This is as beautiful a thing as you'll see in all your life. Hope, after months of darkness.

Images of an old silver 1999 Toyota Corolla for sale

You want a car that gets the job done? You want a car that's hassle free? You want a car that literally no one will ever compliment you on? Well look no further. The 1999 Toyota Corolla. Let's talk about features. Bluetooth: nope Sunroof: nope Fancy wheels: nope Rear view camera: nope...but it's got a transparent rear window and you have a fucking neck that can turn. Let me tell you a story. One day my Corolla started making a strange sound. I didn't give a shit and ignored it. It went away. The End. You could take the engine out of this car, drop it off the Golden Gate Bridge, fish it out of the water a thousand years later, put it in the trunk of the car, fill the gas tank up with Nutella, turn the key, and this puppy would fucking start right up. This car will outlive you, it will outlive your children. Things this car is old enough to do: Vote: yes

Consent to sex: yes Rent a car: it IS a car This car's got history. It's seen some shit. People have done straight things in this car. People have done gay things in this car. It's not going to judge you like a fucking Volkswagen would. Interesting facts: This car's exterior color is gray, but it's interior color is grey. In the owner's manual, oil is listed as "optional." When this car was unveiled at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show, it caused all 2,000 attendees to spontaneously yawn. The resulting abrupt change in air pressure inside the building caused a partial collapse of the roof. Four people died. The event is chronicled in the documentary "Bored to Death: The Story of the 1999 Toyota Corolla You wanna know more? Great, I had my car fill out a Facebook survey. Favorite food: spaghetti Favorite tv show: Alf Favorite band: tie between Bush and the Gin Blossoms This car is as practical as a Roth IRA. It's as middle-of-the-

When I ran the CarFax for this car, I got back a single piece of paper that said, "It's a Corolla, It's fine." Let's face the facts, this car isn't going to win any beauty contests, but neither are you. Stop lying to yourself and stop lying to your wife. This isn't the car you want, it's the car you deserve: The fucking 1999 Toyota Corolla. Google map of cars location

Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever.

I fixed the biggest problem with electric bikes If I go for a long ride on my eBike, I can't charge anywhere without carrying it inside. So I came up with a solution. [Sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/] Matt Gray | http://mattg.co.uk | @MattGrayYes This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ 📋 Credits 📋 Producer: Alex Bate @alexjrassic Thanks to: Philip McGaw, Basil, eta, Eva, Ben and Alice. 📱 Follow Matt elsewhere on the internet 📱 All my social links are at https://mattg.co.uk https://chaos.social/@MattGrayYes (Mastodon) https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes https://instagram.com/MattGrayYes https://www.tiktok.com/@MattGrayYes https://twitch.tv/MattGrayYes 🛠️ Parts Used 🛠️ I will not be sharing any more details about the electrics, and do not recommend you try this yourself. Prusa Research gave me the Prusa XL 3D printer, with no contract to advertise or promote it. I think it's great however, so I'm choosing to link you to it! Printer: Original Prusa XL https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-xl-assembled-single-toolhead-3d-printer/ I do *not* recommend my bike, it's a Vanmoof S2. 🎸 Music 🎸 Lupus Nocte - Bitmaster AGST - Away AGST - Recess The Fly Guy Five - Another Pineapple Please AGST - Ultimatum 👕 Clothing 👕 I regularly get questions about my t-shirts, chances are they're from one of: Jim'll Paint It – https://jimll.co.uk The Spark Company – https://thespark.company Dedicated – https://www.dedicatedbrand.com I have no relationship with any of these companies. 💷 Advert 💷 This video is sponsored by PCBWay: https://www.pcbway.com/ They'll make your PCBs, 3D Prints, CNC designs and more! Want to contribute towards my videos? Sign up to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/MattGrayYes Want to sponsor a video? More detail here: https://mattg.co.uk/contact/ 💸 Full Disclosure 💸 💷 PCBWay provided their services for free and paid me for the advert in the middle of the video. 💷 I have a commercial relationship with Prusa Research and they gave me free 3D Printers and some filament, with no contract to advertise or promote them. 💷 My Patreon supporters' help meant I could work on this instead of other paid work 💷 All Amazon links are affiliate links which give me a small percentage of what you pay them as a tip for sending you their way. It doesn't cost you more. Hi, I'm Matt Gray. You may know me from my work with Tom Scott, The Technical Difficulties, Matt Gray is Trying, or even as a broadcast engineer working in radio and TV. Previous Video Titles: I Hacked Car Charging to Work with My E-Bike This one downfall of E-Bikes could be fixed so easily! I fixed the biggest problem with electric bikes

I hacked car charging to work with my electric bike!

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These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.

