Unfortunately there is a tradeoff between two of HN's preferences: for original sources and accessible ones. In cases like the current one, where an article is clearly definitive and not so paywalled that none of the standard tricks can get at it, the preference for original sources wins. It's not a great situation but I know of no satisfying fixes for it.

It is. While not optimal, I just go to google, search for the URL and click on th top link. With referrer set to google, most newspapers show you their content.

Bookmarklets, referer spoofing and other improvements left as exercise for the reader.