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I use the Redirection plugin on WordPress. As a result I am in a constant arms race with spammy 404s, like these:

/page/320/?s
/page/7/?s=九州通2025校园招聘
/page/87/?s=Which of the following can result if an embryo implants close to the internal opening of

Redirection supports regular expressions and this is one of the few regular chances I get to use them. I only use simple Ignore so there’s no real harm if I get them wrong either. I just need to keep the logs clean(er) so I can see the legit 404s.

This is what I got:

^\/page\/\d+\/\?s.*

And the final redirect in Redirection looks like this:

Source URL: ^/page/\d+/\?s.* Title: Ignore spammy page/?s 404s Match: URL only When matched: Do nothing (ignore)

Can’t quite believe that the UK government is in exactly the same position as it was throughout the Sunak years. Completely obsessed with its own appearance whilst, apparently, doing absolutely nothing of note except talking about illegal migration. Pass a Bill or something. Jeez.

When your Vice President proudly carries the coffin of a self-avowed white supremacist, Christian nationalist, it’s time to stop lying to yourself.

‘Yes, I did describe the paedophile financier as “my best pal” but there is context…’ The public don’t care about context any more, Peter, so just state your intention to resign in due course.

It’s weird to me that if you have a cat in the kitchen on social media people like it but if you have a cat in your kitchen at a restaurant they call a health inspector

When I send a card or a letter, I don’t consider it to be “on the way” the instant I have addressed and put postage on it. Do you?

I’ve quickly gone from tolerating the inclusion of “AI” in a product to wanting to actively avoid it. The privacy implications alone are a nightmare.