Dan Coyle

Serious question: how does anyone create anything anymore without ppl immediately assuming that it’s AI generated? I posted a short story that I recently wrote and was trying to get feedback on it and moderators where I posted it are just insisting that it was AI generated and I have no idea why.

When Consent Breaks: Power, Force, and Legitimacy What recent events reveal about authority, restraint, and self-government

The full video can be seen at open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

It covers a lot of ground with (hopefully) minimal fluff. I hope you’ll enjoy it!

Here’s a brief clip from my 40+ minute explainer re where we are as a civic body so far in 2026. Minneapolis, coercion, force, separation of powers, etc.

“The people’s branch works when effort is real, action is sustained, and responsibility is shared.”

This was made to hold up in times when things will likely get worse before they get better. ❤️

The People’s Branch (Video Walkthrough) How responsibility shifts when institutions fail — and what we can do about it

If that’s you, here’s the full walkthrough:
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

And if you’d rather scroll through the visual version — the original guide is here:
lettersfornow.substack.com/p/the-people...

Feel free to save, share, or use however you need.

This is for the people who feel like no one’s listening anymore.

For people trying to figure out what they can actually do — without burning out or disappearing.

The video walks through practical pressure points:

→ How to document without risk
→ When to slow things down procedurally
→ Where to build parallel trust structures

This is about durable civic action.

The People’s Branch (Video Walkthrough) How responsibility shifts when institutions fail — and what we can do about it

When institutions fail, responsibility shifts.

I just posted a video walkthrough of The People’s Branch — a field guide for civic action when systems stop protecting people.

📺 Watch here → open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

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This is my first time sharing fiction here.

I’m not looking for critique so much as felt responses — what lingered, or where your attention paused.

The Counting-Stone A brief tale of care and keeping

I shared a short piece of fiction today on Letters for Now.

It’s slow, pastoral, and built around small acts of care and attention.

If you’re in the mood for something patient and tenderly held, you can find it here: open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

When It Feels Like the Country Is Slipping Away How to stay grounded and engaged when the pace of change feels relentless—and the stakes feel personal.

A new Letters for Now essay on civic strain, historical memory, and the choice to remain engaged when everything feels unstable.

If you’ve been carrying the weight of this moment, this piece is for you.

open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

YouTube video by Walkabouts in Revolutionary Times One Thing You Can Do in 2026 to Rebuild Civic Life

Feeling stuck? You don’t need to fix everything.

You just need one real thing you’ll actually do in 2026.

This video walks through grounded, human actions you can take—starting from who you are.

📺 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/Ny24sFIcmEU?...
📱 Or on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh1oY5ak/

#Hope2026

So are we getting a false flag or a war starting tomorrow? Can’t wait to find out.

The One-Income Dream: How We Built It — And Let It Slip Away | Walkabouts with Dan Get more from Walkabouts with Dan on Patreon

The One-Income Dream: How We Built It — And Let It Slip Away

www.patreon.com/posts/one-in...

Any chance that you could take people who you have secretly disappeared and

1) put them on a boat with a bunch of the Epstein tapes and evidence and

2) set that boat on a trajectory near Venezuela and

3) then blown it out of the water?

Asking for a friend.

Ask and Offer: Rewiring the Exchange How trust grows when we stop performing self-sufficiency—and start practicing visible care.

We’re not meant to be heroic in isolation.

The latest essay in my series: Regenerating Belonging, is about what happens when we stop pretending to do it all alone—and start practicing visible care.

open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

George Washington helped put down the Whiskey Rebellion — an actual armed uprising over a federal tax. Two men from that rebellion were convicted of treason and sentenced to hang, and Washington pardoned both of them. He didn’t hang anyone, even in the aftermath of a real rebellion.

How Bad Could It Get? The Trajectory of American Power in 2025 - 2026 | Walkabouts with Dan Get more from Walkabouts with Dan on Patreon

🔔 How Bad Could It Get? drops tonight.

The presidency expands. Congress stalls. Courts wait.
This isn’t hypothetical — it’s already happening.

Countdown + early access here (no paywall):
www.patreon.com/posts/how-ba...

#FourthTurning #executivepower #WalkaboutsWithDan

If we are to survive as a republic, we must revive the lost art of civic friendship.

No party, however righteous it believes itself to be, should become the substitute for the Constitution.

And no leader, however charismatic, should be allowed to imagine himself greater than the system designed to constrain him.

When There Is Food, But Not Enough Care Why feeding each other is a sacred duty — even when the systems around us break.

What if feeding the hungry is not charity, but obligation?

Not generosity, but remembering who we are?

A reflection on spiritual duty, neighborly care, and what we’re being asked to do now.

open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

Walkabouts with Dan What if the Founding Fathers lived through 2025? Walkabouts with Dan explores the patterns shaping our world — from America’s founding and the Fourth Turning to the volatility of modern markets. I c...

Two rulings. One question:
When fear is the reason, who decides how far power can go?

Watch the full story here:
▶️ YouTube: youtube.com/walkaboutswithdan
📲 TikTok: tiktok.com/@walkaboutswithdan

#FourthTurning #WalkaboutsWithDan #civilliberties #history #USpolitics

Walkabouts with Dan What if the Founding Fathers lived through 2025? Walkabouts with Dan explores the patterns shaping our world — from America’s founding and the Fourth Turning to the volatility of modern markets. I c...

Frederick Douglass once wrote:

“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.”

⬆️ part of my working script for this Thursday’s YouTube video

YouTube.com/WalkaboutswithDan

When the Military Becomes Domestic Police Troops in Oregon. Helicopters in Chicago. The lines between law enforcement and federal force are blurring fast. The Constitution has something to say about i... TikTok video by Walkabouts with Dan

What happens when the military becomes domestic police?

Oregon. Chicago. Constitutional lines are being tested.

Watch on TikTok: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMk8rgNp/

Or on YouTube: youtu.be/iH1CZKkJhDI

The Toll Already Paid What if success was measured not by what we gained, but by what we quietly gave to others?

We often praise those who “did well for themselves.” But what if the higher compliment was this: They did well for others. A reflection on bridges, gifts, and care.

open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

🌱 I’ve just published my personal site — a space to gather the threads of my work: reflections, history, essays, music, and a few giftable offerings.

If it feels meaningful to you, I hope you’ll explore: dancoyle.com

Everything is open-access. Everything is a gift.

“Prayer works” and also “these kids were killed while praying”…. Yeah….

Restorative Justice and Radical Hospitality This episode explores how healing begins with listening — and how justice can be rooted in grace, not exile.

This week’s episode of Letters for Now is about restorative justice, and the quiet, radical work of holding space for return.

Listen when you can. I’d love to hear what it stirs in you.

open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...

The Gift You’re Breathing Listen now | What nature gives is never truly “free.” It’s given without price — but with a request. A reflection on gifts, reciprocity, and belonging to the cycles that sustain us.

The sun rises. The rain falls. The air fills your lungs.

None of it sends you an invoice — but every gift asks to be sustained.

This week on Letters for Now, I explore what changes when we see nature not as a store, but as a relationship.

🎧 Listen: lettersfornow.substack.com/p/the-gift-y...

A Declaration of Conscience for 2025 | Walkabouts with Dan Get more from Walkabouts with Dan on Patreon

If you had to choose between comfort & conscience, which would you pick?

My new essay reimagines a historic stand for 2025.

Will you read it? www.patreon.com/posts/136037...

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