Yes, on us8 / Arendyll. It started around 8:00 PM Eastern and hasn't come back yet. Reloading doesn't help and causes the browser to have 'fits' of sorts. I too saw the 'verbal tree' you speak of, but now I'm not even getting that. Now all I get is the Browser Scroll Bar flying Up and Down Wildly trying to 'Load'.
PC
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Brower: Brave Version 1.25.70 Chromium: 91.0.4472.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)