I have very good luck using "readability" extensions that strip pages of everything except for the text to sneak behind the paywall.

Currently using "Tranquility" on FireFox: https://github.com/ushnisha/tranquility-reader-webextensions

^clarity^

Have not used this so I can't speak to their viability, but there's also @root

https://banishbigbrother.com/flock-camera-map/

Apparently there are more than 400,000 variations in the Greek manuscripts that are the basis for the New Testament. Which means there are more variations then there are words in the New Testament itself.

Good. Was frustrating to have Firefox finely tuned w/ extensions and whatnot to eliminate invasive ads, but their front page "news aggregator" ignored all of those rules and served up only ad-infested trash

Direct consequence of turning the health care system into a luxury expense only a few can afford to use, rather than funding health care as a necessity for all

Sexual peccadillos [+ religion] have dethroned kings. Can't threaten a person w/ revealing their bedroom secrets if no one gives af.

One of our summertime favorites! Might add a few ribbons of fresh basil at serving time if feeling bougie.

Head to: https://archive.ph/

Copy the URL of the paywalled article into the "I want to search the archive for saved snapshots" textbox! [blue, bottom box]

Can also archive an article for others to use if you copy a non-paywalled article into the "My url is alive and I want to archive its content" textbox. [red, top box]

-- Editing to add -- can also just append "archive.is/" to the beginning of the URL and it will take you to the list of non-parywalled, archived versions of the article

[https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/01/fetal-maternal-cells-microchimerism/676996/] becomes

[https://archive.is/www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/01/fetal-maternal-cells-microchimerism/676996/]

Jumped the paywall and found this: https://archive.is/2PvZ5

That nose is too much 😻 Does he have a pink bean or two??

Found a handy little Music Streaming Royalties Calculator thing in this article. It's not 100% accurate because none of the services pay the same rate for every song, but it shows how huge the payout discrepancies are.