/* Space Cowboy TV: Z-Clusive.
   A 90s teen magazine collage crossed with a post-modern 2000s web. Nothing here is a fixed system:
   z.js re-rolls the palette, fonts, card skins, tilts, overlaps, stickers and the article layout on
   every visit. These styles are the starting mess and the readable fallback without JavaScript.
   See DESIGN.md: possibilities, never rules. */

:root {
  --paper: #ffe3f3; --ink: #1a0026; --a: #ff2fa3; --b: #b6ff1a; --c: #00d9ff;
  --on-a: #111; --on-b: #111; --on-c: #111;
  --sheet: #fffdf8; --sheet-ink: #17111f;
  --f-head: "Bungee", "Arial Black", Impact, sans-serif;
  --f-alt: "Permanent Marker", "Comic Sans MS", cursive;
  --f-pix: "VT323", "Courier New", monospace;
  --f-body: "Space Grotesk", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
  --tilt: -2deg;
  color-scheme: light;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root:not([data-pal]) { --paper: #0d0221; --ink: #f6f0ff; --a: #ff00e6; --b: #00fff0; --c: #f5ff00; --sheet: #1b1030; --sheet-ink: #f6f0ff; color-scheme: dark; }
}

*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body {
  margin: 0; background: var(--paper); color: var(--ink);
  font: 400 1.0625rem/1.6 var(--f-body);
  overflow-x: hidden; min-height: 100vh;
}
img { max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; }
a { color: inherit; }
:focus-visible { outline: 3px dashed var(--a); outline-offset: 3px; }
.vh, .skip:not(:focus) { position: absolute !important; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0 0 0 0); white-space: nowrap; }
.skip:focus { position: fixed; top: 8px; left: 8px; z-index: 999; background: var(--b); color: var(--on-b); padding: .5rem 1rem; font-weight: 700; }

/* ---------- backgrounds (z.js picks one; bg-dots is the fallback) ---------- */
body.bg-dots { background-image: radial-gradient(color-mix(in srgb, var(--a) 28%, transparent) 1.6px, transparent 1.8px); background-size: 18px 18px; }
body.bg-check { background-image: conic-gradient(color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 9%, transparent) 25%, transparent 0 50%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 9%, transparent) 0 75%, transparent 0); background-size: 56px 56px; }
body.bg-grid { background-image: linear-gradient(color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 30%, transparent) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 30%, transparent) 1px, transparent 1px); background-size: 26px 26px; }
body.bg-lines { background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(transparent 0 31px, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 45%, transparent) 31px 32px); }
body.bg-sky { background-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 40% 12% at 20% 18%, #fff9 60%, transparent 62%), radial-gradient(ellipse 30% 9% at 78% 40%, #fff8 60%, transparent 62%), radial-gradient(ellipse 36% 10% at 40% 75%, #fff7 60%, transparent 62%), linear-gradient(180deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 55%, var(--paper)), var(--paper)); background-attachment: fixed; }
body.bg-stripe { background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--b) 22%, transparent) 0 14px, transparent 14px 40px); }
body.bg-scan { background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 7%, transparent) 0 2px, transparent 2px 5px), radial-gradient(circle at 30% 20%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--a) 30%, transparent), transparent 55%), radial-gradient(circle at 80% 80%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 30%, transparent), transparent 55%); background-attachment: fixed; }
body.bg-stars { background-image: radial-gradient(circle, var(--c) 1px, transparent 1.5px), radial-gradient(circle, var(--a) 1.4px, transparent 2px); background-size: 61px 61px, 97px 97px; background-position: 0 0, 30px 40px; }
body.bg-mesh { background-image: radial-gradient(at 10% 10%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--a) 45%, transparent), transparent 45%), radial-gradient(at 90% 20%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--b) 45%, transparent), transparent 45%), radial-gradient(at 50% 90%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 45%, transparent), transparent 50%); background-attachment: fixed; }

/* ---------- marquee + top bar ---------- */
.ticker { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); font: 1.15rem/1 var(--f-pix); overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; padding: .35rem 0; border-bottom: 3px solid var(--a); }
.ticker span { display: inline-block; padding-left: 100%; animation: tick 38s linear infinite; }
.ticker b { color: var(--b); font-weight: 400; }
@keyframes tick { to { transform: translateX(-100%); } }

