/* Direct Derek — site.css
 *
 * Committed, not compiled (compile_sass = false). Loads after the vendored
 * bootstrap.min.css (v5.3.8): Bootstrap supplies Reboot, the grid, and
 * utilities; everything art-directed lives here. Fonts are self-hosted
 * latin-subset woff2 (Fontsource builds) in assets/fonts/ — the site makes
 * zero third-party requests.
 *
 * Sections: tokens · fonts · base · chrome (nav/footer/newsletter) ·
 * landing · essays · topics · markdown mapping · media queries · a11y
 */

/* ---------- tokens ---------- */

:root {
  --ink: #11110f;
  --paper: #eee9de;
  --paper-2: #d8d1c3;
  --orange: #f05a28;
  --acid: #d7ff3f;
  --line: rgba(17, 17, 15, .22);
  --sans: "DM Sans", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --display: "Archivo Black", "Arial Black", sans-serif;
  --mono: "Space Mono", ui-monospace, "Cascadia Mono", monospace;

  /* Bootstrap bridge: Reboot inherits the design tokens */
  --bs-body-font-family: var(--sans);
  --bs-body-bg: var(--paper);
  --bs-body-color: var(--ink);
  --bs-body-font-size: 1.125rem;
  --bs-body-line-height: 1.5;
  --bs-link-color-rgb: 17, 17, 15;
  --bs-link-hover-color-rgb: 240, 90, 40;
}

/* ---------- fonts ---------- */

@font-face {
  font-family: "Archivo Black";
  font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap;
  src: url("../fonts/archivo-black-400.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "DM Sans";
  font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap;
  src: url("../fonts/dm-sans-400.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "DM Sans";
  font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap;
  src: url("../fonts/dm-sans-400-italic.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "DM Sans";
  font-style: normal; font-weight: 500; font-display: swap;
  src: url("../fonts/dm-sans-500.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "DM Sans";
  font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; font-display: swap;
  src: url("../fonts/dm-sans-600.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Space Mono";
  font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-display: swap;
  src: url("../fonts/space-mono-400.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "Space Mono";
  font-style: normal; font-weight: 700; font-display: swap;
  src: url("../fonts/space-mono-700.woff2") format("woff2");
}

/* ---------- base ---------- */

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  background: var(--ink);
}

body { overflow-x: hidden; }

::selection {
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--acid);
}

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

a { color: inherit; }

a:focus-visible,
button:focus-visible,
input:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--acid);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.skip {
  position: absolute; left: -9999px;
  padding: .6rem 1rem;
  color: var(--ink); background: var(--acid);
  font: 700 .8rem/1 var(--mono);
}
.skip:focus { left: 0; top: 0; z-index: 100; }

.eyebrow {
  margin: 0;
  font: 700 .67rem/1.2 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.frame {
  width: min(100% - 40px, 1500px);
  margin-inline: auto;
}

/* ---------- nav (overlay; every page opens on a dark band) ---------- */

.site-nav {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 10;
  top: 0; left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  color: #fff;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.32);
}

.nav-inner {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 82px;
  gap: 24px;
}

.wordmark {
  justify-self: start;
  color: #fff;
  font: 700 .72rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.wordmark span { color: var(--orange); }

.nav-links {
  display: flex;
  gap: clamp(20px, 3vw, 48px);
}

.nav-links a,
.nav-note {
  font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.nav-links a { color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); }
.nav-links a:hover { color: #fff; }

.nav-note {
  justify-self: end;
  padding: 11px 14px;
  color: var(--ink) !important;
  background: var(--acid);
}

/* ---------- footer ---------- */

.site-footer {
  color: var(--paper);
  background: var(--ink);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.25);
}

.footer-inner { padding-block: 70px; }

.footer-mark {
  margin: 0;
  font: 400 clamp(2rem, 4vw, 4rem)/.9 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.footer-col {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 10px;
}

.footer-col .eyebrow {
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.42);
}

.footer-col a {
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  font-size: .82rem;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.footer-col a:hover { color: var(--acid); }

.legal {
  margin: 30px 0 0;
  padding-top: 24px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.38);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);
  font: 400 .54rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* ---------- newsletter band ---------- */

.newsletter {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  align-items: center;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: #fff;
  background: #0b0b09;
}

