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+# telegram-pusher
+
+This is some dumb thing that will take messages from telegram
+and relay through https://pusher.com to a web application.
+
+I've provided a simple PHP script that does a channel thing to
+show a "notification". On my Nexus 6P, if the phone is unlocked,
+and the page is still loaded while Chrome is in memory, the alert
+will bring the user to my notification page