Yes. I've been using Niagara launcher. This launcher is has been great for larger screens and I can use the phone one handed.
i read ebooks on my laptop, calibre serves it's purpose and kavita and other server like are overkill personally for me.
So alternative front ends include something like nitter? What about posting archive links of tweets like archive.is link for a tweet?
I don't think it has any customizations for pull down gestures. Would be nice to have for certain people.