.newsletter-bg,
.newsletter-bg::after { position: absolute; inset: 0; }

.newsletter-bg { z-index: -1; }

.newsletter-bg img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  opacity: .38;
  filter: grayscale(100%);
  transform: scale(1.08);
}

.newsletter-bg::after {
  content: "";
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,.84), rgba(0,0,0,.35));
}

.newsletter-inner { padding-block: clamp(80px, 10vw, 130px); }

.newsletter h2 {
  max-width: 8ch;
  margin: 24px 0 30px;
  font: 400 clamp(3rem, 7vw, 6.5rem)/.84 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.newsletter h2 span { color: var(--acid); }

.newsletter p:not(.eyebrow) {
  max-width: 49ch;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
}

.signup {
  display: flex;
  max-width: 760px;
  margin-top: 40px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #fff;
}

.signup input {
  min-width: 0;
  flex: 1;
  padding: 22px 0;
  color: #fff;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 2vw, 1.5rem);
}

.signup input::placeholder { color: rgba(255,255,255,.44); }
.signup input:focus { outline: 0; box-shadow: none; }

.signup button {
  padding: 0 6px 0 30px;
  color: var(--acid);
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  font: 700 .69rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.signup-ok {
  margin-top: 40px;
  padding: 22px 0;
  color: var(--acid);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--acid);
  font: 700 .8rem/1.4 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.hp-field { position: absolute; left: -9999px; }

/* ---------- landing: hero ---------- */

.hero {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  align-items: end;
  isolation: isolate;
  color: #fff;
  background: #1a2228;
}

.hero-media,
.hero-media::after { position: absolute; inset: 0; }

.hero-media { z-index: -2; }

.hero-media img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 58% center;
}

.hero-media::after {
  content: "";
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(6,9,11,.88) 0%, rgba(6,9,11,.52) 43%, rgba(6,9,11,.08) 74%),
    linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(6,9,11,.84) 0%, transparent 54%);
}

.hero-content {
  padding-block: clamp(160px, 24vh, 260px) clamp(42px, 7vw, 100px);
}

.hero h1 {
  max-width: 9.2ch;
  margin: 20px 0 28px;
  font: 400 clamp(3.7rem, 9.7vw, 10rem)/.82 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.hero-deck {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, 570px) auto;
  align-items: end;
  gap: 40px;
}

.hero-deck p {
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.78);
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.8vw, 1.4rem);
  line-height: 1.35;
}

.scroll-cue {
  justify-self: end;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  font: 700 .62rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.scroll-cue::after {
  content: "↓";
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.55);
  border-radius: 50%;
  font-size: 1rem;
}

/* ---------- landing: ticker tape ---------- */

.tape {
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--acid);
  border-block: 2px solid var(--ink);
  transform: rotate(-1.15deg) scale(1.02);
  transform-origin: center;
}

.tape-track {
  display: flex;
  width: max-content;
  padding: 12px 0;
  animation: ticker 28s linear infinite;
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.tape-track span::after {
  content: "✳";
  padding: 0 28px;
}

@keyframes ticker {
  to { transform: translateX(-50%); }
}

/* ---------- landing: statement ---------- */

.statement {
  padding: clamp(100px, 15vw, 220px) 0;
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.statement-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: .6fr 2.4fr;
  gap: clamp(40px, 8vw, 140px);
  align-items: start;
}

.statement h2 {
  max-width: 14ch;
  margin: 0;
  font: 400 clamp(3rem, 7.6vw, 8.4rem)/.94 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.055em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.statement h2 em {
  color: var(--orange);
  font-style: normal;
}

.statement-aside {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 24px;
  margin-top: clamp(50px, 8vw, 110px);
}

.statement-aside p {
  max-width: 43ch;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.4vw, 1.25rem);
}

.statement-aside .eyebrow { color: var(--orange); }

/* ---------- landing: featured essay ---------- */

.field-note {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.16fr) minmax(360px, .84fr);
  min-height: 820px;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: #fff;
}

.field-image {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 620px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.field-image img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.field-image--ink {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(40px, 6vw, 90px);
}

.field-image--ink p {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 10ch;
  color: var(--acid);
  font: 400 clamp(2.6rem, 5vw, 5.6rem)/.9 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transform: rotate(-3deg);
}

.field-stamp {
  position: absolute;
  top: 34px; left: 34px;
  width: 118px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--acid);
  border-radius: 50%;
  font: 700 .62rem/1.2 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transform: rotate(-10deg);
}

