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Robert Yaman

Personal blog · optimistsbarn.substack.comscienceculture

Robert Yaman writes The Optimist's Barn, a personal blog at optimistsbarn.substack.com about science and culture. Since 2025, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “How to Be a Techno-Optimist for Animals”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-04, and you can follow it by feed.

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2025–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2025

A techno-optimist's lens on farm animal welfare.

Most-linked posts?

  1. How to Be a Techno-Optimist for Animals
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. toomuchtodo · 2025-07-21

    Submitted You can now buy eggs from in-ovo sexed hens as a story · 86 points

    HN discussion
  2. mawise · 2025-06-18

    Submitted How to Be a Techno-Optimist for Animals as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  3. powera · 2026-04-10

    Submitted Ozempic for Broiler-Breeder Chickens as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  4. rey0920 · 2025-01-01

    Submitted How to Be a Techno-Optimist for Animals as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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