- xpost = dict(**post)
- xpost['title'] = html_escape(xpost.get('title', 'n/a'))
- xbody = '<a href="%(link)s">%(title)s</a>' % xpost
+ xpost = {'title': html_escape(post.get('title', 'n/a'))}
+ xpost['link'] = html_escape(post.get('link',))
+ xbody = '<a href="{link}">{title}</a>'.format(**xpost)