.field-copy {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 70px;
  padding: clamp(42px, 6.5vw, 110px);
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.2);
}

.field-copy h2 {
  max-width: 12ch;
  margin: 24px 0;
  font: 400 clamp(2.6rem, 4.6vw, 5.4rem)/.9 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.055em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.field-copy .field-desc {
  max-width: 38ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.66);
  font-size: 1.05rem;
}

.field-quote {
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.22);
  padding-top: 28px;
}

.article-quote {
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.88);
  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2.2vw, 2rem);
  line-height: 1.18;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
}

.read-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
  margin-top: 34px;
  color: var(--acid);
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.read-link::after {
  content: "→";
  font-size: 1rem;
  transition: transform .2s ease;
}

.read-link:hover::after { transform: translateX(5px); }

/* ---------- landing: areas + writing index ---------- */

.ledger { padding: clamp(100px, 12vw, 180px) 0; }

.section-top {
  display: flex;
  align-items: end;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 30px;
  margin-bottom: 50px;
}

.section-top h2 {
  margin: 10px 0 0;
  font: 400 clamp(3.5rem, 8vw, 8.5rem)/.86 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.section-top a {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-underline-offset: 7px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.stories {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.2fr .8fr;
  gap: 18px;
}

.story {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  display: block;
  background: var(--paper-2);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.story:hover .story-image img { transform: scale(1.035); }

.story-image {
  height: clamp(320px, 36vw, 600px);
  overflow: hidden;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
}

.story-image img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .7s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1);
}

.story-meta {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 20px;
  padding: 16px 18px 0;
}

.story-status {
  color: var(--orange);
  font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.story-num { font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono); }

.story h3 {
  margin: 24px 18px clamp(30px, 5vw, 80px);
  font: 400 clamp(2rem, 4vw, 5rem)/.93 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.story-side h3 { font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3vw, 3.4rem); }

.story-wide {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  color: #fff;
  background: var(--ink);
}

.story-wide .story-image {
  height: 480px;
  border: 0;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3);
}

.story-wide .story-copy {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.story-wide h3 {
  max-width: 10ch;
  margin-bottom: 34px;
}

.story-note {
  max-width: 44ch;
  margin: 0 18px clamp(24px, 3vw, 44px);
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.62);
  font-size: 1rem;
}

.index { margin-top: clamp(60px, 8vw, 110px); }

.index-head { margin-bottom: 18px; }
.index-head .eyebrow { color: var(--orange); }

.index-list {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.index-list li { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }

.index-list a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 11% 120px 1fr auto;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: 20px 0;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.index-num {
  font: 700 .68rem/1 var(--mono);
  color: rgba(17,17,15,.45);
}

.index-date {
  font: 400 .68rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(17,17,15,.55);
}

.index-title {
  font: 400 clamp(1.3rem, 2.4vw, 2.2rem)/1.02 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.03em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transition: color .15s ease;
}

.index-list a:hover .index-title { color: var(--orange); }

.index-tag {
  font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(17,17,15,.55);
}

.pagination {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  margin-top: 40px;
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.pagination a { text-decoration: none; }
.pagination a:hover { color: var(--orange); }

/* ---------- landing: method ---------- */

.rules {
  color: var(--paper);
  background: var(--orange);
  padding: clamp(90px, 12vw, 180px) 0;
  border-block: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.rules-head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 2fr;
  gap: 30px;
  margin-bottom: 70px;
}

.rules-head h2 {
  grid-column: 2;
  max-width: 8ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  font: 400 clamp(3.8rem, 9vw, 9rem)/.84 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.rule-list {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
  counter-reset: rule;
}

.rule-list li {
  counter-increment: rule;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 11% 52% 1fr;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: 24px 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.rule-list li::before {
  content: "0" counter(rule);
  font: 700 .68rem/1 var(--mono);
}

.rule-title {
  font: 400 clamp(1.6rem, 3.2vw, 3.7rem)/.95 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.rule-why {
  max-width: 34ch;
  font-size: .9rem;
}

/* ---------- landing: video theater ---------- */

.theater {
  color: var(--paper);
  background: var(--ink);
  padding: clamp(90px, 12vw, 170px) 0;
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.theater-top { margin-bottom: 44px; }
.theater .eyebrow { color: var(--acid); }
.theater .section-top a { color: var(--paper); }

