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

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

body {
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    text-size-adjust: 100%;
    background-color: var(--color-bg);
    font-family: var(--font-main);
    color: var(--color-text) !important;
    -moz-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
    line-height: 1.48;
    font-size: 16.62px;
}

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

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

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
    margin-bottom: 0.27em;
    line-height: 1.25;
    color: #000000 !important;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Fix Chrome deprecation warning: explicit font-sizes for h1 in article/section */
h1 {
    font-size: 2.03em;
}
article h1, section h1 {
    font-size: 1.96em;
}

/* 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 {
    margin-bottom: 0.91em;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
small {
    color: #000000 !important;
}
span {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Layout */
.inner {
    padding: 0 18.18px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    max-width: var(--spacing-container);
}

/* Header */
.page-top {
    background: #ffffff;
    padding: 18.48px 0;
    margin-bottom: 29.09px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
}
.page-top .inner {
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    gap: 13.95px !important;
    display: flex !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    align-items: flex-start !important;
}
.brand-mark {
    text-decoration: none;
    letter-spacing: -0.49px;
    font-size: 25.42px;
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.main-menu {
    display: flex !important;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    gap: 25.01px;
    align-items: center !important;
}
.main-menu a {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 14.16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-weight: 700;
}
.main-menu a:hover {
    opacity: 0.7;
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* Main Grid */
.split-view {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 300px;
    margin-bottom: 77.36px;
    /* Left Content - Right Sidebar */
    gap: 60px;
}

/* Mega Article */
.hero-post {
    padding: 49.38px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    border-radius: 10.7px;
}
.hero-post h1 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 37.31px;
    margin-bottom: 11.96px;
}
.hero-post h2 {
    font-size: 23.54px;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    margin-bottom: 6.38px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 13.53px;
}
.post-body > h2:first-of-type {
    margin-top: 0 !important;
}
.hero-post h3 {
    color: #000000 !important;
    margin-top: 22.46px;
    font-size: 20.82px;
}
.post-info {
    padding-bottom: 11.97px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    margin-bottom: 39.24px;
    display: flex;
    font-weight: 600;
    font-size: 13.1px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    gap: 15.15px;
}
.post-body {
    line-height: 1.6;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 16.91px;
}
.author-title {
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #555555 !important;
    font-size: 11.9px;
}
.post-body a {
    /* Blue link for backlinks */;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #0056b3 !important;
}
.post-body a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #003d82 !important;
}

/* Internal Backlink / Related Topic Box */
.general-area {
    margin-top: 28.1px;
    padding: 13.09px;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-style: italic;
    border-radius: 8.73px;
    background: #ffffff;
}
.general-area a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    font-weight: 700;
}

/* Sidebar */
.rail {
    top: 40px;
    align-self: start;
    position: sticky;
}
.module {
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    padding: 22.17px;
    border-radius: 13.57px;
    margin-bottom: 32.16px;
}
.label {
    font-size: 19.22px;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #000000;
    padding-bottom: 8.74px;
    /* H3 Size */
    font-weight: 800;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    margin-bottom: 17.4px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.updates-list {
    padding-left: 0 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
    list-style: none !important;
}
.updates-list li {
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15) !important;
    padding-bottom: 8.79px;
    margin-bottom: 11.56px;
    position: relative;
}
.updates-list li:last-child {
    border: none !important;
}
.updates-list a {
    margin-bottom: 1.37px;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: 600;
    display: block;
    color: #000000 !important;
}
.updates-list a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #333333 !important;
}

/* Latest Posts (for SSI included content) */
.content-row {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;
    padding: 11.95px 0;
}
.content-row:last-child {
    border-bottom: none;
}
.content-row a {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 4.71px;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000 !important;
    line-height: 1.4;
    font-size: 14.65px;
}
.content-row a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.created-at {
    font-size: 11.81px;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.date-index {
    list-style: none;
}
.date-index li {
    margin-bottom: 12.77px;
}
.date-index a {
    font-weight: 600;
    display: flex;
    font-size: 13.55px;
    color: #000000 !important;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.entry-count {
    color: #000000 !important;
}

.tag-area {
    display: flex;
    gap: 7.27px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.label-item {
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #000000 !important;
    font-size: 12.03px;
    display: inline-block;
    text-decoration: none;
    border: 2px solid #000000;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    border-radius: 9.48px;
    font-weight: 600;
    padding: 6.12px 16.95px;
}
.label-item:hover {
    transform: translateY(-1px);
    background: #000000;
    color: #ffffff !important;
}

/* Footer */
.base-bar {
    font-size: 14.36px;
    border-top: 2px solid #000000;
    font-weight: 600;
    color: #000000 !important;
    background: #fff;
    text-align: center;
    padding: 42.21px 0;
}
.deep-module {
    font-size: 13.86px;
    font-weight: 600;
    margin-top: 11.95px;
}
.deep-module a {
    color: #000000 !important;
    text-decoration: none;
}
.deep-module a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}
.deep-module .site-grid {
    margin: 0 9.14px;
    color: #000000 !important;
}

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
    .split-view { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
    .rail {
    position: static;
}
    .hero-post h1 {
    font-size: 32.15px;
}
}