road.cc live blog - BMX rider almost impaled on fence (video) plus Aru's new jersey falls flat and much more

For me (I’m on a Mac), it’s only the browser I’ve set running adblock that prevents the page loading. It loads fine on the others and without over-intrusive ads. I guess the script blocker is doing the same for FKoT (totally agree with their last paragraph btw).

Anyway for those that are not seeing it on this site, check this
https://twitter.com/Trudgin/status/947964249720094722

I don't even have an ad blocker and still see nothing.

Mind you, I do have a script-blocker, so I suppose that must be having the same effect.

Thing is, every time I turn off scriptblocking (or, when I used to use it, adblocking) its never very long before I encounter a situation on some site or other that I visit where visitors have been infected with malware from a hijacked advert.  Not only are many adverts ridiculously intrusive, but the way they get served up seems to create a significant security hole on otherwise trustworthy websites.  I just don't feel its worth the risk.

And why do sites have _so many_ scripts running?  Just screeds of them, most of which don't seem to do anything of any use to the end-user.  The web is suffering from bloat.  The more powerful browsing devices get, the more unnecessary crap web developers add to use up those CPU cycles.

This live blog articles with promising descriptions and no content or even link, really amaze me. I wonder why I keep clicking on them.

Hmm? Something about a video?

Hmm? Something about Aru?