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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · May 5

Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?

139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.

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Black and white etching-style triptych showing 8 hours for work on the left, 8 hours for rest in the middle, and 8 hours for “what we will” on the right

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 8h

On this day in 1953, a Birmingham police commissioner banned an interracial All-Star baseball game organized by Jackie Robinson since it was a "mixed athletic event."

Oct. 8, 1953 | Jackie Robinson and Others Banned From Playing Interracial Baseball in AL

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

calendar.eji.org

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 8h

Wisconsin, 154 years ago today

Drought leads several small fires to spread across the state, ultimately claiming 1200+ lives & 1.2 million acres.

Occurring the same day as the Great Chicago & Michigan Fires, the Peshtigo Fire remains the deadliest fire in recorded US history.

Map of the Peshtigo fire in eastern Wisconsin in 1871

Illustration of people and animals finding safety in a body of are during the enormous Peshtigo fire

Illustration of people fleeing to the water for safety during the Peshtigo fire

Black and white photo of a decimated town in the wake of the Peshtigo fire

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 1d

251 years ago today: Britain passes the “Quebec Act,” which cedes control of the future state of Wisconsin (as well as much of the Midwest) to Canada.

This act infuriated American colonists and fueled the anger that would build into the American revolution 6 months later.

Map of Quebec in 1774, which at the time included much of what is today the Midwest of the United States

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations, and kudos! Thank you for sharing that — it means a lot

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much! I always appreciate your posts as well.

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Madison, WI — 179 years ago today

Delegates gather for the first state Constitutional Convention. After months, they draft a constitution including voting rights for immigrants, white women & Black men, but the exclusively white men who vote on it block its ratification 59%-41%.

A page of a very old book that reads “JOURNAL
OF THE
CONVENTION
TO FORM A CONSTITUTION
FOR THE
STATE OF WISCONSIN:
BEGUN AND HELD AT MADISON, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX.
MADISON, W. T.
BERIAH BROWN, PRINTER
1S12.”

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Very fair! To be clear I’m disturbed any person could approve of his “performance” (a generous word for it), but I’m trying to find encouraging trends wherever I can these days 😅

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t disagree, but this is still really encouraging that we’re less than a year in and Trump’s younger voters are starting to see the orange tyrant for who he really is

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Only 69 percent of Trump voters under 35 approve of his performance so far

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Trump’s Youth Support Has Faded. These 11 Young Trump Voters Explain Why.

The group discusses the president’s job performance so far across issues such as the economy and immigration.

www.nytimes.com

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Milwaukee, 2 years ago today

Aerial view of Milwaukee’s downtown from above Juneau Park with fall foliage in the foreground and a partially constructed Couture in the background

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Milwaukee, 82 years ago today

Steven Haworth Miller is born to a musical family that was close with legendary guitarist Les Paul. Paul encouraged a young Steve Miller to lean into his natural talent and the rest in history. Here he is performing back in Milwaukee over the years.

Black and white photo of Steve Miller performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1982

Black and white photo of Steve Miller performing at Riverside Theater in Milwaukee in 1988.

Color photo of Steve Miller performing at the BMO Harris Pavilion stage in 2012

Color photo of Steve Miller and his band performing at Summerfest stage in 2012

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

October in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Elevated view of a beach with people in bathing suits on it and some people in the water

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 3d

fair question

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 4d

Milwaukee, 2025

Red and green leaves on vines over a light brown stucco wall

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Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social · 4d

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve read about Milwaukee baseball. A must: www.theplayerstribune.com/william-cont...

No One Better Than Us | By William Contreras

No one better than Milwaukee right now. No one better than US.

www.theplayerstribune.com

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 4d

Milwaukee, 2025

Miwlaukee’s Oroental theater and environs in black and white. Marquee reads “
NOW SHOWING:
MILW MUSLIM FILM FESTIVAL
THE SMASHING MACHINE
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER 70MM”

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 4d

I agree, though I’m trying to make the most it. Went for a walk in shorts and a t-shirt today, which felt odd but pleasant.

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 4d

them: I could never live in Wisconsin because it’s too cold

me: dude this is October in Milwaukee now

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 5d

I met someone in college who was super cool & smart and they transitioned and were still super cool and smart and now just happier and then I was like oh this is normal and anyone who needs it should have access to gender affirming care. This inoculated me from transphobic rhetoric and I’m grateful.

Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · Apr 18

cis folks, i'm curious for you to share answers, if you want:

what made you start caring about trans rights? who'd you know/what happened? tell me the story.

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 5d

Milwaukee, 178 years ago

Isaac Neustadtl leads the city’s first Yom Kippur service in a private resident in what is now the Deer District.

The community would build two synagogues, both of which have been demolished. Temple B'ne Jeshurun on Kilbourn & 10th and Temple Emmanu-El at Broadway & State.

Past: City's first formal Yom Kippur was celebrated in 1847
On Sept. 20, 1847, at least 10
Jewish families gathered in the
home of Isaac Neustadtl,
at the
corner of what is now North 4th Street and West Juneau Avenue in the frontier city of Milwaukee.
if Atonement
Milwaukee had been a city fo
The families met in the heart of
are recorded as arriving in 1844:
a boom town. In 1840, the village at the junction of the Menomo-
they were
the brothers Myer,
Symphony Orchestra (a concert,
Emanuel,
nee. Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic
Gabriel,
Samuel,
Wil-
organizers say, that is guaranteed
liam and Charles Shoyer; Moses
to take place).
The celebration is a joint effort
had 1,712 people. Ten years later,
DESQUICENTENNIAI
CELEBRATION
• 150m Anniversary of ish Community in Miwauk
the city was home to 20,061, an
Weil; Isaac Neustadti; and Solomon Adler.
of the Milwaukee Jewish Council and the Milwaukee Jewish Feder-
increase of 1,072%.
To mark that year, and honor ation. Its theme is, "Seek the wel-
those first settlers and all those
boom since the be in page of the
fare
of the city in which you
who
came
later,
Milwaukee's
dwell, for in its peace shall you
Jewish community will be cele-
have peace," a verse from Jeremi-
Jacob
brating its sesquicentennial over ah.
the next 15 months. The celebra
first High Holy Days service, according to Rabbi Louis J. Swich-kow, co-author with Lloyd P.
Garner of the 1963 book,
"The
History of the Jews in Milwau-kee."
The extent of the Jewish com-
tion will kick off with a concert
munity's contribution to Milwau-
Oct. 18 by Israeli-born Itzhak
kee's welfare will be on display
The earliest Jewish immigrants
Periman
with the
Milwaukee
starting in November at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Much of the research for the display based on Swichkow's work, according to Ruth Traxlor,
who is
putting together the exhibit.
So why did the Shoyers, Weils, Adlers and Neustadtis wait three years before holding a service?
central Europe — Germany,
Bo-
hemia and Austria…

Black and white photo of an ornate synagogue

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 5d

Milwaukee, 2025

Aerial view of Milwaukee’s skyline from a distance in the NW with a colorful sunrise going off over the lake

Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 6d

You’re welcome, and you too!

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Brian @vpofstuff.bsky.social · 6d

I live here. In this picture.

I choose to believe in a beautiful Milwaukee.

I choose to see an unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

Do not separate yourself from the community.

I live here. In this picture.

Thanks Isaac,
Have a beautiful day...

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Isaac Rowlett @isaacrowlett.bsky.social · 6d

Good morning, Milwaukee!

Aerial view of Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood with a sunrise and downtown in the background

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