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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 comic with three captioned illustrations. In order, it reads "not to flex on anyone, but I'm Jewish, and I got into art school just fine."
A photo taken with a smartphone camera at night of one of the sculptures of a person at the base of walking to the sky, with harsh front-camera selfie lighting. A Snapchat-style text overlay reads: "Nooo don't walk to the sky, your [sic] so sexy ahaha"

Booths shut down due to OSHA violations

MIDWAY, Pittsburgh — in a chaotic scene, officials from the Pittsburgh Department of Health, Safety, and Tiny Wooden Houses have taken control of Midway following Farnham Jahanian’s decision to shut down Midway. The controversial decision was made following reports of numerous OSHA violations violated during Booth construction. The Spring Carnival …

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Auntie Readme: I want to get back with my ex!

Free Bird from DC: Hey Auntie, I think I’ve hit a rough patch in my life. It’s February and all this talk of love and relationships has got me all torn up. See, it's been a rough year. I’ve just been feeling like shit. I keep blowing up at all …

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Sanitation Concerns Raised over Birth in Bethlehem Stable

BETHLEHEM, Judea – Locals are shocked that a young Galilean woman named Mary has given birth in a manger. Although many have no qualms about sharing their living spaces with domesticated animals, some are saying that a stable might be a bit too far. Experts confirm that a manger is …

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CMU's Cease and Desist to Radford University Finally Arrives After Being Lost in the USPS Pipeline for 103 Years

At the beginning of this week, a The Tartan spokesperson revealed to Readme in an exclusive interview that CMU Administration and The Tartan were planning on reviving a copyright dispute that is over a century old against Radford University. As it turns out, CMU is not the only institution with …

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A screenshot of a browser search history filled with "hot fbi agents," surrounded by pictures of FBI agents and hearts. "I know you can see my search history you know how badly I need this <3"

Readme Goes to Carnival

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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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Throwing a BOO-tiful Networking Mixer

With Halloween just around the corner, underachieving slackers everywhere are throwing parties. Now, horror movies are pretty scary, but I can’t think of anything more frightening than wasting valuable time on “fun” and “leisure”. Worry not, though: there is a way to celebrate Halloween while still maximizing productivity and increasing …

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A Monopoly Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card with the text "KGB Official Card / Surprise Sick Day / Get Out of Class Free"

Booth Stuns CMU With Structural Anomaly

When Spring Carnival Committee began a routine structural check on what seemed to be an ordinary one-story booth, it certainly never expected to discover a scientific mystery that would stump even the greatest minds CMU has to offer. Yet that’s exactly what happened when SCC checked the booth built by …

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CivE department apologizes for increase in campus construction

Earlier this week the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering issued a statement addressing the sudden increase in construction around CMU’s campus, making many spaces unusable, and causing significant traffic delays as 5th Ave and Forbes Ave have had sections of the roads closed. In the statement, the head of …

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Duo Push Goes Rogue

An unknown Computer Science major has been arrested after reportedly releasing a computer virus across Carnegie Mellon’s campus. The virus targets the Duo Push mobile app, causing it to be triggered whenever a CMU ID card is swiped. If authentication is not performed within sixty seconds, the virus will …

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Last Rites: The Final Words of a Student Trapped in Gates

ReadMe’s most dedicated journalists have recently discovered a letter at the bottom of a Rohr Cafe – La Prima coffee cup, believed to be written by a student who never made it out of the Gates and Hillman centers. Out of respect for this fallen student, we have decided to …

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"CIT is proud to announce...the new 'Intro to Civil Engineering' Lab Kit!" [toolbox full of wet concrete, with a shovel on top]

README buys Farnam's Hair? Cost of CMU Leader's Locks

CMU President Farnam Jahanian with hair reminiscent of Elvis Presley's

In the days following README's bankruptcy, many questions have arisen, such as "how,” "why,” and "what's the difference between a marmot and a gopher.” The answer to at least two of these questions has recently come to light: Farnam's hair. It is still unclear why the hair of CMU's …

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CMU's New COUNTermeasure Against Protest

In order to properly enforce the new expressive action rule, CMU has hired the educational celebrity, The Count from Sesame Street, to count crowds on campus and make sure none exceed tvventy four. The students seem to be taking the new member of the Carnegie Mellon family vvell. “It’s a …

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RA finds Olympic torch during room check • REPORT: If Kamala really wanted my vote, she wouldn’t’ve made me late to class • Is your polycule centralized, or peer-to-peer? Find out now! • Two women argue about twins, King Solomon demands both be cut in half • Californians Sigh in Relief as CMU Students Return to Campus • Anatomy class adds study inside component • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Student who once contemplated an evening of self­care and early sleep now facing the consequences of shitty time management • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • Sisyphus tired of being imagined happy, quoted: "Can one of you help me with this damn rock instead?" • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Dedicated Gender Studies student finds clitoris, loses track of penis • REPORT: Carnegie Mellon students so afraid of the sun they only go outside during eclipse • Hardest job imaginable: affirming therapist to drone strike today • Rope and stool salesmen loitering outside particularly difficult finals • Ambitious professor covers 437 slides in a single lecture • You think you're a leftist? I'm wearing Che Guevara! • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • RA finds Olympic torch during room check • REPORT: If Kamala really wanted my vote, she wouldn’t’ve made me late to class • Is your polycule centralized, or peer-to-peer? Find out now! • Two women argue about twins, King Solomon demands both be cut in half. • Californians Sigh in Relief as CMU Students Return to Campus. • Anatomy class adds study inside component. • My Professor Had One Comment After Viewing My Final Project: “This Sucks” • CMU endorses homelessness as a viable solution to rising competition in on-campus housing • Student who once contemplated an evening of self­care and early sleep now facing the consequences of shitty time management • CIT student's "new kicks" deemed "too swag" by the administration • Sisyphus tired of being imagined happy, quoted: "Can one of you help me with this damn rock instead?" • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Dedicated Gender Studies student finds clitoris, loses track of penis • REPORT: Carnegie Mellon students so afraid of the sun they only go outside during eclipse • Hardest job imaginable: affirming therapist to drone strike today. • Rope and stool salesmen loitering outside particularly difficult finals • Ambitious professor covers 437 slides in a single lecture. • You think you're a leftist? I'm wearing Che Guevara! • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations