Paid for by: You. Sorry. No refunds. :)
KGB Presents: readme
Editor-in-Chief: Eshaan Joshi
All the news unfit to print!
Pitch meetings Sat 5:00 pm, DH-1211

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 …

Read more

What is Luigi Mangione up to these days?

He's in prison.

Read more


A flowchart to determine if readme likes you back. Both outcomes are yes.

Readme Gets Absurd

Read more

Experiences that count (for Experiential Learning)

Mow the cut.
Grow a historically accurate Baroque garden on CFA lawn.
Find a turtle outside of WQED. Take Space Robotics's latest rover for a walk.
Go to the floor meeting your RA insists is mandatory.
Start a multi-level-marketing scheme on the block market.
Finish your homework several days before …

Read more

A set of four fake CMU missed connections: "To the asianest asian who ever asianed, I'm so into you (because you're asian)", "To the guy who was walking through Doherty two weeks ago, who I will provide no further descriptors of, you're so fine",  "To the girl I've been unflinchingly staring down for the whole semester, I can't tell if you're into me or deeply terrified of me, but I think we both want the same thing [smirk emoji]", and "I wanna fuck my TA so bad"

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 …

Read more

A Wikipedia-style donation banner, which descends into caffeine-withdrawal-fueled pleading.

Student gives 75 classmates AIVs

On Tuesday, November 26th, during a midterm for 18-122 (Principles of Slightly Different Computing), a record of 75 students were given academic integrity violations within a 32 minute span. While their alleged offenses varied widely in scale and execution, they all constituted some form of unauthorized aid, traced back to …

Read more

I swear to god I'm stalking you platonically

Look, there's no easy way to say this, and I've thought a lot about how I want to introduce myself. I just wanted to send this to clear things up.

As I'm sure you've noticed, I've been stalking you for some time now. I know you might think I'm …

Read more

A screenshot of a Gmail inbox with 8 form submission receipts with the subject "cmu missed connections <3", with times between 3 and 4 AM.
An image captioned "Scotty Game / Rules: don't look at this Scotty dog!". The image is of a Scotty dog which contains the text "Game Over."

Chemger Games winners threaten double suicide, sequels cancelled

It has been an action-packed day for the Chemger Games. Contestants from every corner of campus have embarked on the perilous journey to reach the Mellon Institute, with many dying from exhaustion before ever reaching the godforsaken building. Of those who remained, drama was omnipresent. Who could forget the unforgettable …

Read more

Pentagon Swears In New War Crime Scapegoat After Previous One Died

The US Department of Defense has recently concluded its emergency internal election to find a worthy successor to the previous war crime scapegoat who unexpectedly died this year. The election was hastily called because there were no contingency plans in case the last scapegoat died, as no one at the …

Read more

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

Scotty Dog Cheating, Martha Is Speechless!

Once again, the cheating allegations cannot escape Scotty Dog who was seen leaving Schenley Park with Clifford the Big Red Dog in photos posted to X and Reddit by Paparazzi. However it seems these allegations are not just allegations as videos were taken of Clifford kissing Scotty Dog. Scotty Dog’s …

Read more

CMU to Issue Free and Open Source Driver's License

In the software industry, the Free and Open Source Software (or FOSS) movement has long pushed for licenses, such as GPL and BSD, which allow code to be seen, copied, and improved upon by anyone. This is in opposition to proprietary software, in which the source code is private and …

Read more

CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • I don't know how to spell Renassance either, French people assure us • In stunning move, Ron DeSantis Promises to Abort Pregnant Mothers • For the upcoming Readme "Female" Issue: "Susan Be Shopping" • This dumbass thinks he can repay all of our sin debt • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • QUIZ: What your opinions on the scrotal asmmetry of statues says about you! • "I'm still alive guys," Elvis, 1978 • CMU kills suspected 122 cheater in targeted strike; 18 civilians dead • You won't remember anything from Carnival anyway, and other reasons why you should text that girl • Subway unveils new protein option for sandwiches named "liquefied vagrants" • Reviewing Gary’s neighbor Ted’s fish-grave-sized shovel • CMU linguistics department finishes 70 year project to translate ancient Egyptian porno • Is your polycule centralized, or peer-to-peer? Find out now! • Dick King Mellon? Wasn't that was Carnegie was doing? • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected • CS Senior devastated that he must complete Masters to finally fuck computer • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half. • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • Kilties go on strike, now only wear normal hats • I don't know how to spell Renassance either, French people assure us. • In stunning move, Ron DeSantis Promises to Abort Pregnant Mothers • For the upcoming Readme "Female" Issue: "Susan Be Shopping" • This dumbass thinks he can repay all of our sin debt. • Oops! All Eugenics! Student accidentally argues for eugenics during ethics class for seventeenth time this week • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • QUIZ: What your opinions on the scrotal asmmetry of statues says about you! • "I'm still alive guys," Elvis, 1978 • CMU kills suspected 122 cheater in targeted strike; 18 civilians dead. • You won't remember anything from Carnival anyway, and other reasons why you should text that girl • Subway unveils new protein option for sandwiches named "liquefied vagrants" • Reviewing Gary’s neighbor Ted’s fish-grave-sized shovel • CMU linguistics department finishes 70 year project to translate ancient Egyptian porno • Is your polycule centralized, or peer-to-peer? Find out now! • Dick King Mellon? Wasn't that was Carnegie was doing? • Student discovers 09207 TECH QUANT ANAL not quite what they expected.