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
Reading the news and oh god, I feel for my American friends. Every federal government official sounds like the drunkest, most belligerent heckler at a comedy show somehow found themself onstage.
January 29, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Reading the news and oh god, I feel for my American friends. Every federal government official sounds like the drunkest, most belligerent heckler at a comedy show somehow found themself onstage.
Reposted by Rob Cottingham
Nobody:
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
January 26, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Nobody:
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
Me at work: 👏 LET 👏 US 👏 PUT 👏 FALCONRY 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BUDGET 👏
(context: we have a pigeon problem)
This is a terrific piece of rhetorical construction that also happens to be a very good point. A lot of us have been heartened by the courage and integrity so many Minnesotans have shown over this past week, in the face of intimidation and spiteful violence.
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This is a terrific piece of rhetorical construction that also happens to be a very good point. A lot of us have been heartened by the courage and integrity so many Minnesotans have shown over this past week, in the face of intimidation and spiteful violence.
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On January 24 1996, the @bcfed.bsky.social recognized Corporate Tax Freedom Day representing the date each year when Canadian corporations have earned enough revenue to cover their taxes for the rest of the year. The "Race to the Trough" in 2026 was on January 4.
January 27, 2026 at 2:19 AM
On January 24 1996, the @bcfed.bsky.social recognized Corporate Tax Freedom Day representing the date each year when Canadian corporations have earned enough revenue to cover their taxes for the rest of the year. The "Race to the Trough" in 2026 was on January 4.
I can't stress enough how extraordinary it is that this speech has come from a Canadian prime minister. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...
www.pm.gc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I can't stress enough how extraordinary it is that this speech has come from a Canadian prime minister. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
I say this without irony or hyperbole: Thank god for @theonion.com. youtube.com/shorts/-Tu9E...
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
YouTube video by The Onion
youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:24 AM
I say this without irony or hyperbole: Thank god for @theonion.com. youtube.com/shorts/-Tu9E...
"August 5, 2026—Washington Post Editorial Board: Monday night’s U.S. raid to arrest Canadian leader Mark Carney is the culmination of President Donald Trump’s ambitious policy to bring peace, prosperity and freedom to North America." #satire
. @thetyee.ca has (with permission) republished my piece about the arrest of Mark Carney
The Arrest of Mark Carney Will Bring Peace and Prosperity | The Tyee
‘Let freedom ring.’
thetyee.ca
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
"August 5, 2026—Washington Post Editorial Board: Monday night’s U.S. raid to arrest Canadian leader Mark Carney is the culmination of President Donald Trump’s ambitious policy to bring peace, prosperity and freedom to North America." #satire
Thought I'd check up on a friend's post from a few days ago stating very confidently that the U.S. would never invade Greenland or Canada.
Oddly, I can't seem to find it.
Oddly, I can't seem to find it.
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Thought I'd check up on a friend's post from a few days ago stating very confidently that the U.S. would never invade Greenland or Canada.
Oddly, I can't seem to find it.
Oddly, I can't seem to find it.
Reposted by Rob Cottingham
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
OTTAWA - This morning, in an unscheduled press statement, the Prime Minister's Office has said that Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned off geolocation services for all his electronic devices "for n...
www.thebeaverton.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Mark Carney turns off geolocation on phone just in case
Hypothetically, can you just slap one of these on people having loud speakerphone conversations in coffee shops and on busses?
“I really wish people would mask in public.”
Monkey’s paw curls…
Monkey’s paw curls…
Talking to AI in Public? This Mask Makes Sure No One Hears a Word
Launched at CES, the Wearphone mask claims it can lower your voice by up to 20 decibels, letting you speak to AI without anyone listening in.
www.pcmag.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Hypothetically, can you just slap one of these on people having loud speakerphone conversations in coffee shops and on busses?
Honestly, some people on the Parks Board won't be satisfied until Stanley Park is a Six Flags. #vancouver
From a press release about the Harry Potter experience in Vancouver today. You know the one that pushed a beloved by-donation holiday light attraction out of the park and put $ into the coffers of a horrible human.
“On the heels of strong interest and an enthusiastic reception…”
Absolutely not.
“On the heels of strong interest and an enthusiastic reception…”
Absolutely not.
January 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Honestly, some people on the Parks Board won't be satisfied until Stanley Park is a Six Flags. #vancouver
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I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
January 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
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The gulf between what we were trying to build in the Web 2.0 days and what ultimately emerged is galactic in scale.
January 2, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The gulf between what we were trying to build in the Web 2.0 days and what ultimately emerged is galactic in scale.
The gulf between what we were trying to build in the Web 2.0 days and what ultimately emerged is galactic in scale.
January 2, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The gulf between what we were trying to build in the Web 2.0 days and what ultimately emerged is galactic in scale.
Okay, once again from the top.
January 1, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Okay, once again from the top.
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Why has NO ONE ELSE ever done a podcast that recaps the year's events!?!?
- Poilievre's slow-motion implosion!
- The Jays (nearly) won it all!
- Mark Carney is Prime Minister, I guess!
Available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts!
- Poilievre's slow-motion implosion!
- The Jays (nearly) won it all!
- Mark Carney is Prime Minister, I guess!
Available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts!
2025 Year In Review!
Podcast Episode · The Beaverton Weekly Report · 2025-12-29 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Why has NO ONE ELSE ever done a podcast that recaps the year's events!?!?
- Poilievre's slow-motion implosion!
- The Jays (nearly) won it all!
- Mark Carney is Prime Minister, I guess!
Available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts!
- Poilievre's slow-motion implosion!
- The Jays (nearly) won it all!
- Mark Carney is Prime Minister, I guess!
Available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts!
Reposted by Rob Cottingham
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
BREAKING: Canada’s Global TV rebranding as Radio Free USA
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: Canada’s Global TV rebranding as Radio Free USA
Photographer pierces veneer of calm tranquility at zoo's Rabid Hyena Exhibit
their what now
Read the full interview:
December 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Photographer pierces veneer of calm tranquility at zoo's Rabid Hyena Exhibit
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Razor sharp. “Clichéd in phrasing, meaningless in practice.” “Politicians and journalists in Washington are never more humbled or overwhelmed than when bragging.”
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Razor sharp. “Clichéd in phrasing, meaningless in practice.” “Politicians and journalists in Washington are never more humbled or overwhelmed than when bragging.”
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The whole movie’s an occupational health and safety nightmare.
Star Wars missing a scene where the cantina bartender quits their job that evening. Normally, you get a few rowdy drunks maybe but in one day, someone gets their arm chopped off and another guy is murdered! And the killer just tosses him a few coins as an apology. Not doing this anymore!
December 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The whole movie’s an occupational health and safety nightmare.