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A Letter from the Editor

Aug. 28, 2024, 4:23 p.m.
By: Eshaan Joshi | Vol 2, Issue 0

As the premier and only newspaper on campus, readme is honored to welcome each and every single one of you to Carnegie Mellon University, four years of your life you couldn't have anywhere else. Unless, of course, you buy the all inclusive package for 20% more plus shipping, in which case you can enjoy Carnegie Mellon from the comfort of your own home, 24/7, on up to three different devices! Th...

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README Found to be Plagiarizing the Tartan

June 23, 2024, 10:47 a.m.
By: Tali Kirschenbaum | Vol 1, Issue 5

Have you noticed an increase in the quality of README’s articles recently? That’s no accident. You might think it’s because our staff is getting more experienced at writing satire legitimate news, right? NO! We in the editing staff felt a strange sense of familiarity while reading over our previous issue to prepare it for publication, and upon investigation (which consisted of multiple sleeples...

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A Letter from the Editor

June 23, 2024, 10:40 a.m.
By: Eshaan Joshi | Vol 1, Issue 4

I was on break :)

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A Letter from the Editor

June 23, 2024, 9:49 a.m.
By: Eshaan Joshi | Vol 1, Issue 3

readme was nominated for several dozen awards over the last week, including several "Best News Source" awards for their coverage of the War in Vietnam. Unfortunately, after the Pullitzer committee discovered the Vietnam War ended in the 70s, and readme was just two asian guys in the UC at 4 in the morning, all the awards were revoked, and the prize money confiscated. With midterm season over, r...

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A Letter from the Editor

June 18, 2024, 3:16 a.m.
By: Eshaan Joshi | Vol 1, Issue 2

Following a disappointing showing from readme in the first issue, we were going to fire the entire editorial staff and replace them all with variants of ChatGPT. We are told this will cut costs and raise profits, but unfortunately, due to labor laws, immigration laws, marriage laws, and regular old laws, we were unable to do that. We are currently litigating in court to be the world's first AI ...

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readme returns!

June 17, 2024, 11:29 p.m.
By: Eshaan Joshi | Vol 1, Issue 1

Hello! We're readme, a re­established student­-run satire magazine at the one and only Carnegie Mellon University! We were originally founded in 1992, when Jim McDougal, Terry Former, Elle Forest, and that Scooter "Skip" Hoodwinkle decided to meet in the deep recesses of the Doherty A level and think up an idea nobody had ever thought about before ­ could Carnegie Mellon students be fu...