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Data from Sep 29, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC 14d old Measured once a month · 2 runs since Sep 21, 2026

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Lab data is measured using Lighthouse, Mobile mode unless otherwise specified. Field data is reported from Chrome UX Report (using p75 measurements).

Stack

Uses ReactPreactVue 3.5.21

Hosted by Self-hosted

Filmstrip LAB Throttled

How the page drew during the measured load, at 8 points across 25.89 s. Compare this filmstrip against another site.

2.66 s
6.47 s
9.71 s
12.95 s
16.18 s
19.42 s
22.66 s
25.89 s

Lighthouse Scores LAB Simulated

Performance

↑ +6 (+21.4%)

Accessibility

↓ -2 (-2.4%)

Best Practices

no change

SEO

no change

Metrics LAB FIELD

Core Web Vitals: passing 3 of 3 assessed from real Chrome users.

Field figures are the p75 across real Chrome users over a 28-day trailing window (2026-08-31 → 2026-09-27), url-level.

Metric	Lab Simulated	Field
LCP CWV Largest Contentful Paint	9.62 s poor	↓ -9821 ms (-50.5%) 9.62 s – 19.44 s	1.17 s good	92.6% 5.1% 2.3%
INP CWV Interaction to Next Paint — field only, no lab run can measure it	n/a	—	114 ms good	90.6% 7.8% 1.6%
CLS CWV Cumulative Layout Shift	0 good	↓ -0.001 (-100%) 0 – 0.001	0 good	98% 1.6% 0.5%
TBT Total Blocking Time	2.16 s poor	↓ -746 ms (-25.6%) 2.16 s – 2.91 s	n/a	—
FCP First Contentful Paint	4.52 s poor	↓ -2170 ms (-32.4%) 4.52 s – 6.69 s	1.03 s good	88.3% 8.6% 3.2%
Speed Index	5.41 s needs work	↓ -2543 ms (-32%) 5.41 s – 7.95 s	n/a	—
TTFB Time to First Byte	623 ms good	→ no change 623 ms – 623 ms	546 ms good	83.4% 10.4% 6.1%

Metric

Lab Simulated

Field

Value

Change / range

Trend

p75

Distribution

LCP CWV Largest Contentful Paint

9.62 s poor

↓ -9821 ms (-50.5%) 9.62 s – 19.44 s

1.17 s good

92.6% 5.1% 2.3%

INP CWV Interaction to Next Paint — field only, no lab run can measure it

n/a

—

114 ms good

90.6% 7.8% 1.6%

CLS CWV Cumulative Layout Shift

0 good

↓ -0.001 (-100%) 0 – 0.001

0 good

98% 1.6% 0.5%

TBT Total Blocking Time

2.16 s poor

↓ -746 ms (-25.6%) 2.16 s – 2.91 s

n/a

—

FCP First Contentful Paint

4.52 s poor

↓ -2170 ms (-32.4%) 4.52 s – 6.69 s

1.03 s good

88.3% 8.6% 3.2%

Speed Index

5.41 s needs work

↓ -2543 ms (-32%) 5.41 s – 7.95 s

n/a

—

TTFB Time to First Byte

623 ms good

→ no change 623 ms – 623 ms

546 ms good

83.4% 10.4% 6.1%

LCP Subparts LAB Throttled

The subparts attribute LCP to your server, resource discovery, download, or rendering. They come from one throttled load, the same one as the filmstrip, so they add up to that load’s LCP rather than the simulated Lab LCP above.

resource load duration 1.55 s

time to first byte 585 ms

element render delay 368 ms

resource load delay 162 ms

LCP LAB Simulated vs LCP FIELD

Lab 9.62 s

Field p75 1.17 s

The lab LCP is 8.25× the field p75 — real users likely have above-average hardware or network connectivity.

Page weight

Metric	Value	Change / range
Page Weight	5.29 MB	↑ +754.2 kB (+17.1%) 4.52 MB – 5.29 MB
Requests	182	↓ -32 (-15%) 182 – 214
Third-party Weight	2.29 MB	↑ +112.9 kB (+5.3%) 2.18 MB – 2.29 MB
Third-party CPU	693 ms	↓ -55 ms (-7.4%) 693 ms – 748 ms
Unused JS	1.98 MB	↑ +99.3 kB (+5.4%) 1.88 MB – 1.98 MB
Unused CSS	95.4 kB	↑ +37.1 kB (+66.2%) 57.4 kB – 95.4 kB

Metric

Value

Change / range

Trend

Page Weight

5.29 MB

↑ +754.2 kB (+17.1%) 4.52 MB – 5.29 MB

Requests

182

↓ -32 (-15%) 182 – 214

Third-party Weight

2.29 MB

↑ +112.9 kB (+5.3%) 2.18 MB – 2.29 MB

Third-party CPU

693 ms

↓ -55 ms (-7.4%) 693 ms – 748 ms

Unused JS

1.98 MB

↑ +99.3 kB (+5.4%) 1.88 MB – 1.98 MB

Unused CSS

95.4 kB

↑ +37.1 kB (+66.2%) 57.4 kB – 95.4 kB

By resource type

Type	Share	Size	Requests
script	46.9%	2.48 MB	66
image	31.4%	1.66 MB	49
font	16.7%	885 kB	5
stylesheet	2.8%	147 kB	21
document	1.1%	60.3 kB	2
other	1.1%	56.3 kB	34
Total		5.29 MB	182

