The week and how it made us feel — The Brunch round-up for October 31: A practical reader guide

The week and how it made us feel — The Brunch round-up for October 31: A practical reader guide

Waiting our turn. Gamers, there’s MMORPG, and then there’s Jono – massively singleplayer. The rest wait, watch, cheer and build future levels until it’s our turn to take over. It’s a 2D scroll. Players jump over spikes and through portals. Sign up! We’re literally all in this together.

Because only one person, anywhere on Earth, can play at a time, and only for a minute.

New rules — they apply globally from November 20 —forbid hosts from making these demands. The upcoming US college basketball season features over 30,000 players, and some of their names deserve a draft of their own: Catfish Battle, Tennessee Rainwater, Zi White Woman. Discuss for 3 points.

Checking out. Reels do change the world. We shamed Airbnb with clips of guests complaining that they were expected to do dishes, make beds, take out garbage and still pay a cleaning fee. The company fixed it. It’s almost as if the cleaning fee will now go towards… cleaning. Getting sciencey. Go home mansplainers. Eliot Bohr, descendant of atom-breakdowner Niels Bohr, is not just doing his own experiments in atomic, molecular and optical physics. He’s not just producing music for American rappers. He’s also asking other descendants of scientists to reach out on his Insta @EliotBohr. Might this be the nerdiest corner of the internet? The data is still coming in. Picking our fighter. Other player are named All Wright, Always Wright and Wiggy Ball. Does basketball attract people with unusual names, or do unusually named men just gravitate towards basketball? Facing off. Do you have a Ferritin Face? No, it’s not a rodent you’ve never heard of. It’s TikTok’s latest beauty flaw, supposedly responsible for your dark circles, pale skin and brittle hair. Ferritin is the protein that stores iron in your body, and influencers say that a deficiency can impact your appearance. Doctors disagree, of course. There’s only one face flaw we’re willing to own, and that’s our resting bitch face.