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I cannot view timelines or even navigate for the context of a tweet if its apart of a thread
Maybe I've got a crazy setup (browser, vpn, no java, no cookies, tracking queries removed) but on Nitter when I click on the red 'show this thread' the whole thread still shows up. Dunno why...
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...but I'm okay with that.