:root {
  --ink: #111813;
  --muted: #59635b;
  --paper: #f4f1e9;
  --paper-deep: #e8e3d7;
  --white: #fffef9;
  --line: #c8c7bd;
  --forge: #1c8f34;
  --forge-dark: #126225;
  --signal: #2fb94a;
  --orange: #e76532;
  --max: 1240px;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body {
  margin: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--paper);
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
a { color: inherit; }
.sr-only { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0,0,0,0); white-space: nowrap; }
.honey { position: absolute !important; left: -10000px !important; width: 1px !important; height: 1px !important; }

.signal-bar {
  min-height: 34px;
  padding: 8px max(22px, calc((100vw - var(--max)) / 2));
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  background: var(--signal);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
  font: 700 11px/1.2 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.brief-header {
  width: min(var(--max), calc(100% - 44px));
  min-height: 90px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
}
.brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; text-decoration: none; }
.brand img { display: block; padding: 7px; background: var(--ink); border-radius: 2px; }
.brand span { display: grid; gap: 1px; }
.brand strong { font-size: 20px; line-height: 1; letter-spacing: -.04em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.brand small { font: 700 10px/1.2 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; color: var(--forge-dark); letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.brief-header nav { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 32px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; }
.brief-header nav a { text-decoration: none; }
.brief-header nav a:not(.nav-cta):hover { color: var(--forge-dark); }
.nav-cta { padding: 12px 18px; color: white; background: var(--ink); border: 1px solid var(--ink); }
.nav-cta:hover { color: var(--ink); background: var(--signal); }

.brief-hero {
  width: min(var(--max), calc(100% - 44px));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 68px 0 76px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
}
.hero-kicker, .panel-index, .result-card > span {
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  color: var(--forge-dark);
  font: 700 11px/1.3 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace;
  letter-spacing: .13em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.hero-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.4fr) minmax(330px, .6fr); gap: 80px; align-items: end; }
.brief-hero h1 {
  max-width: 840px;
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(53px, 7.3vw, 104px);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .91;
  letter-spacing: -.065em;
}
.brief-hero h1 em { color: var(--forge-dark); font-weight: 400; }
.hero-intro > p { max-width: 500px; margin: 0 0 28px; color: #364039; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.55; }
.hero-intro > small { display: block; margin-top: 10px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5; }

.subscribe-form { position: relative; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto; }
.subscribe-form input[type=email] {
  min-width: 0;
  height: 50px;
  padding: 0 15px;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  border-right: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  font: 14px/1 Arial, sans-serif;
  outline: none;
}
.subscribe-form input[type=email]:focus { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--forge); }
.subscribe-form button {
  min-height: 50px;
  padding: 0 18px;
  color: white;
  background: var(--ink);
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  border-radius: 0;
  cursor: pointer;
  font: 700 11px/1.2 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace;
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.subscribe-form button:hover { color: var(--ink); background: var(--signal); }
.subscribe-form button:disabled { opacity: .55; cursor: wait; }
.form-status { grid-column: 1 / -1; min-height: 18px; margin: 8px 0 0; font-size: 12px; }
.form-status.is-error { color: #9c241d; }

.latest-section, .related {
  width: min(var(--max), calc(100% - 44px));
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 74px 0 92px;
}
.section-heading {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 180px 1fr auto;
  align-items: end;
  gap: 24px;
  padding-bottom: 18px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink);
}
.section-heading p, .section-heading span { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 700 10px/1.3 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .11em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.section-heading h2 { margin: 0; font: 400 clamp(32px, 4vw, 54px)/.95 Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -.04em; }

