Twitter is now serving modals on search that try to trick you into logging in

1. Go to https://twitter.com/explore

2. Search for anything.

3. A modal will come up asking you to login while also displaying the search results. The button to close the modal, located in the least obvious location on the top left, is just a link to the login page.

To circumvent this behavior, refresh the page after searching. Twitter is trying to make itself accessible to direct links while being hostile to anyone attempting to explore twitter unauthenticated.