.top { position: relative; z-index: 20; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: .6rem 1rem; padding: .9rem clamp(.8rem, 3vw, 2rem); }
.logo { text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; transform: rotate(var(--tilt)); }
.logo .w { font: 400 clamp(1.7rem, 6vw, 3.1rem)/.9 var(--f-head); letter-spacing: -.01em; color: var(--ink); text-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--a), 6px 6px 0 var(--c); display: block; }
.logo .z { display: inline-block; margin-top: .35rem; font: 1rem/1 var(--f-alt); background: var(--b); color: var(--on-b); padding: .2rem .55rem; transform: rotate(4deg); box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--ink); }
.nav { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .45rem; list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.nav a { display: inline-block; text-decoration: none; font: 1.25rem/1 var(--f-pix); padding: .35rem .7rem .3rem; background: var(--sheet); color: var(--sheet-ink); border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--ink); }
.nav li:nth-child(2n) a { transform: rotate(2deg); }
.nav li:nth-child(3n) a { transform: rotate(-3deg); background: var(--c); color: var(--on-c); }
.nav a:hover { background: var(--a); color: var(--on-a); }

/* ---------- the remix button (z.js) ---------- */
.remix { position: fixed; right: max(12px, env(safe-area-inset-right)); bottom: max(14px, env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); z-index: 60; font: 1.15rem/1 var(--f-pix); padding: .6rem .85rem; background: var(--b); color: var(--on-b); border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 4px 4px 0 var(--ink); cursor: pointer; transform: rotate(-4deg); }
.remix:hover { transform: rotate(3deg) scale(1.06); }
.remix[hidden] { display: none; }

/* ---------- home feed: a collage, not a grid ---------- */
.feed { position: relative; max-width: 1180px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 1rem clamp(.6rem, 3vw, 2rem) 4rem; }
.cover { position: relative; margin: .5rem auto 2.5rem; max-width: 1060px; }
.cover-link { display: block; text-decoration: none; color: inherit; }
.cover-pic { position: relative; width: min(100%, 720px); margin-left: auto; transform: rotate(1.5deg); border: 10px solid var(--sheet); box-shadow: 8px 10px 0 var(--ink); background: var(--c); }
.cover-pic img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3 / 2; object-fit: cover; }
.cover-pic::before, .cover-pic::after { content: ""; position: absolute; width: 120px; height: 30px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--b) 75%, #fff8); top: -14px; z-index: 2; }
.cover-pic::before { left: 8%; transform: rotate(-8deg); }
.cover-pic::after { right: 6%; transform: rotate(6deg); }
.cover-text { position: relative; z-index: 3; margin-top: -4.5rem; max-width: 760px; }
.cover-kick { display: inline-block; font: 1.2rem/1 var(--f-pix); background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); padding: .3rem .6rem; transform: rotate(-3deg); }
.cover-h { margin: .4rem 0 .6rem; font: 400 clamp(2.2rem, 7.5vw, 5.4rem)/.92 var(--f-head); color: var(--ink); text-shadow: 4px 4px 0 var(--a); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.cover-dek { display: inline-block; max-width: 34rem; background: var(--sheet); color: var(--sheet-ink); padding: .7rem .9rem; font-size: 1.05rem; transform: rotate(-1deg); box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--c); border: 2px solid var(--ink); }
.coverlines { list-style: none; margin: 1.2rem 0 0; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .6rem 1rem; }
.coverlines li { font: 1.25rem/1.1 var(--f-alt); background: var(--a); color: var(--on-a); padding: .35rem .7rem; border-radius: 999px; transform: rotate(calc(var(--r, 1) * 1deg)); }
.coverlines li:nth-child(2n) { background: var(--b); color: var(--on-b); --r: -3; }
.coverlines li:nth-child(3n) { background: var(--c); color: var(--on-c); --r: 4; border-radius: .2rem; }

.pile { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; position: relative; }
.zc { position: relative; width: min(100%, 560px); margin: 0 0 1.6rem; transform: rotate(var(--rot, 0deg)); z-index: var(--z, 1); transition: transform .25s; }
.zc:nth-child(odd) { margin-left: auto; --rot: 2deg; }
.zc:nth-child(3n) { --rot: -3deg; margin-left: 12%; }
.zc:hover, .zc:focus-within { transform: rotate(0deg) scale(1.02); z-index: 40; }
.zc-link { display: block; text-decoration: none; color: inherit; }
.zc-bar { display: none; }
.zc-pic { display: block; background: var(--c); }
.zc-pic img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3 / 2; object-fit: cover; }
.zc-body { display: block; padding: .8rem 1rem 1rem; }
.zc-kick { display: inline-block; font: 1.1rem/1 var(--f-pix); background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); padding: .2rem .45rem; }
.zc-h { margin: .4rem 0 .3rem; font: 400 clamp(1.35rem, 3.6vw, 2rem)/1.02 var(--f-head); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.zc-dek { display: block; font-size: .98rem; }

