Rob Cottingham
@robcottingham.ca
Leadership communications for great causes and big ideas.
🌹BCFED Communications Director
🗣️Speechwriter and speaking coach
🎤Voice actor repped by Connekt Creative
😂Standup comic ✒️Noise to Signal cartoonist 🖖Star Trek nerd
🌹BCFED Communications Director
🗣️Speechwriter and speaking coach
🎤Voice actor repped by Connekt Creative
😂Standup comic ✒️Noise to Signal cartoonist 🖖Star Trek nerd
I assume every BC newscast tonight is starting with "Okay, BUCKLE UP."
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I assume every BC newscast tonight is starting with "Okay, BUCKLE UP."
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Me, after being asked to leave Chili's after having one too many happy hour margaritas:
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Me, after being asked to leave Chili's after having one too many happy hour margaritas:
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Today we honour the leadership, resilience and contributions of persons with disabilities in our workplace and communities. #IDPD2025 reminds us of our shared responsibility to remove barriers—visible and invisible—and foster spaces where everyone can thrive with dignity, equity and respect. (1/3)
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today we honour the leadership, resilience and contributions of persons with disabilities in our workplace and communities. #IDPD2025 reminds us of our shared responsibility to remove barriers—visible and invisible—and foster spaces where everyone can thrive with dignity, equity and respect. (1/3)
Congratulations to Antipope Trevor Halford
The BC Conservative Party just announced they have removed John Rustad as their party leader.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
Comes hours after Rustad said he was staying on despite 20 MLAs calling for his removal, arguing there was no mechanism for the party to turf him as leader after winning his leadership review.
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Congratulations to Antipope Trevor Halford
It will never stop being funny to me that the shattering of the BC right started when they rebranded as "BC United." #BCPoli
The BC Conservatives currently hold 39 seats
So, theoretically, if 20 of them were to leave the caucus and form their own party, they could end up the official opposition 💁♀️
So, theoretically, if 20 of them were to leave the caucus and form their own party, they could end up the official opposition 💁♀️
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It will never stop being funny to me that the shattering of the BC right started when they rebranded as "BC United." #BCPoli
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I love Franklin and read these books aloud to my kid, as did so many of us. KCP is a fantastic Canadian publisher, and I stand with them. Sending so much support to the author and illustrator, and also hoping to eventually see Hegseth get the life he deserves.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I love Franklin and read these books aloud to my kid, as did so many of us. KCP is a fantastic Canadian publisher, and I stand with them. Sending so much support to the author and illustrator, and also hoping to eventually see Hegseth get the life he deserves.
Kindness, empathy and inclusion are the polar opposite of what the Trump regime stands for.
Compassion makes Trumpism impossible. It’s antimatter, antivenom and antidote all in one. No wonder they’re doing all they can to kill it.
Compassion makes Trumpism impossible. It’s antimatter, antivenom and antidote all in one. No wonder they’re doing all they can to kill it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Kindness, empathy and inclusion are the polar opposite of what the Trump regime stands for.
Compassion makes Trumpism impossible. It’s antimatter, antivenom and antidote all in one. No wonder they’re doing all they can to kill it.
Compassion makes Trumpism impossible. It’s antimatter, antivenom and antidote all in one. No wonder they’re doing all they can to kill it.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Follow me for some of the most mild-mannered commentary on Bluesky
@robcottingham.ca has swears! They've used 44 profanities in their last 788 posts.
🥇 "hell" (9 times)
🥈 "goddamn" (5 times)
🥉 "bullshit" (4 times)
🥇 "hell" (9 times)
🥈 "goddamn" (5 times)
🥉 "bullshit" (4 times)
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Follow me for some of the most mild-mannered commentary on Bluesky
Okay, @profanity.accountant. I need to know (prediction: I suspect my numbers are pretty low).
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Okay, @profanity.accountant. I need to know (prediction: I suspect my numbers are pretty low).
Don't worry, I'm sure Pete Hoekstra will be along any moment to condemn this interference in another country's politics.
I’d really love someone to explain to me how the admin’s Latin America policy is consistent regarding narcotrafficking.
(Please don’t reply to this saying it’s consistent because he supports right-wingers. That’s not what I’m asking!) open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
(Please don’t reply to this saying it’s consistent because he supports right-wingers. That’s not what I’m asking!) open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Trump Bribing Honduran Voters To Restore Narcotrafficking Government to Power
Trump endorsed the nominee of the right-wing party, while pledging to pardon its most recent president, who sits in U.S. federal prison for drug trafficking.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Don't worry, I'm sure Pete Hoekstra will be along any moment to condemn this interference in another country's politics.
I've never felt so demographically appreciated in my life.
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life
BOSTON—Prematurely assuming he had reached the end of the 1977 rock masterpiece, local man Peter Verran, who thought Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” was over, was reportedly in for the thrill of his fucki...
theonion.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I've never felt so demographically appreciated in my life.
Got a comedian whose next special you're dying for to help you make get some perspective on This Current Moment?
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Got a comedian whose next special you're dying for to help you make get some perspective on This Current Moment?
Absolutely glorious. Also, I love @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social's 100% appropriate shit-eating grin in the photo.
"Ottawa U.S. Embassy spokesperson Ariel Pollock" has now been required to issue a comment on our foolishness.
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Absolutely glorious. Also, I love @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social's 100% appropriate shit-eating grin in the photo.
Glad to see this cartoon is making the rounds on Bluesky, bringing joy and dread to all www.robcottingham.ca/cartoon/arch...
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Glad to see this cartoon is making the rounds on Bluesky, bringing joy and dread to all www.robcottingham.ca/cartoon/arch...
I'm pretty sure it was after watching Mission Impossible: Fallout that the Entity decided humanity had to go.
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I'm pretty sure it was after watching Mission Impossible: Fallout that the Entity decided humanity had to go.
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slapping this sticker on top of the nuzzi-lizza discourse
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
slapping this sticker on top of the nuzzi-lizza discourse
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
The first rule of Fight Club: Don't talk about Fight Club unless it's on background.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The first rule of Fight Club: Don't talk about Fight Club unless it's on background.
I'm starting to think that grandmother was lying about nobody liking the beautiful sweater she'd knitted.
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm starting to think that grandmother was lying about nobody liking the beautiful sweater she'd knitted.
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Stealing plot points from "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" sounds on brand
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Stealing plot points from "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" sounds on brand
It's worth imagining what the reaction from the Liberal base would have been to exactly the same policies had they been brought in by Poilievre.
It’s pretty remarkable how in a minority government situation, Carney forces budget votes without offering olive branches to other parties then repeatedly takes positions like this that are alienating to his base and own Liberal MPs
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's worth imagining what the reaction from the Liberal base would have been to exactly the same policies had they been brought in by Poilievre.