.story-card { min-width: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.featured-story { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 180px 1fr; gap: 24px; padding: 48px 0 56px; border-bottom-color: var(--ink); }
.story-number { color: var(--forge-dark); font: 700 10px/1.3 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.story-copy { min-width: 0; }
.story-meta { display: flex; gap: 18px; margin-bottom: 18px; color: var(--muted); font: 700 10px/1.3 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .07em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.story-copy h2 { max-width: 950px; margin: 0 0 18px; font: 400 clamp(31px, 4.6vw, 67px)/1.02 Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -.045em; text-wrap: balance; }
.story-copy h2 a { text-decoration: none; background-image: linear-gradient(var(--forge-dark), var(--forge-dark)); background-position: 0 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 0 2px; transition: background-size .25s ease; }
.story-copy h2 a:hover { background-size: 100% 2px; }
.story-copy > p { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 0 27px; color: var(--muted); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.65; }
.story-bottom { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 24px; }
.tag-row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 7px; }
.brief-tag { padding: 5px 8px 4px; border: 1px solid var(--line); font: 700 9px/1.1 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .05em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.read-link { flex: 0 0 auto; color: var(--forge-dark); font: 700 11px/1.2 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .06em; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; }
.read-link span { display: inline-block; transition: transform .2s ease; }
.read-link:hover span { transform: translateX(4px); }

.story-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); border-left: 1px solid var(--line); }
.story-grid .story-card { padding: 38px; border-right: 1px solid var(--line); }
.story-grid .story-number { margin-bottom: 28px; }
.story-grid .story-copy h2 { font-size: clamp(28px, 3.2vw, 45px); }
.story-grid .story-bottom { align-items: flex-end; }
.empty-state { padding: 70px 0; }
.empty-state h2 { font: 400 42px/1.05 Georgia, serif; }

.newsletter-panel {
  width: min(var(--max), calc(100% - 44px));
  margin: 0 auto 92px;
  padding: 54px;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr minmax(340px, .72fr);
  gap: 90px;
  color: white;
  background: var(--ink);
  border-top: 7px solid var(--signal);
}
.newsletter-panel h2 { max-width: 650px; margin: 0; font: 400 clamp(38px, 5vw, 65px)/.98 Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.newsletter-panel p { margin: 0 0 25px; color: #c8d0ca; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.55; }
.newsletter-panel .panel-index { color: var(--signal); }
.newsletter-panel .subscribe-form input[type=email] { background: #f5f4ed; }
.newsletter-panel .subscribe-form button { color: var(--ink); background: var(--signal); border-color: var(--signal); }

.brief-footer {
  padding: 52px max(22px, calc((100vw - var(--max)) / 2));
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
  gap: 28px;
  color: #d7ddd8;
  background: #0b100d;
  border-top: 1px solid #313a33;
}
.brief-footer strong { color: white; font: 400 24px/1.2 Georgia, serif; }
.brief-footer p { max-width: 590px; margin: 8px 0 0; color: #8f9b92; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.55; }
.footer-links { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: start; gap: 22px; font-size: 12px; }
.footer-links a { text-decoration: none; }
.footer-links a:hover { color: var(--signal); }
.brief-footer .copyright { grid-column: 1 / -1; padding-top: 28px; border-top: 1px solid #313a33; font: 10px/1 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; text-transform: uppercase; }

