Unattended upgrades
Unattended upgrades' default config mostly works for servers. On desktop machines with needrestart installed, it really spams the notifications.
I think the fix is to disable the MinimalSteps option. It still produces 2 notifications, but I'm hopeful it won't get out of control and fill up a whole screen like before.
Listing 1: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
Unattended-Upgrade::MinimalSteps "false";