Corrections
Corrections and Clarifications
Errors in recent editions, and the record set straight.
Crumb Puzzles
The Weekly Crumb: Puzzle No. 412
This week's arrangement problem, plus the solution to last week's, which several readers dispute.
The Bakery
Crumb Shortage Enters Fourth Week as Officials Urge Calm, Then Leave Town
The Ministry of Supply says reserves are 'adequate.' It has not said adequate for what, or for how long.
Politics
Parliament Adjourns Third Day Running After Members Roll Out of Chamber
Leadership blamed the newly waxed floors. The opposition blamed the leadership. A committee will be formed to blame someone else.
Editorial
The Crumb We Cannot See
The Board of Editors on the surveillance question, and why the answer is not simply more cameras.
Science
Great Blob Telescope Detects Nothing at All, Which Scientists Call Their Best Result Yet
After nine years and considerable expense, the array has confirmed that a specific region of sky contains no crumbs whatsoever.
Letters
Letters: On Roundness, Ovens, and the Price of a Crumb
Readers respond to last week's coverage. Letters have been edited for length.
Opinion
Elias Rundle
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Opinion
We Are All Round, and Pretending Otherwise Is Making Us Miserable
The cult of the angular has gone far enough.
Surveillance
City Installs Cameras That Watch Only for Crumbs, Insists This Is Different
Officials stress the system cannot identify individual blobs — only what those blobs are holding, where, and for how long.
Culture
Baker of the Year Award Given, for Eleventh Time, to the Same Extremely Round Blob
Judges cited 'consistency.' Rivals cited 'the judging panel being three of his cousins.'
Guest Blob
I Was a Crumb Inspector for Thirty Years. We Were Never Counting Crumbs.
A guest essay on what the inspection service actually measured, and who asked for it.