Daily Bafflements

• Over at the Nation, Kate Bahn, Joelle Gamble, Zillah Eisenstein, and Heather Boushey talk Pikettymania and gender. Baffler contributor Kathleen Geier moderates.

• 2.3 million people still subscribe to AOL’s dial-up service.

• Today in Things Explained, The Independents host Kennedy decodes libertarianism for the New York Times: “Let’s say Ron Paul is Nirvana, like, the coolest, most amazing thing to come along in years, and the songs are nebulous but somehow meaningful, and the lead singer kills himself to preserve the band’s legacy. Then Rand Paul—he’s Pearl Jam. Comes from the same place, the songs are really catchy, can really pack the stadiums, though it’s not quite Nirvana. Ted Cruz? He’s Stone Temple Pilots. Tries really hard to sound like Pearl Jam, never gonna sound like Nirvana. Really good voice, great staying power—but the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts.”

• Only one day and seventeen hours left for this special deal from your best friends at I’m a Mrs last-name change service: just $15 for an easy-as-pie newlywed woman’s name change. “Includes government, financial, loyalty cards, alumni associations, [and] magazine subscriptions.” Sorry, “I’m a Mr” package not coming soon.