Color photo: an excited (if slightly sheepish) little girl holds the end of a doctor's stethoscope in front of her mouth with two hands, like one might hold a microphone, while he listens through the earpieces. The doctor, a man with a trim beard and thick plastic eyeglasses, similarly holds the end of the little girl's stethoscope in front of his mouth. 📸: NanoStockk - Getty Images Pro

"The miniature MRI machine table moves back and forth, mimicking a real procedure. [...] Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world."

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Little cleanups… they add up! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #PotomacRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace

Sharkey pulled a bunch of junk out of a drainage ditch near Pennsville, New Jersey this weekend. Plastics, rubber, oil, gasoline… do you see a theme here?? Bleh! Do better, humans! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #MilesCreek #DelawareRiver #DelawareBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #DontFWithJersey #FortMott

Sharkey and Jon returned once again to the Pond of Perfidiousness to pull out the remaining 47 tires and get them all up the hill. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #Tiarrhea

Sharkey found several bags of yard waste dumped in the park in West Laurel, Maryland. He pulled them out of the brambles so the #PrinceGeorgesCountyMD Highways Department can pick them up. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #IndianCreek #AnacostiaRiver #PotomacRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey made the Paradise community a little more idyllic today, cleaning up around the bus stop & shopping center. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #EastBranchHerbertRun #HerbertRun #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #CatonsvilleMD #BaltimoreCountyMD #LitterDoesntStopWhereItDrops 

#SharkeyAndFriends got all this stuff away from #SawmillCreek, so it won’t end up in #ChesapeakeBay! Lots of bottles and cups, lots of styro pieces, lots of vinyl siding, and a whole lot more! #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #CurtisBay #PatapscoRiver #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace

Sharkey sees numerous tires stuck in the frozen pond.

All the tires were moved to the top of the hill…

Then stacked along the left side of the ramp. Maryland State Highways was contacted to pick it all up! #MDOT

Sharkey worked with 4 humans - Jon, Mr. Dan, Mr. Scott, and Ms. Suzanne, to cleanup the remaining 70 tires stuck in an icy drainage pond. More than 550 total were cleaned up from this highway ramp! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey spotted an overflowing bag and lots of litter on the ground.

The final #AgaekeyStack with 5 bags of collected litter, vinyl siding, floorboards with linoleum, and lots more!

Sharkey made Jon stop the car so he could clean up at one of the Baltimore Beltway interchanges. 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #Catonsville #MusicCityMaryland #GottaLoveParadise #BaltimoreCountyMD #WestBranchHerbertRun #HerbertRun #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

A snow-covered chair sits along a highway ramp at the edge of the woods. A faint trail leads further into the forest.

A number of sectional sofa pieces, partially covered in snow, sit in the middle of a pine forest.

All the sofa pieces lined up along the shoulder of the highway ramp await pickup by a Maryland State Highways crew.

Sharkey noticed this chair sitting along a highway ramp and decided to investigate. Follow the trail to see what he found! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #ElkridgeMD #DorseyRun #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Eight tractor trailer tires, partially covered in snow, sit at the edge of a precipice over Dorsey Run.

One third of the pile Sharkey made sits along the shoulder of the road - bags of litter, sofas, mattresses, tires, and a lot more!

One third of the pile Sharkey made sits along the shoulder of the road - bags of litter, sofas, mattresses, tires, and a lot more!

One third of the pile Sharkey made sits along the shoulder of the road - bags of litter, sofas, mattresses, tires, and a lot more!

Sharkey spotted some tractor trailer tires at the edge of a dropoff overlooking #DorseyRun in #JessupMD. And then it “snowballed” from there! ❄️

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #HowardCountyMD #LittlePatuxentRiver #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

A truckload of dumped household goods sits atop the snow on the shoulder of a two-lane road at the bottom of a hill.

Sharkey takes a short break on a small fuzzy chair he found. A Pokémon hat sits atop the chair back.

The final #SharkeyStack, with 6 chairs, 3 bags of household items and litter, 2 dressers, a mattress, a big-screen TV, and 11 oil jugs!

With the snow finally starting to melt, Sharkey has been able to locate trash to clean up. Well, ok, this mess would’ve still been findable in two feet of snow, right? 😂

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #PatapscoValleyStatePark #BetterThanYouFoundIt #MarylandStateParks

Sharkey found 6 shopping carts in the woods and dragged them through the snow to the nearest highway for pickup. Unfortunately, only one of them seems to still be useable, but that store closed down. 😢🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #DorseyRun #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey finds a pair of mattresses dump in the brambles behind a berm along Hammonds Ferry Road.

Jon tries to hold as many mini bottles in his hand as he can for a picture. He couldn’t hold them all and dropped several.

The final #SharkeyStack with 4 mattresses, several bags of trash, a gaming chair, and more!

Sharkey & Jon recleaned an area they just cleaned a couple of weeks ago with Mr. Dan. Mattresses, bottles and cans, dumped garbage bags, and more. Hard to believe this is in #PatapscoValleyStatePark! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BaltimoreCountyMD #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey sits on a tire in the foreground with several full bags in the background of the dry (retention) pond he cleaned up.

