:root {
    --spacing-container: 1200px;
    --color-text-light: #000000;
    --color-muted: #000000;
    --font-main: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
    --color-bg: #ffffff;
    --color-accent: #000000;
    --color-text: #000000;
    /* No gray, only black */
    --color-border: #000000;
}

* {
    padding: 0;
    /* Force all borders black */
    outline-color: #000000 !important;
    border-color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    line-height: 1.45;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    font-size: 16.88px;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
}

a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: inherit;
}
a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    opacity: 1;
    color: #000000;
}

img {
    height: auto;
    display: block;
    max-width: 100%;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    margin-bottom: 0.38em;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    line-height: 1.28;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 1.97em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 1.97em;
}

/* Remove empty spacers generated by rich text editors/CMS */
p:empty, .read-area p:empty {
    display: none !important;
}
.read-area > br {
    display: none !important;
}

p {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.93em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.inner {
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 17.68px;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.head-section {
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    margin-bottom: 27.79px;
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 19.91px 0;
}
.head-section .inner {
    flex-direction: column !important;
    gap: 13.18px !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
}
.brand-mark {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-decoration: none;
    letter-spacing: -0.51px;
    font-size: 26.41px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.main-menu {
    gap: 23.45px;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: center !important;
}
.main-menu a {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 13.82px;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Main Grid */
.page-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    margin-bottom: 79.37px;
    display: grid;
}

/* Mega Article */
.hero-post {
    padding: 49.85px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 10.09px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.hero-post h1 {
    font-size: 37.1px;
    margin-bottom: 14.77px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.hero-post h2 {
    margin-top: 12.49px;
    margin-bottom: 5.5px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    font-size: 23.81px;
}
.read-area > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.hero-post h3 {
    margin-top: 19.29px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 20.57px;
}
.post-info {
    color: #000000 !important;
    gap: 16.1px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    font-size: 13.83px;
    display: flex;
    margin-bottom: 41.59px;
    font-weight: 600;
    padding-bottom: 8.05px;
}
.read-area {
    line-height: 1.56;
    font-size: 16.36px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.author-title {
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 11.08px;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
}
.read-area a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
}
.read-area a:hover {
    color: #003d82 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.deep-area {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    font-style: italic;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-top: 27.02px;
    padding: 12.02px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-radius: 6.48px;
}
.deep-area a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Sidebar */
.side-panel {
    top: 40px;
    position: sticky;
    align-self: start;
}
.info-card {
    padding: 25.04px;
    margin-bottom: 28.35px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 11.8px;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.block-heading {
    margin-bottom: 20.63px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    padding-bottom: 8.55px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    font-size: 19.61px;
}
.new-items {
    list-style: none !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}
.new-items li {
    margin-bottom: 7.01px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 12.61px;
}
.new-items li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.new-items a {
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-bottom: 2.99px;
    display: block;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.new-items a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.list-entry {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 11.87px 0;
}
.list-entry:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.list-entry a {
    font-size: 13.61px;
    margin-bottom: 2.38px;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    line-height: 1.36;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.list-entry a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.time-stamp {
    font-size: 12.94px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 7.13px;
}
.past-entries a {
    font-weight: 600;
    justify-content: space-between;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 14.13px;
    display: flex;
}
.figure {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.tag-area {
    gap: 10.02px;
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.pill {
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
    border-radius: 7.73px;
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 14px;
    padding: 7.93px 13.95px;
}
.pill:hover {
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    background: #000000;
    color: #ffffff !important;
}

/* Footer */
.closing {
    font-size: 14.58px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    text-align: center;
    background: #fff;
    padding: 39.1px 0;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.shared-region {
    margin-top: 10.88px;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.26px;
}
.shared-region a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.shared-region a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.shared-region .primary-frame {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin: 0 8.16px;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .page-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .side-panel {
    position: static;
}
    .hero-post h1 {
    font-size: 32.26px;
}
}