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First ever PI-Parent conferences

Carnegie Mellon University held the world’s first ever PI – Parent conference this week, allowing principal investigators to meet one-on-one with parents of graduate students to discuss research progress, work habits, lab space conduct, social development, as well as home environment.

University officials said the initiative was introduced in …

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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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Readme's Moderately Late Guide to Choosing your Freshman Dorm

As a freshman, freshwoman, or fresh non-binary person, part of your experience will be to live in one of CMU’s 13 premium housing options or Donner House. Without further ado, here’s Readme’s guide to everything you wish you’d known when you’d ranked your housing choices. We’d have published this article …

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Fact Checking The Gettysburg Address

With the election season reaching its apex, I have found it necessary to untangle some of the webs of misinformation that have been weaved through underhanded political campaigns. At the forefront of this country's greatest deception is none other than the highly esteemed so-called “honest” Abe.

That’s right! If …

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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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How to make your neighbor's crawl space feel like home

With rising house prices and global climate change, many of us are making the sensible switch to cheaper, more sustainable housing, such as the attics and crawl spaces of our former neighbors. But when you come home from a long day of gender studies, you want to relax in a …

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Readme Goes to Shul

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I used to hate French People

I used to hate French people. As a young denizen of the internet, I spent time in circles that enjoyed ragging on the country and its citizens, and those sentiments festered into my own twisted anger at people I’d never even met. I jeered in history classes, bullied internet strangers, …

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"Drink fucking water you asocial, unhealthy fucking freaks," nine out of ten doctors say

Water. Earth. Fire. Air. As we all find ourselves rejuvenating our love for Avatar: The Last Airbender, I present to you an important lesson. Water. We discuss whether water is wet or not. We spend so much time discussing it, but we do not spend enough time drinking it. So, …

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Steam Tunnels Missed Connection

I was once going on a leisurely night-time stroll around campus buildings in November, which offers me the comfort of heating, and to give me the opportunity to explore buildings I otherwise don't have classes in. Doherty hall, in particular, is a complicated maze to the non-art student — and …

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An Open Letter to CaPS

It’s that time of year again: Finals Week. Soon, classes will end and the excitement of the end of the semester will kick in. By excitement, I mean, absolute panic. Panic about failing exams, panic about failing classes, panic about your mom’s weird boyfriend at Christmas dinner. With this exciting …

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A comic. The first two panels show a woman sighing and looking out a window toward a silhouetted couple holding hands under an umbrella. "Will I ever find love?" the third panel questions. Panel four shows two people holding hands in chair desks, and they're texting hearts back and forth in panel five. In panels six and seven the woman reads a copy of "readme falls in love," then concluedes, "no, probably not." [I really like this comic :-) - rtosh]

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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The Best Crime Report

It’s time to expose all of the dirty little secrets of a certain satire magazine, of which there are many. Who would ever do such a terrible thing, not the reputable newspaper you are reading, nope, NOT US. Anyways, unrelated, but please send help and money to our gofundme.

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Satire Publication Behind Attempted Robbery Last Week?

It has come to our attention that on September 19th, a ReadMe contractor was caught attempting to commit aggravated robbery for a sum of $5.00 but was thwarted due to their target's lack of cash, Zelle, or Cash App. We deeply apologize for the negative impact of this particular employee …

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Updates from Physics

An announcement sent out earlier this week to Carnegie Mellon University students has created widespread controversy and discourse. The email, as seen below, disclosed an important warning for all students to avoid the Gates Hillman Centre on 11/25/24.

Many on campus are worried about the potential implications of …

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Silhouettes of a man with a CRT screen for a head and another man pointing guns at each other on Pausch bridge. It's captioned "explore Human-Computer Interaction at CMU."
A sketch of a worm saying "boy, I sure do love getting up early!", with a bird flying toward it in the background.

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 …

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"Merry Christmas from Meat the Intern!" [Image of Meat lying in a hospital bed covered almost completely in bandages] Speech bubbles above Meat read: "It's me, Meat! I'm doing fine after last week's incident! The FBI is lying to you!" and "I, Meat, make this statement of my own free will*". A note in the corner reads "9 out of 10 doctors declare this man alive."

