AidaP is scraping Mumsnet threads, and grading them

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Honestly, this man is obsessed. He has now created a program to scrape and grade Mumsnet threads from this board.

What is this?

Oh yes, I have downloaded most of mumsnet and we will be doing embeddings of the content to try to understand how does the rot and hate builds and spreads.

I never had so much hate and delusion on my hard drive before 😅

https://bsky.app/profile/aidap.bsky.social/post/3mkklbtpgbs2s

Maud the gerbil once visited Style and Beauty.

The swines on that board not only pitched in with gusto but helped create a shopping addiction that she didn't have beforehand!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5411868-which-dress-to-my-welcome-home-party

I would look at that trans teen thread and encourage the parent but AidaP has blocked me on Bsky.

Missed that at the time. I've just read it and nearly acquired a shopping addiction myself. 😁

I have some silver sandals, cos I go on cruises and EVERYONE wears them.

I wonder if Aida will share the grades. Will there be a leader board?

Will Aida give awards?

I wonder who will win Gold, Silver, or Bronze awards for their posts?

Oooh, Gold, Silver or Bronze sandals!

Can you imagine the reaction if I posted “r/transuk must die”? Or “Bluesky must die”?

I want sandals like the ones Maud has on the last page. Simple, unfussy, go with everything.

I hope some shoe company exec is reading this and the Maud sandal appears in time for this summer.

Oh dont you?
me and my mates do a sort of sew and scrape session. Rather like knit and natter. You should try it - super womanly you know 🤣

Don't kill Bluesky, it's where I go to laugh at people like AidaP.

Ooooooh you have reminded me. I was up late last night and ended up watching 'To Think Like A Killer' on iPlayer. I met to recommend it on here.

Its about the career of Dr Ann Burgess who revolutionised how the FBI and the world hunts criminals and how she changed the prospects and treatment of survivors of sexual crime.

Its very much a programme that would interest many of you here because of how it focus on the barriers and sexist attitudes she came across.

But more than that, it also looks at the development of profiling criminals and the patterns they follow and how you can see them escalating and how a huge amount centres around power and control over others.

Fascinating programme. Well worth a worth.

I don't agree with killing Bluesky. Based on the celebrities who've migrated over there (hello Mark Hamill) it serves a useful function as care in the community.

"Mumsnet must die"

Yes, yes dear. Now go and do your homework.

Now, to more important matters. What is Veda, please?

Veda bread is a brand of malt loaf traditionally produced across the United Kingdom and Ireland. However, today it is mainly produced in Northern Ireland

Not having tried it, is it a bit like Soreen fruity malt loaf without the fruity?

Veda is a kind of malted bread, popular in Northern Ireland.
Or Sanskrit texts - context is all😁

OMG I missed that. Amazing 😍

Ooh, I like Soreen.

Can I just take this dried-fruit-related moment to say that my new favourite thing at the moment is a warmed and buttered hot cross bun with smoked bacon in it? It truly is the food of the gods.

You are my people - it's a match made in heaven!

Agree - it's a fascinating programme.

I would have killed for a pair of strappy gold or silver sandals when I was a sprog. My mum just bought me black school shoes 😭 not even patent leather.

I had strappy silver or gold party shoes as a child, I think they were from BHS. My mother was of the opinion that learning to walk in (small) heels was a life skill.

I've never forgiven my mother for making 10 year old me wear a pink dress and patent leather shoes to her wedding.

Thankfully the rest of the time I lived in jeans and normal brown leather sandals.

I did eventually get black patent Mary Janes, where the strap could be folded back to make them slip-on.

I never did get the pixie boots of my dreams though

Lace-up school shoes, polished every evening, laced army-style with a vertical at the top and the rest crossing [my father's influence]; Clark's closed-toe crepe-soled sandals for summer, which were the perfect footwear for an adventurous tomboy
Strappy white sandals to go with my First Communion dress and veil.
I didn't mind having to wear that outfit, it was nicely chosen,and if a dress was stylish enough for me as a child, I tolerated it OK.

I'm so glad we're not talking about dried fruits any more, it was so contentious and divisive, it was threatening to split the Hive Mind😁

Ohhhhh, my 9-year old self pined for those patent convertible mary-janes in the Littlewoods catalogue.

My mum placated me by saying that they had sold out in my size and I BELIEVED HER LIES for years.

At least someone got them. I’m glad it was you Otter