.essay-page {
  background: var(--bg);
}

.essay-hero {
  min-height: 78vh;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(246, 244, 239, 1) 0%, rgba(246, 244, 239, 0.97) 48%, rgba(246, 244, 239, 0.72) 100%),
    url("/assets/img/moloch-figure-1.jpg");
  background-position: center, right center;
  background-size: cover;
}

.essay-hero h1 {
  max-width: 960px;
  font-size: clamp(42px, 6vw, 76px);
  line-height: 0.98;
}

.essay-byline {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 9px;
  margin-top: 22px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 750;
}

.essay-signals .signal {
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
}

.essay-main {
  padding-bottom: 72px;
}

.essay-main .overview-strip {
  max-width: 1180px;
  margin-inline: auto;
}

.essay-layout {
  max-width: 1180px;
  margin: 10px auto 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 210px minmax(0, 780px);
  justify-content: center;
  gap: clamp(36px, 6vw, 86px);
  align-items: start;
}

.essay-rail {
  position: sticky;
  top: 24px;
  padding-top: 18px;
  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
}

.essay-rail nav {
  display: grid;
  margin-top: 14px;
}

.essay-rail nav a {
  padding: 9px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.3;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.essay-rail nav a:hover,
.essay-rail nav a:focus-visible {
  color: var(--teal);
}

.essay-rail__back {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 20px;
  color: var(--teal);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 800;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.essay-rail__back::before {
  content: "← ";
}

.essay-content {
  min-width: 0;
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.78;
}

.essay-content > p:first-child {
  margin-top: 0;
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(21px, 2.5vw, 27px);
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.essay-content p {
  margin: 0 0 1.35em;
  color: #344043;
}

.essay-content h2 {
  margin: 3.6rem 0 1.2rem;
  padding-top: 2rem;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  font-size: clamp(30px, 4.5vw, 48px);
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: 0;
}

.essay-content h3 {
  margin: 2.6rem 0 0.9rem;
  color: var(--red);
  font-size: clamp(22px, 3vw, 29px);
  line-height: 1.15;
  letter-spacing: 0;
}

.essay-content em {
  color: var(--ink);
}

.essay-content a {
  color: var(--teal);
  text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
  text-underline-offset: 3px;
}

.essay-content a:hover {
  color: var(--blue);
}

.essay-content figure {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 100%;
  margin: 2.6rem 0 3rem;
  padding: 12px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 8px;
  background: var(--panel);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow);
}

.essay-content figure img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

.essay-content figcaption {
  padding: 13px 6px 4px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

.essay-content figcaption strong {
  color: var(--ink);
}

.essay-content > p:has(+ h2#about-the-author) {
  margin-top: 2.5rem;
  padding: 24px;
  border-left: 4px solid var(--red);
  background: var(--red-soft);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: 21px;
  font-weight: 750;
  line-height: 1.45;
}

.essay-content h2#about-the-author {
  font-size: 27px;
}

@media (max-width: 1100px) {
  .essay-layout {
    grid-template-columns: 170px minmax(0, 720px);
    gap: 36px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 850px) {
  .essay-layout {
    display: block;
    max-width: 760px;
  }

  .essay-rail {
    position: static;
    margin-bottom: 38px;
  }

  .essay-rail nav {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    column-gap: 18px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .essay-hero {
    min-height: auto;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(246, 244, 239, 0.9), rgba(246, 244, 239, 0.98)),
      url("/assets/img/moloch-figure-1.jpg");
    background-position: center;
  }

  .essay-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(38px, 12vw, 56px);
  }

  .essay-main {
    padding-inline: 18px;
  }

  .essay-main .overview-strip {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  .essay-rail nav {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .essay-content {
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.72;
  }

  .essay-content h2 {
    margin-top: 3rem;
  }

  .essay-content figure {
    padding: 7px;
  }
}