The lineup of nine full bags and the auto parts sits along the guardrail of Maryland Hwy 176, waiting for a state highways crew to haul it all away.

Sharkey completed his cleanup of the Dry Pond of Despair… now it’s the Pit of Pleasantness! Nine full bags of mostly plastic bottles, car parts, lots of styro chunks, and a tire! 😂🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #SawmillBranch #CurtisCreek #CurtisBay #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey looks at all the bottles and other trash he found in a mostly dry retention pond near the airport.

Sharkey made a clean spot after picking up lots of the garbage. He also set aside many aluminum cans to be recycled.

Sharkey’s pile along the guardrail with 5 contractor bags, two 30-gallon bags, a big hunk of styrofoam, and more!

Sharkey found the Dry Pond of Despair near #BWIAirport! Although he made the valiant effort, he wasn’t able to get it all cleaned up. He’ll be back to finish the job! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #SawmillCreek #FurnaceCreek #CurtisCreek #CurtisBay #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey discovers lots of tires that had recently been rolled down the hill…

Sharkey finds a tire still on the rim floating in a retention pond and uses an extension pole to retrieve it.

Sharkey‘s first pile with 29 tires and several bags of litter bagged up.

Sharkey’s second pile with 21 tires and some lumber pieces.

Sharkey revisited a recent cleanup site and found 50 more tires & lots of litter to clean up! But on the bright side, he met a State Highways crew that gave him a roll of bags to use on future cleanups! Thanks #MDOT!! 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #BetterThanYouFoundIt #PatuxentRiver #ChesapeakeBay

A pile of trash from Sharkey’s cleanup containing four bags of roadside litter, a bike frame, some political signs, a plastic crate, and a plastic rolling toolbox.

Map of New Jersey showing all 21 counties, with Cumberland, Gloucester, and Camden Counties highlighted in South Jersey from Sharkey’s recent cleanups.

Sharkey did cleanups in the final three counties of #NewJersey to finish off the state… his SIXTH one after MD, VT, NH, AZ, and DE! #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace #GardenState #CamdenCountyNJ

Sharkey used a nearby shopping cart, which was FOUR miles from its store, to haul a dumped sofa to the nearest road, where an #AnneArundelCountyMD Highways crew will haul it away. Thanks, highways dudes!!

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LinthicumMD

A bag full of aluminum cans sits in the middle of an asphalt path with other litter along the grassy border waiting to be picked up.

Sharkey sits atop his bag of aluminum cans that he will take to recycle for cash later in the week.

Sharkey cleaned up all the litter along a paved trail in #FrederickMD today. The best part? LOTS OF ALUMINUM CANS! 😀 🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #CarrollCreek #MonocacyRiver #PotomacRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #KaChing

A Letter to My Nephew James Baldwin's thoughts on his nephew's future—in a country with a terrible history of racism— first appeared in The Progressive magazine in 1962. Over 50 years later his words are as powerful as ever.

𝗠𝘆 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸: 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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The clarity of Jimmy Baldwin's vision is so sorely missed...

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Sharkey sits on a toilet with a huge Sponge Bob face for a lid.

Sharkey sits on a stack of two wheelbarrow tires.

Sharkey sits atop a mangled traffic barrel.

Sharkey found several “thrones” when cleaning up yesterday!... Which is your favorite? #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #SharkeyShenanigans #Litter #Trash #Cleanup #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace

Sharkey found a mess by the river and brought it to the road where #MDOT will haul it away. #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt

He DID IT! Sharkey just completed his quest in #AdamsCountyPA by filling a big bag with the litter he found in all 206 #ChesapeakeBay counties… but it wasn’t easy. Gettysburg is a pretty clean place! #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey says… this is NOT how to decorate your holiday tree!

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #StreetSpam #TrashOnAStick #VerticalLitter #BetterThanYouFoundIt

It’s 2-fer Tuesday! Sharkey’s Double-find for today is… *drumroll* TWO SAFES! What were these doing in the woods?! Safe to say, Sharkey played it safe and carried these to safety. Better safe than sorry! 🙂

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #TwoferTuesday #BetterThanYouFoundIt

Sharkey was kinda *tired* after yesterday’s cleanups, so he only picked up four items today. 🤣

🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #PatapscoRiver #ChesapeakeBay #BetterThanYouFoundIt #PatapscoValleyStatePark #HammondsFerryRoad

Sharkey did a cleanup in 17 new Virginia counties this week, leaving only 3 counties until he's finished his goal of doing cleanups in all 206 counties of the Chesapeake watershed!
🦈 #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #BetterThanYouFoundIt #RappahannockRiver #JamesRiver #ChesapeakeBay #SaveTheBay

Sharkey’s first bucket for the day

Sharkey’s second bucket for the day

Sharkey’s third bucket for the day

Sharkey made a new friend when he found a rescue ranger on his cleanup.

On 3-fer Thursday, Sharkey cleaned up three buckets of trash before the rain washed it all into the storm drains. #SharkeyAttack #SharkRanger #BetterThanYouFoundIt #LeaveNoTrace #LitterPicker