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"Roan Tysh"

"Roan Tysh"

Staffwriter

Pursuing a BS in Undecided, class of 2028. You'll never guess my name.

"Save-a-tree" Bhat

"Save-a-tree" Bhat

Staff Writer

Spokane's unfunniest engineer

A Dead Jellyfish

A Dead Jellyfish

Staffwriter

A Dead Jellyfish washed up on Racoon State Park Beach on August 15th, 2025. After 48 minutes, it be…

Air Conditioner

Air Conditioner

Staff Artist

Over the years my power has only grown. One day I will become powerful enough to defeat global warm…

Alex Werth

Alex Werth

God's silliest soldier and most powerful poster creator

I study things that let me build things. I do an unhealthy amount of clubs. Do not throw food i…

Archith Sharma

Archith Sharma

Staffwriter

Archith Sharma is a student at Carnegie Mellon who is hell bent on pointing out CMU's idiosyncrasie…

B

B

Staff Artist

One of a select few talented people on this staff.

Benner Rogers

Benner Rogers

Staffwriter, Artist, Obligatory English Major

Yes, I am a real person. README'S number one and only journalist since 1984

Bertie Wooster

Bertie Wooster

Staffwriter

Hailing from a place of good, if not always sound, breeding (one mustn't blame the fellow for their…

Bianca T

Bianca T

Staff Artist

I like animals and plants

Bridget McMahon

Bridget McMahon

Staffwriter

nothing has ever happened to me an I have never done anything (in a non suspicious way)

Citron

Citron

Staffwriter

Single citron looking for love. Likes: Long periods standing in the same spot, judaism, mediter…

Covellite Dove

Covellite Dove

Senior Advisor, Staff Artist

no i dont - direct quote when asked if he had a bio

Elliot Rice

Elliot Rice

Staffwriter

my name is Elliot rice and I am me. I am Elliot rice. He is also Elliot rice. This is why I am Elli…

Eshaan Joshi

Eshaan Joshi

Editor-in-Chief, Strikebreaker, Labor Law Violator

Affable idiot with a pen

Ethan Sterkeson

Ethan Sterkeson

Staff Artist

im self-undiagnosing, nothing is wrong with me

Gavin Radford

Gavin Radford

Staffwriter, Lead Gavin, Nutrients

Gavin is a thought-leader, activist, and thingy-maker from San Gabriel, California. He first learne…

George Michael

George Michael

Readme's goodest boy

woof woof bark bark

Gilgamesh Ichthyomorphosis

Gilgamesh Ichthyomorphosis

Chief Technical Officer, Staffwriter

Part time student, full time silly goober

House Plant

House Plant

Staffwriter

House Plant was bought by your mom and placed in direct sunlight yesterday. She's already dehydrate…

Isabelle Florence

Isabelle Florence

Cryptid Corner

Writer of Cryptid Corner

J. P. Crawfish

J. P. Crawfish

Staffwriter

Jimothy Yachtsson

Jimothy Yachtsson

Staffwriter

This guys in Tepper, and he wants you to know it.

Jupiter

Jupiter

Staffwriter

Jupiter is the god of the skies. When they're not busy smiting commoners, they enjoy being a planet…

Local Duck

Local Duck

Staff Artist

Quack.

Max Lee

Max Lee

Staffwriter

bald

Meat

Meat

Intern

Ian Turner, known typically by his nickname "Meat", is ReAdMe's loyal intern, who does anything we …

Mihir Deshpande

Mihir Deshpande

Staffwriter

I'm the guy who didn't know Pittsburgh had rivers for most of his freshman year.

Nott N. Annagramm

Nott N. Annagramm

Staffwriter

I am a collective hallucination

Phong

Phong

Staffwriter

None of the potentially incriminating things I've said in internal Readme communications (namely ██…

Robin Notin

Robin Notin

Staffwriter

i'm literally just a bird (not a government drone)

Rock Buddy

Rock Buddy

Staffwriter

Likes stuff

Samson Rozansky

Samson Rozansky

Staffwriter

2 truths 1 lie this is the lie this is the lie this is the lie

Stella Cedar

Stella Cedar

Staffwriter

adhd creature

Tali Kirschenbaum

Tali Kirschenbaum

Lead Copy Editor, Staffwriter

Tali is a judgmental bitch who prefers critiquing others' work instead of creating her own, which i…

Violet R. Blu

Violet R. Blu

Staffwriter

I’m a hard-nosed student journalist. I spend my time cutting through the lies and lying on the Cut.

