#january 19

[shisasan]

19 January, 1924 Letters to Véra by Vladimir Nabokov

“I love you. Infinitely and inexpressibly. I’ve woken up in the middle of the night and here I am writing this. My love, my happiness.”

[tswiftupdatess]

New/old outtake pictures of Taylor Swift for SNL

(January 19, 2025)

[dailykafka]

— January 19, 1915 / Franz Kafka diaries

[codename-adler]

glad Nathaniel A. Wesninski was born so that Neil Abram Josten could live 🤍🧡

[typelikeagirl]

[kruk-art]

January Day 19 - Tzimisce

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 3, vol. 28, 19 janvier 1907, Paris. Robe de soie blanche tissée d’or, garnie de guipure brodée d'or. Manches de tulle blanc pailleté or. Imp. Artist. L. Lafontaine, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[lulublack90]

Prompt 19 - Trouble

@jegulus-microfic January 19, Word count 527

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“You’re the worst brother!”

“No, you’re the worst brother!”

“I hate you!”

“You already said that!”

“Well, it’s still true!”

“Oh my god, will you just shut up!” Regulus’s fingers twitched, and his wand slipped from its holder into his hand. He hadn’t even raised it when Sirius cocked his head. 

“Where did you learn that?” He asked. 

“Learnt what?” He said through gritted teeth. He was going to enjoy practising a few of the curses Sirius didn’t know he knew the next time his brother said something stupid, or annoying, or anything really. 

“Oh my god. Did James teach you that?” He cocked his head again, his brow furrowed as he tried to work something out. Regulus could feel the last of his patience slipping away. 

“James says it, and I suppose it’s worked its way into my vocabulary. What of it?” He raised his wand this time, warning Sirius to tread carefully. 

Sirius flopped down on Remus’s bed, looking stunned. “What?” Regulus asked. Sirius had never voluntarily stopped arguing with him. Sirius looked up, matching cool grey eyes locking.

“You really like him, don’t you? It’s not about pissing me off. You’re falling for James,” Regulus felt his cheeks heating as he blushed because, yes, that was exactly why he’d started using that expression. Sirius began laughing. “Oh, Reggie, you are in so much trouble!” Sirius rolled around the bed, continuing to laugh. Regulus shot a stinging jinx right at his rolling arse. “Ouch!” Sirius yelped and jumped to his feet. 

“If you even think for one second about telling anyone about James and I…” Regulus threatened, but Sirius stopped him mid-threat. 

“I won’t tell anyone, don’t worry. It’s not just you that’ll be in danger if this gets out. Mother will kill James if she ever finds out,” Regulus had never heard his brother sound so serious. It was unnerving. 

“Thank you,” He managed to push out. 

“Oh, I bet that hurt,” Sirius snickered. Regulus just glowered at him. 

“And in return, I won’t spread news of your relationship with Lupin,” Sirius rolled his eyes at him. 

“It’s Remus, and tell who you want, we don’t care. And who knows, maybe if it gets back to Mother she’ll be so disgusted she’ll pop her clogs, and we’ll all be free,” It was Regulus’s turn to roll his eyes. 

“Fine, truce?”

“Truce,” Sirius agreed, the smile he’d always reserved for Regulus spreading across his face. Regulus’s breath caught as he took it in. He thought he’d never see his brother look at him like that again. 

“Can I come out now?” A nervous voice squeaked from the bathroom. 

“Oh, shit, Peter!” Sirius bounded over to the door and yanked it open. “Sorry mate,” He apologised. 

“No, no, it’s fine, don’t worry. I just…” And Peter legged it out of the dorm room, leaving the brothers alone again. 

Sirius sucked his cheeks in as he tried not to laugh, but it was too much, and he let out a loud bark of laughter, which set Regulus off. And then for the first time in a long, long time. Regulus and Sirius Black were laughing happily together. 

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[happybirthday-unusannus]

Happy 5th Birthday to

“This is How We'll Die...”

[then-be-a-warrior]

THIS is officially my last TikTok + FINAL MESSAGE

I was gonna make some "grand edit" but I changed my mind. I put my heart and soul into 95% of my edits but I refuse to do it this time. Because this shouldn't be happening.

