add shikane-watchdog user service to auto-recover shikane deadlocks

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# User services
## shikane-watchdog
`.config/systemd/user/shikane-watchdog.timer` (every 2 min, user unit)
runs `.config/sway/scripts/shikane-watchdog.sh`, which restarts the
`shikane` user service if its state machine is stuck.
Why: shikane 1.1.1 deadlocks when a profile application is discarded
mid-way (e.g. by a failing DP atomic commit on the external display).
The daemon then keeps logging
`[WARN shikane::variant] Received invalid input AtomicChangeDone at state Discarded`
and `shikanectl reload` no longer recovers it. The watchdog detects
that signature in the journal and runs `systemctl --user restart shikane`
(re-applies the active profile in ~1s). It never restarts a healthy
or legitimately transitioning daemon.
```console
systemctl --user status shikane-watchdog.timer # check it's active
systemctl --user disable --now shikane-watchdog.timer # disable
```