Meta's own research found parental supervision doesn't really help curb teens' compulsive social media use | TechCrunch An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.

Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use

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AI help in grant proposals tied to higher funding odds at NIH But funding proposals to US agencies also tend to be more similar to previously funded projects if they are written or edited with the help of a chatbot.

🧪 AI-assisted NIH grant proposals are 4% more likely to be funded, unlike those at the NSF. These applications often resemble previously supported work. AI tools may favor established patterns over high-risk ideas, which has people concerned it will push submissions towards the mean.
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BREAKING: The web domains andyforleader.co.uk, edforleader.co.uk and yvetteforleader.co.uk have all been registered this afternoon.

Nigel Farage's Plans to Put Our Democracy on ICE What is happening under Trump could very quickly happen in the UK too

As events in America are now showing, democracies are only as strong as their weakest point. And right now, the weakest point in our own democracy is the continued rise of one Nigel Farage

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Meanwhile, Britain finds itself lost between two worlds. We were told we didn’t need Europe, we could rely on the transatlantic relationship. They couldn’t have been more wrong.

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Reminder that you can watch Starfleet Academy premiere FOR FREE RIGHT NOW ON YOUTUBE!!

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Homes fit for people and purpose – The urgent case for accessible homes In this blog, our Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager for Homes, Christos Tuton, discusses the major ‘accessibility gap’ in today’s housing market with not enough accessible homes across the country.

Is your home suitable for your needs?

"There are currently 12.8 million more Disabled people than there are accessible homes, leaving many people without the homes they need." Says our Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager for Homes, Christos Tuton.

❓"Do you think that Brexit has actually delivered what people were promised?"

⬇️ "An economy that look's like it's 8% smaller. Trade down 18% on 5 years ago. Food and drink down 24%."

❌ "16,500 firms have stopped trading with Europe."

📝 "Paperwork costs appear to be about £8.5 billion/year."

Ministers to announce new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester Government will reveal much-delayed plans for major new and upgraded rail links in north of England

HOLY SHIT!

Ministers to announce new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester!!!

(I suspect it will be not quite as gold-plated as the original HS2 plan.)

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Wanted: a normie centre-right party The Tories' defence of Britain's fiscal watchdog offers a rare encouraging sign

Wanted: a normie centre-right party.

The Tories' defence of Britain's fiscal watchdog offers a rare encouraging sign.

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London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world London’s murder rate has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade with police in the capital and the mayor saying it is now one of the safest cities in the western world. The figures come as those on the radical right criticise the city for having a crime problem, hoping to gain politically from such claims being believed. Continue reading...

London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade

In the first instance I’d email them for advice, often we’re doing things 95% in the same way they would. The rest depends on the specialist nature of the service and where it was. Patients can pick where they want to be treated but it can be impractical. We can also make referrals to tertiary.

Manchester is the UK hub for AAIC Neuroscience Next 2026. A full day on cognition, imaging, fluid and digital biomarkers. Apply for a ticket by 31 January.

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The 10 Most Mind-Blowing Discoveries About the Brain in 2025 From glowing neurons to newborn memories, here are the most fascinating brain discoveries of 2025

From glowing neurons to newborn memories, here are the most fascinating brain discoveries of 2025

Evidence for a detrimental causal effect of social isolation on cognitive function in older adults
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Optimism is currently unfashionable. The newly published Community Life Survey asks, "do you agree or disagree that this local area is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together?" I wondered if we might see a sharp decline this year; it has gone down 1%, to 80% agreement.

A flow chart shows 17.4 million leave voters in 2016, vs 16.1m remain. In 2025, 5 million of those people have died, and 3 million new voters have come of age. The result (plus some people changing their mind) is 19.8 million voters now back rejoin, versus just 11.7 million wanting to stay out.

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
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Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @cellcellpress.bsky.social
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This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.

The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to

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Semaglutide (Ozempic) failed to have clinical impact for slowing progression in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease in 2 large, placebo-controlled trials
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Turnout in the NYC mayoral election is the highest since 1993.

We in the UK will work out far too late that this is a bad thing.

London's thieves are burying phones in flowerbeds The police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it.

The fun thing about having a small team working with you is you can say "hey you're spending this week digging for stolen mobile phones in London flowerbeds, I promise you it's a thing". www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...

Your daily reminder that the government continues to commercially support an individual who wants to destroy it through fascist violence.

‘Lawless London’ is safer than it’s been in decades Official data suggests the capital may be safer than at any time in the past half century, comfortably beating other major cities

"While public concern often focuses on youth violence, today, a man aged 31 to 50 is more likely to be admitted to hospital with a violence-related injury than a boy aged 11 to 17."

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London: safer than ever. Because we all need reminding of good news!