Susan Rinkunas
@susanrinkunas.com
Journalist and cofounder @autonomynews.co. Seen in: Jezebel, The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, The Nation, Democracy Docket. WGAE Council. From PA, now in BK
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Hello world! We are Autonomy News, a new worker-owned reproductive justice news outlet cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.
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Welcome to Autonomy News
Welcome to Autonomy News, a new publication created and owned by two reproductive rights and justice journalists.
We write about bodily autonomy and the attacks levied by politicians and activists wh...
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Good morning, internet, and welcome to a new publication that @garnethenderson.com and I have been working on for months
There was a lot to recap AND we had a call today about a piece we're writing for a print magazine 🤠
This may be the latest in the day we've ever gotten our @autonomynews.co roundup out, but in our defense, it's packed to the gills
An Onslaught of Lawsuits and State Legislation: February 9 News Roundup
Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.
www.autonomynews.co
February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
There was a lot to recap AND we had a call today about a piece we're writing for a print magazine 🤠
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In 2013, Epstein's foundation got Business Insider to remove his mugshot from a story so it wouldn't show up in Google search results
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
In 2013, Epstein's foundation got Business Insider to remove his mugshot from a story so it wouldn't show up in Google search results
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
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We ALL know that's Ricky Martin singing in front of the bananas
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 AM
We ALL know that's Ricky Martin singing in front of the bananas
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
He's singing "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii," an anti-statehood song that holds up Hawaii as a cautionary tale (as already established, Benito is pro independence)
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Omg this is so good I missed this! VERY intentional shot lingering on two men grinding on each other
Throughout his career Benito has been an ally to the LGBTQ community and has tried to push back against the machismo prevalent in Latin music
Throughout his career Benito has been an ally to the LGBTQ community and has tried to push back against the machismo prevalent in Latin music
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Omg this is so good I missed this! VERY intentional shot lingering on two men grinding on each other
Throughout his career Benito has been an ally to the LGBTQ community and has tried to push back against the machismo prevalent in Latin music
Throughout his career Benito has been an ally to the LGBTQ community and has tried to push back against the machismo prevalent in Latin music
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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In case you missed our story on Friday: we're in the bad place
The FDA recently approved the birth control implant Nexplanon for use up to five years, instead of three. But to providers' surprise, it also placed the device under a special monitoring protocol called REMS, which is infamous for the way it has limited access to medication abortion.
The FDA Quietly Slapped More Restrictions on the Birth Control Implant
The agency recently approved Nexplanon for up to five years of use—but it also imposed extra regulations that leave some providers worried.
www.autonomynews.co
February 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
In case you missed our story on Friday: we're in the bad place
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This birth control implant has been on the market since 2011 without these added restrictions. The FDA can impose them later if there's new safety information but the manufacturer said in its own release that the clinical trial data it submitted revealed “no new safety findings” 👀 @autonomynews.co
The FDA Quietly Slapped More Restrictions on the Birth Control Implant
The agency recently approved Nexplanon for up to five years of use—but it also imposed extra regulations that leave some providers worried.
www.autonomynews.co
February 6, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This birth control implant has been on the market since 2011 without these added restrictions. The FDA can impose them later if there's new safety information but the manufacturer said in its own release that the clinical trial data it submitted revealed “no new safety findings” 👀 @autonomynews.co
ICYMI: bad
NEW: Trump's FDA recently approved Nexplanon for five years of use, but it quietly added extra regulations that leave some providers worried about access. The agency imposed a REMS program that only exists for 73 other drugs—including medication abortion.
@garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co:
@garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co:
The FDA Quietly Slapped More Restrictions on the Birth Control Implant
The agency recently approved Nexplanon for up to five years of use—but it also imposed extra regulations that leave some providers worried.
www.autonomynews.co
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
ICYMI: bad
Reposted by Susan Rinkunas
NEW: The FDA recently approved the contraceptive implant Nexplanon for use up to five years (instead of three). But it also placed the device under a REMS protocol, a special layer of regulation that could affect access.
Many providers did not yet know about the REMS when I contacted them.
Many providers did not yet know about the REMS when I contacted them.
The FDA Quietly Slapped More Restrictions on the Birth Control Implant
The agency recently approved Nexplanon for up to five years of use—but it also imposed extra regulations that leave some providers worried.
www.autonomynews.co
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
NEW: The FDA recently approved the contraceptive implant Nexplanon for use up to five years (instead of three). But it also placed the device under a REMS protocol, a special layer of regulation that could affect access.
Many providers did not yet know about the REMS when I contacted them.
Many providers did not yet know about the REMS when I contacted them.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
We’re onto you, Ring
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
We’re onto you, Ring
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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Together, we are America.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Together, we are America.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
Well done, Bad Bunny.
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Brett Ratner, the sex pest who came out of retirement to direct the Melania movie that Jeff Bezos spent $75 million on as thousands of people at Amazon and the Washington Post lost their jobs, helped produce an ad in which rapist Mike Tyson spewed fatphobic dreck for Secretary Bear Carcass
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Brett Ratner, the sex pest who came out of retirement to direct the Melania movie that Jeff Bezos spent $75 million on as thousands of people at Amazon and the Washington Post lost their jobs, helped produce an ad in which rapist Mike Tyson spewed fatphobic dreck for Secretary Bear Carcass
How much did the government spend on this horrible fucking ad?
Hi I’m convicted rapist Mike Tyson here to remind you that fat people are gross
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
How much did the government spend on this horrible fucking ad?
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When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.
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This is why some people say “US-ians” instead of “Americans,” btw
“god bless America” meaning the continents of North and South America is going to give the worst people alive a collective aneurysm :)
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is why some people say “US-ians” instead of “Americans,” btw
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Flyover country facebook uncles are inventing new slurs
February 9, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Flyover country facebook uncles are inventing new slurs
“god bless America” meaning the continents of North and South America is going to give the worst people alive a collective aneurysm :)
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
“god bless America” meaning the continents of North and South America is going to give the worst people alive a collective aneurysm :)
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One of these days, people will look back on these sports betting ads like we do on the ads for patent medicines featuring cocaine.
February 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
One of these days, people will look back on these sports betting ads like we do on the ads for patent medicines featuring cocaine.
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i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
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Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons