diff --git a/www/conservancy/apps/blog/views.py b/www/conservancy/apps/blog/views.py
index 77b9eb30d1691d18e8135d57028db3f2ca958c8a..4c7f9db941272e5586cd0ce8fdbb2f02bbbec1a2 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/apps/blog/views.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/apps/blog/views.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def query(request):
 
         query_string = d.urlencode()
 
-        return relative_redirect(request, '%s%s%s' % (base_url, '?' if query_string else '', query_string))
+        return relative_redirect(request, '{}{}{}'.format(base_url, '?' if query_string else '', query_string))
 
     else:
         authors = sorted(Person.objects.filter(currently_employed=True,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def relative_redirect(request, path):
     if settings.FORCE_CANONICAL_HOSTNAME:
         host = settings.FORCE_CANONICAL_HOSTNAME
 
-    url = "%s://%s%s" % (request.is_secure() and 'https' or 'http', host, path)
+    url = "{}://{}{}".format(request.is_secure() and 'https' or 'http', host, path)
     return http.HttpResponseRedirect(url)
 
 class BlogYearArchiveView(YearArchiveView):
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class BlogYearArchiveView(YearArchiveView):
     extra_context = {}
     
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        context = super(BlogYearArchiveView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context.update(self.extra_context)
         return context
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class BlogMonthArchiveView(MonthArchiveView):
     extra_context = {}
     
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        context = super(BlogMonthArchiveView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context.update(self.extra_context)
         return context
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class BlogDayArchiveView(DayArchiveView):
     extra_context = {}
     
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        context = super(BlogDayArchiveView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context.update(self.extra_context)
         return context
 
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ class BlogDateDetailView(DateDetailView):
     extra_context = {}
     
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
-        context = super(BlogDateDetailView, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
+        context = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
         context.update(self.extra_context)
         return context