Grrr ranty rant....Oh how I hate embedding from Instagram

I am feeling a bit out of sorts with all the COVID-19 chatter and sort of posted a mini rant on IG and I was going to simply embed the post here rather than retype it.  But IG's developers in their infinite wisdom do not seem to allow for the actual picture to show but it will show you the caption.

What is the point of that?  If IG wants me to check out stuff on IG and drive traffic there, then the lack of a photo on an embedded post is not going to get me there.  I don't want to leave the site I am on to check out an unknown quantity that is a photo that I only have the caption for.

I follow the info on IG's Help Page and this is the result...it is less than inspiring.
I am so tired of the repeated sensationalized news while listening to the radio, so I am rediscovering all the cool and varied music I already have. I am having trouble finding fellow humans in the calm, cautious, and pragmatic camp. Panic breeds panic and I want no part of that, so this means for my sanity it is time to set limits on how much time and which social media and news media outlets I spend my time on. Let's focus on what we can do rather than what we cannot do. Why not take the time to get to those projects around the house you have put off? Is this the spring of decluttering and organization? Isn't this a great time to cross things off that honey-do list? So for now I will stick with IG, limit my time on FB, limit my time on any news stations, limit my time watching any TV that can break on with news stories or airs sensationalized teasers for news casts. Rediscover movies, tv shows, and music that I already own, and yeah restart my never ending declutter the office project. Maybe this time I will finally finish it. 😎 #calmcautiouspragmatic #declutterspring #redisoveryourpossesions
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So here is the picture in question


 

(Note I like using Sequestered rather than social distancing.  I looked it up and found this : from Old French sequestrer or late Latin sequestrare ‘commit for safekeeping’. In my case our sequestered period began on Friday, March 13, 2020 which is the first day our school was closed.)

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