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

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

body {
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    font-size: 16.87px;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    line-height: 1.54;
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    margin-bottom: 0.28em;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    line-height: 1.23;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 1.97em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 2em;
}

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

p {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 0.9em;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.shell {
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 20.69px;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.nav-wrap {
    background: #ffffff;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 21.14px 0;
    margin-bottom: 29.38px;
}
.nav-wrap .shell {
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
    gap: 14.7px !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
}
.brand-link {
    font-weight: 800;
    font-size: 26.11px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.5px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.nav-bar {
    gap: 26.6px;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    display: flex !important;
}
.nav-bar a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.74px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.nav-bar a:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Main Grid */
.two-col {
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 80.74px;
    display: grid;
}

/* Mega Article */
.hero-post {
    border-radius: 12.56px;
    padding: 50.02px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
}
.hero-post h1 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-bottom: 13.83px;
    font-size: 37.58px;
}
.hero-post h2 {
    padding-bottom: 0;
    font-size: 23.91px;
    margin-bottom: 9.8px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 14px;
}
.post-body > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.hero-post h3 {
    margin-top: 20.02px;
    font-size: 19.22px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.post-info {
    font-size: 14.27px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding-bottom: 11.8px;
    margin-bottom: 42.79px;
    gap: 17.3px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: flex;
}
.post-body {
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.57;
    font-size: 17.32px;
}
.author-title {
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: 12.25px;
}
.post-body a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.post-body a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #003d82 !important;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.default-block {
    background: #ffffff;
    font-style: italic;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 29.92px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 8.38px;
    padding: 14.22px;
}
.default-block a {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */
.side-panel {
    position: sticky;
    align-self: start;
    top: 40px;
}
.module {
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 26.85px;
    border-radius: 10.43px;
    background: #ffffff;
    margin-bottom: 27.02px;
}
.box-title {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding-bottom: 8.51px;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin-bottom: 18.98px;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    font-size: 19.69px;
}
.latest-entries {
    list-style: none !important;
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
}
.latest-entries li {
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 12.21px;
    padding-bottom: 7.75px;
}
.latest-entries li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.latest-entries a {
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
    margin-bottom: 0.63px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.latest-entries a:hover {
    color: #333333 !important;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.content-row {
    padding: 9.75px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
}
.content-row:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.content-row a {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 3.39px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 13.99px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.4;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.content-row a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.pub-date {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 11.22px;
}

.past-entries {
    list-style: none;
}
.past-entries li {
    margin-bottom: 8.89px;
}
.past-entries a {
    display: flex;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 13.53px;
    font-weight: 600;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.tally {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.chip-group {
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    display: flex;
    gap: 12.7px;
}
.label-item {
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 12.14px;
    text-decoration: none;
    padding: 7.84px 16.87px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-radius: 8.44px;
    background: #ffffff;
    display: inline-block;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
}
.label-item:hover {
    color: #ffffff !important;
    background: #000000;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
}

/* Footer */
.base-bar {
    font-size: 14.55px;
    text-align: center;
    background: #fff;
    padding: 39.32px 0;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
}
.fluid-block {
    margin-top: 12.47px;
    font-size: 12.16px;
    font-weight: 600;
}
.fluid-block a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.fluid-block a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.fluid-block .global-box {
    margin: 0 5.59px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .two-col { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .side-panel {
    position: static;
}
    .hero-post h1 {
    font-size: 32.27px;
}
}