Renato Furno Almeida

Vedanta, Ving Tsun, Kung Fu, motorcycles, programming, freedom from wanting

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

Hustle culture taught me to initiate, optimize, and attack every problem. Good teachers taught me the opposite: receive first, act later.

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

“Two small clouds.”
That’s what they called the problems that birthed quantum mechanics and relativity.

https://t.co/bQ4vANd5JO

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

Turns out the pot was never really a pot. Vedanta said it first. Science just showed up later and said, ‘Yeah, and even the clay is kind of pretending.”

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

Two figures on the same path.

One carrying Vedanta wisdom.
The other — a woman who founded Ving Tsun.

I’m the clumsy one trying to follow.

That’s what The Slow Path is about: the honest meeting point between real Vedanta and Ving Tsun.

No hacks. Just slow, humbling work.

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

Me: “I had this brilliant Little Idea about non-duality while doing Siu Nim Tau.”

Sadhana: “Cool story. Now do it 10,000 more times without narrating.”

Ancestral training doesn’t negotiate with cleverness.

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

https://t.co/ZBLOsEFVhw

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

35 years apart, my Sifu and my Acharya both looked at me and basically said: “Stop performing. Start dissolving.”
No certificates. No fireworks. Just decades of showing up and watching the ego throw tantrums.
Who else has a teacher that ruined their spiritual Instagram dreams?

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

@JonasMasetti

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

A personal reflection on the Sifu-Todai and Acharya-Shishya bonds — what these ancient teacher-student relationships still teach us about real learning, transformation, and depth in a world of quick hacks.

https://t.co/7c5D1s1WF0
#sifu #vingtsun #vedanta #Parampara #wingchum

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

@sleitnick How do you compare it to ProfileService?

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

Me IRL

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

@ProtonMail Yes. That’s my spam and garbage account

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

Whoa: the White House is calling the 4th Amendment of the Constitution a threat to National Security. This is a real memo sent out today: the yellow-highlighted sections just translate euphemism ("the Biggs Amendment") to plain language (Biggs' warrant req). (Source below in QT)

[EFF @EFF]

Tell Congress to vote NO on the House Intelligence Committee’s bill, H.R.6611, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023.
https://t.co/GnCnrNqLPz

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Schrödinger's Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door.

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

@AmyLeeEV ...having a president who you didn’t like. Are you oblivious to the hypocrites on BOTH sides who speak of doing their constitutional duties while a minute later shredding our constitution and voting to spread destruction of lives, property, and liberty domestic and abroad?...

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

@AmyLeeEV I’ve followed you for many years admiring your talent but I’ve never seen you talk of liberties and the fight to preserve our constitutional rights. Despite your attempt to sound imparcial, the timing of your post is a sure tell-tale that you are still deranged...

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

“A company that is classified as potentially bailable out should it fail, should not be able to pay anyone more than the corresponding civil servant, otherwise people should be free to pay each other what they want since it doesn’t affect the tax payer.” Antifragile - @nntaleb

[Hanna Wallach (@hannawallach.bsky.social) @hannawallach]

This report by @ClareAngelyn is one of the best examples of why AI systems should be considered sociotechnical systems: https://t.co/8CBtjM10RZ 1/5

[Renato Furno Almeida @Rfurno]

“Although social insurance is sometimes referred to as ‘safety net’, the majority of its spending has little to do with providing security to those who fall in hard times; rather, social insurance is largely focused on preserving a middle-class standard of living.”
@elilehrerdc