"The great Father Zed, Archiblogopoios"
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Fr. John Hunwicke
"Some 2 bit novus ordo cleric"
- Anonymous
"Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a traditionalist blogger who has never shied from picking fights with priests, bishops or cardinals when liturgical abuses are concerned."
- Kractivism
"Father John Zuhlsdorf is a crank"
"Father Zuhlsdorf drives me crazy"
"the hate-filled Father John Zuhlsford" [sic]
"Father John Zuhlsdorf, the right wing priest who has a penchant for referring to NCR as the 'fishwrap'"
"Zuhlsdorf is an eccentric with no real consequences" -
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- Michael Sean Winters
"Fr Z is a true phenomenon of the information age: a power blogger and a priest."
- Anna Arco
“Given that Rorate Coeli and Shea are mad at Fr. Z, I think it proves Fr. Z knows what he is doing and he is right.”
- Comment
"Let me be clear. Fr. Z is a shock jock, mostly. His readership is vast and touchy. They like to be provoked and react with speed and fury."
- Sam Rocha
"Father Z’s Blog is a bright star on a cloudy night."
- Comment
"A cross between Kung Fu Panda and Wolverine."
- Anonymous
Fr. Z is officially a hybrid of Gandalf and Obi-Wan XD
- Comment
Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, a scrappy blogger popular with the Catholic right.
- America Magazine
RC integralist who prays like an evangelical fundamentalist.
-Austen Ivereigh on
Twitter
[T]he even more mainline Catholic Fr. Z. blog.
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Deus Ex Machina
“For me the saddest thing about Father Z’s blog is how cruel it is.... It’s astonishing to me that a priest could traffic in such cruelty and hatred.”
- Jesuit homosexualist James Martin to BuzzFeed
"Fr. Z's is one of the more cheerful blogs out there and he is careful about keeping the crazies out of his commboxes"
- Paul in comment at
1 Peter 5
"I am a Roman Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
I am a TLM-going Catholic, in no small part, because of your blog.
And I am in a state of grace today, in no small part, because of your blog."
- Tom in
comment
"Thank you for the delightful and edifying omnibus that is your blog."-
Reader comment.
"Fr. Z disgraces his priesthood as a grifter, a liar, and a bully. -
- Mark Shea
She didn’t mention the Opera browser (to which I moved when I ditched fascistic Firefox), but autoplay can be disabled there too; under Settings / Websites / Plug-ins, select Click to play.
Best Internet tip I’ve come across!
I am not an avid reader of breitbart, but it is one the worst offenders for this.
I have also noticed that on YouTube, people are putting the little text balloons right over the play bar. This way, you can’t get rid of them as when you try, the play bar keeps popping back up.
Tricksy they are. Real tricksy.
I don’t have words for how happy I am right now. Thank you!
I’ve been following you on twitter for over a year now, if not more. So far, my favorite Fr. Z. tweets were your live tweets during the presidential debates.
Disabling scripts usually has the same effect as well, and Internet is not at all safe for anyone who runs with client-side scripts enabled. In Internet Explorer, it’s Tools/ Internet Options/ Security/ Custom Level/ Scripting and select either Prompt or Disable. I prefer Prompt because it lets me allow the scripts if I really, really need to get to the web site, but Disable makes just as much sense and can be more tolerable than Prompt. If I have to visit a site regularly and I really have to trust it, I add it to Trusted Sites instead. Between disallowing client-side scripts and not running with administrator privileges, I almost never have problems with malware.
I got distracted and forgot to add that disabling scripts makes most of Internet unusable, but that says more about the state of Internet today than about the wisdom of not allowing others to reprogram your computer at will without warning.
Thank you so much for this. Best. Tip. Ever.
I’m with Andrew that dealing with scripts is another way to address this issue (and many others involving popups, ads, etc). I’m a big fan of the plugin “NoScript” for this purpose. The downside is that you have to be comfortable telling the plugin which domains to allow scripts to run on and which to not. However, as a result of using NoScript and AdBlock, I haven’t seen an unwanted ad in who knows how long, plus don’t have any pop-ups or obnoxious videos running without my permission.
Agreed with everett. NoScript is also a good way to learn who is inviting who else along. AdBlock is excellent too. Under Chrome I typically use Ghostery.
For those worries about Internet Explorer, the latest version from Microsoft is reputed to be very good indeed, with none of the problems (security and functionality) which plagued previous offerings. It’s also the fastest in my private benchmarks (I use all 3 mainstream browsers for different purposes), and has a native 64bit version for extra geek-points.