Chaos on CatNet (CatNet #2)

by Naomi Kritzer

Adults will tell teenagers things that just aren’t true.

At home, I know what’s expected. At home, I know what people want from me. At home, I know what the right thing to do is, even if I can’t always do it, even if I don’t agree, even if I don’t want to. I text Glenys again. The definition of ridiculous: complaining about undone dishes, but not letting you do them.

Fully automated luxury space communism.

The rocket ship building turns out to be a science fiction bookstore, so crammed full of used books they’ve spilled off the shelves and into crates that are stacked on the floor.

“Minneapolis has a really unusual police department,” Hermione says. “Like it’s got very few actual police.

“Don’t you want cops if you’re having rioting?” Greenberry asks. “The thing is, traditional police will always be outnumbered,” Hermione says. “Which means that in a situation they’re not in control of, they tend to overreact, and they prioritize control over public safety, which generally makes rioting worse. Minneapolis’s public safety department treats riots more like a wildfire—barriers that make it harder to spread, for example.”