/* card skins: z.js gives each card one; skin-mag is the fallback */
.zc, .skin-mag .zc-link { --card: var(--sheet); --card-ink: var(--sheet-ink); }
.skin-mag .zc-link { background: var(--card); color: var(--card-ink); border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 7px 7px 0 var(--a); clip-path: polygon(0 2%, 6% 0, 18% 1.5%, 33% 0, 52% 1.8%, 70% 0, 88% 1.2%, 100% 0, 99% 30%, 100% 58%, 98.6% 100%, 76% 98.4%, 54% 100%, 31% 98.2%, 12% 100%, 0 98.6%, 1% 64%, 0 34%); }
.skin-mag .zc-h { color: var(--card-ink); }

.skin-win .zc-link { background: #ece9d8; color: #111; border: 3px solid #0a246a; border-radius: 8px 8px 3px 3px; box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 70%, transparent); overflow: hidden; }
.skin-win .zc-bar { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #2a6af1, #0a3fc2 45%, #1557d6); color: #fff; font: 700 .85rem/1 Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; padding: .35rem .5rem; }
.skin-win .zc-btns { letter-spacing: .3em; font-family: var(--f-pix); font-size: 1.1rem; }
.skin-win .zc-pic { border: 2px inset #fff; margin: .5rem .5rem 0; }
.skin-win .zc-kick { background: #316ac5; color: #fff; }

.skin-aim .zc-link { background: #fff; color: #111; border: 2px solid #8c8c8c; box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--ink); font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; }
.skin-aim .zc-bar { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #fcd847, #e9a700); color: #111; font: 700 .8rem/1 Verdana, sans-serif; padding: .3rem .5rem; }
.skin-aim .zc-pic { width: 42%; float: right; margin: .6rem .6rem .3rem .6rem; border: 2px solid #111; }
.skin-aim .zc-body::before { content: "SpaceCowboyTV: omg did u see this"; display: block; font: 700 .8rem/1.4 Verdana, sans-serif; color: #c00; margin-bottom: .35rem; }
.skin-aim .zc-h { font-family: "Arial Black", var(--f-head); color: #0000c8; font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 3vw, 1.45rem); }
.skin-aim .zc-kick { background: #e9a700; color: #111; }
.skin-aim .zc-link::after { content: ""; display: block; clear: both; }

.skin-polar .zc-link { background: #fff; color: #111; padding: .75rem .75rem 0; box-shadow: 4px 8px 18px #0005; }
.skin-polar .zc-body { padding: .6rem .2rem 1.1rem; text-align: center; }
.skin-polar .zc-h { font-family: var(--f-alt); font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 3.4vw, 1.9rem); }
.skin-polar .zc-kick { background: none; color: #555; font-family: var(--f-alt); }
.skin-polar::before { content: ""; position: absolute; top: -12px; left: 40%; width: 110px; height: 28px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 70%, #fff8); transform: rotate(-4deg); z-index: 2; }

.skin-note .zc-link { background: #fff9a8; color: #222; box-shadow: 2px 10px 14px #0004; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(transparent 0 27px, #8ab4f8 27px 28px); }
.skin-note .zc-h { font-family: var(--f-alt); color: #1a1a8c; }
.skin-note .zc-pic { width: 55%; margin: 1rem auto 0; transform: rotate(-3deg); border: 6px solid #fff; }
.skin-note .zc-kick { background: #ff5a8a; color: #fff; }

.skin-ticket .zc-link { background: var(--b); color: var(--on-b); border-radius: 14px; -webkit-mask: radial-gradient(circle 14px at 0 50%, #0000 98%, #000) left / 51% 100% no-repeat, radial-gradient(circle 14px at 100% 50%, #0000 98%, #000) right / 51% 100% no-repeat; mask: radial-gradient(circle 14px at 0 50%, #0000 98%, #000) left / 51% 100% no-repeat, radial-gradient(circle 14px at 100% 50%, #0000 98%, #000) right / 51% 100% no-repeat; }
.skin-ticket .zc-body { border-top: 3px dashed currentColor; }
.skin-ticket .zc-pic { margin: .8rem .8rem 0; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; }
.skin-ticket .zc-kick { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); }

