Thanks for removing the rest on that google link, the one I get after switching to "images" and back to "web" is this monstrosity:

https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&sca_esv=8061bd9cb1...

Edit: which luckily and sensibly Hacker News cuts short since it's 463 characters

Newer versions of Firefox also have a "Copy Clean Link" option in the right-click menu.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...