Re: [WICG/webcomponents] "open-stylable" Shadow Roots (#909)

We need `open-styleable` components. Here's a collection of recent blog posts that relate to the idea that styling web components are a footgun due to over-encapsulation...

- https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2023/pros-and-cons-of-shadow-dom/
- https://begin.com/blog/posts/2023-08-18-shadow-dom-not-by-default
- https://www.zachleat.com/web/webc-in-eleventy/
- https://dev.to/richharris/why-i-don-t-use-web-components-2cia
- https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023/web-components-icon-galleries/
- https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2023/11/01/blinded-by-the-light-dom/
- https://aaadaaam.com/notes/step-into-the-light-dom/
- https://konnorrogers.com/posts/2023/web-components-tailwind-and-ssr/

I'd also add that platform features like `@scope` in CSS change the styling story as well, where that might be a better utility for component-level encapsulation. 

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