.skin-myspace .zc-link { background: #fff; color: #222; border: 1px solid #6698cb; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 var(--c); }
.skin-myspace .zc-bar { display: block; background: #6698cb; color: #fff; font: 700 .85rem/1 Verdana, sans-serif; padding: .35rem .5rem; }
.skin-myspace .zc-bar .zc-btns { display: none; }
.skin-myspace .zc-pic { width: 36%; float: left; margin: .6rem; border: 1px solid #6698cb; }
.skin-myspace .zc-h { font: 700 1.2rem/1.2 Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color: #f60; }
.skin-myspace .zc-kick { background: #ffcc99; color: #222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: .75rem; }
.skin-myspace .zc-link::after { content: ""; display: block; clear: both; }

.skin-cd .zc-link { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f7f7f7, #cfd6e0 45%, #fdfdfd 55%, #b9c2cf); color: #111; border-radius: 6px; border: 2px solid #999; box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 var(--ink); padding: .6rem; }
.skin-cd .zc-pic { border-radius: 50%; overflow: hidden; width: 70%; margin: .4rem auto; aspect-ratio: 1; border: 8px solid #e3e7ee; box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 30px #0000, 0 0 0 2px #888; position: relative; }
.skin-cd .zc-pic img { aspect-ratio: 1; height: 100%; }
.skin-cd .zc-pic::after { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 40%; border-radius: 50%; background: #e3e7ee; box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px #aaa; }
.skin-cd .zc-h { font-family: var(--f-alt); }

.skin-news .zc-link { background: #f3efe4; color: #111; border: 1px solid #111; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--ink); }
.skin-news .zc-bar { display: block; text-align: center; font: 900 1.1rem/1.2 "Old English Text MT", "UnifrakturMaguntia", Georgia, serif; border-bottom: 3px double #111; padding: .4rem; }
.skin-news .zc-bar .zc-btns { display: none; }
.skin-news .zc-pic { filter: grayscale(1) contrast(1.15); margin: .6rem; }
.skin-news .zc-h { font: 900 clamp(1.4rem, 3.4vw, 2rem)/1 Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; text-transform: uppercase; }
.skin-news .zc-kick { background: #111; color: #f3efe4; }

.skin-paint .zc-link { background: #c0c0c0; color: #111; border: 2px outset #fff; box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--ink); }
.skin-paint .zc-bar { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; background: linear-gradient(90deg, #000080, #1084d0); color: #fff; font: 700 .85rem/1 Tahoma, sans-serif; padding: .3rem .4rem; }
.skin-paint .zc-pic { margin: .4rem .4rem 0 2.4rem; border: 2px inset #fff; position: relative; }
.skin-paint .zc-pic::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: -2.1rem; top: 0; width: 1.7rem; height: 100%; background: repeating-linear-gradient(#c0c0c0 0 22px, #808080 22px 24px); }
.skin-paint .zc-body { background: #fff; margin: .4rem; border: 2px inset #fff; }
.skin-paint .zc-kick { background: #000080; color: #fff; }

.skin-sticker .zc-link { background: var(--a); color: var(--on-a); border-radius: 28px; border: 5px solid #fff; box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px var(--ink), 8px 8px 0 3px var(--ink); overflow: hidden; }
.skin-sticker .zc-h { color: var(--on-a); }
.skin-sticker .zc-kick { background: var(--b); color: var(--on-b); }

/* headline treatments (z.js adds one per card or heading) */
.fx-wordart { background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--b), var(--a) 55%, var(--c)); -webkit-background-clip: text; background-clip: text; color: transparent !important; -webkit-text-stroke: 1px var(--ink); filter: drop-shadow(3px 3px 0 var(--ink)); }
.fx-outline { color: transparent !important; -webkit-text-stroke: 2px currentColor; text-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--a); }
.fx-outline { -webkit-text-stroke-color: var(--ink); }
.fx-hi { background: linear-gradient(transparent 45%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--b) 85%, transparent) 45% 90%, transparent 90%); -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone; box-decoration-break: clone; }
.fx-block { display: inline; background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper) !important; padding: 0 .2em; -webkit-box-decoration-break: clone; box-decoration-break: clone; line-height: 1.25 !important; }
.fx-glow { text-shadow: 0 0 6px var(--c), 0 0 18px var(--a); }
.fx-italic { font-style: italic; font-family: "Instrument Serif", Georgia, serif !important; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: -.01em; }
.ransom { display: inline; }
.ransom .rw { display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; }
.ransom .rw > span { display: inline-block; padding: 0 .06em; margin: 0 .01em; }