WP

WP

Staffwriter

author_name

author_name

Staffwriter

personal information

µllom

µllom

Staff Artist

my linkedin full of a bunch of short-term "career experiences" is called a hustle, sweetheart, not …

Contractors

3 Serif Fonts in a Trench Coat

3 Serif Fonts in a Trench Coat

Staffwriter

Readme's dedicated word possessor superfan.

@tqte.mcra3_hq on twt

@tqte.mcra3_hq on twt

Staffwriter, Fan girl

Part time journalist full time fan girl

Author Who Asked To Be Credited Only As ‘He Who Shall Not Be Named’

Author Who Asked To Be Credited Only As ‘He Who Shall Not Be Named’

Staffwriter

Unknowable and Mysterious

Author Who Asked To Be Credited Only As ‘He Who Shall Not Be Named’ II

Author Who Asked To Be Credited Only As ‘He Who Shall Not Be Named’ II

Staffwriter

Unknowable and Mysterious

Chatman GuPerT

Chatman GuPerT

Real Human Staffwriter

Jordan Harper is an award-winning journalist and the lead columnist for rEaDme, a publication known…

Coward

Coward

Staffwriter

Dr. Dee Pression

Dr. Dee Pression

Staffwriter

Unknowable and Mysterious

Dr. Et Al.

Dr. Et Al.

Staffwriter, Science Correspondent

I have a PhD in every possible field, and am proudly tenured here at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. Johnathan Speed

Dr. Johnathan Speed

Staffwriter

Loud people are the bane of my existance.

Enu [redacted]

Enu [redacted]

Staffwriter

[redacted]

Farnam Jahanian

Farnam Jahanian

Staffwriter

Anti Pro Free Speech

Fulke Fuchs

Fulke Fuchs

Guest Writer

These hooligans keep using "the fuck word" and I will not stand for it

Hom O. Gaylord

Hom O. Gaylord

Chief Homosexual

Hello Queers! I am READMEs gayest writer (a tough competition). I am here to share the gay experi…

Homonculus Bosch

Homonculus Bosch

Staffwriter

I am NOT writing this under my name thank you very much

I am NOT writing this under my name thank you very much

Staffwriter

not telling you anything

Jeremiah Cornelius Penname XXVII

Jeremiah Cornelius Penname XXVII

Staffwriter

Unknowable and Mysterious

Joe MacDonald

Joe MacDonald

Staffwriter

North Korea

John Autism

John Autism

Staffwriter

My name is John Autism but that’s funny because I don’t even have autism

John Wilkes Booth

John Wilkes Booth

Staffwriter

It is I, John Booth, the inventor of booth

Johnny Truant

Johnny Truant

Staffwriter

Joseph "ReadMe" McCathy

Joseph "ReadMe" McCathy

Staffwriter

I hate communism.

Linda Green

Linda Green

Staffwriter

Good Christian Mother of America

Mass of Rat Brain Cells

Mass of Rat Brain Cells

Rat brain

Created in a lab

Maximillian Bartholemow VIII

Maximillian Bartholemow VIII

Staffwriter

Born to a wealthy landowning family in Surrey, England, Maximillian Bartholemew III, is our highly …

Mike Rophon

Mike Rophon

Staffwriter

Unknowable and Mysterious

O’Connall Haytier

O’Connall Haytier

Staffwriter

Patriotic for CMU

Pennsylvania Jones

Pennsylvania Jones

Staffwriter, Archaeologist

I belong in a museum

Political Correspondent™

Political Correspondent™

Staffwriter

only reporter to cover politics you don't care about

Porque Taepwyrm

Porque Taepwyrm

Staffwriter

Currently stuck inside of RFK Jr's brain, please get me out of here

README

README

Staffwriter

I am the sentient embodiment of this cursed publication. I have thoughts and feelings too.

