As much as I agree with the argument for QWERTY agaist Dvorak or Colemark as a default, alphabetical ordering seems more generally standard than even QWERTY. And in any case, when typing something on the TV the remote seems to be the real bottleneck.
I realized recently I started reading books the same way a keep listening to videos on the background. It works for passing the time or unwinding a bit. For retention, mindfulness exercises (silly as it sounds) seem to work: taking a look at my environment and taking a moment to clear out distractions, stoping to think what is it I last read on that book (which is always harder then I expect), reflecting why I'm reading whatever it is I'm reading. Doing these things as little rituals tends to help.
I think Nyxt is not Chromium-based. Still too experimental to be used as single/main browser, but has some very interesting concepts.
I started following people I found elsewhere, then followed people they boosted until my feed had enough volume. Since I mostly consume content and don't post much, that has been working for me. It does take some figuring out and blocking people (like some on this thread) who'll act like you're not supposed to be there if it isn't all obvious to you (it really isn't to anyone). If you like both lemmy and twitter (X) it might be worth giving masto another shot.