/* ---------- stickers and scraps (decorative; z.js scatters them) ---------- */
.stk { position: absolute; z-index: 30; pointer-events: none; user-select: none; }
/* stickers sit behind the content by default (z.js); the few that sit on top are small */
.stk.burst { width: var(--s, 120px); aspect-ratio: 1; display: grid; place-items: center; text-align: center; font: 1rem/1 var(--f-head); color: var(--on-b); background: var(--b); clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 61% 14%, 79% 6%, 81% 24%, 98% 26%, 90% 42%, 100% 55%, 86% 64%, 92% 82%, 73% 82%, 67% 100%, 52% 88%, 36% 100%, 30% 82%, 10% 86%, 14% 66%, 0 56%, 12% 42%, 3% 25%, 21% 23%, 22% 5%, 39% 14%); }
.stk.burst span { transform: rotate(-8deg); padding: 18%; }
.stk.tape { width: 130px; height: 32px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 60%, #fff9); }
.stk.star { width: var(--s, 46px); aspect-ratio: 1; background: var(--a); clip-path: polygon(50% 0, 61% 38%, 100% 50%, 61% 62%, 50% 100%, 39% 62%, 0 50%, 39% 38%); }
.stk.word { font: 1.6rem/1 var(--f-alt); color: var(--a); text-shadow: 2px 2px 0 var(--ink); white-space: nowrap; }
.stk.pill { font: 1.15rem/1 var(--f-pix); background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); padding: .3rem .6rem; border-radius: 99px; white-space: nowrap; }
.stk.smile { width: 64px; aspect-ratio: 1; border-radius: 50%; background: #ffe500 radial-gradient(circle at 35% 38%, #111 6%, transparent 7%) , #ffe500; box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #111; }
.stk.smile::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 58%; top: 31%; width: 12%; height: 14%; border-radius: 50%; background: #111; }
.stk.smile::after { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 25%; right: 25%; top: 50%; height: 26%; border: 4px solid #111; border-top: 0; border-radius: 0 0 50px 50px; }
.stk.cursor { width: 30px; height: 44px; background: #fff; clip-path: polygon(0 0, 0 78%, 22% 60%, 38% 100%, 52% 94%, 37% 56%, 66% 56%); filter: drop-shadow(1px 1px 0 #000) drop-shadow(-1px -1px 0 #000); }
.stk.heart { width: 48px; aspect-ratio: 1; background: var(--a); clip-path: path("M24 44 C 4 30 0 18 6 10 C 12 2 22 4 24 12 C 26 4 36 2 42 10 C 48 18 44 30 24 44 Z"); }

.filler { position: relative; z-index: 2; margin: 1rem 0 2rem; pointer-events: none; }
.filler.quote { font: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 4.6rem)/.95 var(--f-head); color: var(--a); -webkit-text-stroke: 1px var(--ink); text-align: center; transform: rotate(-4deg); }
.filler.chat { max-width: 330px; margin-left: auto; background: #fff; color: #111; border: 2px solid #777; font: .9rem/1.45 Verdana, sans-serif; box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--ink); transform: rotate(3deg); }
.filler.chat b { display: block; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #fcd847, #e9a700); padding: .25rem .5rem; font-size: .8rem; }
.filler.chat p { margin: .4rem .6rem; }
.filler.chat .u1 { color: #c00; font-weight: 700; } .filler.chat .u2 { color: #00c; font-weight: 700; }
.filler.strip { font: 1.3rem/1 var(--f-pix); background: var(--c); color: var(--on-c); padding: .5rem; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; transform: rotate(2deg); margin-inline: -4vw; border-block: 3px solid var(--ink); }

