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Prof Sam Illingworth
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Professor of Creative Pedagogies | Poet | Game Designer | Slow AI

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🧪 New Science Poetry Podcast 🖋️

'Version Drift'

Research published in ‪The Lancet found nearly half of 232 US health datasets were changed, mostly replacing 'gender' with 'sex', without logging or explanation.

🔗 scipoetry.podbean.com/e/episode-31...

#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #Health #Data
August 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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🧪 New Science Poetry Podcast 🖋️

'Tilt'

Research published in @agu.org ‬has found that damming water in reservoirs from 1835 to 2011 shifted Earth's spin axis by over half a metre.

🔗 scipoetry.podbean.com/e/episode-31...

#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #TruePolarWander
July 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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🌿 Today’s haiku:

town below drifts wide
clouds ravel above my gate -
steps bloom with roses

🎨 Inspired by Hobart Town, taken from the garden where I lived (1832) by John Glover.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A 19th-century panoramic painting showing Hobart Town from an elevated garden. In the foreground, flowering bushes, trees, and stone steps lead down from a large house on the right. Below lies a neatly gridded colonial town with church spires and rooftops. Rolling hills and a distant bay stretch under a vast sky filled with layered, drifting clouds.
July 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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🌿Today’s haiku:

spring domes rise in light
green dreams of a painted hill
peace beyond the frame

🎨 Inspired by Saint Francis the Great (2020) by Emilia Moreno García.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
Vivid painting showing a hilltop town with red-roofed buildings and large domes, including a blue-green central dome with a cupola. The buildings are set against a swirling, expressive turquoise sky. In the foreground, an abstracted, lush green forest fills the lower half of the composition, evoking vitality and peace.
July 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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🌁 Today’s haiku:

bridge fades into mist
gaslight flickers, lost in thought -
the river forgets

🎨 Inspired by Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk (1904) by Claude Monet.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
An impressionist painting by Claude Monet titled Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk (1904). The scene is bathed in pale blue, green, and lavender hues, with the bridge barely visible through a dense haze. Arched spans blend into the rippling water below, while distant smokestacks rise faintly in the background. The overall effect evokes fog, twilight, and gentle abstraction.
July 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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🗻 Today’s haiku:

sharp moon in still blue
a mountain leans into light
shadows hold their hand

🎨 Inspired by Himalayan Landscape (1947) by Nicholas Roerich.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A stylised painting of snow-covered Himalayan peaks under a deep blue sky. A full yellow moon hangs near the upper right, illuminating the ridges. The tallest central peak casts a dramatic dark shadow, while other mountains recede in misty blue layers. The palette is dominated by blues, whites, and soft yellows.
July 23, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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🏠 Today’s haiku:

blue wind on the hill
smoke curls from the thatched rooftops
grass leans into light

🎨 Inspired by Thatched cottages at Cordeville (1890) by Vincent van Gogh.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
An expressive landscape painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a row of thatched cottages nestled into a sloping green hillside. The sky above is full of swirling blues and white clouds, while the foreground shows textured grassy fields with curved brushstrokes. Smoke rises softly from chimneys, blending with the sky.
July 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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🧪 New Podcast Episode 🖋️

"When Bats Carry the Cure"

New research has found that vampire bats can lick rabies vaccines off each other, spreading immunity through grooming

scipoetry.podbean.com/e/episode-31...

#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #Vaccines #Bats
July 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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🌾 Today’s haiku:

low sun spills dusk light
over furrowed, fading fields -
horizon breathing

🎨Inspired by Landscape near Arnhem (1903) by Piet Mondrian.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A soft, atmospheric painting of gently rolling farmland under a muted sky. The fields are divided into irregular shapes in green, brown, and blue tones. A line of trees and a pale sun glow faintly in the distance, evoking stillness before dusk.
July 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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🎈 Today’s haiku:

tangled in starlight
ribbons drift across the blue -
balloons forget home

🎨 Inspired by Sky with Balloons (1941) by Candido Portinari.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A whimsical painting of a pale blue sky with faint horizontal brushstrokes. White stars and a glowing full moon dot the scene. Several small balloons, some white and one red-and-white striped, float gently alongside red ribbon-like trails. Two dark diagonal lines intersect the composition, possibly wires or cracks. The overall tone is airy, playful, and surreal.
July 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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🌧️ Today’s haiku:

chimneys lit like stars
curve of land cradles the sea -
rain waits in the hills

🎨Inspired by Untitled Landscape (County Cork) (1909) by Dwight Williams

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A moody landscape painting in pastels depicting the rolling green hills of County Cork under a dark, overcast sky. A curving inlet of water cuts through the land in the distance. Two small cottages with glowing orange chimneys sit nestled among the fields. The scene feels quiet, with soft lines and muted tones suggesting an impending rain.
July 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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🌾 Today’s haiku:

fields fold into blue,
wind brushes poppies awake
a sky stitched with wheat

🎨 Inspired by The Plain of Auvers (1890) by Vincent van Gogh

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A vibrant oil painting by Vincent van Gogh titled The Plain of Auvers shows gently rolling fields under a turquoise sky. Swirls of green, gold, and blue depict wheat, grass, and crops. Wildflowers and poppies bloom in the foreground. Distant trees dot the horizon, painted in expressive, textured strokes.
July 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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🌕 Today’s haiku:

sand bends to moonlight
a path lost in blue ripples
dunes hold the stillness

Inspired by Landscape from Stenbjerg with Moon (1889) by P.S. Krøyer.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A soft, impressionistic landscape painting of coastal dunes under a pale blue evening sky. A glowing pinkish full moon rises near the horizon. Sandy paths wind gently through the quiet terrain, leading into the distance. The colours are cool and muted, evoking a calm, almost melancholic mood.
July 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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⛵ Today’s haiku:

