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Random Instapaper Article Bookmarklet
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random-instapaper.js
// based on http://avoidtheinevitable.wordpress.com/2013/01/21/instapaper-random-article-bookmarklet/ updated to
// Instapaper's latest design. This only picks a random article from the first page of Instapaper items
javascript:var l=document.querySelectorAll(".article_item .article_inner_item .host a");l[Math.floor(1+Math.random()*l.length)].click();
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ajorgensen commented Jun 29, 2016 •
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If you want to view it in instapaper's native view you can change it to

javascript:var l=document.querySelectorAll(".article_title");l[Math.floor(1+Math.random()*l.length)].click();

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@ajorgensen Thanks for this! It's still working on 2023. 🙂

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❤️ glad to hear it!

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