I have suddenly lost the ability to post links and pics?

I dont think so.
But I also dont think its very hard to get support without pictures.
In fact … 99% of the time the picture is a waste and unweildy and I advise the OP to not keep using them.

I advise you start here:

(note on this … I think it might be worthwhile to create a whitelist of links basic users can add … such as pastebin and 0x0.st, etc)