Did you have backups set up for your mint installation? Depending on how long its been, restoring via timeshift might be worth a shot. I’m relatively new to Linux so idk if that could fix it.

I like the customization options for Searx, but I had to eventually switch back to Duckduckgo/Startpage. Sometimes an engine would start timing out or requesting captchas, or an instance would go down and I’d have to add a new one to my firefox desktop/mobile, or I’d notice that the results I got through an instance via one engine or another would be very different from the same search ran on said engine directly. I feel bad, but I just don’t have the time or patience for it.

Nox has a lot of great stuff on his yt channel. One of my favorite animator/producers.

Animal Well, UFO 50, and Balatro in that order.