[ahefner]

Here's a trick to read the bird site without logging in - whenever that pops up, pick your choice of "Log in" or "Sign up" (I prefer the latter, I like to imagine it helps to scramble someone's analytics) then click the 'X' in the corner, and the popup goes away for a while.

[dredmorbius]

Here's another trick:

Just use another fucking interface.

Threadreader is great for threads. If you're following a specific account or want to run some searches, Nitter.

The latter also supports RSS feeds, so you can follow a profile in your newsreader.