Non-Sequiturs: 04.19.16

* Watch out, law students! Democratic politician Darren Soto is in hot water for what he wrote as part of Law Revue. [Gawker]

* Bernie may be complaining about Hillary's fundraising, but according to election law expert Rick Hasen, "legally this seems weak." Well, when you are alleging someone is breaking the law, "legally weak" is good enough. [The Atlantic]

* Fourth Circuit to the rescue! Today, the court held that federal law prevents public schools from banning students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. [Slate]

* Predictions on how the justices will wind up voting in U.S. v. Texas. [Empirical SCOTUS]

See the evolution of Superman

George Reeves remains my fave.

Previously: The Evolution of Batman.

Non-Sequiturs: 01.19.16

* The most difficult thing to inherit may just be an Apple ID -- a widow is told by the technology behemoth she needs a court order to continue playing her games on a jointly owned iPad. [Digital Passing] * Your trusty Bluebook is going to need some help if it is going to continue to be the bane of law students' existence. [Harvard Crimson] * Is it too much to ask for a picture of RBG playing Xbox? A class action over Xbox's tendency to scratch discs heads to the Supreme Court. [Forbes] * Orrick is casting its lot with the energy market -- they are opening up a Houston office with the addition of 20 new partners. [WSJ Law Blog] * Is threatening someone with blackmail merely a courtesy? [Associates Mind] * ATL managing editor David Lat will be in San Francisco next month, and you're cordially invited to meet him at this cocktail reception and Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link) book signing. [FBANC via Eventbrite]

New ten-part series on surveillance & corruption from creator of Aaron Swartz doc

Brian Knappenberger, the documentarian who created The Internet's Own Boy, a beautiful documentary about Aaron Swartz, has announced a new ten-part documentary series called "Truth and Power," which will show on Pivot. (more…)

Outdoor Advertising Is The New Black

Big cities like San Francisco and New York are digital meccas, home to many of the world’s largest technology startups — and to hordes of smartphone-toting, app-using consumers. But when it comes to making a name for themselves, many of the companies hoping to influence these techie urbanites are going decidedly analog. In these cities, and others, it’s hard to miss the… Read More

Hillary Clinton's logo accidentally puts Rosa Parks in the back of a bus

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Tuesday on the anniversary of Rosa Parks' Dec. 1, 1955 arrest for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger.

The event sparked the boycott of Montgomery buses by black Americans to protest segregated seating. But Clinton, the current frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, also marked the occasion with a special logo on her social media accounts.

It did not go over well on Twitter, where users suggested that Parks is seemingly seated at the back of an H-shaped bus.

.@HillaryClinton's design team honored Rosa Parks today by moving her to the back of the buspic.twitter.com/eIYnVQ9uPa

— George Scoville (@stackiii) December 1, 2015 Read more...

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Can you pass this personal financial literacy test?

Standard & Poor’s, Gallup, the World Bank, and George Washington University gave a five-question test on personal financial concepts to 150,000 people in more than 140 countries. Only 33% of people passed by demonstrating competency in three out of the four topics covered: risk, inflation, interest, and compound interest. Here's the quiz:

1. Risk Diversification:
Question: Suppose you have some money. Is it safer to put your money into one business or investment, or to put your money into multiple businesses or investments?

2. Inflation:
Question: Suppose over the next 10 years the prices of the things you buy double. If your income ALSO doubles, will you be able to buy less than you can buy today, the same as you can buy today, OR more than you can buy today?

3. Numeracy and Comparison (Debt):
Question: Suppose you need to borrow $100. Which is the lower amount to pay back: $105 or $100 plus three percent?

4. Interest Compounding (Saving):
Question: Suppose you put money in the bank for two years and the bank agrees to add 15 percent per year to your account. Will the bank add MORE money to your account the second year than it did the first year, or will it add the same amount of money both years?

5. Interest Compounding (Saving and Numeracy):
Question: Suppose you had $100 in a savings account and the bank adds 10 percent per year to the account. How much money would you have in the account after five years if you did not remove any money from the account?

Roll over to see the answers: 1. Multiple; 2. Same; 3. $100 plus three percent; 4. More; 5. 161.05

More about the survey here: "One of the Most Extensive Measurements of Global Financial Literacy Research to Date" (MHFI)

And Quartz has an online version of the quiz here: "Two-thirds of the world can’t pass this basic financial literacy test. Can you?"

Video about the survey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woTC6AyRXSo