Rob Cottingham
robcottingham.ca
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
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The dark mode I grew up with
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.

DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.

Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The dark mode I grew up with
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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We're all trying to find the guy who did this 🌭
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
At least you can see the rat when the goddamn sky’s overcast
when new yorkers all experience something on social media it's like a rat that got ahold of a brazil nut. when upper midwesterners all experience something on social media it's a breathtaking dance of radiant light and color across the entire night sky
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I can only assume my caption was so awesome it broke their server.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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They're really having fun with it on tiktok.
November 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I've never looked forward to a municipal election as much as I'm looking forward to the chance to vote this autocratic crew into electoral oblivion.
Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
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November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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After generations of family adventures, Sawyer Lee is determined to sink in the couch! The problem is that it will take a regrettable amount of energy for him to escape the mysteries, conspiracies, and gourd-based festivities the whole town throws his way.

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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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POD DROP!
We’re joined by feminist and former union leader and politician Judy Darcy to talk about her recently-published memoir, Leading From The Heart. @judydarcy.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @bcfed.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social @heu-bc.bsky.social tiny.cc/3nuu001
Judy Darcy on her new book, Leading from the Heart
Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-11-10 · 19m
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November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I have given my annual sacrifice to the Poppy God.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.

Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"The Poppy God demands blood" is the only viable explanation for why the poppy pin design hasn't evolved to stop pricking people.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I have given my annual sacrifice to the Poppy God.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Inaccurate violent crime statistics touted by Vancouver mayor’s party
Inaccurate violent crime statistics touted by Vancouver mayor’s party
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party published inaccurate statistics about a decrease in violent crime in the city when touting the impact of its “historic investments” in public safety.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
One of the staples of a victory speech was missing from Zohran Mamdani's last night: he didn't congratulate Andrew Cuomo on his campaign. Here's why I think he'd have been wrong to. www.linkedin.com/pulse/zohran...
Zohran Mamdani broke one of the biggest rules of election-night etiquette. Good.
In his speech tonight to supporters, Zohran Mamdani may have raised a few eyebrows by not including the obligatory congratulations to his chief opponent on a well-run campaign. There was no tribute to...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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that amontillado i told you about is just down this hallway
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It will be followed immediately by the exodadada,
which is all I want to say ta ya.
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Halloween in Vancouver tonight:

“Oooh! And who are you under that Gore-Tex?”
“Spider-Man.”
“I’ll take your word for it. Have some candy.”
November 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A design that would actually be improved by shitting in it. Seems on-brand.
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I don’t mean to tell @bcferries.bsky.social their business, but this room would be great for a buffet.
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I have just enough time between meetings to drop in on some old friends.

(Taken at Ross Bay, Victoria)
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I've seen first-hand the incredible work, thoughtfulness and reflection that went into @alexandrasamuel.com's new podcast from @wearetvo.bsky.social. So I think you're going to find this entertaining, thought-provoking and AMAZING — no matter where you come down on #AI. www.tvo.org/podcasts/me-...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM