https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/11/10/usaf-tests-electronic-warfare-pod/

The US Air Force (USAF) recently tested its “Angry Kitten” electronic countermeasures training pod on an F-16 aircraft at the Benefield Anechoic Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

The test assessed the Georgia Tech Research Institute-developed electronic warfare (EW) countermeasure pod’s compatibility with aircraft systems such as Fire Control Radar.

The Benefield Anechoic Facility test followed a USAF operational assessment of the EW pod in August to “evaluate interoperability and identify improvements needed to convert Angry Kitten from an aggressor pod to a combat pod.”

The Angry Kitten is currently deployed with some USAF adversary air squadrons. During war games, these units play the ‘red’ aggressor role against ‘blue’ American and allied forces. Brig Gen Rob Novotny, former commander of the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, said in 2019 that the Angry Kitten pod is “fantastic” and “makes easy tasks tough for the ‘blue’ forces.”

The machine-learning software-equipped Angry Kitten pod chooses the “optimal jamming technique from available options” during an EW attack and quickly “modifies its approach if necessary.”

One of the system’s developers, research engineer Stan Sutphin said in 2013 that “we’re developing fully adaptive and autonomous capabilities that aren’t currently available in jammers.”

“We believe a cognitive electronic warfare approach, based on machine-learning algorithms and sophisticated hardware, will result in threat-response systems that offer significantly higher levels of electronic attack and electronic protection capabilities, and will provide enhanced security for US combat aircraft.”

https://reason.com/2021/11/10/developers-halt-projects-mayor-demands-reform-after-st-paul-voters-approve-radical-rent-control-ballot-initiative/

It's only been a week since voters in St. Paul, Minnesota, approved a sweeping rent control ballot initiative, but developers are already pausing projects while city leaders scramble to amend the most harmful aspects of the new law.

In last Tuesday's municipal election, 52 percent of voters approved Question 1, an ordinance that puts a hard annual 3 percent cap on rent increases. It makes no allowances for inflation or exemptions for vacant apartments and new construction that are typical in other rent control policies.

The new ordinance doesn't go into effect until May 2022. Nevertheless, several real estate companies with large projects in the works have already announced that they're pulling their permit applications.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2021/11/10/more-people-were-watching-the-hallmark-channel-than-cnn-last-week-on-election-night-data-shows/?sh=434e8d2f48e8

In fact, data about election night last week — which included races like the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial contests as well as the New York City mayoral race on November 2 — underscores just how wide the chasm has gotten between Fox and the competition. Figures from Nielsen MRI Fusion show that more prime time viewers were actually checking out The Hallmark Channel instead of watching CNN. The History Channel’s ratings bested CNN’s on election night, as well.