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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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The Wheel and its affects on our children

It’s the latest craze, the vogue, a revolution, and it’s rolling off the shelves. If you’ve lived in ancient society in the last few lunar cycles, you’ve heard of it: the wheel.

The wheel has transformed our world swiftly; be it agriculture, transportation, cheese, or construction, they’ve already become …

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An Indiana Jones movie poster for a film entitled "Indiana Jones and the Collapsing Market," with the subtitle "dead men make no sales."

We're broke

Today, Readme spent the last of our meager budget purchasing kibble from PetSmart to stave off the death throes of one of our small, orphaned staffwriters. On our way out of the PetSmart, we were attacked by a man with a knife who took all of our print quota, forcing …

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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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Readme Throws A Carnival

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An ad for a work-study employment opportunity which pays $1250 to $2404 weekly. It offers good job security for post-graduation, including a guarantee of multi-year employment. You can travel overseas, work with land and sea vehicles, and develop close networks with major American tech companies. If interested, reach out to a recruiter with your name, other biographical details, and previous combat history. (The background fades to a camo pattern.)

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 photograph of a student next to Kim Jong Un with block letters saying "study abroad at North Korea today."

Small European Town Actually Not At All Romantic

This past summer, Carnegie Mellon ran its annual language immersion program in Italy. For the first time, the program was held in the small Italian town of Cappuccinovecchio, right between that place you forgot from tenth grade history class and that place you forgot from eleventh grade history class. In …

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Welcome to Pittsburgh!

The Big Apple. The City of Angels. The Motor City. The Windy City. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is known by many names that reflect the splendor and enigma of this Pacific Northwest paradise.

A European jewel nestled in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, Pittsburgh has amazed at least a dozen …

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[TODO]

War flashbacks to now include midroll ads

There has never been war without trauma. Throughout history, countless soldiers have been kept awake by memories of senseless violence. Many combat veterans cannot hear fireworks or smell burning rubber without recalling the horrors of war. While many people see this as a tragedy, America’s leading advertising firms see it …

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Students Rush to Buy Sunscreen After Registering for CMU Africa

While the majority of students at CMU register for classes at CMU’s Pittsburgh campus, every year, several students accidently register for classes in CMU-Africa’s Rwanda campus without fail. Scotty’s Market and Entropy report a sunscreen shortage as students rush to buy sunscreen after being advised to prepare for a “warmer …

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Modern technology comes for us all

Dr. Wittol requires little introduction, though he insists on one out of modesty. Indeed, one suspects he would have no objection to being introduced twice, thrice, or even into perpetuity, provided there were brief pauses for applause. A couple’s therapist, he was a modern Cupid, winged by the arms of …

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Opinion: Global Warming Can't Come Soon Enough

Have you ever gone outside and thought to yourself “Wow, it’s cold”? Likely not; that was a rhetorical question. However, if you were to hazard a venture outside right now, I imagine you would think that, and that makes us compatriots.

There seems to be a popular trend spread …

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CMU Computer Science has gone WOKE!

Imagine that you’re a new student at Carnegie Mellon University, and it’s your first day on campus. It has long been your dream to graduate from CMU’s prestigious School of Computer Science, and today marks the first step of realizing that ambition. You walk into Gates and look around with …

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A GoFundMe page to "support readme on strike," with a photo of picketing readme writers. One sign says "Eshaan owes me $20."

Facing your fears: The self-assured squirrel that's four feet in front of you

It happened again. You were leaving the car, walking back home, when you encountered it: a squirrel (let’s call him Squeaky) standing only 4 feet away from you.

You take a step closer. Squeaky does not scurry away. You cower. Squeaky stares you down. You run away.

Does …

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Four logos: "work" with the "o" replaced with a scotty dog, "pipe it up" with bagpipes, "hang in there" with an emoji-ified Farnam Jahanian, and a sketch of Wean labeled "concrete jungle where dreams are made of".

Overheard at CMU

Feb 19

motion to create the chaired the chaired uh motion to create the chair uh ah shit whats the word for it whats the word for group, club, chair organization committee, sorry whole lotta stress looking at your eyes aw man ever since yeah, I’m sorry. Motion …

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King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half • "Fire!" and other things to shout during a popular movie • Summer returns to Pittsburgh after covert groundhog assassination succeeds • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • The Pitt season 2 production leaves 3 injured, 1 dead • Carnegie Mellon attempts to renovate mousehole in less than two years • Woke professor spends half of lecture on land acknowledgement only to immediately deadname student • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • Rabbi hot?! • Tartan branded adderall popular among seniors trying to graduate on time • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you • Anatomy class adds study inside component • Megachurch forms PokéStop • Due to overenrollment, CMU to expel losing team of Carnegie Cup immediately • Breaking news: student from California realizes ash falling from sky is actually snow • China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA • King Solomon Attempts to divide up twins, mother requests they're both cut in half. • "Fire!" and other things to shout during a popular movie. • Summer returns to Pittsburgh after covert groundhog assassination succeeds. • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • Andrew Melons? New proof reveals that Andrew Mellon secretly had big naturals • The Pitt season 2 production leaves 3 injured, 1 dead. • Carnegie Mellon attempts to renovate mousehole in less than two years • Woke professor spends half of lecture on land acknowledgement only to immediately deadname student • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show. • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • Rabbi hot?! • Tartan branded adderall popular among seniors trying to graduate on time • Administration to build new Student Academic Failure Center just for you. • Anatomy class adds study inside component. • Megachurch forms PokéStop • Due to overenrollment, CMU to expel losing team of Carnegie Cup immediately • Breaking news: student from California realizes ash falling from sky is actually snow • China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA