Ben (He/Him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@benjaminco.bsky.social
Sexual Health Clinical Nurse Specialist ‘who stammers’
Running for @NAT.org.uk
HAND network UK
Defence Stammering Network @ukdsn
BASHH
ArmyLGBTQI+
LGBTHumanists UK
QARNNS 1* quoted me as “That militant gay”.
Running for @NAT.org.uk
HAND network UK
Defence Stammering Network @ukdsn
BASHH
ArmyLGBTQI+
LGBTHumanists UK
QARNNS 1* quoted me as “That militant gay”.
My 38th run early this morning before teaching to raise awareness of HIV testing and the National AIDS Trust. I used cross country shoes for deeper puddles. @nat.org.uk #HIV #PLHIV #HIVTesting Donate today: www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
My 38th run early this morning before teaching to raise awareness of HIV testing and the National AIDS Trust. I used cross country shoes for deeper puddles. @nat.org.uk #HIV #PLHIV #HIVTesting Donate today: www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
My 37th run today was in early morning cold, just before Remembrance Sunday. Lovely hills to do steady running up with a final sprint. I am running to spread awareness of testing for HIV and the work of the National AIDS Trust @nat.org.uk #HIVTesting
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My 37th run today was in early morning cold, just before Remembrance Sunday. Lovely hills to do steady running up with a final sprint. I am running to spread awareness of testing for HIV and the work of the National AIDS Trust @nat.org.uk #HIVTesting
My 36th run today was in the early dark rain. Good high hills and wooded areas. I am running to promote the National AIDS Trust and to encourage donations @nat.org.uk donate to NAT today 👉 www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My 36th run today was in the early dark rain. Good high hills and wooded areas. I am running to promote the National AIDS Trust and to encourage donations @nat.org.uk donate to NAT today 👉 www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
My 35th run today. Miserable drizzle early morning run. A great trail experience using new XC trainers. I am running to promote the National AIDS Trust. Donate today:
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV #HIV#WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV #HIV#WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
Benjamin's National AIDS Trust (NAT) fundraisers
Help Benjamin Collier raise money to support National AIDS Trust
www.justgiving.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
My 35th run today. Miserable drizzle early morning run. A great trail experience using new XC trainers. I am running to promote the National AIDS Trust. Donate today:
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV #HIV#WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
www.justgiving.com/page/ben-col...
#HIVrightscharity #TeamNAT #HIVAwareness #PLHIV #HIV#WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alexvont.bsky.social and @philtinline.bsky.social on the apparently non-happening Budapest summit and the day's other stuff, plus Chiara Rimella meets top chef Tomos Parry. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Is a summit between Trump and Putin ever likely to happen? Plus: Sarkozy begins his five-year term - Monocle
As Trump and Putin delay their summit, what’s next for the war in Ukraine? Then: Sarkozy begins his five-year prison...
monocle.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alexvont.bsky.social and @philtinline.bsky.social on the apparently non-happening Budapest summit and the day's other stuff, plus Chiara Rimella meets top chef Tomos Parry. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Pleased to learn that at least one party won't be running on a promise to throw me out of the country, was beginning to take it personally.
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Pleased to learn that at least one party won't be running on a promise to throw me out of the country, was beginning to take it personally.
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social and Stephen Dalziel on the day's stuff, and more besides. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Russia’s plans to increase its propaganda budget, Vance meets Netanyahu and the EU’s first anti-far-right European Council - Monocle
Russia continues to bombard Ukraine while looking to boost its propaganda budget. Then: JD Vance meets with Benjamin Netanyahu to...
monocle.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social and Stephen Dalziel on the day's stuff, and more besides. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio, contemplating Japan's new prime minister, and what she may wish to do with the office. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 490: Who is Japan’s new prime minister, other than a woman? - Monocle
Japan made history this week as its first woman prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, was sworn in. But what are her...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio, contemplating Japan's new prime minister, and what she may wish to do with the office. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Book alert klaxon. Hugely enjoying "The Revolutionists" by @jasonburke2.bsky.social. Pairs well with a soundtrack of @lukehaines.bsky.social's "Baader Meinhof" album. www.penguin.co.uk/books/440432...
The Revolutionists
Immersive, globe-spanning and full of detail and drama, The Revolutionists is an unprecedented account of a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.
In the 1970s, a network of radical extrem...
www.penguin.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Book alert klaxon. Hugely enjoying "The Revolutionists" by @jasonburke2.bsky.social. Pairs well with a soundtrack of @lukehaines.bsky.social's "Baader Meinhof" album. www.penguin.co.uk/books/440432...
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @isabelh.bsky.social and Evdoxia Lymperi on the day's stuff, plus a letter from Vienna from @alexei-korolyov.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Are Trump’s sanctions on Russia’s oil companies enough to send a message? - Monocle
Trump sanctions two of Russia’s big oil companies. How big will the impact be? Then: China’s religious charm offensive on...
monocle.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @isabelh.bsky.social and Evdoxia Lymperi on the day's stuff, plus a letter from Vienna from @alexei-korolyov.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
@andrewmueller.bsky.social Just read a lovely article in @newhumanist.bsky.social titled “Life on the line” Two memoirs, from Basra and Ukrain, chronicle the lives of men pulled into war.
- Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War by www.sevenstoriespress.co.uk/books/ordina...
- Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War by www.sevenstoriespress.co.uk/books/ordina...
Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns by Seven Stories Press UK
A Ukrainian writer-turned-soldier reconsiders his pacifism and the choices one makes when war is waged against you.
www.sevenstoriespress.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
@andrewmueller.bsky.social Just read a lovely article in @newhumanist.bsky.social titled “Life on the line” Two memoirs, from Basra and Ukrain, chronicle the lives of men pulled into war.
- Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War by www.sevenstoriespress.co.uk/books/ordina...
- Ordinary People Don’t Carry Machine Guns: Thoughts on War by www.sevenstoriespress.co.uk/books/ordina...
My 34th run yesterday. I continue to promote NAT and as the days get darker and more people ride on roads without helmets a head torch is necessary. #HIV #HIVRights #NAT #WorldAIDSDay #REDRUN
October 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My 34th run yesterday. I continue to promote NAT and as the days get darker and more people ride on roads without helmets a head torch is necessary. #HIV #HIVRights #NAT #WorldAIDSDay #REDRUN
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Human ingenuity changing lives. Well done to all those involved!
The female scientists who finally found an answer to endometriosis wait times
Researchers who have endometrosis themselves say they 'turned our pain into something positive for other women'
inews.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Human ingenuity changing lives. Well done to all those involved!
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The scientific method is our most reliable tool for understanding nature, explaining the world, and uncovering truths about the universe. For humanists, it not only offers answers – it also sparks profound questions and wonder. Find out in our #Thatshumanism videos narrated by Stephen Fry.
August 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The scientific method is our most reliable tool for understanding nature, explaining the world, and uncovering truths about the universe. For humanists, it not only offers answers – it also sparks profound questions and wonder. Find out in our #Thatshumanism videos narrated by Stephen Fry.
Accurate representation of USA political inaction on gun control.Accurate reflection of the active legislative push to restrict rights for trans and LGBTQ+ youth.
#doublestandard
#doublestandard
August 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Accurate representation of USA political inaction on gun control.Accurate reflection of the active legislative push to restrict rights for trans and LGBTQ+ youth.
#doublestandard
#doublestandard
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'Death is a natural part of life. It makes sense for us to try not to be afraid of this, but instead to come to terms with it. Then we can focus on finding meaning and purpose in the here and now, making the most of the one life we know we have.' Stephen Fry in that #thatshumanism.
August 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'Death is a natural part of life. It makes sense for us to try not to be afraid of this, but instead to come to terms with it. Then we can focus on finding meaning and purpose in the here and now, making the most of the one life we know we have.' Stephen Fry in that #thatshumanism.
The article mentions that Rayner "purchased a second home for over £700,000," but calling her a three-home owner is misleading since Admiralty House is a ministerial residence. She fulfilled her tax obligations, and the claims of hypocrisy seem more about appearances than legal wrongdoing.
This is getting stupid. Angela Rayner does not own three homes.
One of them is a ministerial apartment which comes with her job, Deputy Prime Minister. It’s a government property, not her own.
She has purchased a second home as she is a successful women. Nothing wrong with that.
