{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Lee Frankl","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/leefrankl","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1869621","username":"leefrankl","bio":"Welcome to my blog! There is no theme, no A.I. assist, no monetization scheme. It's my equivalent of a blank sheet of paper online. ","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":4,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2026/04/1869621.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"89763847","content_html":"<p>“From Worldcom to Enron, from crypto to AI, the point of the bubble wasn’t ever the residue or lack thereof – it was a transfer from working people to crooks. Bubbles are a system for moving the painfully sequestered life’s savings of people who do things to people who steal things.”</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/07/dump-the-pumpers/\">pluralistic.net/2026/05/0...</a></p> <a href=\"https://leefrankl.com/2026/05/07/from-worldcom-to-enron-from.html\">leefrankl.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/05/07/from-worldcom-to-enron-from.html","date_published":"2026-05-07T13:22:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"13:22","date_timestamp":1778160157,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefrankl/116533504333764272"]}},{"id":"88605646","content_html":"<p>“Having no destination, I am never lost.” –Ikkyu</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fleefrankl.com%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimages-1.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"153\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/19/having-no-destination-i-am.html","date_published":"2026-04-20T01:18:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-20 01:18","date_timestamp":1776647929,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefrankl/116434398920448533"]}},{"id":"88241277","content_html":"<p>Cash is agentic. Credit is mimetic.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/14/cash-is-agentic-credit-is.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T16:07:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 16:07","date_timestamp":1776182868,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefrankl/116403920555515457"]}},{"id":"88159633","content_html":"<p>Cox on the rocks/Ain’t no surprise.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fleefrankl.com%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fimage.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/13/cox-on-the-rocksaint-no.html","date_published":"2026-04-13T12:51:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 12:51","date_timestamp":1776084698,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefrankl/116397487487085310"]}},{"id":"87733349","content_html":"<p>Mercor Blues <img src=\"https://micro.blog/photos/50/https://leefrankl.com/uploads/2026/download.jpg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"mini_thumbnail\" alt=\"\"> : <a href=\"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/06/mercor-blues.html\">leefrankl.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/06/mercor-blues.html","date_published":"2026-04-06T23:52:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 23:52","date_timestamp":1775519537,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@leefrankl/116360454392773335"]}},{"id":"87482203","content_html":"<p>Tampa Gals: <a href=\"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/02/my-last-sojourn-in-the.html\">leefrankl.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/02/my-last-sojourn-in-the.html","date_published":"2026-04-02T18:16:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 18:16","date_timestamp":1775153787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87481006","content_html":"<p>I joined a local co-working space when I tired of the more corporate version. It’s grittier and more down to earth like I like, with just enough ‘founder energy’ in their marketing copy to make me feel young and relevant. Maybe tomorrow I’ll actually show up there and do some damn work.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/04/02/i-joined-a-local-coworking.html","date_published":"2026-04-02T17:50:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-02 17:50","date_timestamp":1775152217,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83869884","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/rokhopr\">@rokhopr</a> cool poem</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefrankl/83869884","date_published":"2026-02-09T00:40:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 00:40","date_timestamp":1770597642,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83816786","content_html":"<p>AI is overrated. Not entirely useless, but seriously over-hyped. It is an unreliable assistant and a terrible writer. It’s also embarrassing if you chat at it like a friend or therapist or confessor. Pathetic.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/02/07/ai-is-overrated-not-entirely.html","date_published":"2026-02-08T02:25:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-08 02:25","date_timestamp":1770517557,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83325384","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780861713820/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\"><p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780861713820\">Mumonkan</a> by Koun Yamada 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/01/31/currently-reading-mumonkan-by-koun.html","date_published":"2026-02-01T04:12:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-01 04:12","date_timestamp":1769919148,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83259620","content_html":"<p>Trying to focus on the Netflix programming, but remembering that it’s written and filmed to be watched with attention that fades in and out with simultaneous device use. Thus this post, composed during the lavish, preposterous ‘Bridgerton’.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/01/30/trying-to-focus-on-the.html","date_published":"2026-01-31T02:05:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-31 02:05","date_timestamp":1769825140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83183790","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Mikehendley\">@Mikehendley</a> great rendering!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/leefrankl/83183790","date_published":"2026-01-30T02:20:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-30 02:20","date_timestamp":1769739657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83059603","content_html":"<p>Welcome to my blog!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://leefrankl.com/2026/01/28/welcome-to-my-blog.html","date_published":"2026-01-28T14:36:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Lee Frankl","url":"http://www.leefrankl.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F04%2F1869621.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"leefrankl"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-28 14:36","date_timestamp":1769610972,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}