Chaos;Head is a visual novel I’m tempted to recommend specifically for this type of situation. The plot revolves around a protagonist with the power to make his delusions into reality. Lots of mind-fuckery. It’d probably be a trip to experience while sick.

Augmented Steam has a ton of useful features, including better filters

htop scales better on small terminal windows, but btop is prettier and more useful if I dedicate a whole monitor to it.

Does Reddit/Lemmy count as social media? Why tf does Trump need to know which news articles I clicked on?

RSSHub. Being able to get all my updates in one place changed how I view the internet for the better.

RSSHub and RSS-Bridge can handle that. My issue is adding too many websites to my reader.