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Spent tonight refereeing our last junior semi-final match at the golf club. Looking forward to finals day to see all our finalists play again.

Our Japanese maple in the back garden is starting to change colour. A change of seasons is upon us. #mbaug

Instagram's sole aim is to keep you in the app

Looks like I removed the Instagram app from my phone at the right time.

As if Instagram weren’t addictive enough already, the company is adding a new feature that’s intended to keep you scrolling through your feed even longer. Starting today, Instagram will load ‘Suggested Posts‘ at the end of your feed, once you’re all caught up with updates from friends and other accounts you follow.

— Instagram’s new ‘Suggested Posts’ feature will keep you scrolling forever

Like Facebook, Instagram is doing everything to keep your eyes on the app. Suggested users, copying features from other trending apps like TikTok and now suggested posts. These features aren’t designed to help the users, they’re designed to keep you attached to your timeline.

Without an open API though, the options to viewing your timeline on Instagram are restricted. It’s not the kind of platform that I want to be a part of.

I had no idea Unsplash had an iOS app. Found out this morning after continuing my process of updating accounts with my new email address.

This is a silhouette of Ethan playing at Gleneagles last year in the junior open. I like this type of picture. I hope to get more shots like this when golf competitions return next year.