Index: src/views/partials/post-tile.ejs
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--- src/views/partials/post-tile.ejs	(revision 515cf1a67cad06eb3a51a911df89d992e16275ac)
+++ src/views/partials/post-tile.ejs	(revision 69a10e7f2a2e0bf55f2d34f93930ffffbbb06f59)
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 <a class="grid-tile<%= _hasCover ? '' : ' grid-tile-gradient' %><%= (_isPinned || _isBoost) ? ' is-pinned' : '' %><%= post.nsfw ? ' nsfw-media' : '' %>"
    href="<%= _href %>"
-   <% if (_hasCover) { %>style="background-image: url('<%= post.cover_image_url %>'); --tile-hue: <%= _tileHue %>;"<% } else { %>style="--tile-hue: <%= _tileHue %>;"<% } %>
+   style="--tile-hue: <%= _tileHue %>;"
    <% if (_ext) { %>target="_blank" rel="noopener"<% } else { %>hx-get="<%= _href %>?partial=1" hx-target="#pcms-main" hx-swap="innerHTML" hx-push-url="<%= _href %>" hx-indicator="#pcms-loading"<% } %>>
+
+  <% if (_hasCover) { %><img class="grid-tile-img" src="<%= post.cover_image_url %>" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async"><% } %>
 
   <% if (_typeLabel) { %>