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Readme Summer School


Finals Week Sestina

As I enter the cold concrete cervix of Wean,
the gold plaque of Raymond smells my fear.
I order a coffee that’ll make me shit
out all my self loathing and lack of sleep.
I don’t think I’ve retained a thing from this class.
It might be worth risking the …

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An Open Letter to CaPS

It’s that time of year again: Finals Week. Soon, classes will end and the excitement of the end of the semester will kick in. By excitement, I mean, absolute panic. Panic about failing exams, panic about failing classes, panic about your mom’s weird boyfriend at Christmas dinner. With this exciting …

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"Drink fucking water you asocial, unhealthy fucking freaks," nine out of ten doctors say

Water. Earth. Fire. Air. As we all find ourselves rejuvenating our love for Avatar: The Last Airbender, I present to you an important lesson. Water. We discuss whether water is wet or not. We spend so much time discussing it, but we do not spend enough time drinking it. So, …

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An illustration of a phillips-head screw driving a car.
"HELP WANTED: Looking for help moving a large shipment of 122 homework keys. Must be discrete and good at withstanding torture. Will discuss pay upon arrival."
Cruella De Vil walking through an ornate door with a large grin. She's holding a cloth bag in front of her, about as tall as she is, which is dripping through at the bottom.

I wrote this article while drunk

It’s 2:17 AM. I’ve stumbled my way back to my dorm from some other person’s dorm. Don’t worry, their neighbors didn’t complain. Or, at least, we couldn’t hear any complaints. There’s vomit in the trash can and trash on the floor. The trash can is also on the floor. My …

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A chart labeled "undefined behavior in C: d10 effect" with outcomes including "your screen color inverts", "signed integer overflow now discards the overflow bits", and "you are overcome by a sense of peace and wellbeing."
"CMU Graphic Design Club, sponsored by README (please join, we need artists)" / "graphic design is our passion!!!!" [lots of rainbow colors and poor-quality sketches]

Campus Activity Report

Our usual crime reporter Abe James is not Jewish, so I have taken up the responsibility of reporting on recent crimes which may or may not be affecting the Jewish community at CMU. As a fill-in, I do not take this position lightly, and seek to report on only the …

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My Professor's Homophobia is really screwing me over

I have to say, I have had the worst semester. No, not because of my bimonthly midterms or from that time I missed two months of lecture because I had the flu. Dear readers, my semester has been simply horrid because of the homophobia I have faced in my English …

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First ever PI-Parent conferences

Carnegie Mellon University held the world’s first ever PI – Parent conference this week, allowing principal investigators to meet one-on-one with parents of graduate students to discuss research progress, work habits, lab space conduct, social development, as well as home environment.

University officials said the initiative was introduced in …

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All my Jewish Friends say the most antisemitic things

As someone who isn’t Jewish, I have not been involved in the production of the ReadMe Passover Issue. But even if it’s not my place, I would just like to say something. And I swear, it isn’t because it’s written by Jewish people. I have nothing against the Jewish people. …

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OCs Accidentally Create a Cult

Friday morning students woke up to the news that regular orientation activities were shut down by CMU PD due to orientation counselors accidentally creating a cult. This decision was made in the wake of Carnegie cup’s carnage. While details are murky, efforts to relocate the fence to Wean’s roof, and …

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A Very Readme Christmas

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A map of CMU's campus with many spots labeled. They include such notable Adderall distribution points as "clenched in daddy thicc's cheeks", "wean 9 in the blue glowing rooms", "the daycare", and "CMU Freaky house."

From the Forbes Ave McDonald’s

The ancient Greeks, having nothing better to do with their time, came up with six words for love: agape (unconditional love), eros (sexual love), philia (brotherly love), storge (parental love), philautia (self love), and xenia (hospitable love). Less widely known is that the ancient Greeks also invented six words for …

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NYC Renter SHOCKED by Spacious Booths

Wednesday. 2:00 PM. Pittsburgh.

It was supposed to be a fun weekend getaway, but for 28-year-old Manhattan barista and renter John Novak, even a glimpse into the festive booths at Carnival turned into an existential crisis on the state of real estate.

“It was insane. I went in …

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Feng Shui to make you forget them

Everyone’s been there at some point or another: She left and took the house and the kids, he suddenly ghosted you after texting you “Love you, sweet dreams” the evening before, or you find from their friend that they were not into you it’s just that you were there …

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Quarantine after Pgh Connections Trip

The Office of Community Engagement and Leadership Development recently sponsored a kayaking trip on the Allegheny River for incoming freshmen. While it was overall successful (97% retention rate), some students had a bit of a scuffle with some geese while out on the water. Chaperones noted that three or four …

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Entropy+ Dissolves

Yesterday morning, students in search of the most overpriced, mediocre sushi on campus were greeted by a bizarre sight: Entropy+ no longer exists. For the past few months, the store’s shelves had been getting progressively more messy and chaotic, culminating in this strange spectacle. The leading theory suggests that, by …

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TechSpark welding class closes due to numerous math students attempting to make Klein bottles • Paddington 2 makes Citizen Kane look like Paddington 1 • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • Campus activist group disappointed after navigating bureaucratic hurdles to register protest only for less than 25 people to show up • Rest in Peace Buddy • Top scientists suggest ReadMe will generate an original joke by 2030 • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • The impending draft will be great for my grad school resume • Student’s handwriting so bad they accidentally created a cypher • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • Intro to Religion Course Deadline Drops; Whole Class Converts to Judiasm • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM" • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U • How to tell if your lesbian is a reform rabbi (she is) • Unethical P-hacking in science and society: a critical analysis of the tortoise and the hare • TikTok caught selling data to Santa to determine Naughty/Nice list • TechSpark welding class closes due to numerous math students attempting to make Klein bottles • Paddington 2 makes Citizen Kane look like Paddington 1. • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • Campus activist group disappointed after navigating bureaucratic hurdles to register protest only for less than 25 people to show up. • Rest in Peace Buddy • Top scientists suggest ReadMe will generate an original joke by 2030. • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • Tucker Carlson finally proposes to Green M&M. • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • The impending draft will be great for my grad school resume • Student’s handwriting so bad they accidentally created a cypher • CS Students shocked to discover classes have names • Intro to Religion Course Deadline Drops; Whole Class Converts to Judiasm. • Having a single thought about 15­-122 now considered an AIV • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM". • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U. • How to tell if your lesbian is a reform rabbi (she is). • Unethical P-hacking in science and society: a critical analysis of the tortoise and the hare. • TikTok caught selling data to Santa to determine Naughty/Nice list.