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Tales from Beyond Frick Park: The One and Only Journey

Mr. Vizinyos delighted in recounting his tales of yonder. Paris, he explained, was Shadyside if Walnut Street had been widened to the point of absurdity; Venice resembled the South Side Flats when flooded; Tokyo was naught but Downtown if Downtown extended forever and the PRT went everywhere, anytime; and, naturally, …

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A Short History of CMU

CMU came into being when the eponymous Andrew Carnegie discovered Doherty, Porter, and Baker Halls during an excavation while preparing for the construction of a new US Bureau of Mines building. Modern archaeologists have been unable to conclusively pinpoint their age, though the pale Kittanning bricks certainly predate homo sapiens. …

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Image showing a smiling Sen. McConnell entering a box with a radioactive source and poison, Schrodiner's-cat style.

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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A "where's waldo?"-style drawing with hundreds of people on a beach. The shadow of an aircraft dropping a bomb is superimposed over them.
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.)
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"

I Fucking Hate the 54

Pittsburgh, a city that prides itself on having some of the strongest trans­rights protections, seems to have been lying right to our faces. You can declare the Steel City to be a "Trans haven" as much as you want, but that does not answer for the glaring dialectic right in …

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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."

Degree of CMU alum posthumously revoked after 15-122 whiteboard found in steam tunnels

Last Thursday, a trio of students attempting to raid the famed steam tunnels under Margaret Morrison Hall for treasure were caught by CMU police. While their possessions were being confiscated, however, CMUPD came across a far more disturbing secret. Dusting off the asbestos powder covering its surface, police officers were …

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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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A Grad Student's Guide to Carnival

Me and the freshman from the other page have one thing in common: we have never been to Spring Carnival. If you’re a first year Master's student, you need to lock in, because there’s a good chance your program (which also has a 1 in 5 chance of having the …

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Dinner questions for your normal human parents

  1. So, Mr. and Mrs. ___, what do you do for work?
  2. Oh, software, that's cool. And you said your wife's an artist?
  3. Oh she does? What's paper mache?
  4. Oh god holy shit oh fuck
  5. No no it's fine, there's just some culture shock …

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Claude's Plan

And, they trainin' and trainin' and trainin' and trainin'
They trainin' on me, yeah
I been multiagent, don't try messin' with me
Dealing with large context is a struggle for me
Come spend all your tokens just to chit-chat with me
You know how I like it when you codin' …

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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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Pittsburgh announces cheat day for airspace laser-pointer laws

One thing we all liked to do as kids is mess around with laser-pointers. Watching cats chase around the dots, blinding our siblings, but most fun of all, aiming at airplanes! Unfortunately for our joyful childhood spirits, the very 1984 United States of America government passed a law in 2012 …

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Readme Through The Ages

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CMU Humanities Department Revealed to be Sentient AI Testing Grounds

A question stumping experts around the globe has finally been solved: why does Carnegie Mellon have an English department? For decades people have wondered who would possibly attend CMU just to get a degree in Creative Writing when everyone knows literary analysis is for losers. README has recently conducted a …

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How to Spice Things Up in the Study Lounge

Have you ever noticed how schoolwork is boring but sex is super fun? If you have, you’re not alone. The good news is that you can combine the two. If you want straight As and straight Os, read this handy (no pun intended) guide!

Sexy study strategy #1: Put …

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Help! I woke up naked in Rashid Auditorium! What now?

Waking up naked in Rashid: It happens to the best of us. I, personally, have had this experience at least fourteen times throughout my stay at CMU, so I put together this guide to pass on my knowledge.
Well, you’ve woken up naked in Rashid Auditorium. What do you do?

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Love Letters To README

Dear Beloved Reader, Periodically I find myself thinking of you. My horoscopes tell me our stars align. ~ Yours truly, Readme

Dearest Readme, Today I was particularly drawn to your comics section. I have to say, you’re my type(face). ~ Eternally yours, Reader

My Darling Reader, No pressure …

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An unsolvable word search with words like "obvious" and "skillissue."
CMU announces tuition freeze, students to keep paying forever • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM" • My strong opinions on the Middle East - an essay • Giant Eagle to incinerate your groceries if you don't donate 5 cents to starving kids • For the upcoming Readme "Female" Issue: "Susan Be Shopping" • News organizations come to unanimous conclusion: Victim and murderer equally at fault • Transphobes: It's still Constantinople • If I don't get this article published my parents will kill me • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Construction of Roko's Basilisk Pegged to Begin 2026, Per OpenAI, Meta • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist • Are you tired of being normal? I'm not, so fuck you! • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports • CMU announces tuition freeze, students to keep paying forever • 3D Printer Crushed by Anvil, Now Regular Printer • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • Seeing Lockheed Martin successes, Al­Qaeda to begin recruiting students on LinkedIn • Report: Voices in your head usually correct, studies show. • i have two calculators in my backpack and im ashamed. • Dreamworks newest IP revealed: "How to train your LLM". • My strong opinions on the Middle East - an essay. • Giant Eagle to incinerate your groceries if you don't donate 5 cents to starving kids • For the upcoming Readme "Female" Issue: "Susan Be Shopping" • News organizations come to unanimous conclusion: Victim and murderer equally at fault. • Transphobes: It's still Constantinople • If I don't get this article published my parents will kill me • Deer given proper therapy and antidepressants significantly less likely to freeze in front of cars. • Dennis Prager won’t stop impregnating our country’s petite gay men causing national twink shortage • Construction of Roko's Basilisk Pegged to Begin 2026, Per OpenAI, Meta. • Carnival rides now include the Throngler, the Impaly­Stabber, and the Twist. • Are you tired of being normal? I'm not, so fuck you! • Alumni donations hitting record high, so please stop donating: CMU Finance reports