Candace Dempsey
@candacedempsey.bsky.social
Travel writer, journo, escape artist, foodie, Italian American author of MURDER IN ITALY, true story of Amanda Knox. @penguinusa Stories: Slate, NYT, BBC, Luxury Latin America http://instagram.com/candacedempsey https://candacedempsey.pressfolios.com
created November 12, 2024
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Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Gift article: Tina Modetti, a spellbinding photographer, died at age 45, and is often reduced to being Edward Weston's lover. Thanks to @nyt, she finally has an obit, so many years after her death. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted
Oh stop it, both the media for this idiotic reductive narrative and Dem centrists for being such astonishing wimps. The voters of NYC — especially young ones — made their clear choice, so either move along or go sit down. You win nothing by being cautious and scared www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
What in the name of Miss Marple? Tuppence a drunk and needy mother? Tommy able to breathe without her? No.
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior.bsky.social) reposted
"Trump is pushing us over the cliff so we can land in Thiel's uncanny valley." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/mafia-stat...
Brendan O'Meara (@brendanomeara.bsky.social) reposted
I put this on pause when I was in the heat of Prefontaine research, but I'm happy to bring the audio magazine back for Issue 4: Codes. Read the guidelines, and send me your best! I pay $$$ to those who get published, from the O'Meara Grant. Yeah! brendanomeara.com/call-for-sub...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Guilters gonna guilt.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Me, too, sister. Speaking of the screaming.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Meanwhile in the U.S.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Prob nobody on staff is middleclass.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
ICE arrests 2 firefighters in Olympic National Park, because ... well, nobody knows. Why was ICE anywhere near the forest fires? What a country we're living in. www.king5.com/article/news...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Thanks, People, for quoting my book (Murder in Italy) in this well-sleuthed article about the Amanda Knox case. This is the central mystery: If Rudy Guede was convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher early on, why'd it take 8 years to exonerate Knox and Sollecito? people.com/who-killed-m...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
What a snowflake
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
My husband, brother and I all loved the book, which I saw by chance at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle--and gifted them.We are all big Pre fans. They've run Pre's traiI. I got my MA at UO. Great memories.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Can't wait to see Keira Knightley in this murder mytery. Travel writer stuck on yacht with the rich. Been there! www.msn.com/en-us/movies...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Death by boyfriend. Another femmicide in Italy.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Love this idea.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Say it ain’t so.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
I love Front Runner, the new Steve Prefontaine bio. Here’s how Brendan O’Meara put it together.
Gerard Beirne (@gerardbeirne.bsky.social) reposted
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” - Jack Kerouac
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Author Sally Rooney, a danger to UK? C’mon.
Shawn Hennessey ☀️🍷 (@sevillatapas.bsky.social) reposted
Omg l can vouch for this. Met up with Rick a couple of years ago to show him around Sevilla and we ended up going to SIXTEEN TAPAS BARS in one evening 😅
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
I cherish the thought that they are freezing every winter. Brrrr
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Having written Murder in Italy, about the Amanda Knox injustive, it's lovely to see her story given credence in a British publication. First time for everything.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Don’t let the bad guys win.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
An enchanting story about a quickly made, addictive French custard of ancient origin
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
What?
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Hmmm.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Meaning Seattle will feel like Kona for a few days. I’ll take it.
Richard Morris (@ahistoryinart.bsky.social) reposted
A silhouetted figure gazing across the water contributes to the beauty of this work by Edward Potthast. (c1925) Although he fell under the influence of the French Impressionists, the effect of the reflection of the sunset breaking across the water is rare in his work.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Skunk hair is your dream. No, girl.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Heartbreak in blue states. ICE smashes windows of Guatemalean berry pickers in Oregon. “swarmed the van and ultimately detained four workers–three men and one woman–while releasing two other women and a teenage girl.” www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Swat is one of many euphemisms for beating. It’s all horrible.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
She is still an awful abusive woman. Spanking is beating.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Hands also inflict great pain, especially when you use 2 hands. The longer you are beaten the more it hurts because your skin is inflamed. Like pounding a burn. It is all wrong and scary.
Talia Lavin (@swordsjew.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
anyway, never fucking hit your kids. don't hit your kids. "spanking" is a euphemism for hitting your kids (cf swat, pop, potch) and just don't do it. all you will ever teach them is not to trust and to mingle pain with love. every strike teaches them to hide and lie.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Classic passive aggressive behavior. Start out passive, become aggressive.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Whatever happened to states rights?
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Noooooo. We’re already having a bad year.
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.
Alaina Wood (@thegarbagequeen.bsky.social) reposted
✨It’s literally climate change✨
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Amen
Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
3. Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill: 3M Altria AT&T Charter Communications Chevron Cisco Comcast Delta Airlines Door Dash Great Clips Hair Cuttery T-Mobile Uber United Airlines UPS Verizon
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
I hate the photo too. It's like Census people are ICE in nice clothes. What the hell, NYT?
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Trump cuts off fed funds for Idaho libraries in Idaho and elsewhere, claiming free access programs are racist and illegal because might help "racial minorities." I'm not kidding. www.ktvb.com/article/news...
Open Culture (@openculture.bsky.social) reposted
1,500 Paintings & Drawings by Vincent van Gogh Have Been Digitized & Put Online.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank you. And welcome to your family. We are all children of immigrants.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Thank goodness we’re getting rid of FEMA.
