diff --git a/src/components/DumpCreateModal.tsx b/src/components/DumpCreateModal.tsx
index 3f104ec..4a628ef 100644
--- a/src/components/DumpCreateModal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DumpCreateModal.tsx
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ export function DumpCreateModal(
   // Paste handler
   useEffect(() => {
     const handler = (e: ClipboardEvent) => {
+      // Fields own their paste: the comment editor uploads pasted images as
+      // inline attachments, and the URL input has its own file handler below.
+      // Without this guard, pasting an image into the description would flip
+      // the whole modal over to a file dump.
+      const tag = (e.target as HTMLElement).tagName;
+      if (tag === "INPUT" || tag === "TEXTAREA") return;
       const pastedFile = e.clipboardData?.files[0];
       if (pastedFile) {
         setMode("file");
@@ -194,8 +200,6 @@ export function DumpCreateModal(
         clearErrors("root");
         return;
       }
-      const tag = (e.target as HTMLElement).tagName;
-      if (tag === "INPUT" || tag === "TEXTAREA") return;
       const text = e.clipboardData?.getData("text") ?? "";
       try {
         const u = new URL(normalizeUrl(text));
diff --git a/src/components/Markdown.tsx b/src/components/Markdown.tsx
index 3395a59..7bb83a0 100644
--- a/src/components/Markdown.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Markdown.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ function preprocessMentions(text: string): string {
   return text.replace(/(?<![[(])@([\w]+)/g, "[@$1](/users/$1)");
 }
 
-// Static components object — defined once at module scope to avoid recreation on every render
-const MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS: React.ComponentProps<
-  typeof ReactMarkdown
->["components"] = {
+type Components = React.ComponentProps<typeof ReactMarkdown>["components"];
+
+// Static components objects — defined once at module scope to avoid recreation on every render
+const MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS: Components = {
   a: ({ href, children: linkChildren }) => {
     if (href?.startsWith("/users/")) {
       return <Link to={href}>{linkChildren}</Link>;
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ const MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS: React.ComponentProps<
   },
 };
 
+// Inline renderings are line-clamped teasers inside cards, where an embedded
+// image blows the layout apart. Drop images there — the full description is
+// one click away on the detail page.
+const INLINE_MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS: Components = {
+  ...MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS,
+  img: () => null,
+};
+
 export function Markdown(
   { children, className, inline = false }: MarkdownProps,
 ) {
@@ -45,7 +53,9 @@ export function Markdown(
     >
       <ReactMarkdown
         remarkPlugins={REMARK_PLUGINS}
-        components={MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS}
+        components={inline
+          ? INLINE_MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS
+          : MARKDOWN_COMPONENTS}
       >
         {processed}
       </ReactMarkdown>