try

foodie_automator_rss.py

@@ -236,13 +236,18 @@ def curate_from_rss():
         print(f"Trying RSS Article: {title} from {source_name}")
         logging.info(f"Trying RSS Article: {title} from {source_name}")
 
-        image_query, relevance_keywords, skip = smart_image_and_filter(title, summary)
+        image_query, relevance_keywords, main_topic, skip = smart_image_and_filter(title, summary)
         if skip:
             print(f"Skipping filtered RSS article: {title}")
             logging.info(f"Skipping filtered RSS article: {title}")
             attempts += 1
             continue
 
+        # Pass main_topic to get_flickr_image for use in fallbacks
+        image_url, image_source, uploader, page_url = get_flickr_image(image_query, relevance_keywords, main_topic)
+        if not image_url:
+            image_url, image_source, uploader, page_url = get_image(image_query)
+
         # Fetch additional context via DDG
         ddg_context = fetch_duckduckgo_news_context(title)
         scoring_content = f"{title}\n\n{summary}\n\nContent: {content}\n\nAdditional Context: {ddg_context}"