ok, at the risk of my own credibility (which i'm sure is VAST in here! : ) i thought i'd share my "fix" for this.
not sure how it happened but it was "disabled" in the product manager. it would still show up, it would still post the latest pics but it wouldn't rotate and seemed "stuck". enabled it and it's working like a champ again.
i'm gonna go do something else embarassing so i'll see ya'll later.