
  /* ============ COMMS (messaging) ============ */
  .comms{flex:1;display:flex;min-height:0;background:#0b0f18}
  /* ---- Slaker: Slack's aubergine sidebar is the single most recognisable thing about it ---- */
  .cm-side{flex:none;width:196px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;min-height:0;background:#3f0e40}
  .slk-ws{flex:none;padding:12px 14px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.13);
    display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:1px}
  .slk-ws b{font-size:14px;color:#fff;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-.01em}
  .slk-ws span{font-size:11.5px;color:#cfc3d0;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px}
  .slk-ws span::before{content:"";width:7px;height:7px;border-radius:50%;background:#2bac76;
    box-shadow:0 0 0 1.5px rgba(255,255,255,.25)}
  .slk-sec{padding:12px 14px 4px;font-size:11.5px;color:#bda9be;font-weight:600}
  .slk-row{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:7px;width:100%;text-align:left;padding:4px 14px;
    border:none;background:none;cursor:pointer;font:inherit;font-size:13px;color:#cfc3d0;line-height:1.7}
  .slk-row:hover{background:rgba(255,255,255,.07)}
  .slk-row.on{background:#1164a3;color:#fff;font-weight:600}
  .slk-hash{opacity:.75;font-weight:400}
  .slk-nm{overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap}
  .slk-dot{width:8px;height:8px;border-radius:50%;border:1.5px solid #cfc3d0;flex:none}
  .slk-dot.live{background:#2bac76;border-color:#2bac76}
  .slk-un{margin-left:auto;background:#cd2553;color:#fff;font-size:10.5px;font-weight:700;
    border-radius:9px;padding:0 6px;min-width:18px;text-align:center}
  .slk-head{flex:none;display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:10px;padding:11px 18px;
    border-bottom:1px solid var(--edge);background:var(--chrome-2);flex-wrap:wrap}
  .slk-head b{font-size:14.5px;color:var(--ink)}
  .slk-topic{font-size:12px;color:var(--ink-faint);border-left:1px solid var(--edge);padding-left:10px}
  .slk-m{display:flex;gap:9px;padding:6px 18px;align-items:flex-start}
  .slk-m:hover{background:rgba(255,255,255,.028)}
  .slk-mav{flex:none;width:32px;height:32px;border-radius:7px;display:grid;place-items:center;
    background:var(--chrome-2);border:1px solid var(--edge);font-size:14px;color:var(--accent);
    overflow:hidden}
  /* Rounded-square here, not a circle: Slack-shaped, and the same artwork the Wire draws round. */
  .slk-avico{width:100%;height:100%;display:block}
  .slk-mb{min-width:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column}
  .slk-mh{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:8px}
  .slk-mh b{font-size:13px;color:var(--ink);font-weight:700}
  .slk-mh em{font-style:normal;font-size:10.5px;color:var(--ink-faint);font-family:var(--mono)}
  .slk-mt{font-size:13.5px;color:var(--ink-dim);line-height:1.48;word-break:break-word}
  .slk-sys{padding:5px 18px;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11px;color:var(--amber)}
  .cm-contacts{flex:1;overflow-y:auto;padding:4px 0 12px}
  .cm-c{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;width:100%;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px;border-radius:9px;position:relative}
  .cm-c:hover{background:rgba(255,255,255,.04)}
  .cm-c.on{background:rgba(var(--accent-rgb),.08)}
  .cm-av{flex:none;width:34px;height:34px;border-radius:50%;display:grid;place-items:center;font-size:16px;
    background:linear-gradient(150deg,var(--chrome-hi),var(--chrome));border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.1)}
  .cm-meta{min-width:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column}
  .cm-meta b{font-size:12.5px;color:var(--ink)} .cm-c.on .cm-meta b{color:var(--accent)}
  .cm-meta small{font-size:11px;color:var(--ink-faint);white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;max-width:110px}
  .cm-un{margin-left:auto;min-width:18px;height:18px;padding:0 5px;border-radius:10px;background:var(--red);
    color:#fff;font-size:10px;font-weight:700;display:grid;place-items:center}
  .cm-main{flex:1;display:flex;flex-direction:column;min-width:0}
  .cm-thread{flex:1;overflow-y:auto;padding:12px 0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:2px}
  .cm-msg{max-width:75%;padding:9px 13px;border-radius:14px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.45}
  .cm-msg.them{align-self:flex-start;background:var(--chrome-2);border:1px solid var(--edge);border-bottom-left-radius:4px}
  .cm-msg.you{align-self:flex-end;background:rgba(var(--accent-rgb),.14);border:1px solid rgba(var(--accent-rgb),.3);
    color:#dffff0;border-bottom-right-radius:4px}
  .cm-call{align-self:center;font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11px;color:var(--amber);
    border:1px solid rgba(255,180,84,.35);border-radius:20px;padding:4px 12px}
  .cm-empty{margin:auto;color:var(--ink-faint);font-size:13px;padding:0 18px;text-align:center}
  .cm-input{flex:none;display:flex;gap:8px;padding:10px 16px 14px}
  .cm-input input{flex:1;padding:11px 14px;border-radius:8px;background:#0d1424;border:1px solid var(--edge);
    color:var(--ink);font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;outline:none}
  .cm-input input:focus{border-color:var(--accent)}
  .cm-input button{padding:8px 16px;border-radius:20px;border:1px solid var(--accent);color:var(--accent);
    font-size:13px;background:rgba(var(--accent-rgb),.08)}
  .cm-input button:hover{background:rgba(var(--accent-rgb),.18)}

  /* dock unread badge */
  .dock .app .badge{position:absolute;top:-3px;right:-3px;min-width:17px;height:17px;padding:0 4px;border-radius:9px;
    background:var(--red);color:#fff;font-size:10px;font-weight:700;display:none;place-items:center;
    font-family:var(--sans);border:2px solid rgba(20,26,40,.8)}