.video-shell {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 1180px;
  margin-inline: auto;
  background: #000;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3);
}

.video-shell iframe,
.video-shell .video-facade {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border: 0;
}

.video-facade {
  padding: 0;
  background: none;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.video-facade img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: opacity .3s ease;
}

.video-facade:hover img { opacity: .82; }

.video-play {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%; left: 50%;
  width: clamp(90px, 10vw, 128px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--acid);
  border-radius: 50%;
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(-10deg);
  transition: transform .25s ease;
}

.video-facade:hover .video-play {
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(0deg) scale(1.06);
}

.video-meta {
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  max-width: 1180px;
  margin: 26px auto 0;
}

.video-meta h3 {
  max-width: 24ch;
  margin: 0;
  font: 400 clamp(1.5rem, 2.6vw, 2.6rem)/1 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.video-meta a {
  font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-underline-offset: 6px;
}

.video-meta a:hover { color: var(--acid); }

/* ---------- landing: about ---------- */

.pass { background: var(--paper); }

.pass-media {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 650px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.pass-media img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.pass-media::after {
  content: "MOSTLY THIS";
  position: absolute;
  left: 28px; bottom: 22px;
  color: var(--acid);
  font: 400 clamp(3rem, 7vw, 7rem)/.8 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  transform: rotate(-3deg);
}

.pass-copy { padding: clamp(50px, 7vw, 120px); }

.pass-copy h2 {
  margin: 18px 0 48px;
  font: 400 clamp(3.4rem, 7vw, 7rem)/.86 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-text {
  max-width: 38ch;
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.55vw, 1.3rem);
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.about-text + .about-text {
  color: rgba(17,17,15,.62);
  font-size: 1rem;
}

.about-link {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 28px;
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-underline-offset: 7px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* ---------- essays: hero ---------- */

.post-hero {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 88svh;
  display: grid;
  align-items: end;
  isolation: isolate;
  color: #fff;
  background: #1a2228;
}

.post-hero-media,
.post-hero-media::after { position: absolute; inset: 0; }

.post-hero-media { z-index: -2; }

.post-hero-media img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center 62%;
}

.post-hero-media::after {
  content: "";
  background:
    linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(6,9,11,.92) 0%, rgba(6,9,11,.35) 55%, rgba(6,9,11,.25) 100%);
}

.post-hero--ink {
  min-height: 0;
  background: var(--ink);
}

.post-hero--ink .post-hero-content {
  padding-block: clamp(140px, 18vh, 200px) clamp(42px, 6vw, 80px);
}

.post-stamp {
  position: absolute;
  top: 110px; right: 4vw;
  width: 108px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--acid);
  border-radius: 50%;
  font: 700 .62rem/1.2 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  transform: rotate(10deg);
}

.post-hero-content {
  padding-block: clamp(150px, 22vh, 220px) clamp(42px, 6vw, 80px);
}

.post-hero .eyebrow { color: var(--acid); }
.post-hero .eyebrow a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
.post-hero .eyebrow a:hover { text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px; }

.post-hero h1 {
  max-width: 16ch;
  margin: 20px 0 26px;
  font: 400 clamp(2.6rem, 6.4vw, 6.6rem)/.9 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.055em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

.post-deck {
  display: flex;
  align-items: end;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 40px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.post-deck p {
  max-width: 52ch;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.78);
  font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 1.6vw, 1.3rem);
  line-height: 1.4;
}

.post-facts {
  display: flex;
  gap: 28px;
  font: 700 .61rem/1.6 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.6);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

/* ---------- essays: article ---------- */

.post { padding: clamp(70px, 9vw, 140px) 0 clamp(90px, 10vw, 160px); }

.post-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(200px, 1fr) minmax(0, 68ch) minmax(60px, 1fr);
  gap: clamp(30px, 4vw, 70px);
}

.post-rail { position: relative; }

.rail-stick {
  position: sticky;
  top: 40px;
  display: grid;
  gap: 26px;
}

.rail-stick .eyebrow { color: var(--orange); }

.rail-note {
  margin: 0;
  padding-top: 14px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
  font: 400 clamp(1.2rem, 1.6vw, 1.65rem)/1.05 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.03em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.rail-back {
  font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.rail-back:hover { color: var(--orange); }

.rail-nav {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 14px 0 0;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
  display: grid;
  gap: 8px;
}

