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document.querySelectorAll("img").forEach(blockPixel); } // --- Custom video click-to-load interception --- function interceptVideoButtons() { document.querySelectorAll(".js-video[data-video-url], .video[data-video-url]").forEach(function (container) { var videoUrl = container.getAttribute("data-video-url"); if (!videoUrl) return; var groups = /youtube\.com|youtu\.be/.test(videoUrl) ? 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