.article-main { width: min(var(--max), calc(100% - 44px)); margin: 0 auto; }
.breadcrumb { display: flex; gap: 10px; padding: 24px 0; color: var(--muted); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); font: 700 10px/1.2 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.breadcrumb a { color: var(--forge-dark); text-decoration: none; }
.article-header { padding: 72px max(0px, calc((100% - 1050px) / 2)) 55px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ink); }
.article-header h1 { max-width: 1050px; margin: 23px 0 28px; font: 400 clamp(48px, 7vw, 96px)/.94 Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -.06em; text-wrap: balance; }
.article-deck { max-width: 780px; margin: 0 0 31px; color: #465148; font: 20px/1.55 Georgia, serif; }
.article-byline { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 700 10px/1.2 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.article-byline span, .article-byline time { padding-right: 15px; margin-right: 15px; border-right: 1px solid var(--line); }
.article-byline :last-child { border: 0; }
.article-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 150px minmax(0, 710px) minmax(230px, 1fr); gap: 52px; padding: 65px 0 90px; align-items: start; }
.share-rail { position: sticky; top: 28px; display: grid; gap: 14px; color: var(--muted); font: 700 9px/1.4 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.share-rail a { color: var(--forge-dark); text-decoration: none; }
.article-body { min-width: 0; font: 18px/1.78 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; }
.article-body > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
.article-body p { margin: 0 0 1.5em; }
.article-body h2 { margin: 2.1em 0 .72em; font: 400 38px/1.08 Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -.035em; }
.article-body h3 { margin: 1.8em 0 .7em; font: 700 24px/1.2 Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -.025em; }
.article-body ul, .article-body ol { margin: 0 0 1.6em; padding-left: 1.4em; }
.article-body li { margin-bottom: .65em; padding-left: .35em; }
.article-body blockquote { margin: 2em 0; padding: 10px 0 10px 28px; color: #2f4434; border-left: 4px solid var(--forge); font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.45; }
.article-body a { color: var(--forge-dark); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 3px; }
.article-body hr { margin: 3em 0; border: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
.article-body table { width: 100%; margin: 2em 0; border-collapse: collapse; font: 14px/1.45 Arial, sans-serif; }
.article-body th, .article-body td { padding: 12px; text-align: left; border: 1px solid var(--line); }
.article-body th { background: var(--paper-deep); }
.article-subscribe { position: sticky; top: 28px; padding: 25px; background: var(--paper-deep); border-top: 4px solid var(--forge); }
.article-subscribe > span { color: var(--forge-dark); font: 700 9px/1.2 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; letter-spacing: .09em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.article-subscribe h2 { margin: 13px 0; font: 400 28px/1.08 Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -.03em; }
.article-subscribe > p { color: var(--muted); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; }
.article-subscribe .subscribe-form { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
.article-subscribe .subscribe-form input[type=email] { border-right: 1px solid var(--ink); }
.article-subscribe .subscribe-form button { margin-top: 7px; }
.related { border-top: 1px solid var(--ink); }
.related .story-grid { margin-top: 0; }

.result-page { min-height: 60vh; padding: 90px 22px; display: grid; place-items: center; }
.result-card { width: min(680px, 100%); padding: 55px; background: var(--white); border-top: 7px solid var(--signal); box-shadow: 0 24px 70px rgba(17,24,19,.12); }
.result-card h1 { margin: 0 0 20px; font: 400 clamp(44px, 7vw, 72px)/.95 Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: -.05em; }
.result-card p { color: var(--muted); font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.6; }
.result-card a { display: inline-block; margin-top: 18px; padding: 14px 18px; color: white; background: var(--ink); font: 700 11px/1 "IBM Plex Mono", "Courier New", monospace; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; }

@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .hero-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 45px; }
  .hero-intro { max-width: 610px; }
  .newsletter-panel { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 42px; }
  .article-layout { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 260px; }
  .share-rail { display: none; }
}

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .signal-bar span:last-child { display: none; }
  .brief-header { min-height: 76px; width: min(100% - 30px, var(--max)); }
  .brand img { width: 36px; height: 36px; }
  .brief-header nav { gap: 0; }
  .brief-header nav a:not(.nav-cta) { display: none; }
  .nav-cta { padding: 10px 13px; }
  .brief-hero, .latest-section, .newsletter-panel, .article-main, .related { width: min(100% - 30px, var(--max)); }
  .brief-hero { padding: 50px 0 58px; }
  .brief-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(46px, 14vw, 68px); }
  .hero-intro > p { font-size: 16px; }
  .subscribe-form { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .subscribe-form input[type=email] { border-right: 1px solid var(--ink); }
  .subscribe-form button { margin-top: 7px; }
  .section-heading { grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; }
  .section-heading p { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
  .section-heading span { text-align: right; }
  .featured-story { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding: 34px 0 44px; }
  .story-copy h2 { font-size: 38px; }
  .story-bottom { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; }
  .story-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .story-grid .story-card { padding: 32px 0; border-right: 0; }
  .newsletter-panel { margin-bottom: 0; padding: 35px 25px; }
  .brief-footer { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .article-header { padding: 50px 0 42px; }
  .article-header h1 { font-size: clamp(44px, 13vw, 68px); }
  .article-deck { font-size: 18px; }
  .article-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 45px; padding-top: 45px; }
  .article-subscribe { position: static; }
  .article-body { font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.72; }
  .article-body h2 { font-size: 32px; }
  .result-card { padding: 36px 25px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  *, *::before, *::after { transition-duration: .01ms !important; }
}