Jo Clark
@joclark1.bsky.social
UK based. Works in healthcare with an interest in politics. All views strictly personal.
I’ve just fed Copilot a brief for a presentation I’ve got to do. The resulting slide deck is terrible but at least I have something to edit as opposed to a blank screen.
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I’ve just fed Copilot a brief for a presentation I’ve got to do. The resulting slide deck is terrible but at least I have something to edit as opposed to a blank screen.
Benign eye condition according to politico
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Benign eye condition according to politico
My son had a geography exam today. The question was name a low income country and colour it in on the map. The kid next to him chose the US and then coloured in the US, Venezuela and Greenland. I thought that was quite advanced trolling for a Yr 11 boy.
January 13, 2026 at 11:22 PM
My son had a geography exam today. The question was name a low income country and colour it in on the map. The kid next to him chose the US and then coloured in the US, Venezuela and Greenland. I thought that was quite advanced trolling for a Yr 11 boy.
A very competent version of the play. Had a slight moment as I was mentally dealing with the fact that Sir Toby Belch was in Andor, but that was my failing.
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
A very competent version of the play. Had a slight moment as I was mentally dealing with the fact that Sir Toby Belch was in Andor, but that was my failing.
The comic relief was always that bad (if not worse). Having seen Twelfth Night last night, I was reminded that the man had a turn of phrase…:
January 13, 2026 at 11:08 PM
The comic relief was always that bad (if not worse). Having seen Twelfth Night last night, I was reminded that the man had a turn of phrase…:
I’m getting all warm and fuzzy just thinking about the Clannad theme song
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I’m getting all warm and fuzzy just thinking about the Clannad theme song
Ha! I always thought it was a slang word for lice…. Checking the internet this is because I’m solidly Gen X and you, sir, are young.
January 4, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Ha! I always thought it was a slang word for lice…. Checking the internet this is because I’m solidly Gen X and you, sir, are young.
It’s not just insurance, it’s the insane cost of healthcare in the US that distorts everything. If we look at travel cover (which is largely priced as short term health cover) it’s cheaper to get 2 weeks ski cover in France than to get 2 weeks standard trip cover (no sports) for the US.
December 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s not just insurance, it’s the insane cost of healthcare in the US that distorts everything. If we look at travel cover (which is largely priced as short term health cover) it’s cheaper to get 2 weeks ski cover in France than to get 2 weeks standard trip cover (no sports) for the US.
This is what the BBC thinks
December 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This is what the BBC thinks
I moved 35 miles from home to university, see my parents once a week and am definitely one of the progressive middle classes.
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I moved 35 miles from home to university, see my parents once a week and am definitely one of the progressive middle classes.
This was definitely a thing when I first lived on the Isle of Dogs about 20 years ago. Haven’t heard much of it recently (and I’ve moved to the other side of London). Still preferable to getting shot though.
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This was definitely a thing when I first lived on the Isle of Dogs about 20 years ago. Haven’t heard much of it recently (and I’ve moved to the other side of London). Still preferable to getting shot though.
Thank you! It’s just a bit random and the Latin is very unfamiliar (whereas I know the Creed so well in English, you can tell where you are in Latin).
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Thank you! It’s just a bit random and the Latin is very unfamiliar (whereas I know the Creed so well in English, you can tell where you are in Latin).
Tangent alert. As a regular church goer and a member of a choral society, the Magnificat is the piece I struggle with. I neither have the Latin nor the knowledge of the prayer in English to work out what’s going on.
October 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Tangent alert. As a regular church goer and a member of a choral society, the Magnificat is the piece I struggle with. I neither have the Latin nor the knowledge of the prayer in English to work out what’s going on.
It may be the strategy. The outcome is ‘make kids really good at using VPNs’.
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It may be the strategy. The outcome is ‘make kids really good at using VPNs’.
My Dad is still alive
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My Dad is still alive
My Dad knew a lady who was married to a soldier who fought in the battle of Waterloo.
October 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
My Dad knew a lady who was married to a soldier who fought in the battle of Waterloo.
For me it was “fatwa”. Growing up in the UK in the 80s, a fatwa was a death sentence issued for Salman Rushdie. The word got reframed when I started reading fatwas about tax deductions on capital expenditure in Saudi Arabia.
October 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
For me it was “fatwa”. Growing up in the UK in the 80s, a fatwa was a death sentence issued for Salman Rushdie. The word got reframed when I started reading fatwas about tax deductions on capital expenditure in Saudi Arabia.
There’s a relatively straightforward (but hard) way of not becoming them - you must not say, we tried that before and it didn’t work. Even if you saw it tried and failed in 2003, 2008, 2011, 2016 etc, etc.
September 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There’s a relatively straightforward (but hard) way of not becoming them - you must not say, we tried that before and it didn’t work. Even if you saw it tried and failed in 2003, 2008, 2011, 2016 etc, etc.
This is what’s missing from my social media feed - a heated debate about transubstantiation (or when’s the correct time to turn the church heating on - either will do).
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is what’s missing from my social media feed - a heated debate about transubstantiation (or when’s the correct time to turn the church heating on - either will do).
Clapham Junction is now down the list partly, I assume, because there has been a deliberate policy of reducing the number of trains that stop there. You can no longer get a train direct from Clapham to Brighton, which used to be the case.
August 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Clapham Junction is now down the list partly, I assume, because there has been a deliberate policy of reducing the number of trains that stop there. You can no longer get a train direct from Clapham to Brighton, which used to be the case.
They’re vicious little sods though. Have you seen them mob the other birds?
July 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
They’re vicious little sods though. Have you seen them mob the other birds?
I really value the Center Parcs experience. However, every year I ask the kids whether we think this is the last holiday there and every year they disappoint me by saying no.
June 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I really value the Center Parcs experience. However, every year I ask the kids whether we think this is the last holiday there and every year they disappoint me by saying no.
Never start a land war in Asia.
Sorry to be that person.
Sorry to be that person.
June 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Never start a land war in Asia.
Sorry to be that person.
Sorry to be that person.
The trains. It’s possible to get to most towns and cities by train with relative ease (although it can be slow and it’s not cheap). Compare with France where if it’s SNCF the trains may run every 2 hours or so.
June 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The trains. It’s possible to get to most towns and cities by train with relative ease (although it can be slow and it’s not cheap). Compare with France where if it’s SNCF the trains may run every 2 hours or so.
The general legal system in the UK is boring, predictable and doesn’t change very much. Which is a good thing.
June 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The general legal system in the UK is boring, predictable and doesn’t change very much. Which is a good thing.