Less is more.

_desktop/_scripts/sb-network

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 icon='\uf1eb '
 case "$(cat /sys/class/net/w*/operstate 2>/dev/null)" in
-  down) printf "<span background='#770000'>$icon no wifi</span> /" ;;
+  down) printf "<span background='#770000'>$icon no wifi</span>" ;;
   up)
-    [ -n "$(ip address show dev wlan0 | grep 'inet ')" ]  || printf "<span background='#770000'>$icon no ip</span> /"
+    [ -n "$(ip address show dev wlan0 | grep 'inet ')" ]  || printf "<span background='#770000'>$icon no ip</span>"
 #      && printf "$icon $(iwgetid -r)" \
 esac

_desktop/qtile/config.py

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ screens = [
                     func=lambda: subprocess.check_output("sb-battery").decode(),
                 ),
                 widget.Clock(
-                    format='/ [%d] %H:%M:%S'
+                    format='[%d] %H:%M:%S'
                 ),
                 widget.Systray(),
             ],