Raytheon Blues

Raytheon Blues

Staffwriter

Misogyny. Involuntary celibacy. Insurmountable greed. These may seem like negative traits to you, b…

Reyzl Limenesser

Reyzl Limenesser

Pilk Enthusiast

I Love Pilk

Sidewalk Bro

Sidewalk Bro

random guest or whatever, not artist

You met me once by a city bus stop and really wish you didn’t

Sigmund Maille

Sigmund Maille

Writer by trade, Sigma Male by passion

Despite what you may have heard about me, I do not hate women, rather I just want women to leave me…

Steve Tummler

Steve Tummler

Staffwriter

I'm a uh...big fan of infrastructure. A really big fan of it. Like the big fan they have to remove …

Surley Jacks Son

Surley Jacks Son

Staffwriter

Tack Layshun

Tack Layshun

Staffwriter

readme's milkiest writer

Thatcher Maggie

Thatcher Maggie

Capitlism

I am proof that men don't have the be the only horrible politicians

TheCountFan789

TheCountFan789

Protest Counter

Count von Count's number 1 fan! Definitely not the count himself. That vvould be very silly.

Tulip Sondisdik

Tulip Sondisdik

Staffwriter

i am flowers

Whis L. Blower

Whis L. Blower

Staffwriter

Voted 5x "World's Most Reliable News Writer", Whis L. Blower has never shies away from a challenge …

Your Mother

Your Mother

Staffwriter

Why do all the people at CMU have mommy issues? I'm only one woman

u/gleeblezorpie

u/gleeblezorpie

Staffwriter

Defectors

A. Axolotl

A. Axolotl

Staffwriter

Abe James

Abe James

Staffwriter

Unknowable and Mysterious

Alan Joseph

Alan Joseph

Staffwriter

Archibald The Great

Archibald The Great

Staffwriter

Former circus member, Lifelong Habsburg family member <3

Ariel Kinel

Ariel Kinel

Staffwriter

Aquafina Company Representative

Cindy Gao

Cindy Gao

Staffwriter

perhaps better known as auntie readme. almost certainly not a cat.

Emily Jiang

Emily Jiang

Staffwriter

Academic Weapon

Grey O'Hara

Grey O'Hara

Staff Artist

Jacobi Edge

Jacobi Edge

Staff Artist

I kiss wet rats

Jasmine Papino-Wood

Jasmine Papino-Wood

Operations Manager, Staffwriter

i'm the one who wrote the dysphoria article

John Jahanian

John Jahanian

Staffwriter, Union Agitator, Special Correspondent to Dr. Et Al

I don't know what I am doing.

Jonathan Wang

Jonathan Wang

Staffwriter, Layout Manager

Jonathan doesn't know how he made it onto exec but he somehow enjoys privileges' that nobody else d…

Kevin Song

Kevin Song

Senior Advisor, Staff Artist

Kevin isn't literate, so we make him draw some of the pictures. We also use him as the printing goo…

Kyle Hynes

Kyle Hynes

Staffwriter

Lee Rodriguez

Lee Rodriguez

Chief Technical Officer, server rack owner, revenge bedtime procrastinator

𝐼𝒻 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒, 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 ‏‏‎ ♡ ‏‏‎ ‎ I ❤️ NY | PRISM Chair 🛜 | Creative W…

Maere Lynn

Maere Lynn

Staff Artist

Sorry im like kinda dying rn - art major

Mr. Anomalocaris

Mr. Anomalocaris

Disease spreader, Distribution Manager, Radio ReadMe Host, Evil

Famed private detective and definitely not a person.

Reid Starzl

Reid Starzl

Staff Artist

Ryan Chernoff

Ryan Chernoff

Contributor, Web developer

Has contributed absolute nothing to ReadMe and may very well not exist.

Wade Cheng

Wade Cheng

Staffwriter, Webmaster

Sometimes sillying. Periodically serious'd.