You seriously should be using Nitter (find an instance that's not widely used so it doesn't get rate-limited as often), and install the Privacy Redirect plugin

You seriously should be using Nitter (find an instance that's not widely used so it doesn't get rate-limited as often), and install the Privacy Redirect plugin to redirect all Twitter links to your chosen Nitter instance. The speed and the quality of the UI are improved across the board. The only thing I miss with Nitter is seeing quote tweets.