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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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What is Luigi Mangione up to these days?

He's in prison.

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Jewish Space Lasers are SDC's newest buggy strategy

Last week during rolls, SDC buggy unveiled their newest buggy: Greed. The new design features a shorter body and lower ceiling, as well as a front mounted laser cannon. Upon questioning by ReadmE on what the purpose of this laser was, SDC merely responded that it was classified. However, …

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Some finals traditions!

Pittsburgh itself is an incredibly unique city – near Ohio, but not Midwest, near Maryland but not Southern, near West Virginia, but most residents do not consider it Appalachian. We also have our own “accent insulate” here, as a consequence of Pittsburgh being settled during the time of the 13 …

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Before Baker and Porter, they were Hunter and Gatherer

Baker Hall and Porter Hall: We all know them, love them, get lost in them, and indulge in erotic fanfiction of them from time to time. “But what you may not know is their deep and rich history of cultural evolution,” says anthropologist X. Cavator.

“It’s easy to look …

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Poetry Corner

Chuck Schumer’s Glasses
Chuck Schumer’s Glasses
Precariously perched
Tilted and tepid
How does he look up?
Or straight forward?
Or in any direction that isn’t at a 60 degree angle?
Left with many questions
I seek
No answers
Just Chuck

Fiddler on the Roof
Without traditions
Our …

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Spring Carnival Committee found dead in office

The CMU community is in shock after the discovery on Wednesday morning that all of Spring Carnival Committee (SCC) has died. An FMS maintenance worker discovered their remains in the SCC office on the third floor of the UC, and autopsy reports state that they had likely been dead for …

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An ad for Flouride-Free Water by RFK Jr., "Now infused with Ivermectin for optimal illness recovery; drink those liberal tears". The logo reads "No F Given", where "F" is the periodic table tile for Flourine.

The Lottery

The morning of October 27th was cloudy and overcast, with the cold of a mid-autumn day; the leaves of the trees showed hints of orange, and the dutifully maintained grass was richly green. The students of Carnegie Mellon began to gather on the Cut around ten o’clock; the whole lottery …

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The Man, The Myth, The Farnam

Hey you, did you know that Carnegie Mellon University has its very own version of Superman? A larger-than life guy so essential to campus life whether social, financial, sexual, or academic? A man so powerful he can bend steel beams with his own two hands? A man who can safely …

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Tales from Beyond Frick Park I: The Haunting of Gates-Hillman

No living creature can exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even lanternflies and cockroaches are supposed, by some, to dream. Gates Hillman, not sane, stood against the canyon, holding insanity within its glass-and-zinc ribcage; it had stood so for twenty years and might stand for twenty more, assuming FMS …

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I'm a Straight White Male: Here's why SCS's Gender Imbalance is Concerning

The only thing starker than my grades is the SCS gender imbalance. Though I am a straight, white male, I feel it is my duty to speak up about this issue. It’s a problem that keeps me up at night, long after I’m finished with my evening meditation and journaling …

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5 Inessential oils every parent doesn't need

Cold and flu season is fast approaching, and many mamas are wondering how to keep their littles healthy. If that sounds like you, then you’ve come to the right place! In my seven years as a Platinum Distributor at GaiaLife, I’ve learned that oils have a special power. Give any …

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A PSA to check the CO detectors

Yesterday, the carbon monoxide detectors started talking to me. They whispered to me, begged me to change the batteries. The carbon monoxide detectors love the batteries. I love the batteries.

I love carbon monoxide detectors. They keep the ants out of the wall. The ants want to burrow, to …

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CMU announces austerity to reduce funding woes

Amidst rising inflation costs and increasing building maintenance fees, Carnegie Mellon University administration voted to implement austerity measures as a cost-cutting measure.

The English department will be entirely destroyed, as there are only 4 English majors anyways, and all social sciences will have budgets slashed in half, and the …

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Overheard at CMU

Person 1: "Look at these Jehovah's Witnesses proselytuting"

Person 2: "I think the correct term is 'sect work.' "


"I have a special ability, one I don't tell anyone about. I'm sort of a superhero. My power is that my card works at Chipotle on the …

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"HELP WANTED! I'm trapped inside this newspaper listing and can't get out. It's been weeks. I miss my family. Will pay any amount necesary for rescue. Call (412) 268-2323" [image of a man with his hands pressed against the fourth wall"

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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School of Music to relocate practice rooms to the backrooms

PITTSBURGH, PA

As construction continues all over the lower floors of the CFA building, students have begun to wonder what exactly it is that the School of Music is building and why it's taking so long. Thankfully, their questions will soon be answered, as leaked internal messages between SoM …

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CMU Missed Connection

On November 7th, 2024 I was headed up to floor 4 on scaife hall via the elevator. I entered on floor 1, and so did some girl. I do not remember any details about what she looked like, I regret to inform you all. She pressed the button to go …

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Cervesato captured by Pres. Jahanian in nighttime operation

Picture yourself this morning in section DDDD of 122. The topic is data structures, and Prof. Iliano Cerversato, known affectionately by his students as "Iliano" or "The Null Pointer", is giving a spirited talk on implementing frangible lists in C2. Suddenly, the door of Rashid is blown in with an …

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Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • Greedy snake oil salesman refuses to make sale • Coca Cola rebrands to Methamphina Cola, claims no ingredient changes • CMU Physics rises to #1 worldwide following particle accelerator heist • Bitches be tripping? Where? (I'm so desperate) • President Farnam spotted frequenting Carnival Parties • You can disassemble the military-industrial technocomplex after I get a job • CMU students take pictures of Hunt library light pollution after mistaking it for Aurora Borealis • Wind storm politely opens door, walks inside CMU building, and breaks every computer • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester • Scandal as Kermit found in saucy Peppa pics, Ms Piggy exclusive interview! • OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers • Due to overenrollment, CMU to expel losing team of Carnegie Cup immediately • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • President Jahanian pledges to invade Pitt in State of the University address: "They will greet us as liberators" • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • How to Increase your home's retail value by NOT murdering people in it • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM" • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • Greedy snake oil salesman refuses to make sale. • Coca Cola rebrands to Methamphina Cola, claims no ingredient changes. • CMU Physics rises to #1 worldwide following particle accelerator heist. • Bitches be tripping? Where? (I'm so desperate) • President Farnam spotted frequenting Carnival Parties • You can disassemble the military-industrial technocomplex after I get a job • CMU students take pictures of Hunt library light pollution after mistaking it for Aurora Borealis • Wind storm politely opens door, walks inside CMU building, and breaks every computer. • “Surely the balloon animal guy will fix this schools mental health problems” says CMU admin for the fifth time this semester. • Scandal as Kermit found in saucy Peppa pics, Ms Piggy exclusive interview! • OPINION: First, it was a Masters. Now, you need a Ph.D. before they let you fuck the computers. • Due to overenrollment, CMU to expel losing team of Carnegie Cup immediately • DeviantArt, Conservapedia, and Other Websites We Don't Know Why We're Tagged In • President Jahanian pledges to invade Pitt in State of the University address: "They will greet us as liberators" • CMU's Drug Problem: Where are all the drugs? • How to Increase your home's retail value by NOT murdering people in it. • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics. • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM".