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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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What is Luigi Mangione up to these days?

He's in prison.

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Feng Shui for ruining your life

Have you ever felt like you were doing too well in your classes? Do you wake up too well-rested? Feng Shui is an essential practice for balancing your energy, and can be easily manipulated to prevent you from reaching your full potential. With ReadMe’s expert advice, any standard three-person one-room …

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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.)
A picture looking up at Walking to the Sky captioned "you're almost there!"

My mommy says I can't go to war

My mommy said I can’t go to war.
My mommy said I can’t go to bootcamp.
My mommy said I can’t go to basic training.

My mommy said war is scary.
My mommy said I’m her precious little boy.
My mommy said I am going to get hurt in …

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CMU to host the Olympic Games

JANUARY, GESLING STADIUM – After decades of Carnegie Mellon nobly hosting sporting events and their most exciting approximations thereof – Buggy races, Booth build week, and occasional football games (I was able to attend one, when I happened to walk by Gesling Stadium after the halftime show caught my ear) …

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A Message about the Fence and Discourse at CMU

Yesterday, Carnegie Mellon University hosted a demonstration of kinetic and potential energy from an as-yet unknown artist. This event was witnessed by two Walking to the Sky statues who considered it a spectacle to behold and by several attendees who called it “brief but memorable,” remarking on how the cacophonous …

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An advertisement containing formal-looking serif text and an image of a Tartan reporter in a suit whose head has been digitally altered to appear smushed. It reads: "Are you a reader of the Tartan? No? We're not surprised! Read The Tartan if you hate: asking questions; independently verified claims; proofread work; anything other than interviews; proper kerning; ...AND MORE!" followed by a quote "After all, just because someone said it, doesn't mean it's true" (attributed to "that guy over there")

A 213 student's guide to the subtle distinction between yaoi and bl

If you've taken one of the many Intro to Computer Systems courses (15/18-x13, or 213 for short), you've likely encountered a little thing we in the community call "bl" for short. You've probably also encountered yaoi. Some people argue these are the same thing, while others argue they're completely different, …

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Wean is Shabbat Friendly?

On Shabbat, Jews are not to parttake in physical activity, work, or use contraptions that use electricity voluntarily – which means one cannot press the buttons of an elevator. Many institutions use what are known as “shabbat elevators”, which are elevators that stop and open at every floor, such that …

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I Saw Mommy Kissing Scotty Dog

Wow, mommy's kissing Scotty Dog
I saw mommy kissing Scotty Dog
Right beside the sweepstakes track last night
She didn't see me creep
Past the booths to have a peep
She thought that I was tucked up in my dorm room, fast asleep

Then I saw mommy tickle Scotty …

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A Freshman's Guide to Carnival

You and I have one thing in common: We’ve both never been to Spring Carnival. Fear not, because my expert sleuthing over the past few days has allowed me to gain insight into this mysterious campuswide event. What does a midway taste like? Who’s in the doghouse? I’ll answer all …

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A "WANTED DEAD" poster for spotted lanternflies.

Tax Guide for Santa's Presents

After much confusion and arrests during last year’s Christmas, the IRS has decided to release an official tax guide for any presents received from Santa. This will be a comprehensive 50-page guide listing all the various rules for how to declare these presents, factoring things like value, type, Christmas spirit, …

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Waking up at 4 AM is very healthy, actually

If you’ve spent any time on the cut you’ve been hounded by upperclassmen who do buggy asking you how tall you are (not a catcall, for the record). You’re in CIT and not one of the lucky few under 5’ 2’’, you’ve been asked to be a mechanic. Now I’m …

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A handwriting worksheet for the letter C, labeled "C is for Carnegie Mellon", bearing the official CMU stamp.

A modern dialectic of oppression

In our day and age, we have had the pleasure of learning about the mistakes and sins of our forefathers, and have been given the opportunity to redeem ourselves as a global civilization. In many ways, we have, with many free to practice their cultures — however as we advance …

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A picture of Hamerschlag Hall surrounded by dense fog and tormented ghostly figures. A news headline overlay reads "Hamerschlag ghosts discover death does not grant an extension on 122 homework."

Interview with a recent grad

Despite CMU’s robust engineering programs, many recent graduates struggle to find a job right for them. Specifically, a job that doesn’t involve sending missiles to third-world countries. README correspondent Benner Rogers sat down with a recent graduate to find out what makes today’s job market so murderous.

Could you …

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Auntie ReadMe’s: A Conversation With Dr. Et. Al

After being suspended from the Guild of Advice Columnists for “giving bad advice” because “you can’t just lie” or something and “several people have died as a result of going along with something this column said and that means you can legally be charged with manslaughter” and other silly allegations …

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Readme Wins Gold

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Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights • Local hero: student finally folds laundry that has been marniating in the bin for the last week • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics • You could be sledding right now, but you're not • China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • For the upcoming Readme "Female" Issue: "Susan Be Shopping" • Huang was chosen to encapsulate the most important part of the CMU experience: Having AI shoved down your throat • Readme's own Fulke Fuchs supports Admin's declaration that "Trump" is a curse word • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • SDC Booth delayed due to noncompliance with city zoning regulations • Optimal formations you and your friends can walk in to block sidewalks on campus! • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • Carnegie Mellon unveils plans to make second, shittier donner • Gelt still more real than crypto • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter • Congress deems every white male citizen over the age of 80 honorary senator • "Cowboys and Indians" too politically incorrect? Try "Bombers and Hospitals"! • To symbolize the colors of spring in Pittsburgh, CMU's Holi celebration exclusively features powders of white, black, and beige • Hero cop reads corpse Miranda rights. • Local hero: student finally folds laundry that has been marniating in the bin for the last week • Man showing off new AI model really wants you to stop asking questions about ethics. • You could be sledding right now, but you're not. • China expresses concerns over working conditions in CFA • Artificial Intelligence trained by CMU students gains sentience, immediately kills itself • For the upcoming Readme "Female" Issue: "Susan Be Shopping" • Huang was chosen to encapsulate the most important part of the CMU experience: Having AI shoved down your throat. • Readme's own Fulke Fuchs supports Admin's declaration that "Trump" is a curse word • Complete works of Saphho discovered in a Home Depot • Student uses AI to write suicide note, gets posthumous AIV • SDC Booth delayed due to noncompliance with city zoning regulations • Optimal formations you and your friends can walk in to block sidewalks on campus! • New show “Nothing in this room is cake please stop cutting my stuff in half” is a Netflix sensation • Carnegie Mellon unveils plans to make second, shittier donner • Gelt still more real than crypto. • CMU partners with CMR to release 60mph mobility scooter. • Congress deems every white male citizen over the age of 80 honorary senator • "Cowboys and Indians" too politically incorrect? Try "Bombers and Hospitals"! • To symbolize the colors of spring in Pittsburgh, CMU's Holi celebration exclusively features powders of white, black, and beige