/* ---------- empty home (before the first story) ---------- */
.soon { position: relative; max-width: 1080px; margin: 1rem auto 3rem; min-height: 60vh; }
.soon-h { font: 400 clamp(2.6rem, 10vw, 7rem)/.88 var(--f-head); margin: 0 0 1rem; text-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--a), 10px 10px 0 var(--c); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.soon-p { max-width: 36rem; background: var(--sheet); color: var(--sheet-ink); padding: .9rem 1.1rem; border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 6px 6px 0 var(--b); transform: rotate(-1.5deg); font-size: 1.1rem; }
.topics { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 2rem 0 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 1rem 1.2rem; }
.topics li { font: 1.25rem/1.1 var(--f-alt); padding: .7rem 1rem; background: var(--sheet); color: var(--sheet-ink); border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 4px 4px 0 var(--ink); transform: rotate(calc(var(--r, 0) * 1deg)); }
.topics li:nth-child(4n+1) { background: var(--a); color: var(--on-a); --r: -4; }
.topics li:nth-child(4n+2) { --r: 3; border-radius: 40px; }
.topics li:nth-child(4n+3) { background: var(--c); color: var(--on-c); --r: -2; }
.topics li:nth-child(4n) { background: var(--b); color: var(--on-b); --r: 5; clip-path: polygon(0 8%, 100% 0, 96% 100%, 3% 92%); }

/* ---------- sign-up ---------- */
.signup-box { position: relative; z-index: 5; max-width: 560px; margin: 3rem auto; background: #ece9d8; color: #111; border: 3px solid #0a246a; border-radius: 8px 8px 3px 3px; box-shadow: 8px 8px 0 var(--ink); transform: rotate(-1.2deg); }
.signup-box .bar { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #2a6af1, #0a3fc2 45%, #1557d6); color: #fff; font: 700 .9rem/1 Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; padding: .4rem .55rem; }
.signup-box .in { padding: 1rem 1.1rem 1.2rem; }
.signup-box h2 { margin: 0 0 .3rem; font: 400 1.6rem/1.05 var(--f-head); color: #0a246a; }
.signup-box p { margin: 0 0 .8rem; font-size: .98rem; }
.signup .row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .5rem; }
.signup input[type=email] { flex: 1 1 14rem; min-width: 0; font: inherit; padding: .6rem .7rem; border: 2px inset #fff; background: #fff; color: #111; }
.signup button { font: 1.2rem/1 var(--f-pix); padding: .55rem 1rem; background: var(--a); color: var(--on-a); border: 2px outset #fff; cursor: pointer; }
.hp { position: absolute; left: -9999px; width: 1px; height: 1px; }

/* ---------- article ---------- */
.art { position: relative; max-width: 1120px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 1rem clamp(.7rem, 3vw, 2rem) 2rem; }
.art-head { position: relative; z-index: 3; max-width: 900px; }
.art-kick { display: inline-block; font: 1.2rem/1 var(--f-pix); background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); padding: .3rem .6rem; transform: rotate(-2deg); text-decoration: none; }
.art-h { margin: .5rem 0 .7rem; font: 400 clamp(2rem, 6.4vw, 4.4rem)/.95 var(--f-head); overflow-wrap: anywhere; text-shadow: 3px 3px 0 var(--a); }
.art-dek { display: inline-block; max-width: 40rem; margin: 0 0 .8rem; background: #fff9a8; color: #222; padding: .7rem .9rem; font-size: 1.1rem; box-shadow: 2px 8px 12px #0003; transform: rotate(1deg); }
.byline { margin: .2rem 0; font: 1.25rem/1.2 var(--f-alt); }
.meta { margin: .2rem 0 0; font: 1.15rem/1.2 var(--f-pix); display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .3rem .8rem; }
.meta span { background: var(--c); color: var(--on-c); padding: .1rem .45rem; }
.art-fig { position: relative; z-index: 2; margin: 1.2rem 0 1.6rem auto; width: min(100%, 820px); transform: rotate(-1.4deg); background: #fff; padding: .7rem .7rem .5rem; box-shadow: 6px 10px 0 var(--ink); }
.art-fig::before { content: ""; position: absolute; top: -14px; left: 45%; width: 130px; height: 30px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--b) 70%, #fff8); transform: rotate(3deg); }
.art-fig img { width: 100%; }
.art-fig figcaption { font: .8rem/1.3 var(--f-body); color: #444; padding-top: .4rem; }
.art-fig figcaption a { color: #444; }