A Letter from the Editor

It's hard maintaining the standard of excellence this fine university has been known for in every single one of our publications, which is why readme has completely and utterly given up. In here you can find a record of every misdeed, mistake, evil plot, plan, and lie we have spread …

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"Invasive plants winning the fight? Stab them back. Martial arts training, garden trimming services, occasional humor, and more, at ReadMe." [background is a thorny berry plant with a knife tangled up in it]
"Escaping Samsara for engineers," an incredibly detailed hand-sketched diagram which this alt text could unfortunately not do justice to.
A sketch of a bed with a crumpled-up issue of readme and a crumpled-up issue of the Tartan. The readme issue is labeled "readme does aftercare," and it's smoking a cigarette.
Is giving your students A's in recitation the same as liking their story and hoping they respond? • "1929 will be my year" ­ says man who invested all his money into Wall Street • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Rest in Peace Buddy • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • They may take our lives, but they'll NEVER take our US NEWS rankings! • Gelt still more real than crypto • Celsius starts sponsoring student all-­nighters • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • SCS opens research problem into computational complexity of hitting N birds with 1 stone • Environmentally conscious student group suggests switching to sustainable walk­by shootings • Person who said "Wow, that was easy" after exam stoned to death • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U • End of semester reflection: That O-week situationship was a really good idea • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Several students observed staring transfixed at Pausch Bridge's RGB lighting: "If not gaming, why gaming colored?" • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • A day in the life of Jane Street's unsuccessful younger brother, Sesame • Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym • News organizations come to unanimous conclusion: Victim and murderer equally at fault • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • REPORT: If Kamala really wanted my vote, she wouldn’t’ve made me late to class • Carnegie Mellon attempts to renovate mousehole in less than two years • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide • Tartan branded adderall popular among seniors trying to graduate on time • Buzzfeed.com: Top 10 Times you looked in the mirror and saw your mother’s face and asked yourself if you’re doomed to repeat your parents mistakes • Scandal as Kermit found in saucy Peppa pics, Ms Piggy exclusive interview! • Carnegie Mellon Athletics unable to record result for game since nobody was in attendance • Greedy snake oil salesman refuses to make sale • Top 10 CMU buildings I'd pick up if I were Godzilla • Is giving your students A's in recitation the same as liking their story and hoping they respond? • "1929 will be my year" ­ says man who invested all his money into Wall Street. • CMU student lives in a barrel, claims it's better than first year housing • Rest in Peace Buddy • Studies show you're not being gaslit, you're just genuinely losing it • They may take our lives, but they'll NEVER take our US NEWS rankings! • Gelt still more real than crypto. • Celsius starts sponsoring student all-­nighters • Student Senate Elections Board excited to see more students than ever interesting in voting them out • The nutritional benefits of eating this newspaper • Philosopher finally discovers the meaning of life, claims it's "not really all that special, honestly" • SCS opens research problem into computational complexity of hitting N birds with 1 stone • Environmentally conscious student group suggests switching to sustainable walk­by shootings • Person who said "Wow, that was easy" after exam stoned to death • Future generation invents pants that are baggy in six new dimensions • Admin continues to insist that you can't spell anything else with the letters C, M, and U. • End of semester reflection: That O-week situationship was a really good idea. • Women breaking glass ceiling suffering head lacerations • Several students observed staring transfixed at Pausch Bridge's RGB lighting: "If not gaming, why gaming colored?" • I walked to the sky and all I got was this lousy T-shirt • A day in the life of Jane Street's unsuccessful younger brother, Sesame. • Gallo determined responsible for mudslide in rock climbing gym. • News organizations come to unanimous conclusion: Victim and murderer equally at fault. • “It’s actually a metaphor for being reeeaaalllly hungry.” ­ author, on cannibalism • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • World Peace finally achieved after man starts Israel­-Palestine argument in comments of a cat video. • Novel studies demonstrate that drinking water and eating food are good for you, pulling all nighters and shotgunning Celsius are bad. • CPS intervenes after a drunken Big Pharma beats Little Pharma • REPORT: If Kamala really wanted my vote, she wouldn’t’ve made me late to class • Carnegie Mellon attempts to renovate mousehole in less than two years • Victorian Child unimpressed by current labor standards, "You can't do anything these days!" • Wildlife conservation group takes "CMU English Major" off of endangered species list following record­setting 7 students enrolled • American Study-­Abroad Program expands school shootings worldwide. • Tartan branded adderall popular among seniors trying to graduate on time • Buzzfeed.com: Top 10 Times you looked in the mirror and saw your mother’s face and asked yourself if you’re doomed to repeat your parents mistakes. • Scandal as Kermit found in saucy Peppa pics, Ms Piggy exclusive interview! • Carnegie Mellon Athletics unable to record result for game since nobody was in attendance • Greedy snake oil salesman refuses to make sale. • Top 10 CMU buildings I'd pick up if I were Godzilla.