.rail-nav a,
.rail-nav span {
  font: 700 .61rem/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: rgba(17,17,15,.6);
}

.rail-nav span { color: var(--orange); }
.rail-nav a:hover { color: var(--ink); }

.post-end {
  margin-top: clamp(50px, 6vw, 90px);
  padding-top: 26px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 24px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  font: 700 .61rem/1.7 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.post-end a { text-underline-offset: 6px; }
.post-end a:hover { color: var(--orange); }

/* ---------- essays: read next ---------- */

.next-essay {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  color: #fff;
  background: var(--ink);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-block: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.next-media {
  min-height: 340px;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3);
}

.next-media img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .7s cubic-bezier(.2,.7,.2,1);
}

.next-essay:hover .next-media img { transform: scale(1.035); }

.next-media--ink {
  display: grid;
  align-items: center;
  padding: clamp(30px, 4vw, 60px);
}

.next-media--ink p {
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 12ch;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.28);
  font: 400 clamp(2.2rem, 4vw, 4.4rem)/.9 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.next-copy {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 40px;
  padding: clamp(30px, 4vw, 60px);
}

.next-copy .eyebrow { color: var(--acid); }

.next-copy h2 {
  margin: 18px 0 0;
  font: 400 clamp(1.9rem, 3.4vw, 3.6rem)/.95 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.045em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  max-width: 14ch;
}

.next-cue {
  color: var(--acid);
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* ---------- ink page-head band (paginator 2+, topics, 404) ---------- */

.ink-head {
  color: #fff;
  background: var(--ink);
  padding: clamp(140px, 20vh, 200px) 0 clamp(42px, 6vw, 80px);
}

.ink-head .eyebrow { color: var(--acid); }
.ink-head .eyebrow a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
.ink-head .eyebrow a:hover { text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px; }

.ink-head h1,
.ink-head h2 {
  margin: 18px 0 0;
  font: 400 clamp(2.8rem, 7vw, 7.5rem)/.86 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.ink-head .deck {
  max-width: 60ch;
  margin: 26px 0 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.4vw, 1.25rem);
  line-height: 1.5;
}

/* ---------- topics ---------- */

.topic-intro {
  max-width: 68ch;
  font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.25vw, 1.16rem);
  line-height: 1.62;
}

.topic-intro p { margin: 0 0 1.2em; }

.topic-chips {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 10px;
  margin: 26px 0 0;
}

.topic-chips a {
  padding: 9px 12px;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.topic-chips a:hover {
  color: var(--paper);
  background: var(--ink);
}

.feed-link {
  font: 700 .61rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-underline-offset: 6px;
}

/* ---------- markdown mapping (essay + cornerstone prose) ---------- */

.post-body { counter-reset: sec; }

.post-body p {
  margin: 0 0 1.35em;
  font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.25vw, 1.16rem);
  line-height: 1.62;
}

.post-body > p:first-child {
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.6vw, 1.4rem);
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.post-body a {
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-decoration-color: var(--orange);
  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
  text-underline-offset: 3px;
}

.post-body a:hover { color: var(--orange); }

.post-body h2 {
  counter-increment: sec;
  margin: 2.4em 0 .9em;
  font: 400 clamp(1.6rem, 2.6vw, 2.6rem)/1 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.post-body h2::before {
  content: "Section 0" counter(sec);
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  color: var(--orange);
  font: 700 .68rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .1em;
}

.post-body h3 {
  margin: 1.8em 0 .7em;
  font: 400 clamp(1.2rem, 1.8vw, 1.6rem)/1.1 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.03em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.post-body ul {
  margin: 0 0 1.35em;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.post-body ul li {
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: .55em;
  padding-left: 26px;
  font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.25vw, 1.16rem);
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.post-body ul li::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: .52em; left: 0;
  width: 10px; height: 10px;
  background: var(--orange);
}

.post-body ol {
  margin: 0 0 1.35em;
  padding-left: 1.4em;
}

.post-body ol li {
  margin-bottom: .55em;
  font-size: clamp(1.02rem, 1.25vw, 1.16rem);
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.post-body ol li::marker {
  font: 700 .8em var(--mono);
  color: var(--orange);
}

