Authored by: Anonymous The crimson walls of the chamber greet me in familiarity. Their cushioned strings, fibrous in dim lighting, pattern intricate webs to towering lunar gates. Saturated cases of oxygen cling to my insides. I brace, fully equipped. The call of novelty, an escape from the endless current, tingles in my peripheries. The gates fly open. I surge forward in fluid haste, accompanied by clones I don’t recognize. I strain my body in vain as I tumble up a highway ar

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Authored by: Julia Chen Congratulations, you’re going home. Socks meeting plastic, you bid farewell to the muddled morass where you clawed yourself free, only the lights and ceiling bearing witness to unending loss in every step – your favorite shoes, the wires under your skin, the way you laughed, as you tore yourself free, limb by limb, leaving behind only scratches on the walls, whispers in the hallway, and scribbled verdicts on paper. Congratulations, again, as you gaze u

Author: Lauren Wilkes A New York Times op-ed published as of January 2026, written by a physician, seems to provide lots to think about regarding the use of AI in medicine. He posits that, if physicians consult other doctors so often, and potentially take or don’t take their opinion/advice and consequently, inherently create a small degree of risk to whether or not the decided course of action will benefit or harm the patient, why should we not have the same degree of leeway