I’ve noticed this exact same behavior, only on inactive tabs with boinboing. inactive tabs after a period try and load other content from outside of boingboing. seems to have gotten better in the last few months, it was really bad for a while. most people would never notice because they aren’t aware of what is happening on inactive tabs.
I actually appreciate and find vetted tested writeups very help when purchasing, i often purchase products from impassioned personal writeups about their merits. I wouldn’t mind even seeing more of that.
Especially ones where some legit research went into find the best X, rather then x company is paying for review of crappy x that would never sell otherwise. I’d much prefer this to StackSocial which just shill whichever headphone or vape of the day is overstocked as being “the best”.
I HATE the latest frontpage design, but i still check the grid view.
Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things - Boing Boing (which is the one i prefer)
That is the only way to make sure you aren’t missing all the articles with comments turned off.
agree. hence articles like the one above. also good to recognize when you are stepping into an online trap rather then a reciprocal discussion.
This. It is a lot more insidious then putting a product in front of your eyeballs which is bad enough, it is mining your personal information all with the intention of separating you from your hard earned money.
NoScript, also allows you to selectively block and allow scripts, and remembers your choices. you can even temporarily allow a script.
i seem to recall from the halls of memory this thread several times. i believe, if i recall correctly that the next step is to point out that this doesn’t have to be an either/or, many places allow you to pay to make ads go away. 
Patreon is great for supporting small podcasts and the like.
