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A letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch reiterates that federal funds are conditional on the organization turning over records, including exhibition drafts.

In a world where relentless demands and blurred boundaries have become the norm, overwhelm is no longer an occasional experience; it’s a defining feature of modern work. It’s easy to dismiss it as stress from an employee under pressure or mistake it for burnout. But it’s neither. Overwhelm is an exhausting—and often invisible—tipping point when the stressors you face begin to exceed your perceived ability to cope with them. Overwhelm can surge suddenly and unpredictably. When ignored, it becomes the gateway to exhaustion and future burnout. There are five actions leaders can take to reduce overwhelm and build healthier, more sustainable workplaces: 1) Spot both the silence and the strain; 2) engineer micro-control in a macro-uncertain world; 3) recalibrate standards—starting with your own; 4) create psychological permission to say “I’m at capacity”; and 5) design work for recovery, not endurance.

Apple Podcasts recently named The Rest is History its Podcast of the Year, and in a December 4 interview on In Conversation from Apple News, hosts Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland reflected on why…