#AngelaRayner
One of them is a ministerial apartment which comes with her job, Deputy Prime Minister. It’s a government property, not her own.
She has purchased a second home as she is a successful women. Nothing wrong with that.
#AngelaRayner
Angela Rayner purchases third home for £700,000 sparking 'hypocrisy' claims
The Tories are calling for Rayner to ‘come clean’ about her council tax arrangements
www.standard.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The article mentions that Rayner "purchased a second home for over £700,000," but calling her a three-home owner is misleading since Admiralty House is a ministerial residence. She fulfilled her tax obligations, and the claims of hypocrisy seem more about appearances than legal wrongdoing.
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‘Humanists do not see that there is any obvious purpose to the universe, but that it is a natural phenomenon with no design behind it. Meaning is not something out there waiting to be discovered, but something that we create in our own lives.' Our patron Stephen Fry in #Thatshumanism 👌
August 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
‘Humanists do not see that there is any obvious purpose to the universe, but that it is a natural phenomenon with no design behind it. Meaning is not something out there waiting to be discovered, but something that we create in our own lives.' Our patron Stephen Fry in #Thatshumanism 👌
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Humanists see the universe as a natural phenomenon with no supernatural side, and look to science to answer questions about the natural world. Humanists believe this life is the only life we have, so they focus on living well in the here and now, guided by empathy and our shared humanity ❤️
August 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Humanists see the universe as a natural phenomenon with no supernatural side, and look to science to answer questions about the natural world. Humanists believe this life is the only life we have, so they focus on living well in the here and now, guided by empathy and our shared humanity ❤️
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Today is day one of #thatshumanism! 🎉 – our popular social media campaign featuring our much-loved animations with Stephen Fry. To celebrate, we're launching a brand-new series of posters designed for schools, teachers, and anyone curious about the humanist approach to life. 🧵
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Today is day one of #thatshumanism! 🎉 – our popular social media campaign featuring our much-loved animations with Stephen Fry. To celebrate, we're launching a brand-new series of posters designed for schools, teachers, and anyone curious about the humanist approach to life. 🧵
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You are invited to participate in a study on language preferences conducted by Dr. Mahmoud Elsherif from the University of Leicester.
👉 bhampsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@mamsmandrill.bsky.social
👉 bhampsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@mamsmandrill.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
You are invited to participate in a study on language preferences conducted by Dr. Mahmoud Elsherif from the University of Leicester.
👉 bhampsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@mamsmandrill.bsky.social
👉 bhampsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
@mamsmandrill.bsky.social
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This research reinforces what we’ve long known to be true: that children can grow up to be kind, ethical, and fulfilled without religion playing any part in their lives. Wonderful to read about children's natural curiosity for science, capacity for compassion, and awe in the natural world.
Contrary to some media narratives which spuriously equate religious decline with social decline or unhappiness, the authors discovered that the children’s non-religious worldviews were rich with joy, wonder, and the expression of strong moral values. 🧵
humanists.uk/2025/08/06/g...
humanists.uk/2025/08/06/g...
Growing up godless: research reveals a ‘pervasive humanism’ among primary school children
What does it mean to grow up without religion? A new book, Growing Up Godless: Non-religious Childhoods in Contemporary England, by Anna Strhan and Rachel Shillitoe, reveals that non-religious childre...
humanists.uk
August 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This research reinforces what we’ve long known to be true: that children can grow up to be kind, ethical, and fulfilled without religion playing any part in their lives. Wonderful to read about children's natural curiosity for science, capacity for compassion, and awe in the natural world.
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Publication day! So happy that this is finally out in the world. Thanks so much to the team @princetonupress.bsky.social and everyone else who has helped it and us along the way!
May 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Publication day! So happy that this is finally out in the world. Thanks so much to the team @princetonupress.bsky.social and everyone else who has helped it and us along the way!
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"currently, there’s a phrase that’s been doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting lately:
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
‘I’m not racist, just concerned’
From Epping to Facebook groups, how fear is being repackaged and pointed downwards and never up
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"currently, there’s a phrase that’s been doing a helluva lot of heavy lifting lately:
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"
“Concerned Locals/Citizens/Communities/Residents.”"