Still blue boat drifting
beneath castle-shadowed hills -
water holds its shape

🎨 Inspired by Blue Boat at Porquerolles (1938) by Albert Marquet

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A serene painting of a calm bay with a blue fishing boat anchored in turquoise water. In the background, a row of terracotta-roofed buildings lines the shore beneath a tree-covered hill, topped by a stone ruin or fortress. Soft shadows ripple in the water, and the light is gentle and summery.
July 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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⛪ Today’s haiku:

sunlight on water -
a monastery drifts
beneath the sky’s gaze

🎨 Inspired by Paysage from Corfu (1918) by Kosta Milinčević.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
An impressionist painting shows a peaceful coastal scene on the island of Corfu. In the middle ground, an island with red-roofed buildings and tall cypress trees is framed by a pale blue sky filled with layered clouds. A distant mountain range fades into the right horizon. The sea in the foreground is painted with thick, horizontal brushstrokes in various shades of blue and grey.
July 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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🧪 New Science Poetry Podcast 🖋️

'Below the Threshold'

Research published in @jama.com‬‬ has found that even low lead levels in early life can harm school performance, long before they trigger official concern.

🔗 scipoetry.podbean.com/e/episode-31...

#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #Lead
July 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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🌊 Today’s haiku:

foam shears at black stone
each crash remakes the silence -
gulls hang in the wind

🎨 Inspired by Rock Reef, Maine (1913) by George Bellows.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
An expressive seascape painting by George Bellows showing foamy white waves crashing over dark, jagged rocks near the shore. The ocean is turbulent, with layered blues and greens under a pale sky, capturing the raw energy of the Atlantic coast.
July 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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🌿 Today’s haiku:

memory seeps in
through the moss-softened ridges -
a path once taken

🎨 Inspired by Recollection in Oblivion (2014) by Kim Geonil.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A green-toned landscape showing a winding path cutting through dense vegetation and terraced hills. The image appears dreamlike and textured, with blurred or streaked brush-like effects giving a sense of motion or memory distortion.
July 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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🌊 Today’s haiku:

light leans into reeds
a sandbar splits the silence
boats do not arrive

🎨 Inspired by When Peace Like a River (1903) by Frederick Oakes Sylvester.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A tranquil oil painting of a wide river at dusk by Frederick Oakes Sylvester. The water reflects soft golden light, with low green banks and a dense line of trees in the distance under a muted, hazy sky. The mood is calm, quiet, and reflective.
July 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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🍐 Today’s haiku:

wind stirs golden leaves
pear tree leans into autumn
light clings to the bark

Inspired by The Pear Tree (1877) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
An impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir titled The Pear Tree (1877). A pear tree with golden-orange autumn leaves stands in the centre of a grassy field. The brushwork is loose and textured, with dappled sunlight on the tree's grey bark and vivid foliage. The sky is pale blue with soft clouds.
July 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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🌊 Today’s haiku:

low tide afternoon
a boy points where the sky bends
and time forgets us

🎨 Inspired by A child's dream of parents with more time (1993) by Mia Koch.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A painting of two people, likely a child and an adult, standing on a wet, reflective beach facing the sea. The sky is bright blue with a few clouds and birds flying in the distance. The ocean waves are gently rolling in. The figures are seen from behind, and one is pointing towards the horizon. The overall tone is peaceful and dreamlike.
July 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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🖼️ Today’s haiku:

cloud-piled ridgelines swell
fields curl into olive green
one white house holds still

🎨 Inspired by Les Alpilles, Mountain Landscape near South-Reme (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
A vibrant post-impressionist painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting a mountainous landscape in Provence. Swirling blue and violet peaks dominate the background, while golden hills roll into green fields and orchards below. A small white farmhouse sits in the foreground, enclosed by curving stone walls and olive trees, all outlined with Van Gogh's characteristic thick, energetic brushstrokes.
July 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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🪻Today’s haiku:

bee-touched zinnias
a narrow path through blossom;
henhouse in still light

🎨 Inspired by Garden and henhouse at Octave Mirbeau's, Les Damps (1892) by Camille Pissarro

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
An impressionist garden painting by Camille Pissarro, depicting a lush, flower-filled scene in Garden and henhouse at Octave Mirbeau’s, Les Damps (1892). Bright wildflowers in pink, yellow, and red spill across the foreground. A narrow dirt path curves through the greenery, flanked by flowering bushes and tall trees. In the distance, partly obscured by foliage, a simple red-brick henhouse nestles under a pale, cloudy sky. The brushwork is rich and textured, creating a sense of movement and natural abundance.
July 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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🧪 New Science Poetry Podcast 🖋️

'Ocean Colour Change'

Research published in @science.org‬ has found that oceans are getting greener near the poles and bluer in the subtropics.

scipoetry.podbean.com/e/episode-31...

#SciComm 🍎 🐡 #Poetry #Oceans #Plankton #ClimateChange
July 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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🏔️ Today’s haiku:

mountains cut the sky
a crow rides the updraft’s edge
wet bark dark with melt

🎨 Inspired by Ama Dablam (Nepal) (2019) by Joaquín Besoy Posada

#Haiku #Poetry #BlueSkyPoets
Stylised painting of the Ama Dablam mountain range in Nepal. Jagged white peaks rise sharply above misty blue foothills. Forests in deep green and brown tones spread across the lower slopes. The colours are rich and saturated, blending natural detail with painterly texture.
July 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM