My heart sinks when I find an article is on @Medium. It seems determined to make reading difficult: smothering content with engagement overlays, popups etc. </rant>

Yeah I have considered writing a mediumblocker to just make it easier to read.

U-Block Origin, NoScript, and PrivacyBadger. Job done. (UBO's delete-this-element thing is fantastic, BTW. Well worth it for that alone)