I use Win10, Firefox (latest) and the "Open in Reader View" add-on. So when I right-click the link and select "Open in Reader View" on the menu, it bypasses all the scripts and shows me the full text.

This is how I open 99% of any links on HN or anywhere else (i.e. wanting to read a news article)(I always open in reader view to avoid menus/columns/ads/etc.)

It's (deliberately) a very soft paywall. The LRB offers a certain number of articles for free then hope to attract subscribers, but it's only really a semi-commercial proposition. The whole thing has been subsidised by the editor for decades; my suspicion is that they're much more interested in being read than being paid.

FWIW I'm a subscriber at least in the main because I want it to exist. Most months I don't read more than I'd get for free anyway. But it's gloriously chewy content of a kind that you can't quite find anywhere else.

Huh, it's not paywalled for me. I'm using Brave and have a robust Pihole situation but.. yeah it's all there

It seems intentional, though?

* There's an animation hiding it.

* If you disable javascript, the content doesn't load.

* Copying is disabled.

* There's some kind of javascript function constantly toggling state so that if you right-click inspect, the content div collapses before you can further unroll it.

Someone really wanted users to see the article, then watch it disappear, and make them feel a sense of loss.