diff --git a/_sass/_custom.scss b/_sass/_custom.scss
index 542ba01..d2d6032 100644
--- a/_sass/_custom.scss
+++ b/_sass/_custom.scss
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 // custom default properties for normal tags
 html {scroll-behavior: smooth}
 
-blockquote {
-    font-family: "Georgia", $base-font-family;
-    border-left: $brand-color solid 5px;
-    color: $grey-color-dark;
-    font-style: italic;
-    padding: 1em;
-    word-spacing: 1px;
-}
-
 h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
     code {font-size: 1em;}
 }
@@ -98,3 +89,7 @@ em[data-descr], i[data-descr] {
     font-size: $small-font-size;
     margin-top: 0;
 }
+
+::selection {
+    background: lighten($brand-color_l, 37.5%);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_sass/custom_elems/_pinned_posts.scss b/_sass/custom_elems/_pinned_posts.scss
index d2e2d22..cb4bf3a 100644
--- a/_sass/custom_elems/_pinned_posts.scss
+++ b/_sass/custom_elems/_pinned_posts.scss
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 #pinned-section {
-    background: linear-gradient(75deg, $brand-color_d, $brand-color, $brand-color_l);
+    background: lighten($color: $brand-color_l, $amount: 40%);
     border: $brand-color 4px solid;
     border-top: 0;
     border-bottom: 0;
-    color: white;
     margin-bottom: 2em;
     padding: $base-font-size;
     
-
     ul.pinned-posts {
-        & * {color: white;}
-
         list-style: none;
         padding: 0;
 
-        @include media-query($on-palm) {
-            margin-left: 0;
-        }
+        @include media-query($on-palm) {margin-left: 0;}
+    }
+
+    ::selection {
+        background: $brand-color;
+        color: white;
     }
 }
diff --git a/_sass/custom_layout/_footer.scss b/_sass/custom_layout/_footer.scss
index be47132..1cbb9db 100644
--- a/_sass/custom_layout/_footer.scss
+++ b/_sass/custom_layout/_footer.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
     border-top: 1px solid $grey-color-light;
     color: $platinum;
     padding: $spacing-unit 0;
+
+    ::selection {
+        background: darken($footer-link, 30%);
+    }
 }
 
 .footer-col-1 {
diff --git a/_sass/minima.scss b/_sass/minima.scss
index 60ab47d..9f512d6 100644
--- a/_sass/minima.scss
+++ b/_sass/minima.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 // Define defaults for each variable.
 
-$base-font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol" !default;
+$base-font-family: "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol" !default;
 $base-font-size:   16px !default;
 $base-font-weight: 400 !default;
 $small-font-size:  $base-font-size * 0.875 !default;
diff --git a/_sass/minima/_base.scss b/_sass/minima/_base.scss
index 519fa45..f282c18 100644
--- a/_sass/minima/_base.scss
+++ b/_sass/minima/_base.scss
@@ -103,12 +103,14 @@ a {
  * Blockquotes
  */
 blockquote {
-  color: $grey-color;
-  border-left: 4px solid $grey-color-light;
-  padding-left: $spacing-unit / 2;
   @include relative-font-size(1.125);
-  letter-spacing: -1px;
+  border-left: $brand-color solid 5px;
+  color: $grey-color-dark;
+  font-family: "Georgia", $base-font-family;
   font-style: italic;
+  letter-spacing: -1px;
+  padding: 1em;
+  word-spacing: 3px;
 
   > :last-child {margin-bottom: 0;}
 }
diff --git a/_sass/minima/_layout.scss b/_sass/minima/_layout.scss
index 213edba..0fff502 100644
--- a/_sass/minima/_layout.scss
+++ b/_sass/minima/_layout.scss
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
   margin: .25em;
 
   a:visited, a:hover {color: $brand-color_l}
+
+  & > :not(:first-child) {margin-left: 1.25em;}
 }
 
 .post-link {