Thanks for the tip! I use uMatrix with aggressive defaults including no Javascript, somehow this trick didn't occur to me.

Although my general rule is that if Javascript is required to read a site's content, it's probably not worth it. With the storied NoScript being released for Chrome (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19650731), I suspect I'll have more and more company as the new web gets more abusive and dangerous.