From: schugo@schugo.de   
      
   On 07.01.2026 10:59, Dirk Fieldhouse wrote:   
   > On 07/01/2026 03:52, Ant wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >> Hmm. With disabled JS on home page an article   
   >> (https://phys.org/news/2026-01-curiosity-holiday-postcard-mars.html), it   
   >> still gives me the message. :( Are you in USA like me?   
   >   
   > UK, per sig.   
   >   
   > Both with previously described JS config and in new private window with   
   > no site JS enabled, the article comes up straightaway with no   
   > interstitial page or re-load.   
   >   
   > UA: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101   
   > SeaMonkey/2.53.21.   
      
   it's the lamest imaginable possible bot check:   
      
   1. first check UserAgent against a silly list   
   2. if no match do some Javascript nonsense   
      
   set any Linux SM UA or googlebot and it works...   
      
   ciao..   
      
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