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My Relationship with the Ready 2 Ride Mobile App

Yeah, I know she’s unpopular.

I know you want your analog methods back. This is like the NYC Metro card all over for you, huh? Well, I don’t care. I’m in love, and I’m proud of it.

Me and the Ready 2 Ride Mobile app met on the …

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A plinko board in a voting machine box, with buckets at the bottom bearing images of Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and Vermin Supreme.

Candidates for a 51st State

In this review, we’re going to be analyzing potential candidates to annex our great country to add as our 51st American state. It’s a buyer’s market right now, with BlackRock buying the Panama Canal and Microsoft acquiring yet another acre of old-growth redwood forest to build another data center. As …

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Derealizating

Sometimes you don’t feel like a person. Sometimes you feel like you’re asleep and the people around you are guests on a podcast you forgot to turn off. There are a lot of words for this feeling, and most of them are long words starting with D: dissociation, disassociation, depersonalization, …

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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.
Two soda cans: Carnegie Cola (with a plaid can and a picture of Andrew Carnegie), and mellonade (with a lime green can, watermelon slices, and a picture of Andrew Mellon).

readMe Assures Public: "Writers Are Irreplaceable; AI Would Never Take Over!"

In an effort to address growing concerns over the role of artificial intelligence in journalism, readMe—a publication known for its groundbreaking reporting—has issued a heartfelt statement, firmly asserting its commitment to human writers. This comes amid speculation that the company's recent deployment of AI tools is not, I repeat, not …

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Undergrad Senate Exposed for Really Craving Wingstop

PITTSBURGH, PA

(Whis L. Blower)

In a shocking turn of events this past Tuesday, the Undergraduate Student Senate, a committee of 38 seemingly famished individuals, has been secretly indulging themselves in oodles of the most mediocre fried chicken known to mankind. Now you, reader, might be asking, "Whoa …

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A 3-panel comic. In the first panel, one person says "wanna come see a cool feature of my dorm?". Another person labeled "oblivious freshman" says "sure!". in the second panel, the first person opens a door labeled with a biohazard sign, and the freshman is shown with a confused question-mark sign. The third panel depicts a shower curtain covered in black mold. The upperclassman asks "aren't you excited for CMU housing?", to which the freshman replies "wtf".
Morewood Gardens on fire.

Kirby's Adventure NES Review

If you’re a masochist looking for a reason to bash your head against a wall for five hours straight, then Kirby’s Adventure for the Nintendo Entertainment System is the game for you. This eldritch abomination of a video game is the sole reason my NES is currently shoved in a …

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README Strike Thwarted By Too Many Supporters

The sun was shining as a group of README writers took their places along the sidewalk of Forbes Avenue. Pushing aside Jehovah’s Witnesses, the group raised their signs and began to chant: “Eshaan works us ‘till we’re dust, and he won’t fucking pay us”. Weeks of worker tensions had finally …

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A skeleton in a sports car looking back at you. Neon text reads "Adios, fucker! Have a good one, friend."

On my time working in the Allegheny cannon factory

Back in 2023, I got this lucrative job working at the cannon factory down the street from the old abandoned steel mill (the very same steel mill I had my first kiss in eight years ago). They would pay me to come in every day, no matter the rain, sleet, …

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Hostile Booth Architecture

As Carnival season closes in on us, it is important to impress upon the larger Carnegie Mellon community the necessity of intelligent booth design. Of course, building codes and safety regulations are all well and good, but student organizations must be aware of a more fundamental factor affecting the quality …

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Overwhelmed by Irish culture after hearing Kinky Boots once

Though I’ve always considered myself an admirer of Irish culture, I am ashamed to admit I was quite ignorant of its complexities. My appreciation was limited to wearing green on St. Patrick's Day, making offhand comments about leprechauns whenever I saw a rainbow, and eating the occasional potato.

I …

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Optimize Your Garden With These Simple Tricks

Dearest reader, consider this inquiry: You are the sole proprietor of a home garden (a real one, not in Animal Crossing or wherever AOC makes her press releases nowadays). You own the land free and clear. You go out for mocktails every week with the two other gardeners in your …

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A hamburger bun in inverse grayscale with a superimposed question mark.

2026 Winter Olympics set to debut Calvinball

Upon donations by mysterious benefactors, Calvinball is now part of the Winter Olympics. The following is an account of the first match, an embroiled battle between Botswana and Burkina Faso, as retold by an unnamed Calvinball aficionado watching from a safe distance.

GESLING STADIUM Students flocked to the arena …

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Readme Studies Abroad

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Court rules haunted houses are not acceptable grounds to utilize stand your ground laws • Entropy sold out on caffeneited drinks, caffeine tablets, coffee­flavored chocolate, and methamphetamine • How to tell if your ice sculptures are ethically sourced • Homeless Ph.D. student holds fence for record 5 years, fails quals • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • "Surely the middle eastern conflict will not get worse" says increasingly nervous man for 100th time today • Rabbi hot?! • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot • Mudge Koi Fish never returned new sushi place set to open on Morewood Ave • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights • RA finds Olympic torch during room check • How to have a hot AI data center summer • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises • Dog doesn't solve relationship, couple moves on to children • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • School of Computer Science puts funding toward public transit; installs tram line on the Gates spiral • Court rules haunted houses are not acceptable grounds to utilize stand your ground laws. • Entropy sold out on caffeneited drinks, caffeine tablets, coffee­flavored chocolate, and methamphetamine • How to tell if your ice sculptures are ethically sourced. • Homeless Ph.D. student holds fence for record 5 years, fails quals • Air Force officer gets 15 years for leaking NORAD Santa Tracker • "Surely the middle eastern conflict will not get worse" says increasingly nervous man for 100th time today • Rabbi hot?! • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • Christmas Wishes Granted: CEO Shot. • Mudge Koi Fish never returned new sushi place set to open on Morewood Ave • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights. • RA finds Olympic torch during room check • How to have a hot AI data center summer • Amid mental health crisis, Google image searches for “scary werewolf” outnumber searches for “silly dog” • CMU air has "just the right amount" of Radon, administration pinky promises. • Dog doesn't solve relationship, couple moves on to children. • There is nothing funny about erectile dysfunction • School of Computer Science puts funding toward public transit; installs tram line on the Gates spiral