Third parties 19 entities

Entity	Transfer	Size	Main thread Simulated
Google/Doubleclick Ads	script	365 kB	64 ms
tickaroo.com	script	344 kB	78 ms
Google Tag Manager	script	340 kB	127 ms
Viafoura	script	313 kB	86 ms
intergient.com	script	251 kB	55 ms
All 19		2.29 MB	693 ms

Entity

Transfer

Size

Main thread Simulated

Google/Doubleclick Ads

script

365 kB

64 ms

tickaroo.com

script

344 kB

78 ms

Google Tag Manager

script

340 kB

127 ms

Viafoura

script

313 kB

86 ms

intergient.com

script

251 kB

55 ms

All 19

2.29 MB

693 ms

Without JavaScript

The same load, photographed twice at 412×823: once with scripts disabled, once as rendered.

0% of pixels differ — they are identical. A shifted layout counts as difference, so a <noscript> banner alone can account for a large figure.

Page health

Metric	Value	Change / range
Main Thread Work	8.35 s	↓ -1620 ms (-16.2%) 8.35 s – 9.97 s
Long Tasks	20	→ no change 20 – 20
DOM Elements	2,209	↓ -1621 (-42.3%) 2,209 – 3,830
Axe Violations Violating nodes from a full Axe CLI run (more than Lighthouse reports)	44	↑ +25 (+131.6%) 19 – 44
A11y Failures	5	→ no change 5 – 5
A11y Failing Nodes	53	↑ +3 (+6%) 50 – 53

Metric

Value

Change / range

Trend

Main Thread Work

8.35 s

↓ -1620 ms (-16.2%) 8.35 s – 9.97 s

Long Tasks

→ no change 20 – 20

DOM Elements

2,209

↓ -1621 (-42.3%) 2,209 – 3,830

Axe Violations Violating nodes from a full Axe CLI run (more than Lighthouse reports)

↑ +25 (+131.6%) 19 – 44

A11y Failures

→ no change 5 – 5

A11y Failing Nodes

↑ +3 (+6%) 50 – 53

Main thread work

Task	Share	Duration Simulated
script evaluation	53%	4.43 s
style layout	15%	1.29 s
other	14%	1.17 s
script parse compile	11%	878 ms
paint composite render	3%	287 ms
parse HTML	2%	170 ms
garbage collection	2%	132 ms
Total		8.35 s

Task

Time

Duration Simulated

script evaluation

53%

4.43 s

style layout

15%

1.29 s

other

14%

1.17 s

script parse compile

11%

878 ms

paint composite render

287 ms

parse HTML

170 ms

garbage collection

132 ms

Total

8.35 s

Axe violations axe-core 4.13.0, full rule set

44 violating nodes across 5 rules, 1905 passing. This is a standalone Axe CLI run and is stricter than the subset Lighthouse already includes.

serious color-contrast — Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds 34 nodes
Offending elements (5 of 34)
1. .card--hero > .card__content.wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265.is-vertical > .post-authors-block.wp-block-daily-kos-post-authors > .post-authors-block__author > .post-authors-block__info > .post-authors-block__role > .post-authors-block__label-staff.post-authors-block__label
```
 Staff 
```
2. .ccb__region--sidebar > .card--vertical.card--small[data-slot="2"] > .card__content.wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265.is-vertical > .post-authors-block.wp-block-daily-kos-post-authors > .post-authors-block__author > .post-authors-block__info > .post-authors-block__role > .post-authors-block__label-staff.post-authors-block__label
```
 Staff 
```
3. .ccb__region--sidebar > .card--vertical.card--small[data-slot="4"] > .card__content.wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265.is-vertical > .post-authors-block.wp-block-daily-kos-post-authors > .post-authors-block__author > .post-authors-block__info > .post-authors-block__role > .post-authors-block__label-staff.post-authors-block__label
```
 Staff 
```
4. .ccb__region--third-column > .card--small.card--has-image[data-slot="5"] > .card__content.wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265.is-vertical > .post-authors-block.wp-block-daily-kos-post-authors > .post-authors-block__author > .post-authors-block__info > .post-authors-block__role > .post-authors-block__label-staff.post-authors-block__label
```
 Staff 
```
5. .ccb__region--third-column > .card--small.card--has-image[data-slot="6"] > .card__content.wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265.is-vertical > .post-authors-block.wp-block-daily-kos-post-authors > .post-authors-block__author > .post-authors-block__info > .post-authors-block__role > .post-authors-block__label-staff.post-authors-block__label
```
 Staff 
```

serious aria-hidden-focus — ARIA hidden element must not be focusable or contain focusable elements 7 nodes

