March 21, 2025 at 5:40 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
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Whoever is doing this in the UK deserves an award.
March 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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March 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Totally insane to take over an environmental agency ….then declare this as your mission
March 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Every day......waking up shocked that people don't seem to give a shit about these moves (or at least ask why)
March 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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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.
How it started / How it’s going.
March 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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@benmcgraw.bsky.social speaking to a packed house in Niagara Falls. 🇨🇦
February 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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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
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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...
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
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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
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February 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Anybody else write notes to TSA?
February 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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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.
February 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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.
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
Unbelievable lack of humanity
January 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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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. “
March 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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
Anyone else teeing it up Sunday at BiGGA -BTME? Alwoodley has a couple openings. Looks tropical
January 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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