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Houston Astros right-hander Tatsuya Imai and relievers Steven Okert and Alimber Santa combined to throw a no-hitter in a 9-0 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.It was the 17th regular-season no-hitter in Astros history, and the fourth one that was a combined effort. They also had a combined no-hitter in the 2022 World Series when four pitchers had one against Philadelphia.Okert took over to start the seventh inning Monday night after Imai got 16 outs over the last 16 batters he faced. Imai walked three of his first four batters but benefited from a double play in the…

Dead of Night is a criminally overlooked horror outing from acclaimed filmmaker Bob Clark.Bob Clark’s Dead of Night  is a powerful, tragically underrated zombie movie unlike any otherDead of Night is pretty much an evergreen horror movie. There are always going to be wars and there are always going to be mothers mourning the deaths of their sons. And the core message of this film will always be relevant — which makes it one of the most tragic and distressing horror movies you’ll ever see.The film is pretty much director Bob Clark’s other horror masterpiece. Clark — whose filmography is…

If I described someone whose mood had suddenly shifted—someone more irritable, emotionally reactive, inclined to take risks, withdrawn, and harder to communicate with—you might worry something serious was happening. But what I’ve just described is also a normal part of human development: adolescence. For many parents, the transition from childhood to adolescence can feel sudden and disorienting. One day, our child seems open and eager to connect. The next, we find ourselves wondering: What happened? As parents, we may feel confused, rejected, powerless, or sad. And yet adolescence—with all its intensity and unpredictability—is also a necessary and meaningful stage of…

A lot of movies open with somebody killing themselves. Not many open with a pregnant woman jumping off a cliff.That is Woken saying hello. Director Alan Friel is not warming you up. There is no establishing shot of the island, no slow pan across cold water, nothing doing the emotional homework before you have agreed to sit with it. He drops you into the aftermath of something that already went wrong before the film started and keeps you there. Erin Kellyman stars as Anna, a pregnant woman who wakes up with no memory in a stranger’s house on a remote…

We often think of self-improvement as a deliberate process. But it’s far broader than that. You can grow without any attempts at new habits or goals. When we better recognize the myriad of ways we’ve grown into who we are today, it can help us see and grasp future opportunities. We Don’t Have to Optimize to Evolve Let’s unpack common, important mechanisms of personal growth that often go unnoticed. Try to identify your own example of each one. Treat this as a reflection exercise, not a to-do list. 1. What We Want to Experience Beats Out What We Want to…

Starting this week with the release of issue #1, Dark Horse Comics presents Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, a new horror comic book series with “a surreal and grisly take on the wellness industry, ‘cancel culture’, body dysmorphia, and the complex power dynamics of show business.” A four-issue miniseries written by Connor Goldsmith (in his comic book debut), illustrated by Josh Cornillon, and lettered by Ariana Maher, the first issue arrives in comic book shops on May 27th, but we have an exclusive preview that Daily Dead readers can check out right now! Series Synopsis: “Tastemaker Mimi Green is a popular essayist with a…

Founders are the people with too many ideas, unusually high tolerance for uncertainty, and brains that seem to oscillate between obsessive focus and total chaos. They are energized by possibility, frustrated by excessive structure, and willing to devote enormous amounts of energy to something that does not yet exist. In today’s language, they might be called “delulu.” But that willingness to believe in something before there is proof may be part of what allows them to build. Because of this, founders often feel different from the people around them. Underneath conversations of product, funding, hiring, and growth, there is a…

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Most leadership advice tells you to be consistent. Align your words and actions. Build psychological safety. Be visible. Resolve conflict and tensions. But there is one problem. That is, the leaders who thrive in uncertainty rarely follow these rules. After analysing dozens of high-performing executives, a different picture emerges. The most effective leaders do not resolve contradictions. They hold them. They do not seek consistency. They manage paradox. In other words, they lead through paradox. And perhaps most surprisingly, many of them have stopped trying to be “always on” leaders at all. Here are four counterintuitive leadership lessons that challenge…

That cool new pop song on the radio… did a human even write that? It is getting more difficult to know whether music is created by humans or machines. AI-powered music production apps allow users to input simple audio ideas or lyrics, adjust a few settings, and the artificial music producer creates a surprisingly polished song recording. This highlights the strong interaction that exists between technology and music listening. Psychologists are interested in how humans process music, how music links to memories, or why a particular musical passage gives us goosebumps. Researchers have confirmed that music listening activates diverse brain…