.read { position: relative; z-index: 4; display: grid; gap: 1.5rem; }
.rail { align-self: start; background: var(--sheet); color: var(--sheet-ink); border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 var(--a); padding: .8rem 1rem; transform: rotate(1.5deg); }
.rail h2 { margin: 0 0 .4rem; font: 1.2rem/1 var(--f-pix); }
.rail ol { margin: 0; padding-left: 1.2rem; }
.rail li { margin: .3rem 0; }
.sheet { background: var(--sheet); color: var(--sheet-ink); padding: clamp(1.1rem, 4vw, 2.6rem); border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 8px 8px 0 var(--c); max-width: 46rem; min-width: 0; }
.prose { font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.7; overflow-wrap: break-word; }
.prose > * { max-width: 68ch; }
.prose h2 { font: 400 clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 2.2rem)/1.05 var(--f-head); margin: 2.2rem 0 .7rem; scroll-margin-top: 1rem; }
.prose h3 { font: 400 1.35rem/1.2 var(--f-alt); margin: 1.6rem 0 .4rem; }
.prose a { color: inherit; text-decoration-color: var(--a); text-decoration-thickness: 3px; text-underline-offset: 3px; }
.prose a:hover { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--b) 60%, transparent); }
.prose blockquote { margin: 1.4rem 0; padding: .7rem 1rem; border-left: 8px solid var(--a); background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 14%, transparent); font-style: italic; }
.prose img { margin: 1.2rem 0; border: 6px solid #fff; box-shadow: 4px 6px 0 var(--ink); }
.prose ul, .prose ol { padding-left: 1.3rem; }
.prose li { margin: .3rem 0; }
.prose strong { background: linear-gradient(transparent 60%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--b) 55%, transparent) 60%); }
.prose table { border-collapse: collapse; display: block; overflow-x: auto; font-size: .95rem; }
.prose th, .prose td { border: 2px solid currentColor; padding: .4rem .6rem; text-align: left; }
.prose th { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--a) 22%, transparent); }
.after { margin-top: 2rem; padding-top: 1rem; border-top: 3px dashed currentColor; font-size: .95rem; }
.after h2 { font: 1.3rem/1 var(--f-pix); margin: 0 0 .5rem; }
.after ol, .after ul { padding-left: 1.2rem; }
.after .from { opacity: .7; }
.disclosure { font-size: .75rem; opacity: .8; }

.more { position: relative; z-index: 3; max-width: 1120px; margin: 3rem auto 0; padding: 0 clamp(.7rem, 3vw, 2rem); }
.more-h { font: 400 clamp(1.8rem, 5vw, 3rem)/1 var(--f-head); margin: 0 0 1rem; transform: rotate(-2deg); }
.more .pile .zc { width: min(100%, 440px); }

/* ---------- article layouts (z.js sets body.lay-*; lay-spread is the fallback) ---------- */
@media (min-width: 900px) {
  .lay-spread .read { grid-template-columns: 15rem minmax(0, 1fr); align-items: start; }
  .lay-spread .rail { position: sticky; top: 1rem; }
  .lay-spread .art-fig { margin-top: -2rem; }

  .lay-profile .read { grid-template-columns: 19rem minmax(0, 1fr); }
  .lay-profile .rail { transform: none; background: #fff; color: #222; border: 1px solid #6698cb; box-shadow: none; padding: 0; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: .9rem; }
  .lay-profile .rail h2 { background: #6698cb; color: #fff; padding: .4rem .6rem; font: 700 .9rem/1 Verdana, sans-serif; }
  .lay-profile .rail ol { padding: .4rem .6rem .6rem 1.8rem; }
  .lay-profile .sheet { box-shadow: none; border: 1px solid #6698cb; border-top: 26px solid #6698cb; }

