Matthew Skwarczek (he/they)

@scoutingforzen.bsky.social

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He/they, research editor for Car and Driver and Road & Track. Fantasy, anime, and D&D nerd as well as bicycle and motorcycle caretaker. Views are my own.

A border-collie-poodle-mix puppy on a lawn holding a stick
A red Triumph convertible in itasha style
The complete series of Psyren manga volumes on a shelf
A silver Moto Guzzi V7 III Racer motorcycle in a parking lot with a bunch of cars next to a dark-blue hiking backpack and some black-and-white motorcycle gloves & helmet
The somewhat-rusty rear wheel hub of a Mazda 3
Four raw pączki in a pot of hot lard on a stove
A green Alpina E39 wagon on a light-brown gravel path
A drawing of a Metagross against a blue background
A red Triumph Spitfire with Love Live decals parked on grass in the shade
Two light-green mugs, one on a wooden stand. The upper one reads "whelmed caffeinated" with a volume-level bar between the words; the lower reads "ADHD AF"
Volume 1 of the Berserk Deluxe Edition with its red-on-black cover
A tree with white flowers framed against the sun and blue sky
A silver-and-red Moto Guzzi motorcycle in front of a white van, both parked by grass and gravel
The green-tiled ceiling and stainless-steel tanks of the Detroit Belle Isle Aquarium
A bicycle in front of a white lighthouse
A white Fiat 500 Abarth in front of a Firestone Auto Center
A record player and speakers on a table, with a second table containing a CD player and a cassette player underneath it
A view of part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, including lots of greenery and a partly-cloudy sky
Two micrometers (one in a wooden box with calibration equipment) on a white surface
An affogato float with salted chocolate churro gelato and Sierra Nevada Narwhal imperial stout in a beer glass with a straw to the right of a bottle of the Narwhal imperial stout. Both are on a kitchen counter in front of a microwave
A red Craftsman tool chest with oil, coveralls, and various other fluids and sprays on top, in a closer alongside some plastic boxes as well as some car and motorcycle parts and tools
A green-labeled bottle of Volkswagen Gewürz Ketchup in a cardboard box
A copy of Brandon Sanderson's The Way of Kings on a brown wood table next to a glass of iced latte
A white-with-red-stripes 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth to the left of a black new Fiat 500e; both are in a grassy field in front of some trees
A brown stick insect on the black license plate bracket of a Moto Guzzi V7 III Racer
The chrome cormorant hood ornament of a black Packard Super 8 in front of some multicolored brick buildings.
A blue-green Hyundai Ioniq 5 plugged into a ChargePoint charger by a concrete wall
A group of people walking through a parking lot at night to the yellow-lit Gene & Jude's hot dog place
The author in a red shirt and blue-striped dark-blue vest & pants leaning against a silver Moto Guzzi V7 III Racer with a gold helmet in a street with other motorcycles and riders
The inside of a Moto Guzzi V7 III Racer's black airbox, containing a small quantity of gasoline
A gray Rolls-Royce Ghost Black Badge in a parking lot on a cloudy day
A blue 1999 Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary Edition with a chrome roll bar and its top down in a parking lot
A city street lined with parked motorcycles on both sides in the afternoon/evening sunshine
A blue-and-silver Bilstein coilover and orange DNA Racing sway bar end link installed in the wheel well of a white Fiat 500 Abarth
A chrome, black, and red Moto Guzzi V7 III Racer in a gray-and-orange U-Haul motorcycle trailer hooked up to a white U-Haul-branded Chevrolet Silverado, all in front of a brown house
The salt-covered underside of a 500 Abarth on a yellow garage lift, showing a red torsion bar and new Bilstein rear suspension
A new yellow-and-blue Bilstein damper with its matching blue spring & tan bump stop assembly, below a black stock 500 Abarth damper, spring, and bump stop, all on a gray garage floor
Cocoa, orange, and angostura bitters between sweet vermouth, rye whiskey, a glass, and a jigger on a kitchen counter, all in front of a microwave
Two blue-and-silver Bilstein coilvers with red CFP top hats, placed below two yellow Bilstein dampers in boxes & associated suspension parts
Tan suede boots and blue jeans against a gray carpet
Brown-crusted bread sitting on a gray metal wire cooling rack on top of an electric stovetop
A white desk with a black PC case and keyboard, both lit with rainbow RGB lights, and a lit computer monitor as well as some red speakers, a black-and-red headset, a black mouse and black mousepad, and some figurines
White Honda Motocompacto to the right of its white-grey-and-red box, both inside a white tent