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 nerdhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlwd3jdn3k2qThere's no part of my job that does me in quite like having to deal with the Meta Ads Centre and Meta Business Suite. The opaque settings and options. The Where's-Waldo interface design. The way they've launched a search-and-destroy mission on every feature that could lend a little convenience.15 May 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwd3jdn3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlw3pvca422iHere's to the end of another week of productively moving bits around in the cloud!15 May 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw3pvca422ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlt7vzzpre2oEveryone remain calm.14 May 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt7vzzpre2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlrdnmgkcq2iA li'l hint of what I'll be up to Friday, June 12 at 7 pm at Slice on Venables.13 May 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrdnmgkcq2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlqsjl37mn2qBar none, the most asinine conspiracy theory out there has to be the one where 15-minute cities are some devilish government plot. The livability! The horrible, horrible livability!13 May 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqsjl37mn2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlqph3qwx42pFlashback to my tribute to Peter Steiner's OG cartoon about online life. (These days the caption would probably be "Huh, Palantir can tell I'm a dog.")13 May 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqph3qwx42phttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlou5nxcqk22By the time I came along, flat-earth and commie-water-fluoridation theorists were already on the way out. Nice to see the classics making a comeback!12 May 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlou5nxcqk22https://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mloaye4s4c2k"need"12 May 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloaye4s4c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mlmyp4tdb22mPro comms tip: Don't launch a lawsuit that yields this lede. "A B.C. mayor's lawsuit against a resident who claimed the mayor had sexually harassed a local resident has been dismissed by a B.C. Supreme Court judge who found sufficient evidence that the sexual harassment did in fact happen." [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmyp4tdb22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3ml7wn67njc27Fab @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social / @jackhauen.bsky.social cartoon. You folks seen it, @urbantruth.bsky.social? #urbantruth [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7wn67njc27https://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3ml7ltjcodc2eApparently, it was not acceptable to respond to the emergency alert we just received by telling everyone at the coffee shop "Bye, losers — I'm taking cover"06 May 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ltjcodc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3ml7feuycsc2yNever in my life have I seen "When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression" borne out this spectacularly. Or odiously. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/tax-the-rich-racial-slurs-new-york-real-estate06 May 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7feuycsc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mky6appw722yKentucky Fried Chicken is to chickens as Artisan AI is to artisans. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky6appw722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mky65fejyk2yIf Artisan AI cares so little about their own legal exposure, imagine how deep a hole their bots are willing to dig for you if you use them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky65fejyk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mkxyu47j2c2d(Kirk, arriving at star cluster NGC 321 and finding Eminiar VII and Vendikar are charred lifeless husks) So where's my Nobel?03 May 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxyu47j2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mkwppxhuz227Reflecting on this Lincoln quote: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present."03 May 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwppxhuz227https://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mkwppxhuz227Reflecting on this Lincoln quote: "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present."03 May 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwppxhuz227https://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mktpqrm7sk22Really enjoying this Apple News— @jacobinmag.bsky.social Emoji Game collab.02 May 2026 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktpqrm7sk22https://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mkt5zbqxdc2kMicrosoft: "For the hottest new features right away, downgrade your account to Basic."01 May 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt5zbqxdc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mkt5jpi2ys2fReally? "Helldick" isn't a word?01 May 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt5jpi2ys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mkrjt7yrvs2eI'm already planning the Halloween costume. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrjt7yrvs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mklfs3fjwk2jGoing old-school, I see28 Apr 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklfs3fjwk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robcottingham.ca/post/3mkea7xiu5s2jGather round, all [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:ndd5xrktx6m67mcgctpidvsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkea7xiu5s2j