Offending elements (5 of 7)

div[data-index="1"]

<div data-index="1" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline: none; width: 312px;">

div[data-index="2"]

<div data-index="2" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline: none; width: 312px;">

div[data-index="3"]

<div data-index="3" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline: none; width: 312px;">

div[data-index="4"]

<div data-index="4" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline: none; width: 312px;">

div[data-index="5"]

<div data-index="5" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline: none; width: 312px;">

moderate heading-order — Heading levels should only increase by one 1 node
Offending element
1. .wp-block-column.wp-block-column-is-layout-flow.is-layout-flow:nth-child(1) > h6
```
<h6 class="wp-block-heading">Daily Kos</h6>
```

serious link-name — Links must have discernible text 1 node

Offending element

.custom-logo-link

<a href="https://www.dailykos.com/" class="custom-logo-link" rel="home" aria-current="page">

moderate page-has-heading-one — Page should contain a level-one heading 1 node
Offending element
1. html
```
<html lang="en-US" style="--dk-header-height: 73px;">
```

Accessibility failures 5 of 27 audits

color-contrast — Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. 34 nodes
target-size — Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. 10 nodes
aria-hidden-focus — `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents 7 nodes
heading-order — Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order 1 node
link-name — Links do not have a discernible name 1 node

Best Practices failures 4 of 20 audits

deprecations — Uses deprecated APIs 1 item
third-party-cookies — Uses third-party cookies 2 items
errors-in-console — Browser errors were logged to the console 9 items
inspector-issues — Issues were logged in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools 1 item

SEO failures 1 of 10 audits

robots-txt — robots.txt is not valid 1 item

Hygiene

HTTPS HSTS CSP Clickjacking protection Origin isolation Trusted Types bfcache h2 9 console errors

Measurement log

Field history 25 weeks

Weekly p75 from the CrUX History API, backfilled in a single request.

Week ending	LCP	INP	FCP	TTFB
2026-10-03	1.15 s	114 ms	1.02 s	547 ms
2026-09-26	1.17 s	113 ms	1.03 s	548 ms
2026-09-19	1.17 s	113 ms	1.03 s	547 ms
2026-09-12	1.16 s	112 ms	1.03 s	554 ms
2026-09-05	1.17 s	110 ms	1.03 s	563 ms
2026-08-29	1.15 s	108 ms	1.00 s	559 ms
2026-08-22	1.13 s	105 ms	987 ms	559 ms
2026-08-15	1.13 s	106 ms	982 ms	561 ms
2026-08-08	1.12 s	105 ms	972 ms	562 ms
2026-08-01	1.12 s	106 ms	983 ms	564 ms
2026-07-25	1.15 s	105 ms	1.00 s	551 ms
2026-07-18	1.21 s	106 ms	1.02 s	507 ms

Week ending

LCP

INP

CLS

FCP

TTFB

2026-10-03

1.15 s

114 ms

1.02 s

547 ms

2026-09-26

1.17 s

113 ms

1.03 s

548 ms

2026-09-19

1.17 s

113 ms

1.03 s

547 ms

2026-09-12

1.16 s

112 ms

1.03 s

554 ms

2026-09-05

1.17 s

110 ms

1.03 s

563 ms

2026-08-29

1.15 s

108 ms

1.00 s

559 ms

2026-08-22

1.13 s

105 ms

987 ms

559 ms

2026-08-15

1.13 s

106 ms

982 ms

561 ms

2026-08-08

1.12 s

105 ms

972 ms

562 ms

2026-08-01

1.12 s

106 ms

983 ms

564 ms

2026-07-25

1.15 s

105 ms

1.00 s

551 ms

2026-07-18

1.21 s

106 ms

1.02 s

507 ms

Runs

Every stored run for this URL, newest first.

When	Scores	Perf	LCP	CLS	TBT	Weight	Runs	Spread	Bench	Took	Archive
Sep 29, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC		34	9.62 s	0	2.16 s	5.29 MB	3/3	±13	2,447 -2%	135.4s	Wayback
Sep 21, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC		28	19.44 s	0.001	2.91 s	4.52 MB	3/3	±21	2,486 0%	179s	Wayback

When

Scores

Perf

LCP

CLS

TBT

Weight

Runs

Spread

Bench

Took

Stack

Filmstrip LAB 🐢 Throttled

Lighthouse Scores LAB 🤖 Simulated

Metrics LAB FIELD

LCP Subparts LAB 🐢 Throttled

LCP LAB 🤖 Simulated vs LCP FIELD

Page weight

By resource type

Third parties 19 entities

Without JavaScript

Page health

Main thread work

Axe violations axe-core 4.13.0, full rule set

Accessibility failures 5 of 27 audits

Best Practices failures 4 of 20 audits

SEO failures 1 of 10 audits

Hygiene

Measurement log

Field history 25 weeks

Runs

Filmstrip LAB Throttled

Lighthouse Scores LAB Simulated

LCP Subparts LAB Throttled

LCP LAB Simulated vs LCP FIELD