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/* Explicit club theme: first visits are dark; light is opt-in. */
html[data-theme="dark"]{color-scheme:dark;--paper:#11100e;--ink:#eee5d6;--muted:#bdb09d;--line:#453b2d}
html[data-theme="light"]{color-scheme:light}
.header-controls{order:2;margin-left:24px;display:flex;align-items:center}
.masthead nav{order:1;margin-left:auto}
.club-theme-toggle{width:40px;height:40px;border:1px solid #a78a52;border-radius:50%;background:transparent;color:#8c692f;display:grid;place-items:center;cursor:pointer;padding:0;flex-shrink:0}
.club-theme-toggle:hover{background:#d7c6a644}
.club-theme-toggle:focus-visible{outline:3px solid var(--gold);outline-offset:4px}
.theme-moon{display:none}
[data-theme="light"] .theme-sun{display:none}
[data-theme="light"] .theme-moon{display:block}
[data-theme="dark"] .club-theme-toggle{color:#d3b47a}
[data-theme="dark"] .wordmark span,[data-theme="dark"] em{color:#d0ad6e}
[data-theme="dark"] .eyebrow{color:#c9aa75}
[data-theme="dark"] a:hover{color:#e4c891}
[data-theme="dark"] .conversation{background:#201c16;border-color:#453b2d}
[data-theme="dark"] .topic-list span{border-color:#6b5a40}
[data-theme="dark"] .number{color:#d0ad6e}
[data-theme="dark"] .dispatch{border-color:#7c6543}
[data-theme="dark"] .dispatch-label{color:#c9aa75}
[data-theme="dark"] .source a{color:#d7b77d}
[data-theme="dark"] .membership{background:#1d1913}
[data-theme="dark"] .privacy-note{border-color:#c6a15b}
[data-theme="dark"] .application{background:#12110f;border-color:#5d4d34}
[data-theme="dark"] .status{color:#d4b77f;border-color:#88714b}
[data-theme="dark"] label>span{color:#d0b47f}
[data-theme="dark"] input:not([type=checkbox]){background:#242018;border-color:#5c503e;color:#d1c6b4;-webkit-text-fill-color:#d1c6b4}
[data-theme="dark"] input::placeholder{color:#d1c6b4}
[data-theme="dark"] .check span{color:#c5b9a6}
[data-theme="dark"] .application button:disabled{background:#3b3224;color:#e2cfac;border-color:#756345}
[data-theme="dark"] .skip{background:#211b13}
[data-theme="dark"] .gold:hover{color:#15100a}
[data-theme="dark"] .nav-join{border-color:#b19763}
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.closing{color:#f4efe6}
[data-theme="light"] .wordmark span{color:#7d5d28}
[data-theme="light"] .section .eyebrow,[data-theme="light"] .conversation .eyebrow{color:#785b2d}
[data-theme="light"] .conversation .small-note{color:#685a4b}
[data-theme="light"] .dispatch-label{color:#786039}
[data-theme="light"] .application button:disabled{color:#625540}

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.club-chat-history{max-height:62vh;overflow:auto;border:1px solid var(--line);padding:1rem;margin:1.5rem 0}.club-chat-message{padding:1rem 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);overflow-wrap:anywhere}.club-chat-message time{display:block;font-size:.75rem;opacity:.65}.club-chat-message p{white-space:pre-wrap}.chat-action{font:inherit;font-size:.8rem;cursor:pointer;padding:.45rem .7rem;margin:.3rem .3rem .3rem 0;background:transparent;color:inherit;border:1px solid currentColor}#member-profile,#chat-form,#verify-form{max-width:760px}#chat-form textarea{width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;background:var(--paper);color:inherit;padding:1rem;border:1px solid var(--line);font:inherit}#main>h1{font-size:clamp(2rem,6vw,4.5rem)}[hidden]{display:none!important}


/* Members choose when to enter the shared conversation. */
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