Claire Willett (@clairewillett.bsky.social) reposted
it is exhausting to live in a world where the news is like “the most soup-brained freakazoid in existence has a completely batshit plan that would send even Wile E. Coyote back to the drawing board. experts say exactly what you, a non-expert who just has some common sense, expect they would say”
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Contractors will also replace FEMA.
womensartbluesky.bsky.social (@womensartbluesky.bsky.social) reposted
Georgia O’Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1922 #Womensart
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more. 📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Charlotte Bronte wrote all about these people.
Amy K (@amyklassen.bsky.social) reposted
❤️🤍💙
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Duffy and Trump and Elon, that’s where it celebrity crushes do great harm. Taylor is in lifting for many.
David Forbes (@davidforbes.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
If politicians truly support/oppose something, they do so loudly and publicly. Because public platforms are one of the major powers they have. If they don't, but want to take the pressure off, they leak to compliant media how much they're doing just out of sight. I've seen it *a lot* over 20 years
Brad Baumann-Gervais ✌️🇺🇸 ☮️ (@bradbaumann.bsky.social) reposted
Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Lisa pretending she’s in pain for screwing over the poor. Again. www.adn.com/politics/202...
Talia Lavin (@swordsjew.bsky.social) reposted
i wrote about what it feels like to live in the collapse of the american empire "a flake of shale in a great upheaval of the earth" buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Sarah Dohl ❌👑 (@sarahdohl.bsky.social) reposted
A few thoughts from me on what happens next. Let’s go.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Alaska is very dependent on government services. Good luck with that!
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
The wedding was just one weekend, in summer no less. And what’s wrong with being 5’ 10”? Not an Orlando fan, but Katy is her own boss. Lots of people work harder than her. And that space thing! Ugh.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Or people from countries other than their own. Latinos are not all the same
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Even in Idaho, the public was appalled.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Let me guess. It’s all guys.
Pete Buttigieg (@petebuttigieg.bsky.social) reposted
If there was ever a time to call your Senator, this is it. Voting has begun on the GOP plan to cut off health care for working-class Americans and slash taxes for the wealthiest.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Shameless: "Bureau of Land Management lands within five miles of a population center should be sold en masse, Lee wrote. Sold under the pretext of addressing affordable housing needs." www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
There's always that one person. Most people understand and appreciate you.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
She is okay with Hegsteph from FOX as Secretary of Defense.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Idaho would be a good fit. www.policemag.com/patrol/news/...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Was the big age difference ever ever addressed? Dakota 35. Pedro. 50. These things matter in real life.
Jay Rosen (@jayrosen.bsky.social) reposted
If you missed it...
Robin Marty (@robinmarty.com) reposted
I know that this is going to be lost in the roar of big players but there are other clinics with a majority of patients who are Medicaid recipients - and this ruling opens up the avenue for states to refuse to allow us to be approved providers of care. And we have far fewer resources to weather it.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
So close to tipping 4 minute mark for women. www.independent.co.uk/sport/genera...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
The mental toll on heroes of fire.https://mountainjournal.org/the-silent-mental-health-crisis-on-the-frontlines-of-fire/
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Somebody has to say it.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Crockett: The First Lady, a model— when I say model I’m not talking about Tyra Banks, Cindy Crawford, or Naomi Campbell level— applied for an Einstein visa. You’re supposed to have some sort of significant achievement… She had none of those. It doesn’t take an Einstein to see the math ain’t mathin
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Well, this sucks for Seattle
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Why was this ever an option for him?
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Please God. Let this be true.
Ken Tremendous (@kentremendous.bsky.social) reposted
The path for Democrats is very clear: have good ideas, believe in them, state them clearly, stick to them, act decisively in support of these ideas, speak to the young half of the electorate, support other democrats who do these things. Follow Mamdani and Lander's example or fade into nothingness.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
This is how you write a headline. Attention @nytimes.com
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Here’s why the law was needed. One example. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbn...
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Sorry you lost your uncle. Glad you’ll be with family in a beautiful place
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
He has one gear: nasty
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Take me away. www.wsj.com/science/spac...
Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic.com) reposted
The exhibition “Caravaggio 2025” at Palazzo Barberini, one of the two seats of the Galleria Nazionale di Roma, is particularly personal — “particularly” because Caravaggio’s art has the ability to draw his audience in, to create what feels like an intensely intimate experience for each viewer.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
None of these people can answer questions without imploding. It’s a strategy.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
What could he be charged with? ICE didn’t say.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Disaster prevention for podcast guests, especially you dog owners.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Religion is a very likely culprit, He didn't target women by accident.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? Authors pay for book photos--or shoot the photos. We don't get to pick book covers. Advances are low and often the only $ we see. We mostly fund our own book tours. Publishers pay stores to place certain books in prominent places.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
Terrifying.
CHOAM Nomsky (@samthielman.com) reposted
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social) reply parent
I love this! Have never. been there in April. Gorgeous.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Trendy? My hometown of Spokane, Washington, way over there next to Idaho? Kind of proud of this. Also turning blue. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Los Angeles Times (@latimes.com) reposted
5 crime novels to read this summer — and their authors reveal the writers who inspire them
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Why worry now? Arizona Trump victory. 52.2%
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
I remember.
Candace Dempsey (@candacedempsey.bsky.social)
Standing tall: Over 70K in Seattle denounce Trump at massive 'No Kings' rally www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...