132ms to load the whole page for me. Over half that time (76ms) spent establishing the connection and negotiating TLS. TTFB only 18 milliseconds once the connection was established. No adds, no pop ups, fully accessible, cache friendly, and virtually free to host and maintain.

For a public news organization that doesn't need to desperately push their brand onto people or track a user's every breath, this is a great thing to provide, even if most people would consider it "ugly".