Can I prevent music through an AirPod from pausing when a single pod is removed? Right now, when I remove one AirPod from an ear, the currently playing track pauses in the other ear.

Instead, I want to continue playing the track.

My control over this using bluetooth settings is quite limited, so I'm hoping there is another location to investigate to disable this feature.
Head into Settings > Bluetooth > AirPods > Turn Off Automatic Ear Detection feature

When the automatic ear detection feature is turned off, audio will continue to play even fi you take the AirPods out of your ears.