.post-body blockquote {
  margin: 2.2em 0;
  padding-block: 26px;
  border-block: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.post-body blockquote p {
  margin: 0;
  font: 400 clamp(1.5rem, 2.6vw, 2.4rem)/1.05 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.post-body pre {
  margin: 2em 0;
  padding: 26px 28px;
  color: var(--acid);
  background: var(--ink);
  font: 700 clamp(.8rem, 1.4vw, 1.05rem)/1.5 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  overflow-x: auto;
}

.post-body pre code { color: inherit; font: inherit; }

.post-body code {
  padding: .1em .3em;
  background: var(--paper-2);
  color: var(--ink);
  font: 700 .85em var(--mono);
}

.post-body hr {
  margin: 2.4em 0;
  border: 0;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
  opacity: 1;
}

.post-body table {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0 0 1.35em;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  font-size: .95rem;
}

.post-body th {
  text-align: left;
  font: 700 .65rem/1.4 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.post-body th, .post-body td {
  padding: 10px 14px 10px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}

/* ---------- 404 ---------- */

.lost {
  color: #fff;
  background: var(--ink);
  padding: clamp(160px, 26vh, 280px) 0 clamp(90px, 12vw, 160px);
}

.lost h1 {
  margin: 20px 0 30px;
  font: 400 clamp(3.4rem, 9vw, 9rem)/.84 var(--display);
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.lost h1 span { color: var(--orange); }

.lost-links {
  display: flex;
  gap: 28px;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  font: 700 .66rem/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.lost-links a { color: var(--acid); text-underline-offset: 6px; }

/* ---------- media queries ---------- */

@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .post-grid {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 68ch);
    justify-content: center;
  }
  .post-rail { order: -1; }
  .rail-stick {
    position: static;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
    align-items: start;
    margin-bottom: 34px;
  }
  .rail-note { max-width: 14ch; }
}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .frame { width: min(100% - 28px, 1500px); }
  .nav-inner { grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; min-height: 68px; }
  .nav-links { display: none; }
  .hero-deck { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .scroll-cue { display: none; }
  .statement-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .statement-grid > .eyebrow { color: var(--orange); }
  .statement-aside { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .field-note { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .field-image { min-height: 75svh; }
  .field-image--ink { min-height: 0; }
  .field-copy { border: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.2); }
  .stories { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .story-wide { grid-column: auto; grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .story-wide .story-image { height: 420px; border: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3); }
  .index-list a { grid-template-columns: 55px 1fr auto; }
  .index-num { display: none; }
  .rules-head { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .rules-head h2 { grid-column: 1; }
  .rule-list li { grid-template-columns: 55px 1fr; }
  .rule-why { grid-column: 2; }
  .next-essay { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .next-media { min-height: 260px; border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3); }
  .pass-media { min-height: 520px; }
}

@media (max-width: 560px) {
  body { font-size: 16px; }
  .hero h1 { font-size: clamp(2.7rem, 14vw, 5.4rem); }
  .hero-media img { object-position: 63% center; }
  .hero-media::after {
    background:
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(6,9,11,.8), rgba(6,9,11,.2)),
      linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(6,9,11,.92) 4%, rgba(6,9,11,.12) 80%);
  }
  .statement h2 { font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 11vw, 4.6rem); }
  .field-image { min-height: 60svh; }
  .field-stamp { top: 20px; left: 20px; width: 90px; font-size: .52rem; }
  .section-top { align-items: start; flex-direction: column; }
  .section-top h2 { font-size: clamp(3rem, 15vw, 5rem); }
  .story-image, .story-wide .story-image { height: 370px; }
  .story h3, .story-side h3 { font-size: clamp(2rem, 10vw, 3.2rem); }
  .index-list a { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 8px; }
  .index-date, .index-tag { display: none; }
  .rules-head h2 { font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 17vw, 5.5rem); }
  .rule-list li { gap: 12px; }
  .pass-media { min-height: 460px; }
  .post-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(2rem, 9.6vw, 3.4rem); }
  .post-facts { gap: 18px; flex-wrap: wrap; white-space: normal; }
  .post-stamp { display: none; }
  .rail-stick { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 16px; }
  .newsletter h2 { font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 13vw, 4.2rem); }
  .signup { display: grid; }
  .signup button { padding: 22px 0; text-align: left; }
}

/* ---------- a11y ---------- */

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  .tape-track { animation: none; }
  .story-image img,
  .next-media img,
  .video-play,
  .read-link::after { transition: none; }
}