@stux
I like the Idea of Simplex Chat.
But my family isn't ready yet.

@stux Some companies are their own worst enemy.

@stux Oh no.

Anyway let's coordinate on @signalapp

@stux yikes, that will be hard to ditch because the iOS sideloading community uses telegram a lot (it’s actually the only reason i joined telegram)

@stux this is bad really bad

@stux never had any trust in telegram, so I never created an account there.

@stux

Telegram CEO announces $300 million partnership with Elon Musk's xAI and Grok

Elon Musk's startup xAI is paying Telegram $300 million to roll out its Grok chatbot.

CNBC (www.cnbc.com)

This partnership is yet another example of "spyware-as-a-service" between the fossil fuel interests of Russia, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and US tech companies.

1. Musk got investment from Alwaleed bin Talal, a Saudi oil oligarch. Three times.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-24/price-alwaleed-s-elon-musk-ties-are-boosting-his-comeback-bid

Saudi Prince Alwaleed Becomes Twitter’s Second Largest Shareholder

After flip-flopping on his support of Elon Musk’s bid for the social media company, the royal confirmed he followed through with his $1.9 billion equity commitment to the social media company’s new owner.

Forbes (www.forbes.com)

Who’s advertising on Twitter? One of its biggest investors: Saudi Arabia 

Elon Musk and his companies have deep ties to the kingdom’s billionaire royals.

Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com)

Prince Alwaleed part of Elon Musk's $6bn AI funding round

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has led a group of investors pouring $6bn into Elon Musk's AI startup

AGBI (www.agbi.com)

Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal invests in Elon Musk’s $24B AI startup

Kingdom Holding Company also holds a stake in Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter.

AL-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012 (www.al-monitor.com)

2. Telegram is owned by Russian oligarch Pavel Durov. Telegram is based in Dubai.

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@stux

Hello Europe !! !

Musk is inside Telegram.

Time to delete Telegram.

Client Challenge

(www.ft.com)

#eu #ustech #techbros #musk #tesla #coup #telegram #signal

@stux Done that. I used telegram for family contacts since 2020, because I didn't want to use Meta apps. However, I ditched it altogether in February 2025. Now I have most of my contacts on Signal.

@stux I want to ditch #Telegram, but right now I depend on information that is shared there, by other candidates, about our public examination process, which won't finish until September or October, or even later.

@KaKetelmug