Danielle Romero

A good story reminds us that we are all more connected than we thought

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

There's a "Native American elder" going viral right now named Ray Greywolf, and he isn't a real person....he's AI, and built to teach lonely older people to cut off their families and then sell them a book. Im shocked by the comments thanking "him" for wisdom. Check out my exposé in today's video
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[Hedgie @HedgieMarkets]

🦔AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals. A service called ISBNdb facilitates orders of up to a million books and keeps buyers anonymous. Pre-2022 books are premium because they're free of AI-generated text. A federal judge ruled the practice is fair use because eliminating the original means only one copy exists at a time. Anthropic hired the former head of Google Books partnerships to obtain "all the books in the world."

My Take
This got to me. A bookseller told 404 Media that rare books with almost no surviving copies are being fed into this pipeline. Books that survived wars, fires, and centuries of handling are being shredded so an AI can learn to write a better marketing email.
ISBNdb's website literally says "'AI company destroys two million books' is not a headline that generates sympathy," and they still built an entire business around making it happen quietly. They offer NDAs as a feature. They coach clients to call it "digital preservation."

I've covered AI companies scraping the internet, torrenting libraries, and stealing music. This is worse because it's irreversible. You can re-upload a website. You can reprint a bestseller. You can't replace the last three copies of an 18th-century botanical text once someone shreds them for training data. And the judge said it's legal. So it's going to accelerate.
"We shred rare books and offer NDAs so nobody finds out" is a legitimate business model in 2026. What a timeline.

Hedgie🤗

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

@jasminexETH My great uncle's says "colored".He was born in NY the 1930s and still alive. He didnt know it said that until he was an adult.

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

My great uncle's says "colored". He was born in the 1930s and still alive. All of the worked do on my channel is RELEVANT.

[🌍 @jasminexETH]

My dad’s birthday certificate says “negro” on it. He’s 67…..

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terrible time to have a history degree & pattern recognition skills

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Is It Disrespectful for White People to Claim Black Ancestry? https://t.co/MIgwhTSAY6

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Unpopular genealogy take on today's episode---- stop researching your entire family!!

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[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Stuck on an ancestor? I'm booking 10 one-on-one sessions this summer to dig into your family story.

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[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Records lie. Let me show you how.
Free live (virtual) class on Feb 14—not on YouTube! Sponsored by @AAHGS and the NY Genealogical & Biographical Society. Bring your questions for me!
Grab your spot: https://t.co/q5JCJZxOqw

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

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I'm leaving YouTube. The work continues on Patreon—link below. Thank you for three years. ✅Join me OFF of Youtube https://t.co/sRVjypIcks

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

The way I dropped everything to record my response.--> https://t.co/kn6BVk3xj6

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

The Virginia Law That Reclassified Native Americans As 'Colored' https://t.co/O3eoR7RqIa via @YouTube

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Going live @ 5pm CST. Click the bell so you get reminded! https://t.co/0Np3ygOZVV via @YouTube

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Im going live on youtube in a half hour if you wanna come chill w/ me. 330 cst today! https://t.co/QRhZuIqIfi

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

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Don't Put Your Dead Grandma on this App!

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

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12 Hidden Clues You Have Melungeon Ancestry

If your family tree has mysterious gaps, strange name variations, or relatives who changed their racial classification across census records, you might have Melungeon ancestry.
In this video, I'm showing you 12 specific signs to look for—and exactly where to find documented proof. :)

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

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I lost a beauty pageant at 13....then I decided to take a DNA test.

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

@dropoutnation I appreciate that. I think I'd rank better with YT if I was creating "work out content". If you know what I mean. Meanwhile, I cant discuss my uncles birth certificate because the word "colored" is "as bad as the F-word" according to youtube monitors.

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Would you count as legally "Black" in Louisiana? The answer might surprise you. In order to find out, you need to be realllly good at math. Find out how the law would classify YOU in this week's video. Click here: https://t.co/LJnkphfUq1

[Danielle Romero @ImFindingLola]

Louisiana's Insane Law Made Everyone "Black" https://t.co/Aw49MauowF via @YouTube