Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 02/10/2026"Marked as being written in Chinese by its author." I *thought* the replies from this account looked both formulaic and weirdly out of keeping with the original posts. And the moment you give them more than a passing glance, they're gibberish. Whatcha think? Bot running on an underpowered LLM? 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 23/09/2026Oh hey CNN has an update on the ballroom construction 120
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 20/09/2026"Findlay, pictured here describing how far her party's fallen in during her brief tenure,..." #BCPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 17/09/2026If nothing else, today's given me the chance to revisit this cartoon from 13 years ago. 130
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 11/09/2026Three years ago this week, scraggly white beard and all, I got back on stage doing stand-up again (with a set about where the Internet went so horribly wrong). Thanks to everyone who's come to a show, offered a kind word or shared a clip. Lots more to come! 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 08/09/2026Searching "are werther's toxic to dogs" and glaring at this mop-headed bozo. 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 01/09/2026Going down the third ti–... er, fourth time. Oh, fifth. Nope, sixth and seventh. Wait, eighth... 010
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 30/08/2026Didn't even realize I could still be disappointed by Google. 033
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 28/08/2026No lie, I had no idea about tonight's eclipse. I walked out the front door on my way to get groceries, looked up, saw the moon 95% gone, and blurted "For fuck's sake, what NOW?" 360
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 18/08/2026My package has made several unsuccessful escape attempts. 010
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 12/08/2026Science, Stand-Up & Song is Thursday, Aug. 20 at Vancouver’s Fox Cabaret! Tickets: bit.ly/scienceticket 001
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 26/07/2026This is one of only two results in a search on CBC.ca/news for headlines containing the word "smithereens." Is the other about... a) what a supernova teaches us about dark matter b) firefighter car-rescue training c) the band by that name? 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 22/07/2026I'm THRILLED to be part of this event on August 20! The lineup of comics is stunning — a bunch of people I've been dying to share a stage with, in some cases for years now. (Tickets: bit.ly/scienceticket ) But there's more. #vancouvercomedy #yvrcomedy #sciencecomms 122
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 20/07/2026I mean, c'mon. The drama. The suspense. Will they miss a bounce? Will their nose get too sore? Will anyone see the point where I looped the GIF? 120
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 20/07/2026Many thanks to Vancouver Parks Board Vice-Chair Brennan Bastyovanszky for making this riff possible. And I’m just as proud of this bit as he is of his. #vancouvercomedyscene #yvrcomedy #vancouvercomedy #vanpoli 100
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 20/07/2026I didn't watch a single World Cup game. But I was glued to the @firefox.com widget. 231
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 18/07/2026Thanks for sharing this! Unfortunately, someone cropped off my name and credit (why people do this is beyond me). Here’s the original: www.robcottingham.ca/cartoon/arch... 142
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 18/07/2026Thanks for sharing this! Unfortunately, someone cropped off my name and credit (why people do this is beyond me). Here’s the original: (www.robcottingham.ca/cartoon/arch...) 3187
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 16/07/2026First posted this 11 months ago. And this probably won't be the last time. 291850474
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 16/07/2026More than 30 years ago I worked on this project with NOW Communications for the BC Ministry of Health, and built the first youth-oriented anti-tobacco website — while, it turns out, cancer was quietly preparing to take both of my parents. 3132
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 17/06/2026Remember back when Fox News was going berserk over kids supposedly identifying as cats and schools giving them litter boxes? Simpler times, friends. Simpler times. 010
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 14/06/2026Maybe the crisis in masculinity is a marketing problem. I have suggestions. 063
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 09/06/2026What GenAI needs is an amusing catchphrase to use when it faceplants, instead of the incessant "You're absolutely right. I got that wrong." May I suggest... 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 08/06/2026You see this neighbourhood cat that normally gives me head butts and nuzzles whenever I walk by, meowing loudly for tummy skritches? The MOMENT I try to get a photo with it to promote Friday's Catnip Comedy at Slice of Life, it wants nothing to do with me. SO TRANSACTIONAL. But you can show it. 100
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 01/06/2026I give you the happiest mallard duck in the world. (From yesterday's birthday photo walk.) 010
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 30/05/2026"The show has evolved into something much different from the nobody-gets-their-arm-cut-off event that was pitched to us, and we will not be participating." 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 26/05/2026Nearly 20 years since I drew this one. Still reliably coming up with terrible ideas. 010
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 18/05/2026The one thing that might unite us yet. (Final punchline is an electoral system joke, because you can never have too many of those.) 120
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 17/05/2026Catch an evening of cat-themed standup comedy at Slice of Life (1636 Venables Street) on Fri. June 12! I'll be joined by a passel of highly talented comics. I have NO CAT JOKES — so expect a lot of new material! Doors open 6:30 pm; show starts at 7 pm. Tickets: www.showpass.com/catnip-comedy/ 110
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 15/05/2026Here's to the end of another week of productively moving bits around in the cloud! 000
Rob Cottingham @robcottingham.ca · 13/05/2026A li'l hint of what I'll be up to Friday, June 12 at 7 pm at Slice on Venables. 010