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Writer of things for the Toronto Star. Past postings to J'lem, London, DC. Started as journo when cut/paste involved glue/scissors. mpotter@thestar.ca

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    8 Sep 2018

    Accidentally tripped over this gem from archives while researching something else. Banting & Best (the latter only 23), experiment obsessively day & night in sweltering lab, sleep beside their work, discover insulin. What a gift to humanity.

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  2. Jul 20

    Fifty years ago today, we were the moon kids, absolutely gobsmacked with wonder & hope & out-of-this-world excitement. Here's my piece on what it looked like through seven-year-old eyes.

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  3. Jul 12

    Stumbled upon this amusing Breaking News, circa, 1969, in our archive: John Lennon invited to -- and agrees to attend -- Manitoba Centennial. Fear and loathing ensues.

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  4. Jul 10

    "I scream, you scream, we all scream ..."

    Just. What?
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    Jul 5

    Free agent forward Kawhi Leonard has informed runners-up teams of his plans: He's signing with the Clippers, league sources tell ESPN.

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    Jun 26

    2025 and 2030 targets are more real than 2050 targets. At least some of the people announcing them will be around.

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    Wow. This is what leadership looks like. 's new gov't unveils one of the world's most ambitious green plans. 70% reduction target by 2030 enshrined into law. Who's next?
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  7. Jun 7

    It's spreading. Now the Oakland wikipedia says ... "currently owned by Kawhi Leonard, the Toronto Raptors and a moose named Fred."

    Replying to @jordan26steele @MPwrites
    Lol thank you for leting me know
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  8. Jun 7

    So someone just got busy with the Oracle Arena wikipedia: "Currently owned by Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors."

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    Jun 2

    How one Toronto activist () played a role behind the scenes in the new independence of and . Neat story here from :

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  10. May 30

    Just a note of thanks for Leon Redbone, who demonstrated immense patience and grace 40 years ago during this Canadian college newspaper reporter's first-ever real interview. My cassette recorder was the size of a shoebox. Pretty sure I still have the tape around here somewhere.

    And just like that, the world is a little less cool. RIP Mr. Redbone.
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  11. Retweeted
    May 25

    Aaaand print front. History made. 🏀

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  12. Retweeted
    May 9

    Seriously? It took the Pentagon war court's review team 20+ months to decide to redact every single page of this USS Cole case filing -- except for the title? It was just released on the military commissions website whose motto is "fairness * transparency * justice."

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  13. Apr 30

    Say a prayer for 's writers.

    MUELLER SPEAKS: ”Mueller told the attorney general that the depiction of his findings failed to capture ‘context, nature, and substance’ of probe”
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  14. Apr 21

    Let's just call this a mood-setter, mmmkay? "Leafs Win Hockey Epic" over Boston, the breathless game story from 86 years ago.

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  15. Apr 13

    Plenty of strong feedback, as you'd expect, on today's front-page attempt to zoom out and make sense of disruption in Ontario under Doug Ford. Thanks all for reading the .

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  16. Apr 11

    Last of this blast: Newspaper hockey cartooning, circa 1962. We return you now to the 21st Century.

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  17. Apr 11

    Just a reminder that long before his name rolled up the proverbial rim, Tim Horton was one helluva hockey player. This paragraph from the 's 1962 cup victory story said it well.

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  18. Apr 11

    It was 3:30 a.m. when the Leafs plane landed in Toronto, drinking from that 1962 Here's the scene that awaited them.

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  19. Apr 11

    Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup -- which "all the Leaf players recommend" -- was apparently the secret of victory in 1962.

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  20. Apr 11

    Eleven years later -- 1962 -- JFK and fear of nuclear war get the smaller play, Leafs winning the Chicago gobbles up the big black type. After an unthinkable 11-year drought (!) Q: what size headline will the next Leafs cup require?

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  21. Apr 11

    In the final days of Adolf Hitler -- April, 1945 -- the brought home and this ad for Eno's wanted you to know that the team's daily use of "fruit salts" gave them the winning edge.

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