Shelby Chartkoff
schartkoff.bsky.social
Shelby Chartkoff
@schartkoff.bsky.social
Healthcare hopepunk. Gleeful nerd. Analytics strategy, data therapist, decision culture, facilitation, outcomes/impact. Qual-quant, human systems, research, #rstats, ML/AI. Also: cats, crafts, cemeteries, books, birds, equity, justice.
This one, y’all. He’s such a little evil goblin, and yet he has my whole heart.
September 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Week 6 of making flatbread instead of buying bagels or other breadstuffs. First time trying a yeasted recipe.

This stuff is SO cheap, so easy. This is a bit more than half of the batch. I don’t have a stand mixer, a ton of counter space, or any real skills, so if I can pull it off most folks can
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I think that among other things, a lot of normies implicitly have a greater internalized sense of “is it worth it?” than tinkerers do. I say this with love, as a non-normie who needs to actively evaluate where and why I'm drawing dopamine. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/is_it...
August 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One of my coping strategies is to get basic in whatever forms make sense at the time—enjoying simple competence at simple things. I’ve always been a cook, but this spring I started making things from scratch I’d ordinarily buy.

Here’s a batch of tortillas I made this evening! Super good, sooo cheap
August 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Reilly here to remind me that I have other hangers, I don’t need to be so finicky. Happy Caturday!
July 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today turned more stressful than expected…had to take this little urchin to the vet, and now she’s scheduled for surgery next week. Life’s always going to throw curveballs like this, but damn if they don’t hit even harder amidst the current chaos
May 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Could not pass up the chance for a hike today — I’m not taking a 45-degree day for granted, especially not with a long Michigan winter ahead!

From the info I’ve gathered, the fungi in the second picture is commonly called “turkey tail” and is a sign of a healthy, active forest ecosystem (yay!)
December 8, 2024 at 9:13 PM
In the time it takes to get up and refill my mug…
November 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t my first time making dumplings, but it’s my first time making dumplings that *actually look like and hold together* as dumplings!
November 18, 2024 at 12:10 AM