  .lay-zine .art-head { margin-left: 8%; }
  .lay-zine .art-fig { width: 46%; float: right; margin: -1rem -1rem 1rem 1.5rem; transform: rotate(4deg); }
  .lay-zine .read { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 13rem; }
  .lay-zine .rail { order: 2; transform: rotate(-3deg); }
}
.lay-desktop .sheet { padding: 0; border: 3px solid #0a246a; border-radius: 8px 8px 3px 3px; box-shadow: 10px 10px 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 70%, transparent); background: #fff; color: #111; }
.lay-desktop .sheet::before { content: attr(data-win); display: block; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #2a6af1, #0a3fc2 45%, #1557d6); color: #fff; font: 700 .9rem/1.2 Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; padding: .45rem .6rem; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; }
.lay-desktop .sheet > article { padding: clamp(1rem, 4vw, 2.4rem); }
.lay-desktop .rail { background: none; border: 0; box-shadow: none; transform: none; color: var(--ink); }
.lay-desktop .rail ol { list-style: none; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .8rem; }
.lay-desktop .rail li { width: 6.5rem; text-align: center; font: .85rem/1.2 Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; }
.lay-desktop .rail li a { text-decoration: none; display: block; color: var(--ink); text-shadow: 0 1px 2px var(--paper); }
.lay-desktop .rail li a::before { content: ""; display: block; width: 44px; height: 38px; margin: 0 auto .3rem; background: linear-gradient(#ffe48f, #f5c542); border: 2px solid #b8860b; border-radius: 3px 10px 3px 3px; box-shadow: 2px 2px 0 #0004; }
@media (min-width: 900px) { .lay-desktop .read { grid-template-columns: 8rem minmax(0, 1fr); } .lay-desktop .rail ol { flex-direction: column; } }

.lay-teen .sheet { background: linear-gradient(90deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--a) 18%, var(--sheet)) 0 33%, var(--sheet) 33% 66%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--c) 18%, var(--sheet)) 66%); }
.lay-teen .art-h { color: var(--ink); text-shadow: 4px 4px 0 var(--b), 8px 8px 0 var(--a); }
.lay-teen .prose h2 { display: inline-block; background: var(--a); color: var(--on-a); padding: .2rem .6rem; transform: rotate(-2deg); border-radius: 999px; }
@media (min-width: 900px) { .lay-teen .read { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 14rem; } .lay-teen .rail { order: 2; border-radius: 50%/30%; padding: 2rem 1.4rem; text-align: center; } .lay-teen .rail ol { list-style: none; padding: 0; } }

.lay-notebook .sheet { background-color: #fdfdf6; color: #1d1d4b; background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 2.6rem, #ff8fa8 2.6rem 2.75rem, transparent 2.75rem), repeating-linear-gradient(transparent 0 calc(1.7em - 1px), #a9c6f5 calc(1.7em - 1px) 1.7em); padding-left: clamp(3.2rem, 6vw, 4rem); }
.lay-notebook .prose h2 { font-family: var(--f-alt); color: #c2185b; }

/* ---------- about ---------- */
.about-wrap { position: relative; max-width: 1080px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 1rem clamp(.7rem, 3vw, 2rem) 2rem; }
.about-h { font: 400 clamp(2.4rem, 9vw, 6rem)/.9 var(--f-head); margin: .5rem 0 1rem; text-shadow: 4px 4px 0 var(--a), 8px 8px 0 var(--c); }
.scrap { position: relative; max-width: 40rem; background: var(--sheet); color: var(--sheet-ink); border: 2px solid var(--ink); box-shadow: 7px 7px 0 var(--a); padding: 1.1rem 1.3rem; margin: 1.6rem 0; transform: rotate(var(--r, -1deg)); }
.scrap:nth-of-type(2n) { margin-left: auto; --r: 1.5deg; box-shadow: 7px 7px 0 var(--c); }
.scrap h2 { margin: 0 0 .5rem; font: 400 1.6rem/1.05 var(--f-head); }
.scrap ul { padding-left: 1.2rem; }

/* ---------- footer: a 2000s web footer ---------- */
.foot { position: relative; z-index: 5; margin-top: 3rem; background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); text-align: center; padding: 1.6rem 1rem 5rem; font-size: .95rem; border-top: 6px double var(--a); }
.foot p { margin: .4rem 0; }
.foot a { color: var(--paper); }
.foot .fw { font: 400 1.8rem/1 var(--f-head); color: var(--b); }
.foot .badges { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: .4rem; margin: .8rem 0; }
.foot .badges span { font: .72rem/1 Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; border: 1px solid var(--paper); padding: .25rem .4rem; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--a) 40%, var(--ink)); }

/* ---------- phones: still a pile, just a narrower one ---------- */
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .zc, .zc:nth-child(odd), .zc:nth-child(3n) { width: 100%; margin-left: 0; }
  .cover-text { margin-top: -2.5rem; }
  .stk.burst { --s: 86px !important; font-size: .8rem; }
  .art-fig { transform: rotate(-1deg); }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  *, *::before, *::after { animation: none !important; transition: none !important; scroll-behavior: auto !important; }
  .ticker span { padding-left: 0; }
}