I will NEVER understand why it takes our government YEARS to agree on important matters (IF they agree) but for banning an app it takes months and the majority said "yes". Literally the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Our government is filled with a bunch of old, crotchety, bitter, useless, racist motherfuckers who were elected/hired into office 300 fucking years ago and still have crusted shit in their powdered wigs.

I've been hearing that Capcut might get banned too. If that's the case, then this will be my last edit because I literally don't know how else to edit.

If this IS my last edit, I want to apologize to my moots. I would've stopped editing a long time ago if I didn't have all of you. I'm glad we're still here on this app if not anything else❤️

No matter what, I'll be on here and REDnote. Even if I can't edit, I'm staying on REDnote because it's the best middle finger to our government.

@alilcherrysramblings @madmandude @autism-autobot @marokra @imjusthereforthecake @sweetsugarcoffee @electricpirateduck @captainnemis @will-of-the-wisps + many more

[musickickztoo]

Janis Joplin *January 19, 1943 

[shisasan]

January 19, 1925 Journals of Anais Nin 1923-1927 [volume 3]

[tswiftupdatess]

New/old outtake photo of Taylor Swift for SNL

(January 19, 2025)

[eltristan]

For those wondering why the death of the 1st Amendment in America, the US TikTok ban, has not resulted in a surge here on Tumblr...

Our beloved Tumblr is banned in China.

Most TikTok users already tried Tumblr and didn't like it. (Look at how short their attention span is!)

Tumblr isn't great for 杀猪盘 or "pig butchering scam" -- hell, the Gaza scammers we do have can barely make a living off your broke-ass asses!

Let it be known:

*ahem*

Henceforth: my blog shall be crapping out queued posts for "Jan 19 anniversary of US TikTok ban day to all who celibrate" long after I'm dead and well into the next millennium...

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Elizabeth Mayer, employed in the quotation room of the New York Curb Exchange, places a changed quotation in its proper slot, January 19, 1942. With so many men away at war, the exchange hired “quote girls,” whose job involved standing on a bench to place numbered cards after shifting quotations on stocks and bonds.

Photo: Associated Press

[todaysdocument]

Letter from the Commissioner of Immigration to the Commissioner General of Immigration Regarding Race Classifications for Immigration

Record Group 85: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceSeries: Subject and Policy FilesFile Unit: Wright and Crater's Investigation of Immigrant Arrival Procedures on Ellis Island

OFFICE OF U. S. COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION,

New York, N. Y.

June 26, 1898.

Hon. T. V. Powderly,

Commissioner-General of Immigration

Washington, D. C.

Sir:

Under date of June 18th, you appointed the undersigned a Committee to devise a plan in connection with our immigration statistics which will designate not only the empire, kingdom, or republic, from which immigrants come, but the province or other territorial division of the same; also showing where the alien was born, the language he speaks, the religion he professes, his occupation, condition in life, and every other question that will give information concerning immigration.

On Thursday, the 23rd Inst., the Committee met as instructed, and organized with Assistant Commissioner Edward F. McSweeney as Chairman, and Dr. M. V. Safford, as Secretary.

In making our classification in accordance with instructions given us, we have availed ourselves of all the sources of information at our command, and wish to gratefully acknowledge the great assistance given us by some of the officials of the service whose former residence among the various foreign races we were trying to classify, and consequent knowledge of the social, industrial and religious conditions which prevailed in the countries from which such races respectively come, were of the greatest value to the Committee.

In submitting the new scheme for immigration statistics it should be stated, that your Committee has proceeded on the assumption that the object of such statistics is to show the kind of people that come to this country arranged according to some order or classification which will furnish an approximately accurate means for estimating, from the known race characteristics of each order or class, its industrial and social value to this country.

Although, for this purpose, the present system of grouping immigrants according to political boundaries, appears inadequate, still it has not been deemed wise to abandon it altogether, but rather to make it subservient to a classification according to races which, though perhaps not recognized strictly as such, yet may be wisely so regarded in order to accomplish the objects contemplated by the instructions to your Committee.

In some instances, such as that of Hebrews, religion has been resorted to as a means of distinguishing race, but, in general the mother-tongue spoken is the criterion by which such classification has been made, since it constitutes the chief bond of social and domestic union which holds peoples together in all [complete document and transcript at link]